0001539497-18-000170.txt : 20180206 0001539497-18-000170.hdr.sgml : 20180206 20180206153732 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001539497-18-000170 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 5 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20171130 0001013454 0001541294 ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20180206 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180206 ABS ASSET CLASS: Commercial mortgages FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001719959 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES [6189] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-206705-11 FILM NUMBER: 18577486 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 60 WALL STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10005 BUSINESS PHONE: (212) 250-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 60 WALL STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10005 8-K/A 1 n1087_8ka-x17.htm FORM 8-K/A

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

________________

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 30, 2017

 

Central Index Key Number of the issuing entity: 0001719959

CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

(Exact name of Issuing Entity)

 

Central Index Key Number of the depositor: 0001013454

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001541294

German American Capital Corporation

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001701238

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.

Central Index Key Number of the sponsor: 0001624053

Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC

(Exact Names of the Sponsors as Specified in their Charters)

 

Delaware 333-206705-11 04-3310019
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (ZIP Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (212) 250-2500

 

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:]

[  ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

[  ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

[  ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

   

 

Explanatory Note.

This Form 8-K/A amends the Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Form 8-K”), dated and filed on November 30, 2017, with respect to CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust. The purpose of this amendment is to file executed versions of the agreements filed as Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 99.4 to the Form 8-K. No other changes have been made to the Form 8-K other than the changes described above.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)        Exhibits:

 

4.1Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017, between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer.
99.4Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017, between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, A Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer and special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator and trustee and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  DEUTSCHE MORTGAGE & ASSET RECEIVING CORPORATION
   
  By:  /s/ Matt Smith
  Name: Matt Smith
  Title: Director

   
  By:  /s/ Natalie Grainger
  Name: Natalie Grainger
  Title: Director

 

 

Dated: February 6, 2018

 

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit No. Description
  
4.1Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017, between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer.
99.4Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017, between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, A Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer and special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator and trustee and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer.

 

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EX-4.1 2 exh4-1psa.htm POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Exhibit 4.1 

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

  

DEUTSCHE MORTGAGE & ASSET RECEIVING CORPORATION,
Depositor,

 

wells fargo bank, national association,
Master Servicer,

 

LNR Partners, LLC,
Special Servicer,

 

wilmington trust, national association,
Trustee,

 

wells fargo bank, national association,
Certificate Administrator, Paying Agent and Custodian,

 

park bridge lender services llc,
Operating Advisor,

 

and

 

park bridge lender services llc,
Asset Representations Reviewer 

 

 

 POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT
Dated as of November 1, 2017

 

  

CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Series 2017-CD6

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

    Page
     
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS   8
     
Section 1.01 Defined Terms   8
Section 1.02 Certain Calculations   138
Section 1.03 Certain Constructions   143
Section 1.04 Certain Matters Relating to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans   144
       
ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES   145
     
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans; Assignment of Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements   145
Section 2.02 Acceptance by Custodian and the Trustee   156
Section 2.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor; Repurchase and Substitution of Mortgage Loans   158
Section 2.04 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer   176
Section 2.05 Execution and Delivery of Certificates; Issuance of Lower-Tier Regular Interests   185
Section 2.06 Miscellaneous REMIC and Grantor Trust Provisions   186
       
ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE TRUST FUND   187
     
Section 3.01 The Master Servicer To Act as Master Servicer; Special Servicer To Act as Special Servicer; Administration of the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans   187
Section 3.02 Liability of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer When Sub- Servicing   193
Section 3.03 Collection of Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan Payments   194
Section 3.04 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts   194
Section 3.05 Collection Accounts; Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account; Distribution Accounts; Interest Reserve Account and Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts   197
Section 3.06 Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Accounts, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts; Trust Ledger   206
Section 3.07 Investment of Funds in the Collection Accounts, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the REO    

 

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  Account, the Lock-Box Accounts, the Cash Collateral Accounts and the Reserve Accounts 227
Section 3.08 Maintenance of Insurance Policies and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage 230
Section 3.09 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements; Defeasance Provisions 235
Section 3.10 Appraisals; Realization upon Defaulted Loans 243
Section 3.11 Custodian to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files 251
Section 3.12 Servicing Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees and Special Servicing Compensation 252
Section 3.13 Reports to the Certificate Administrator; Collection Account Statements 261
Section 3.14 Access to Certain Documentation 269
Section 3.15 Title and Management of REO Properties and REO Accounts 278
Section 3.16 Sale of Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties 283
Section 3.17 Additional Obligations of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer; Inspections 289
Section 3.18 Authenticating Agent 291
Section 3.19 Appointment of Custodians 291
Section 3.20 Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and Reserve Accounts 292
Section 3.21 Servicing Advances 292
Section 3.22 Appointment and Replacement of Special Servicer 297
Section 3.23 Transfer of Servicing Between the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer; Record Keeping; Asset Status Report 304
Section 3.24 Special Instructions for the Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer 311
Section 3.25 Certain Rights and Obligations of the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer 312
Section 3.26 Modification, Waiver, Amendment and Consents 314
Section 3.27 Certain Intercreditor Matters Relating to the Whole Loans 320
Section 3.28 Directing Holder Contact with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer 326
Section 3.29 Controlling Class Certificateholders and the Controlling Class Representative; Certain Rights and Powers of the Directing Holder 326
Section 3.30 Rating Agency Confirmation 331
Section 3.31 Appointment and Duties of the Operating Advisor 334
Section 3.32 Delivery of Conflicted Information to the Certificate Administrator 340
Section 3.33 Resignation Upon Prohibited Risk Retention Affiliation 340
     
ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS 341
   
Section 4.01 Distributions 341
Section 4.02 Statements to Certificateholders; Reports by Certificate Administrator; Other Information Available to the Holders and Others 351
Section 4.03 Compliance with Withholding Requirements 365
Section 4.04 REMIC Compliance 365
Section 4.05 Imposition of Tax on the Trust Fund 368

 

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Section 4.06 Remittances 369
Section 4.07 P&I Advances 370
Section 4.08 Appraisal Reductions; Collateral Deficiency Amounts 377
Section 4.09 Grantor Trust Reporting 380
Section 4.10 Secure Data Room 382
     
ARTICLE V THE CERTIFICATES 383
     
Section 5.01 The Certificates 383
Section 5.02 Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Certificates 389
Section 5.03 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates 402
Section 5.04 Appointment of Paying Agent 402
Section 5.05 Access to Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses; Special Notices 402
Section 5.06 Actions of Certificateholders 404
Section 5.07 Rule 144A Information 404
Section 5.08 Voting Procedures 404
 
ARTICLE VI THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE DIRECTING HOLDER, THE OPERATING ADVISOR AND THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER 406
   
Section 6.01 Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer 406
Section 6.02 Merger or Consolidation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor 406
Section 6.03 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and Others 407
Section 6.04 Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor; Termination of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor 410
Section 6.05 Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer 412
Section 6.06 The Master Servicer or Special Servicer as Owners of a Certificate 413
Section 6.07 The Directing Holder and the Operating Advisor 414
Section 6.08 Rights of Non-Directing Holder 418
     
ARTICLE VII SERVICER AND OPERATING ADVISOR TERMINATION 419
   
Section 7.01 Servicer Termination Events 419
Section 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor 428
Section 7.03 Notification to Certificateholders and Other Persons 430
Section 7.04 Other Remedies of Trustee 430
Section 7.05 Waiver of Past Servicer Termination Events and Operating Advisor Termination Events; Termination 431

 

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Section 7.06 Trustee as Maker of Advances 431
Section 7.07 Termination of the Operating Advisor 432
     
ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR 435
   
Section 8.01 Duties of Trustee and Certificate Administrator 435
Section 8.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator 438
Section 8.03 Trustee and Certificate Administrator Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans 441
Section 8.04 Trustee and Certificate Administrator May Own Certificates 442
Section 8.05 Payment of Trustee’s and Certificate Administrator’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification 443
Section 8.06 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Certificate Administrator 446
Section 8.07 Resignation and Removal of Trustee and Certificate Administrator 447
Section 8.08 Successor Trustee and Certificate Administrator 449
Section 8.09 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Certificate Administrator 450
Section 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee 451
     
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION 452
   
Section 9.01 Termination 452
     
ARTICLE X EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING AND REGULATION AB COMPLIANCE 457
   
Section 10.01 Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness 457
Section 10.02 Notification Requirements and Deliveries in Connection with securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan 458
Section 10.03 Information to be Provided by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer 460
Section 10.04 Information to be Provided by the Trustee 461
Section 10.05 Filing Obligations 462
Section 10.06 Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE Filings 464
Section 10.07 Form 10-K Filings 469
Section 10.08 Sarbanes-Oxley Certification 472
Section 10.09 Form 8-K Filings 473
Section 10.10 Suspension of Exchange Act Filings; Incomplete Exchange Act Filings; Amendments to Exchange Act Reports 475
Section 10.11 Annual Compliance Statements 476
Section 10.12 Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria 477
Section 10.13 Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report 480
Section 10.14 Exchange Act Reporting Indemnification 481
Section 10.15 Amendments 484
Section 10.16 Exchange Act Report Signatures; Delivery of Notices 484
Section 10.17 Termination of the Certificate Administrator 486

 

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ARTICLE XI THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER 487
   
Section 11.01 Asset Review 487
Section 11.02 Payment of Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fees and Expenses; Limitation of Liability 492
Section 11.03 Resignation of the Asset Representations Reviewer 494
Section 11.04 Restrictions of the Asset Representations Reviewer 494
Section 11.05 Termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer 494
     
ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 497
   
Section 12.01 Counterparts 497
Section 12.02 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders 498
Section 12.03 Governing Law 499
Section 12.04 Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction 499
Section 12.05 Notices 500
Section 12.06 Severability of Provisions 506
Section 12.07 Notice to the Depositor and Each Rating Agency 507
Section 12.08 Amendment 509
Section 12.09 Confirmation of Intent 514
Section 12.10 No Intended Third-Party Beneficiaries 515
Section 12.11 Entire Agreement 515
Section 12.12 Third Party Beneficiaries 515

 

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TABLE OF EXHIBITS 

 

Exhibit A-1 Form of Class A-1 Certificate
Exhibit A-2 Form of Class A-2 Certificate
Exhibit A-3 Form of Class A-3 Certificate
Exhibit A-4 Form of Class A-SB Certificate
Exhibit A-5 Form of Class A-4 Certificate
Exhibit A-6 Form of Class A-5 Certificate
Exhibit A-7 Form of Class A-M Certificate
Exhibit A-8 Form of Class B Certificate
Exhibit A-9 Form of Class C Certificate
Exhibit A-10 Form of Class D Certificate
Exhibit A-11 Form of Class E-RR Certificate
Exhibit A-12 Form of Class F-RR Certificate
Exhibit A-13 Form of Class G-RR Certificate
Exhibit A-14 Form of Class H-RR Certificate
Exhibit A-14 Form of Class X-A Certificate
Exhibit A-16 Form of Class X-B Certificate
Exhibit A-17 Form of Class X-D Certificate
Exhibit A-18 Form of Class R Certificate
Exhibit A-19 Form of Class S Certificate
Exhibit B Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit C-1 Form of Transferee Affidavit
Exhibit C-2 Form of Transferor Letter
Exhibit C-3 Form of Transferee Certificate for Transfers of RR Certificates
Exhibit C-4 Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfers of RR Certificates
Exhibit D-1 Form of Investment Representation Letter
Exhibit D-2 Form of ERISA Representation Letter
Exhibit E Form of Request for Release
Exhibit F Securities Legend
Exhibit G Form of Regulation S Transfer Certificate
Exhibit H Form of Transfer Certificate for Exchange or Transfer from Rule 144A Global Certificate to Regulation S Global Certificate during the Restricted Period
Exhibit I Form of Transfer Certificate for Exchange or Transfer from Rule 144A Global Certificate to Regulation S Global Certificate after the Restricted Period
Exhibit J Form of Transfer Certificate for Exchange or Transfer from Regulation S Global Certificate to Rule 144A Global Certificate during the Restricted Period
Exhibit K Form of Distribution Date Statement
Exhibit L-1A Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower Party (for Persons other than the Controlling Class Representative and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)
Exhibit L-1B Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower Party (for the Controlling Class Representative and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)
Exhibit L-1C Form of Investor Certification for Borrower Party (for Persons other than the Controlling Class Representative and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)

 

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Exhibit L-1D Form of Investor Certification for Borrower Party (for the Controlling Class Representative and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)
Exhibit L-1E Form of Notice of Conflicted Controlling Class Holder
Exhibit L-1F Form of Notice of Conflicted Controlling Class Holder to Certificate Administrator
Exhibit L-1G Form of Certification of the Controlling Class Representative
Exhibit L-2 Form of Financial Market Publisher Certification
Exhibit M Form of Notification from Custodian
Exhibit N-1 Form of Closing Date Custodian Certification
Exhibit N-2 Form of Post-Closing Custodian Certification
Exhibit O Form of Trustee Backup Certification
Exhibit P Form of Custodian Backup Certification
Exhibit Q Form of Certificate Administrator Backup Certification
Exhibit R Form of Operating Advisor Backup Certification
Exhibit S [Reserved]
Exhibit T Form of Master Servicer Backup Certification
Exhibit U Form of Special Servicer Backup Certification
Exhibit V Form of Sub-Servicer Backup Certification
Exhibit W Form of Sarbanes Oxley Certification
Exhibit X Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicers
Exhibit Y Mortgage Loans with Earnout/Holdback Provisions
Exhibit Z Form of NRSRO Certification
Exhibit AA-1 Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfer of the Excess Servicing Fee Rights
Exhibit AA-2 Form of Transferee Certificate for Transfer of the Excess Servicing Fee Rights
Exhibit BB Form of Operating Advisor Annual Report
Exhibit CC Additional Disclosure Notification
Exhibit DD-1 Form of Power of Attorney by Trustee for Master Servicer
Exhibit DD-2 Form of Power of Attorney by Trustee to the Special Servicer
Exhibit EE Form of Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Notification
Exhibit FF Form of Companion Loan Noteholder Certification
Exhibit GG [Reserved]
Exhibit HH Form of Asset Review Report by the Asset Representations Reviewer
Exhibit II Form of Asset Review Report Summary by the Asset Representations Reviewer
Exhibit JJ Asset Review Procedures
Exhibit KK Form of Certification to Certificate Administrator Requesting Access to Secure Data Room
Exhibit LL Form of Notice of [Additional Delinquent Mortgage Loan][Cessation of Delinquent Mortgage Loan][Cessation of Asset Review Trigger]
Exhibit MM Form of Certificate Administrator Receipt of the RR Certificates
   
  TABLE OF SCHEDULES
   
Schedule I Directing Holders
Schedule II Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance
Schedule III Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance Schedule
Schedule IV Additional Form 10-D Disclosure
Schedule V Additional Form 10-K Disclosure

 

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Schedule VI Form 8-K Disclosure Information
Schedule VII Initial Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s)
Schedule VIII Contact Information for the Other 17g-5 Information Provider

 

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Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017, between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, Paying Agent and Custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:

 

(Terms used but not defined in this Preliminary Statement shall have
the meanings specified in Article I hereof)

 

The Depositor intends to sell pass-through certificates to be issued hereunder in multiple Classes which in the aggregate will evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust Fund consisting primarily of the Mortgage Loans. For income tax purposes alone, the Trust Fund will consist of the Mortgage Loans (other than the Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan and the West Burlington Plaza Mortgage Loan), the Single Loan REMICs (namely, the “West Burlington Plaza Loan REMIC” and the “Gurnee Mills Loan REMIC”), the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Grantor Trust, all as more fully described below.

 

SINGLE LOAN REMICS

 

Gurnee Mills Loan REMIC. Pursuant to a REMIC declaration effective as of October 4, 2017 (the “Gurnee Mills REMIC Declaration”) a REMIC election will be made with respect to the Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan. The Gurnee Mills Loan REMIC issued a single uncertificated regular REMIC interest (the “Gurnee Mills Loan REMIC Regular Interest”) and a single uncertificated residual interest (the “Gurnee Mills Residual Interest”). The Gurnee Mills Loan REMIC Regular Interest represents the entire interest in the Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan. The Gurnee Mills Residual Interest will be an asset of the issuing entity but will not be held by any REMIC. Its ownership will be evidenced by the Class R Certificates. The “Startup Day” of the Gurnee Mills Loan REMIC under Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code is October 4, 2017.

 

West Burlington Plaza Loan REMIC. The West Burlington Plaza Loan REMIC will hold the West Burlington Plaza Mortgage Loan and will issue a single, uncertificated regular REMIC interest (the “West Burlington Plaza Loan REMIC Regular Interest”) and a single uncertificated residual interest (the “West Burlington Plaza Residual Interest”) each of which is so designated under Section 860G(a)(1) and Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code, respectively. The West Burlington Plaza Loan REMIC Regular Interest will be entitled to principal and interest in amounts equal to the principal and interest payable with respect to the West Burlington Plaza Mortgage Loan. The West Burlington Plaza Residual Interest will be an asset of the issuing entity but will not be held by any REMIC. Its ownership will be evidenced by the Class R Certificates.

 

LOWER-TIER REMIC

 

The Lower-Tier REMIC will hold the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of entitlement to the Excess Interest and the Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan and the West Burlington Plaza

 

 

 

Mortgage Loan), the regular interests in the Single Loan REMICs and certain other related assets subject to this Agreement, and will issue (i) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests set forth in the table below (the “Lower-Tier Regular Interests”), as classes of regular interests in the Lower-Tier REMIC and (ii) the Class LTR Interest as the sole class of residual interests in the Lower-Tier REMIC, which will be evidenced by the Class R Certificates.

 

The following table sets forth the Class designation, initial principal balance or notional amount (as applicable) and initial pass-through rate of each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interest and its “Corresponding Upper-Tier Regular Interest”:

 

Lower-Tier Regular Interests / (Corresponding Upper-Tier Regular Interests) 

Initial Principal Balance or Notional Amount 

Pass-Through Rate 

Class LA-1 / (A-1) $44,159,000 (1)
Class LA-2 / (A-2) $103,497,000 (1)
Class LA-3 / (A-3) $67,649,000 (1)
Class LA-SB / (A-SB) $61,062,000 (1)
Class LA-4 / (A-4) $209,460,000 (1)
Class LA-5 / (A-5) $257,521,000 (1)
Class LA-M / (A-M) $104,865,000 (1)
Class LB / (B) $42,477,000 (1)
Class LC / (C) $45,132,000 (1)
Class LD / (D) $18,060,000 (1)
Class LE-RR / (E-RR) $33,708,000 (1)
Class LF-RR/ (F-RR) $23,894,000 (1)
Class LG-RR / (G-RR) $10,619,000 (1)
Class LH-RR / (H-RR) $39,822,721 (1)
Class LTR (2) (2)

 

(1)The pass-through rate for this Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interest is equal to the WAC Rate.

 

(2)The Class LTR is the sole class of residual interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC. It is not entitled to any principal or interest.

 

UPPER-TIER REMIC

 

The Upper-Tier REMIC will hold the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and certain other related assets subject to this Agreement and will issue (i) the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class H-RR REMIC regular interests, which are designated as classes of regular interests in the Upper-Tier REMIC (the “Upper-Tier Regular Interests”) and represented by Certificates of the same designation (the “Corresponding Certificates”), and (ii) the Class UTR Interest as the sole class of residual interests in the Upper-Tier REMIC, which will be evidenced by the Class R Certificates.

 

The following table sets forth the Class designation, initial principal balance or initial Notional Amount (as applicable), and initial Pass-Through Rate of each Class of Upper-Tier Regular Interests.

 

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Upper-Tier Regular Interests Represented by the Certificates 

Initial Principal Balance or Notional Amount 

Initial Pass-Through Rate 

Class A-1 $44,159,000 2.168%
Class A-2 $103,497,000 3.250%
Class A-3 $67,649,000 3.104%
Class A-SB $61,062,000 3.332%
Class A-4 $209,460,000 3.190%
Class A-5 $257,521,000 3.456%
Class X-A $848,213,000(4) (1)
Class X-B $42,477,000(4) (2)
Class X-D $63,192,000(4) (3)
Class A-M $104,865,000 3.709%
Class B $42,477,000 3.911%
Class C $45,132,000 4.269%
Class D $18,060,000 2.750%
Class E-RR $33,708,000 4.278%
Class F-RR $23,894,000 4.278%
Class G-RR $10,619,000 4.278%
Class H-RR $39,822,721 4.278%
Class UTR (5) (5)

 

(1)The regular interest represented by this certificate is entitled to a specified portion of the interest payable on each of the Class LA-1, Class LA-2, Class LA-3, Class LA-SB, Class LA-4, Class LA-5 and Class LA-M Lower-Tier Regular Interests equal to the excess of the WAC Rate over the interest payable on the Corresponding Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

 

(2)The regular interest represented by this certificate is entitled to a specified portion of the interest payable on the Class LB Lower-Tier Regular Interest equal to the excess of the WAC Rate over the interest payable on the Class B Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

 

(3)The regular interest represented by this certificate is entitled to a specified portion of the interest payable on each of the Class LC and Class LD Lower-Tier Regular Interests equal to the excess of the WAC Rate over the interest payable on the Corresponding Upper-Tier Regular Interest.

 

(4)Notional Amount.

 

(5)The Class UTR Interest is the sole class of residual interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC. It is not entitled to distributions of principal or interest.

 

The Certificate Balance of any Class of Principal Balance Certificates outstanding at any time represents the maximum amount which holders thereof are entitled to receive as distributions allocable to principal from the cash flow on the Mortgage Loans and the other assets in the Trust Fund; provided that if amounts previously allocated as Realized Losses to a Class of Certificates in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof are subsequently recovered (including without limitation after the reduction of the Certificate Balance of such Class to zero), such Class may receive distributions in respect of such recoveries in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 4.01 of this Agreement.

 

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GRANTOR TRUST

 

The portions of the Trust Fund consisting of the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets (the “Grantor Trust”) shall be classified as a trust under Section 301.7701-4(c) of the Income Tax Regulations, the beneficial owners of which are treated as the owner of the trust’s assets under Section 671 of the Code. The Class S Certificates shall represent undivided beneficial interests in the Grantor Trust. As provided herein, the Certificate Administrator shall not take any actions that would cause (i) the Grantor Trust to lose its trust classification, (ii) the beneficial owners not to be treated as the owners of the Grantor Trust’s assets, or (iii) the Grantor Trust to be treated as part of any Trust REMIC.

 

To the fullest extent permitted by law, any inconsistencies or ambiguities in this Agreement or in the administration of this Agreement shall be resolved in a manner that preserves the validity and intended tax treatment of the Trust REMICs and the Grantor Trust and causes the maximum amounts to be paid with respect to the holders of the Upper-Tier Regular Interests.

 

As of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans have an aggregate Stated Principal Balance equal to approximately $1,061,925,721.

 

The Mortgaged Property that secures the Mortgage Loan identified as Loan No. 1 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Headquarters Plaza Mortgage Loan”) also secures 3 companion loans to the same Borrower, which are pari passu in right of payment to the Headquarters Plaza Mortgage Loan (the “Headquarters Plaza Companion Loans”). The Headquarters Plaza Whole Loan is serviced pursuant to (i) this Agreement and (ii) the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Headquarters Plaza Companion Loans and all amounts attributable thereto will not be assets of the Trust Fund, the Trust REMICs or the Grantor Trust and will be beneficially owned by the related Companion Loan Noteholders.

 

The Mortgaged Property that secures the Mortgage Loan identified as Loan No. 2 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Mortgage Loan”) also secures 2 companion loans to the same Borrower, which are pari passu in right of payment to the U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Mortgage Loan (the “U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Companion Loans”). The U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Whole Loan is currently serviced pursuant to (i) the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to the Other Securitization designated as JPMDB 2017-C7 and (ii) the related Intercreditor Agreement. The U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Companion Loans and all amounts attributable thereto will not be assets of the Trust Fund, the Trust REMICs or the Grantor Trust and will be beneficially owned by the related Companion Loan Noteholders.

 

The portfolio of Mortgaged Properties that secures the Mortgage Loan identified as Loan No. 3 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Burbank Media Portfolio Conduit 1 Mortgage Loan”) also secures 8 companion loans to the same Borrower, which are pari passu in right of payment to the Burbank Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan (the “Burbank Office Portfolio Pari Passu Companion Loans”) and an additional 2 companion loans, which are subordinate in

 

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right of payment to the Burbank Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan (the “Burbank Office Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loans” and, together with the Burbank Office Portfolio Companion Loans, the “Burbank Office Portfolio Companion Loans”). The Burbank Office Portfolio Whole Loan is currently serviced pursuant to (i) the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to the Other Securitization designated as DBUBS 2017-BRBK and (ii) the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Burbank Office Portfolio Companion Loans and all amounts attributable thereto will not be assets of the Trust Fund, the Trust REMICs or the Grantor Trust and will be beneficially owned by the related Companion Loan Noteholders.

 

The portfolio of Mortgaged Properties that secures the Mortgage Loan identified as Loan No. 6 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Lightstone Portfolio Mortgage Loan”) also secures 1 companion loan to the same Borrower, which is pari passu in right of payment to the Lightstone Portfolio Mortgage Loan (the “Lightstone Portfolio Companion Loan”). The Lightstone Portfolio Whole Loan is serviced pursuant to (i) this Agreement and (ii) the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Lightstone Portfolio Companion Loan and all amounts attributable thereto will not be an asset of the Trust Fund, the Trust REMICs or the Grantor Trust and will be beneficially owned by the related Companion Loan Noteholder.

 

The portfolio of Mortgaged Properties that secures the Mortgage Loan identified as Loan No. 13 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “IRG Portfolio Mortgage Loan”) also secures 1 companion loan to the same Borrower, which is pari passu in right of payment to the IRG Portfolio Mortgage Loan (the “IRG Portfolio Companion Loan”). The IRG Portfolio Whole Loan is currently serviced pursuant to (i) the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to the Other Securitization designated as JPMDB 2017-C7 and (ii) the related Intercreditor Agreement. The IRG Portfolio Companion Loan and all amounts attributable thereto will not be an asset of the Trust Fund, the Trust REMICs or the Grantor Trust and will be beneficially owned by the related Companion Loan Noteholder.

 

The Mortgaged Property that secures the Mortgage Loan identified as Loan No. 14 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Station Place III Mortgage Loan”) also secures 4 companion loans to the same Borrower, which are pari passu in right of payment to the Station Place III Mortgage Loan (the “Station Place III Companion Loans”). The Station Place III Whole Loan is currently serviced pursuant to (i) the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to the Other Securitization designated as JPMDB 2017-C7 and (ii) the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Station Place III Companion Loans and all amounts attributable thereto will not be assets of the Trust Fund, the Trust REMICs or the Grantor Trust and will be beneficially owned by the related Companion Loan Noteholders.

 

The Mortgaged Property that secures the Mortgage Loan identified as Loan No. 15 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Moffett Place Building 4 Mortgage Loan”) also secures 3 companion loans to the same Borrower, which are pari passu in right of payment to the Moffett Place Building 4 Mortgage Loan (the “Moffett Place Building 4 Companion Loans”). The Moffett Place Building 4 Whole Loan is currently serviced pursuant to (i) the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to the Other Securitization designated as JPMDB 2017-C7 and (ii) the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Moffett Place Building 4 Companion Loans and all

 

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amounts attributable thereto will not be assets of the Trust Fund, the Trust REMICs or the Grantor Trust and will be beneficially owned by the related Companion Loan Noteholders.

 

The portfolio of Mortgaged Properties that secures the Mortgage Loan identified as Loan No. 16 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Corporate Woods Portfolio Mortgage Loan”) also secures 5 companion loans to the same Borrower, which are pari passu in right of payment to the Corporate Woods Portfolio Mortgage Loan (the “Corporate Woods Portfolio Companion Loans”). The Corporate Woods Portfolio Whole Loan is currently serviced pursuant to (i) the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to the Other Securitization designated as CGCMT 2017-P8 and (ii) the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Corporate Woods Portfolio Companion Loans and all amounts attributable thereto will not be assets of the Trust Fund, the Trust REMICs or the Grantor Trust and will be beneficially owned by the related Companion Loan Noteholders.

 

The Mortgaged Property that secures the Mortgage Loan identified as Loan No. 18 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Integrated Health Campus Mortgage Loan”) also secures 1 companion loan to the same Borrower, which is pari passu in right of payment to the Integrated Health Campus Mortgage Loan (the “Integrated Health Campus Companion Loan”). The Integrated Health Campus Whole Loan is currently serviced pursuant to (i) the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to the Other Securitization designated as COMM 2017-COR2 and (ii) the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Integrated Health Campus Companion Loan and all amounts attributable thereto will not be an asset of the Trust Fund, the Trust REMICs or the Grantor Trust and will be beneficially owned by the related Companion Loan Noteholder.

 

The Mortgaged Property that secures the Mortgage Loan identified as Loan No. 23 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Colorado Center Mortgage Loan”) also secures 9 companion loans to the same Borrower, which are pari passu in right of payment to the Colorado Center Mortgage Loan (the “Colorado Center Pari Passu Companion Loans”) and an additional 3 companion loans, which are subordinate in right of payment to the Colorado Center Mortgage Loan (the “Colorado Center Subordinate Companion Loans” and, together with the Colorado Center Pari Passu Companion Loans, the “Colorado Center Companion Loans”). The Colorado Center Whole Loan is currently serviced pursuant to (i) the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to the Other Securitization designated as BXP 2017-CC and (ii) the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Colorado Center Companion Loans and all amounts attributable thereto will not be assets of the Trust Fund, the Trust REMICs or the Grantor Trust and will be beneficially owned by the related Companion Loan Noteholders.

 

The Mortgaged Property that secures the Mortgage Loan identified as Loan No. 27 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan”) also secures 6 companion loans to the same Borrower, which are pari passu in right of payment to the Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan (the “Gurnee Mills Companion Loans”). The Gurnee Mills Whole Loan is currently serviced pursuant to (i) the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to the Other Securitization designated as CSAIL 2016-C7 and (ii) the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Gurnee Mills Companion Loans and all amounts attributable thereto will not be assets of the

 

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Trust Fund, the Trust REMICs or the Grantor Trust and will be beneficially owned by the related Companion Loan Noteholders.

 

The Mortgaged Property that secures the Mortgage Loan identified as Loan No. 32 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Cleveland East Mortgage Loan”) also secures 1 companion loan to the same Borrower, which is pari passu in right of payment to the Cleveland East Mortgage Loan (the “Cleveland East Companion Loan”). The Cleveland East Whole Loan is currently serviced pursuant to (i) the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to the Other Securitization designated as WFCM 2017-C39 and (ii) the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Cleveland East Companion Loan and all amounts attributable thereto will not be assets of the Trust Fund, the Trust REMICs or the Grantor Trust and will be beneficially owned by the related Companion Loan Noteholder.

 

The portfolio of Mortgaged Properties that secures the Mortgage Loan identified as Loan No. 35 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgage Loan”) also secures 1 companion loan to the same Borrower, which is subordinate in right of payment to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgage Loan (the “Arizona Retail Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loan” or the “Arizona Retail Portfolio Companion Loan”). The Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan is currently serviced pursuant to (i) this Agreement and (ii) the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Arizona Retail Portfolio Companion Loan and all amounts attributable thereto will not be an asset of the Trust Fund, the Trust REMICs or the Grantor Trust and will be beneficially owned by the related Companion Loan Noteholder.

 

The Mortgaged Property that secures the Mortgage Loan identified as Loan No. 37 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (the “Covance Business Center Mortgage Loan”) also secures 1 companion loan to the same Borrower, which is pari passu in right of payment to the Covance Business Center Mortgage Loan (the “Covance Business Center Companion Loan”). The Covance Business Center Whole Loan is currently serviced pursuant to (i) the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to the Other Securitization designated as JPMDB 2017-C7 and (ii) the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Covance Business Center Companion Loan and all amounts attributable thereto will not be assets of the Trust Fund, the Trust REMICs or the Grantor Trust and will be beneficially owned by the related Companion Loan Noteholder.

 

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In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the other parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Article I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01 Defined Terms. Whenever used in this Agreement, the following words and phrases, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings specified in this Article.

 

8-K Filing Deadline”: As defined in Section 10.09 of this Agreement.

 

10-K Filing Deadline”: As defined in Section 10.07 of this Agreement.

 

17g-5 Information Provider”: The Certificate Administrator.

 

17g-5 Information Provider’s Website”: The internet website of the 17g-5 Information Provider, initially located at www.ctslink.com, under the “NRSRO” tab or other applicable tab of the respective transaction, access to which is limited to the Depositor and to NRSROs who have provided an NRSRO Certification to the 17g-5 Information Provider.

 

AB Modified Loan” Any Corrected Mortgage Loan (1) that became a Corrected Mortgage Loan (which includes for purposes of this definition any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan that became a “corrected loan” (or any term substantially similar thereto) pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) due to a modification thereto that resulted in the creation of an A/B note structure (or similar structure) and as to which the new junior note(s) did not previously exist or the principal amount of the new junior note(s) was previously part of either an A note held by the Trust or the original unmodified Mortgage Loan and (2) as to which an Appraisal Reduction Amount is not in effect.

 

Acceptable Insurance Default”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, any Default arising by reason of the failure of the related Borrower to maintain standard extended coverage casualty insurance or other insurance that covers acts of terrorism as required by the related Loan Documents, with respect to which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has determined, in accordance with the Servicing Standard (and unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, with the consent of the Directing Holder (or, if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, after consulting with the Directing Holder as provided in Section 6.07) (but other than with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Conflicted Loan)), that either: (x) such insurance is not available at commercially reasonable rates and the subject hazards are not at the time commonly insured against for properties similar to the Mortgaged Property and located in or around the

 

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geographic region in which such Mortgaged Property is located (but only by reference to such insurance that has been obtained by such owners at current market rates), or (y) such insurance is not available at any rate; provided that the Directing Holder will not have more than 30 days to respond to the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, request for such consent or consultation, as applicable; provided, further, that upon the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s determination, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that exigent circumstances do not allow the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to consult with the Directing Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, will not be required to do so. In making this determination, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, may rely on the opinion of an insurance consultant.

 

Accrued AB Loan Interest”: with respect to any AB Modified Loan and any date of determination, the accrued and unpaid interest that remains unpaid with respect to the junior note(s) of such AB Modified Loan.

 

Act”: The Securities Act of 1933, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

Action Notice Response”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(i).

 

Actual/360 Basis”: The accrual of interest calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed during any calendar month (or other applicable accrual period) in a year assumed to consist of 360 days.

 

Actual/360 Loans”: The Mortgage Loans indicated as such in the Mortgage Loan Schedule and any related Serviced Companion Loan.

 

Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”: As defined in Section 10.06 of this Agreement.

 

Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”: As defined in Section 10.07 of this Agreement.

 

Additional Servicer”: Each Affiliate of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Mortgage Loan Sellers or the Underwriters (other than an Affiliate of any such party acting in the capacity of a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer), that Services any of the Mortgage Loans, and each Person, other than the Special Servicer, who is not an Affiliate of any of the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Mortgage Loan Sellers or the Underwriters, who Services 10% or more of the Mortgage Loans (based on their Stated Principal Balance).

 

Additional Trust Fund Expense”: Any expense incurred with respect to the Trust Fund and not otherwise included in the calculation of a Realized Loss that would result in the Holders of Regular Certificates receiving less than the full amount of principal and/or the Interest Accrual Amount to which they are entitled on any Distribution Date.

 

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Administrative Cost Rate”: As of any date of determination and with respect to each Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate equal to the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate, the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate and the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate.

 

Advance”: Any P&I Advance or Servicing Advance.

 

Advance Interest Amount”: Interest at the Reimbursement Rate on the aggregate amount of P&I Advances and Servicing Advances for which the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, has not been reimbursed for the number of days from the date on which such Advance was made to the date of payment or reimbursement of the related Advance or other such amount, less any amount of interest previously paid on such Advance; provided that if, during any Collection Period in which an Advance was made, the related Borrower makes payment of an amount in respect of which such Advance was made with interest at the Default Rate, the Advance Interest Amount payable to the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall be paid first, from the amount of Default Interest on the related Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan, with respect to Servicing Advances) actually paid by such Borrower, second, from late payment fees on the related Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan, with respect to Servicing Advances) actually paid by the related Borrower, and third, upon determining in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such Advance Interest Amount is not recoverable from the amounts described in first or second, from other amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable.

 

Adverse REMIC Event”: Any action, that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, could (i) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC or the Trust Fund (including but not limited to the tax on “prohibited transactions” as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code, but not including the tax on “net income from foreclosure property”).

 

Affiliate”: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may obtain and rely on an Officer’s Certificate of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor to determine whether any Person is an Affiliate of such party.

 

Affiliated Person”: Any Person (other than a Rating Agency) involved in the organization or operation of the Depositor or an affiliate, as defined in Rule 405 of the Act, of such Person.

 

Affirmative Asset Review Vote”: As defined in Section 11.04(a).

 

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Agent Member”: Members of, or Depository Participants in, the Depository.

 

Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts:

 

(A) the Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date; and

 

(B) the Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;

 

provided that the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date shall be reduced, to not less than zero, by the amount of any reimbursements of:

 

(A)          Nonrecoverable Advances (including any servicing advance with respect to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement reimbursed out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans), with interest on such Nonrecoverable Advances at the Reimbursement Rate that are paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date; and

 

(B)          Workout Delayed Reimbursement Amounts paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date;

 

provided that, in the case of clauses (A) and (B) above, if any of the amounts that were reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans are subsequently recovered on the related Mortgage Loan, such recovery will increase the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date related to the period in which such recovery occurs.

 

The principal component of the amounts set forth above shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.02 hereof.

 

Agreement”: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.

 

Allocated Loan Amount”: With respect to each Mortgaged Property, the portion of the principal amount of the related Mortgage Loan allocated to such Mortgaged Property in the applicable Mortgage, Loan Agreement or the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

 

A.M. Best”: A.M. Best Company, Inc., or its successor in interest.

 

Anticipated Repayment Date”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a Revised Rate, the date upon which such Mortgage Loan commences accruing interest at such Revised Rate.

 

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Anticipated Termination Date”: Any Distribution Date on which it is anticipated that the Trust Fund will be terminated pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of this Agreement.

 

Applicable Law”: As defined in Section 8.02(f) of this Agreement.

 

Applicable Procedures”: As defined in Section 5.02(c)(ii)(A) of this Agreement.

 

Applicable State and Local Tax Law”: For purposes hereof, the Applicable State and Local Tax Law shall be (a) the tax laws of the State of New York and Illinois and (b) such state or local tax laws whose applicability shall have been brought to the attention of the Certificate Administrator by either (i) an opinion of counsel delivered to it or (ii) written notice from the appropriate taxing authority as to the applicability of such state or local tax laws.

 

Appraised-Out Class”: As defined in Section 4.08(b) of this Agreement.

 

Appraisal”: An appraisal prepared by an Independent MAI appraiser with at least five years’ experience in properties of like kind and in the same area.

 

Appraisal Reduction Amount”: For any Distribution Date and for any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion as to which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred, an amount calculated by the Master Servicer (and, if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred, in consultation with the Directing Holder, and, if an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing, in consultation with the Operating Advisor to the extent set forth in Section 3.31(d) of this Agreement) as of the first Determination Date that is at least 10 Business Days following the date the Master Servicer receives from the Special Servicer the related Appraisal (and any information reasonably requested by the Master Servicer from the Special Servicer, to the extent such information is in the possession of the Special Servicer, necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount) or the Special Servicer’s Small Loan Appraisal Estimate (and thereafter by the first Determination Date following any material change in the amounts set forth in the following equation) equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan over (b) the excess of (i) the sum of: (A) 90% of the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property as determined (1) by one or more Appraisals obtained by the Special Servicer with respect to that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan with an outstanding principal balance equal to or in excess of $2,000,000 (the costs of which shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance), minus such downward adjustments as the Special Servicer may make (without implying any obligation to do so) based upon its review of the Appraisals and any other information it deems relevant, or (2) by an internal valuation performed by the Special Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan with an outstanding principal balance less than $2,000,000, plus (B) all escrows and reserves (other than escrows and reserves for taxes and insurance), plus (C) all insurance and casualty proceeds and condemnation awards that constitute collateral for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (whether paid or then payable by any insurance company or government authority), over (ii) the sum as of the Due Date occurring in the month of the date of determination of (without duplication) (A) to the extent not previously advanced by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, all unpaid interest on such

 

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Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan at a per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate (or with respect to the applicable Serviced Whole Loan, the weighted average of the Mortgage Rates for the related Mortgage Loan and related Serviced Companion Loans), (B) all unreimbursed Servicing Advances and the principal portion of all unreimbursed P&I Advances, and all unpaid interest on Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, (C) any other unpaid Additional Trust Fund Expenses in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (but subject to the provisions of Section 1.02(e)), (D) all currently due and unpaid real estate taxes, ground rents and assessments and insurance premiums (net of any escrows or reserves therefor) that have not been the subject of an Advance by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, and (E) all other amounts due and unpaid with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that, if not paid by the related Borrower, would result in a shortfall in distributions to the Certificateholders, except for Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges payable due to an acceleration of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan following a default thereunder; provided, without limiting the Special Servicer’s obligation to order and obtain such Appraisal, if the Special Servicer has not obtained an Appraisal, Updated Appraisal or Small Loan Appraisal Estimate, as applicable, referred to above within 60 days of the Appraisal Reduction Event (or in the case of an Appraisal Reduction Event occurring by reason of clause (ii) of the definition thereof, within 30 days of such Appraisal Reduction Event), the Appraisal Reduction Amount shall be deemed to be an amount equal to 25% of the current Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan until such time as such Updated Appraisal or Small Loan Appraisal Estimate referred to above is received and the Appraisal Reduction Amount is recalculated.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the aggregate Appraisal Reduction Amount related to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or the related REO Property will be reduced to zero as of the date the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan is paid in full, liquidated, repurchased or otherwise removed from the Trust Fund. In addition, with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan as to which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred, such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan shall no longer be subject to the Appraisal Reduction Amount if (a) such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan has become a Corrected Mortgage Loan (if a Servicing Transfer Event had occurred with respect to the related Mortgage Loan) and (b) no other Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred and is continuing.

 

Each Serviced Whole Loan will be treated as a single mortgage loan for purposes of calculating an Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to the mortgage loans that comprise such Serviced Whole Loan. Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of a Serviced Whole Loan shall be allocated pro rata, to the related Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan that is pari passu in right of payment with such Mortgage Loan, if any.

 

For any Distribution Date and for any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan as to which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred, the Appraisal Reduction Amount shall be an amount calculated by the applicable servicer in accordance with and pursuant to the terms of the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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Appraisal Reduction Event”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, the earliest of (i) the date on which such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Modified Mortgage Loan, (ii) the 90th day following the occurrence of any uncured Delinquency in Periodic Payments with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, (iii) receipt of notice that the related Borrower has filed a bankruptcy petition or the date on which a receiver is appointed and continues in such capacity in respect of a Mortgaged Property securing such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or the 60th day after the related Borrower becomes the subject of involuntary bankruptcy proceedings and such proceedings are not dismissed in respect of a Mortgaged Property securing such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, (iv) the date on which the Mortgaged Property securing such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Serviced REO Property and (v) with respect to a Balloon Loan, a payment default shall have occurred with respect to the related Balloon Payment; provided, however, if (a) the related Borrower is diligently seeking a refinancing or sale of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties and delivers, on or prior to the related Maturity Date or extended Maturity Date, a statement to that effect and delivers, within 30 days following the related Maturity Date or extended Maturity Date, a refinancing commitment, letter of intent or otherwise binding application for refinancing from an acceptable lender or signed purchase agreement reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer (who will be required to promptly deliver a copy to the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor (if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Directing Holder (but only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), (B) the related Borrower continues to make its Assumed Scheduled Payment, and (C) no other Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred with respect to that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, an Appraisal Reduction Event will not occur until the earlier of (1) 120 days beyond the related Maturity Date (or extended Maturity Date) and (2) the termination of such transaction document.

 

Arbitration Rules”: As defined in Section 2.03(n)(i).

 

ARD Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan the terms of which provide that if, after an Anticipated Repayment Date, the related Borrower has not prepaid such Mortgage Loan in full, any principal outstanding on that date will accrue interest at the Revised Rate rather than the Initial Rate.

 

Argentic”: Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, in its capacity as a Mortgage Loan Seller, and its successors in interest.

 

Argentic Indemnification Agreement”: The agreement dated and effective the Pricing Date, between Argentic, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

 

Argentic Mortgage Loans”: Each Mortgage Loan transferred and assigned to the Depositor pursuant to the Argentic Purchase Agreement.

 

Argentic Purchase Agreement”: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated and effective the Pricing Date, between Argentic and the Depositor.

 

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Arizona Retail Portfolio Companion Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Arizona Retail Portfolio Control Appraisal Period”: With respect to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan, the period that will exist if and for so long as (A)(a)(1) the initial principal balance of the Arizona Retail Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loan minus (2) the sum (without duplication) of (x) any payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) allocated to, and received on, the Arizona Retail Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loan, (y) any appraisal reductions for the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan that are allocated to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loan and (z) any losses realized with respect to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgaged Properties or the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan that are allocated to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loan, plus (3) the Arizona Retail Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loan Threshold Event Collateral, is less than (b) 25% of the remainder of the (i) initial principal balance of the Arizona Retail Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loan less (ii) any payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) allocated to, and received by, the holders of the Arizona Retail Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loan; or (B) any interest in the Arizona Retail Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loan is held by the related borrower or a borrower related party, or the related borrower or a borrower related party would otherwise be entitled to exercise the rights of the holder of the Arizona Retail Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loan as the Arizona Retail Portfolio Directing Holder.

 

Arizona Retail Portfolio Directing Holder”: The controlling note holder under the Arizona Retail Portfolio Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan.

 

Arizona Retail Portfolio Major Decision”: With respect to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan, shall mean the following:

 

(i)          any proposed or actual foreclosure upon or comparable conversion (which shall include acquisition of any related REO Property) of the ownership of all or a portion of the Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgaged Properties that comes into and continues in default;

 

(i)          any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any monetary term (other than late fees and default interest) or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs) of the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan;

 

(ii)         if the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan is not a Specially Serviced Loan, any extension of the maturity date of the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan;

 

(iii)        following a default or an event of default with respect to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan, any exercise of remedies, including the acceleration of the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan or initiation of any proceedings, judicial or otherwise, under the related Loan Documents;

 

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(iv)        any sale of the note evidencing the Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgage Loan (if it is a Defaulted Loan) and the note evidencing the Arizona Retail Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loan, or the related REO Property (other than in connection with the termination of the Issuing Entity) for less than the applicable Purchase Price;

 

(v)         any determination to bring the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan or related REO Property, as the case may be, into compliance with applicable environmental laws or to otherwise address hazardous material located at the Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgaged Property or related REO Property;

 

(vi)        any release of material collateral or any acceptance of substitute or additional collateral for the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan or any consent to either of the foregoing, other than if required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Loan Documents and for which there is no lender discretion;

 

(vii)       any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan or any consent to such a waiver or consent to a transfer of any Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgaged Property or interests in the borrower or consent to the incurrence of additional debt, other than as may be effected without the consent of the lender under the Loan Documents;

 

(viii)      any entry into, amendment, modification or termination of any property or asset management agreement with respect to any Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgaged Property, including, without limitation, approval of the termination of a manager and appointment of a new property manager;

 

(ix)        if the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, releases of any material amounts from any escrow accounts, reserve funds or letters of credit, in each case, held as performance escrows or reserves, other than those required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Loan Documents and for which there is no lender discretion;

 

(x)         any acceptance of an assumption agreement or any other agreement permitting a transfer of interests in the borrower or guarantor under the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan, releasing such borrower or guarantor from liability under the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan other than pursuant to the specific terms of the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan and for which there is no lender discretion;

 

(xi)        if the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, any determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default;

 

(xii)       any modification, waiver or amendment of any lease, the execution of any new lease or the granting of a subordination and non-disturbance or attornment agreement in connection with any lease at any Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgaged Property if (A) the lease involves a ground lease or lease of an outparcel or affects an area greater than or equal to the lesser of (I) 30% of the net rentable area of the improvements at such Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgaged Property and (II) 30,000 square feet of the

 

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improvements at such Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgaged Property and (B) such transaction either is not a routine leasing matter or such transaction relates to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan if it is a Specially Serviced Loan;

 

(xiii)      any consent to incurrence of additional debt by the borrower under the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan or mezzanine debt by a direct or indirect parent of the borrower, to the extent the lender’s approval is required under the related Loan Documents;

 

(xiv)      if the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, approval of easements that materially affect the use or value of any Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgaged Property, or the borrower’s ability to make any payments, with respect to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan;

 

(xv)       if the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, agreeing to any modification of the type of defeasance collateral required under the Loan Documents such that defeasance collateral other than direct, non-callable obligations of the United States of America would be permitted;

 

(xvi)      determining whether to cure any default by the borrower under a ground lease or permit any ground lease modification, amendment or subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement or entry into a new ground lease;

 

(xvii)     approval of any waiver regarding the receipt of financial statements (other than immaterial timing waivers including late financial statements which in no event relieve the borrower of the obligation to provide financial statements on at least a quarterly basis);

 

(xviii)    any filing of a bankruptcy or similar action against the borrower or guarantor under the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan or the election of any action in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding to seek relief from the automatic stay or dismissal of a bankruptcy filing or voting for or opposing a plan of reorganization, seeking or opposing an order for adequate protection, adequate assurance, a Section 363 sale, order shortening time or similar motion of procedure in an insolvency proceeding or making an Section 1111(b)(2) election on behalf of the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan Noteholders;

 

(xix)      approval of the annual budget to the extent the lender’s consent is required under the related loan agreement;

 

(xx)       approval of (1) any replacement or substitution of a “Control Party” (as defined in the related loan agreement), and (2) any “Acceptable Replacement Guarantor” (as defined in the related loan agreement);

 

(xxi)      any material modification, waiver or amendment of a guaranty related to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan;

 

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(xxii)      any approval of any casualty insurance settlements related to any Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgaged Property, to the extent the lender’s approval is required under the related loan agreement;

 

(xxiii)     any approval to any material amendment, modification or waiver of any tenancy-in-common covenants and/or restrictions set forth in the related Loan Documents and any election of tenancy-in-common “roll up” rights for the benefit of lender under the Loan Documents; and

 

(xxiv)     any amendment, modification or termination of any operating agreements and tenancy-in-common agreement of the borrower, to the extent lender’s consent is required under the Loan Documents

  

provided that during any Arizona Retail Portfolio Control Appraisal Period, “Arizona Retail Portfolio Major Decisions” shall mean the list of Major Decisions as defined in this Agreement.

 

Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgage Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Arizona Retail Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan”: The Arizona Retail Portfolio Companion Loan, together with the Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgage Loan. References herein to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the related notes with respect to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgage Loan and the Arizona Retail Portfolio Companion Loan.

 

Asset-Level Basis”: Only as used in connection with the Operating Advisor Annual Report, the term “asset-level basis” refers to the Special Servicer’s performance of its duties with respect to Specially Serviced Loans (and, after the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, with respect to Major Decisions on non-Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced Companion Loans) under this Agreement taking into account the Special Servicer’s specific duties under this Agreement as well as the extent to which those duties were performed in accordance with the Servicing Standard, with reasonable consideration by the operating advisor of any Assessment of Compliance, Attestation Report, Major Decision Reporting Package (after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), Asset Status Report (after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), Final Asset Status Report and any other information, in each case delivered to the operating advisor by the Special Servicer (other than any communications between the Directing Holder and the Special Servicer that would be Privileged Information) pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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Asset Representations Reviewer”: Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, a New York limited liability company, or its successor in interest, or any successor Asset Representations Reviewer appointed as herein provided.

 

Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee”: As defined in Section 11.02(a).

 

Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Cap”: As defined in Section 11.02(a).

 

Asset Representations Reviewer Surveillance Personnel”: The divisions and individuals of the Asset Representations Reviewer who are involved in the performance of the duties of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement.

 

Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event”: As defined in Section 11.05(a).

 

Asset Review”: A review of the compliance of each Delinquent Mortgage Loan with certain representations and warranties of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, in accordance with the Asset Review Standard and the procedures set forth on Exhibit JJ hereto.

 

Asset Review Notice”: As defined in Section 11.01(b)(i).

 

Asset Review Quorum”: In connection with any solicitation of votes to authorize an Asset Review as described in Section 12.01(a), the Certificateholders evidencing at least 5% of the aggregate Voting Rights represented by all Certificates.

 

Asset Review Report”: A report setting forth the results of an Asset Review substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit HH.

 

Asset Review Report Summary”: As defined in Section 11.01(a)(ix), a summary report setting forth the conclusions of an Asset Review Report substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit II.

 

Asset Review Standard”: The performance of the Asset Representations Reviewer of its duties under this Agreement in good faith subject to the express terms of this Agreement. All determinations or assumptions made by the Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with an Asset Review shall be made in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s good faith discretion and judgment based on the facts and circumstances known to it at the time of such determination or assumption.

 

Asset Review Trigger”: Any time that either (1) Mortgage Loans having an aggregate outstanding principal balance of 25.0% or more of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Loans (or a portion of any REO Loan in the case of a Whole Loan)) held by the Trust as of the end of the applicable Collection Period are Delinquent Mortgage Loans or (2)(A) prior to and including the second anniversary of the Closing Date, at least 10 Mortgage Loans are Delinquent Mortgage Loans as of the end of the

 

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applicable Collection Period and the outstanding principal balance of such Delinquent Mortgage Loans in the aggregate constitutes at least 15.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Loans (or a portion of any REO Loan in the case of a Whole Loan)) held by the Trust as of the end of the applicable Collection Period, or (B) after the second anniversary of the Closing Date, at least 15 Mortgage Loans are Delinquent Mortgage Loans as of the end of the applicable Collection Period and the aggregate outstanding principal balance of such Delinquent Mortgage Loans in the aggregate constitutes at least 20.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Loans) (or a portion of any REO Loan in the case of a Whole Loan) held by the Trust as of the end of the applicable Collection Period.

 

Asset Review Vote Election”: As defined in Section 11.01(a).

 

Asset Status Report”: As defined in Section 3.23(e) of this Agreement.

 

Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, any assignment of leases, rents and profits or similar agreement executed by the Borrower, assigning to the mortgagee all of the income, rents and profits derived from the ownership, operation, leasing or disposition of all or a portion of such Mortgaged Property, in the form which was duly executed, acknowledged and delivered, as amended, modified, renewed or extended through the date hereof and from time to time hereafter.

 

Assignment of Mortgage”: An assignment of Mortgage without recourse, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument, in recordable form, which is sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of record the sale of the Mortgage, which assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments covering Mortgages encumbering Mortgaged Properties located in the same jurisdiction, if permitted by law and acceptable for recording.

 

Assumed Scheduled Payment”: For any Collection Period with respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) that is delinquent in respect of its Balloon Payment or any REO Loan (excluding, for purposes of any P&I Advances, the portion allocable to any related Companion Loan), an amount equal to the sum of (a) the principal portion of the Periodic Payment that would have been due on such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan on the related Due Date based on the constant Periodic Payment or the original amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan (as calculated with interest at the related Mortgage Rate) (if any), assuming such Balloon Payment had not become due, after giving effect to any prior modification, a default or a bankruptcy modification (or similar proceeding), and (b) interest on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding, for purposes of any P&I Advances, the portion allocable to any related Companion Loan) at its applicable Mortgage Rate (net of the related Servicing Fee Rate (other than, in the case of any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the servicing fee rate pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement)).

 

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Assumption Fees”: Any fees (other than assumption application fees) collected by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with an assumption of a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or related substitution of a Borrower (or an interest therein) thereunder (in each case, as permitted or set forth in the related Loan Documents or under the provisions of this Agreement).

 

Authenticating Agent”: Any authenticating agent appointed by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.18 of this Agreement.

 

Available Funds”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (without duplication):

 

(a)                the aggregate amount of all cash received on the Mortgage Loans (in the case of any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, only to the extent received by the Trust pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and/or the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement) (including the portion of Loss of Value Payments deposited into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(e) of this Agreement) and any REO Property (including Compensating Interest Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans required to be deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.17(c)) on deposit in the Collection Account (in each case, exclusive of any amount on deposit in the Collection Account that is held for the benefit of the Companion Loan Noteholders), as of the Master Servicer Remittance Date, exclusive of (without duplication):

 

(i)            all Periodic Payments and Balloon Payments paid by the Borrowers that are due on a Due Date (without regard to grace periods) after the end of the related Collection Period (without regard to grace periods), excluding Excess Interest and interest relating to periods prior to, but due after, the Cut-off Date;

 

(ii)           all unscheduled payments of principal (including Principal Prepayments (together with any related payments of interest allocable to the period following the Due Date for the related Mortgage Loan during the related Collection Period)), unscheduled interest, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds and other unscheduled recoveries received subsequent to the related Determination Date (or, with respect to voluntary prepayments of principal of each Mortgage Loan with a Due Date occurring after the related Determination Date, subsequent to the related Due Date) allocable to the Mortgage Loans;

 

(iii)          all amounts payable or reimbursable to any Person from the Collection Account pursuant to clauses (ii) through (xv), inclusive, of Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement;

 

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(iv)          with respect to each Actual/360 Loan and any Distribution Date in (1) each February and (2) any January occurring in a year that is not a leap year (unless, in either case, such Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), an amount equal to one day of interest on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in the month preceding the month in which the subject Distribution Date occurs at the related Net Mortgage Rate, to the extent such amounts are to be deposited in the Interest Reserve Account and held for future distribution pursuant to Section 3.05(e) of this Agreement;

 

(v)           all Excess Interest allocable to the Mortgage Loans;

 

(vi)          all Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Premiums allocable to the Mortgage Loans;

 

(vii)         all amounts deposited in the Collection Account or the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, as the case may be, in error; and

 

(viii)        all Penalty Charges retained in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(vii) of this Agreement; and

 

(b)               if and to the extent not already included in clause (a) hereof, the aggregate amount transferred on or before the applicable Determination Date from the REO Account allocable to the Mortgage Loans to the Collection Account for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.15(b);

 

(c)               P&I Advances made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, for such Distribution Date (net of the related Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee with respect to the Mortgage Loans for which such P&I Advances are made);

 

(d)               with respect to each Actual/360 Loan and for the Distribution Date occurring in each March (or February if the final Distribution Date occurs in such month), the Withheld Amounts remitted to the Lower-Tier Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.05(e) of this Agreement; and

 

(e)               the aggregate amount of Gain-on-Sale Proceeds transferred to the Lower Tier Distribution Account from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account for distribution on the subject Distribution Date.

 

Notwithstanding the investment of funds held in the Collection Account or the Lower-Tier Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.07 of this Agreement, for purposes of calculating the Available Funds, the amounts so invested shall be deemed to remain on deposit in such account.

 

Balloon Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that requires a payment of principal on the maturity date in excess of its constant Periodic Payment.

 

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Balloon Payment”: With respect to each Balloon Loan, the scheduled payment of principal due on the Maturity Date (less principal included in the applicable amortization schedule or scheduled Periodic Payment).

 

Base Interest Fraction”: With respect to any Principal Prepayment on any Mortgage Loan and any of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates, a fraction (not greater than one) (a) whose numerator is the greater of zero and the amount, if any, by which (i) the Pass-Through Rate on such Class of Certificates exceeds (ii) the yield rate (as provided by the Master Servicer) used in calculating the Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge, as applicable, with respect to such Principal Prepayment and (b) whose denominator is the amount, if any, by which (i) the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan exceeds (ii) the yield rate (as provided by the Master Servicer) used in calculating the Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge, as applicable, with respect to such Principal Prepayment; provided that if such yield rate is greater than or equal to the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan, then the Base Interest Fraction shall be zero; provided, further, that if such yield rate is greater than or equal to the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan, but less than the Pass-Through Rate described in clause (a)(i) above, then the Base Interest Fraction shall be one.

 

To the extent that the “yield rate” referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph to be provided by the Master Servicer is not provided in the related Loan Documents, such “yield rate” shall be, when compounded monthly, equivalent to the yield, on the U.S. Treasury primary issue with a maturity date closest to the Maturity Date or Anticipated Repayment Date, as applicable, for the prepaid Mortgage Loan. In the event that there are: (a) two or more U.S. Treasury issues with the same coupon the issue with the lower yield shall be selected and (b) two or more U.S. Treasury issues with maturity dates equally close to the Maturity Date or Anticipated Repayment Date, as applicable, for such prepaid Mortgage Loan, the issue with the earlier maturity date shall be selected.

 

Bid Allocation”: With respect to the Master Servicer and each Sub-Servicer therefor and the proceeds of any bid pursuant to Section 7.01(a) of this Agreement, the amount of such proceeds (net of any expenses incurred in connection with such bid and the transfer of servicing), multiplied by a fraction equal to (a) the Servicing Fee Amount for the Master Servicer or such Sub-Servicer therefor, as the case may be, as of such date of determination, over (b) the aggregate of the Servicing Fee Amounts for the Master Servicer and all Sub-Servicers therefor as of such date of determination.

 

Book-Entry Certificate” shall mean any Certificate registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee.

 

Borrower”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, any obligor or obligors on any related Mortgage Note or Mortgage Notes, including in connection with a Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that utilizes an indemnity deed of trust (“IDOT”) structure, the borrower and the Mortgaged Property owner / payment guarantor / mortgagor, individually and collectively, as the context may require.

 

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Borrower Accounts”: As defined in Section 3.07(a) of this Agreement.

 

Borrower Party”: A borrower, a mortgagor, a manager of a Mortgaged Property, Restricted Mezzanine Holder or any Borrower Party Affiliate.

 

Borrower Party Affiliate”: With respect to a borrower, a mortgagor, a manager of a Mortgaged Property or a Restricted Mezzanine Holder, (a) any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such borrower, mortgagor, manager or Restricted Mezzanine Holder, as applicable, (b) solely with respect to the 10 largest Mortgage Loans by Stated Principal Balance, any other Person owning, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the beneficial interests in such borrower, mortgagor or manager, as applicable, or (c) any other Person owning, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the beneficial interests in such Restricted Mezzanine Holder. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Breach”: As defined in Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement.

 

Burbank Office Portfolio Companion Loans”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Burbank Office Portfolio Companion Loans”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Burbank Office Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loans”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Burbank Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Burbank Office Portfolio Service Providers”: With respect to the Burbank Office Portfolio Companion Loans, the related Other Trustee, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and any related sub-servicer, as applicable, and any other Person that makes principal and/or interest advances in respect of such mortgage loan pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Burbank Office Portfolio Whole Loan”: The Burbank Office Portfolio Companion Loans, together with the Burbank Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan. References herein to the Burbank Office Portfolio Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the related notes with respect to the Burbank Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan and the Burbank Office Portfolio Companion Loans.

 

Business Day”: Any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, (ii) a legal holiday in New York, New York or the principal cities in which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee or the

 

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Certificate Administrator conduct servicing, trust administration or surveillance operations or (iii) a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or banking institutions or savings associations in New York, New York, Charlotte, North Carolina, Oakland, California, Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Missouri, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Overland Park, Kansas, Missouri, Minneapolis, Minnesota, or Columbia, Maryland, or the principal cities in which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator conduct servicing, trust administration or surveillance operations are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed.

 

BXP 2017-CC Trust and Servicing Agreement”: The trust and servicing agreement, dated as of August 9, 2017 between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as servicer, AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator and as custodian, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and entered into in connection with the BXP 2017-CC transaction.

 

Calculation Rate”: A discount rate appropriate for the type of cash flows being discounted, namely (i) for principal and interest payment on the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan or sale of a Defaulted Loan, the highest of (1) the rate determined by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, that approximates the market rate that would be obtainable by the Borrowers on similar non-defaulted debt of the Borrowers as of such date of determination, (2) the applicable Mortgage Rate and (3) the yield on 10-year U.S. treasuries as of such date of determination and (ii) for all other cash flows, including property cash flow, the “discount rate” set forth in the most recent related Appraisal (or Updated Appraisal).

 

Cash Collateral Account”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that has a Lock-Box Account, any account or accounts created pursuant to the related Mortgage, Loan Agreement, Cash Collateral Account Agreement or other Loan Document into which the Lock-Box Account monies are swept on a regular basis for the benefit of the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders, as successor to the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Any Cash Collateral Account shall be beneficially owned for federal income tax purposes by the Person who is entitled to receive all reinvestment income or gain thereon in accordance with the terms and provisions of the related Loan Documents and Section 3.07 of this Agreement, which Person shall be taxed on all reinvestment income or gain thereon in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. The Master Servicer shall be permitted to make withdrawals therefrom for deposit into the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable. To the extent not inconsistent with the terms of the related Loan Documents, each such Cash Collateral Account shall be an Eligible Account.

 

Cash Collateral Account Agreement”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the cash collateral account agreement, if any, between the related Originator and the related Borrower, pursuant to which the related Cash Collateral Account, if any, may have been established.

 

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Certificate”: Any Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificate issued, authenticated and delivered hereunder.

 

Certificate Administrator”: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, in its capacity as Certificate Administrator, or its successor in interest, or any successor Certificate Administrator appointed as herein provided. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will perform its obligations as Certificate Administrator hereunder through its Corporate Trust Services division.

 

Certificate Administrator Personnel”: The divisions and individuals of the Certificate Administrator who are involved in the performance of the duties of the Certificate Administrator under this Agreement.

 

Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and for any Distribution Date, an amount per Interest Accrual Period equal to the product of (i) the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate (adjusted to a monthly rate) multiplied by (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the immediately preceding Collection Period (without giving effect to payments of principal on such Mortgage Loan on such Due Date). The Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.02(a) of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan shall be payable from the Lower-Tier REMIC.

 

Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate”: A rate equal to 0.0064% per annum.

 

Certificate Administrator’s Website”: The internet website of the Certificate Administrator, initially located at www.ctslink.com.

 

Certificate Balance”: With respect to any Class of Principal Balance Certificates, (a) on or prior to the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of such Class as specified in the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement and (b) as of any date of determination after the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Certificate Balance of such Class on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination less any distributions allocable to principal and any allocations of Realized Losses made thereon on such prior Distribution Date.

 

Certificate Custodian”: Initially, the Certificate Administrator; thereafter, any other Certificate Custodian acceptable to the Depository and selected by the Certificate Administrator.

 

Certificate Factor”: With respect to any Class of Principal Balance Certificates or Class X Certificates, as of any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a decimal carried to eight places, the numerator of which is the then related Certificate Balance or the Notional

 

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Amount, as the case may be, and the denominator of which is the related initial Certificate Balance or the initial Notional Amount, as the case may be.

 

Certificate Owner”: With respect to a Global Certificate, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Certificate as reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Depository (directly as a Depository Participant or indirectly through a Depository Participant, in accordance with the rules of such Depository) with respect to such Classes. Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer shall have the right to require, as a condition to acknowledging the status of any Person as a Certificate Owner under this Agreement, that such Person execute an Investor Certification.

 

Certificate Register” and “Certificate Registrar”: The register maintained and the registrar appointed pursuant to Section 5.02 of this Agreement.

 

Certificateholder”: The Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register or any beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that solely for the purposes of giving any consent, approval, waiver or taking any action pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of or beneficially owned by (i) the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Non-Conflicted Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, any Mortgage Loan Seller or any Affiliate of any of such Persons or (ii) any Borrower Party, in each case shall be deemed not to be outstanding (provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, any Controlling Class Certificates owned by a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder shall not be deemed to be outstanding as to such Conflicted Controlling Class Holder solely with respect to any related Conflicted Controlling Class Loan; and provided, further, that any Controlling Class Certificates owned by the Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof shall not be deemed to be outstanding as to the Special Servicer or such Affiliate solely with respect to any related Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan), and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of Voting Rights necessary to effect any such consent, approval, waiver or take any such action has been obtained; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply in the case of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Non-Conflicted Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, any Mortgage Loan Seller or any Affiliate of any of such Persons unless such consent, approval or waiver sought from such party would in any way increase its compensation or limit its obligations in the named capacities hereunder or waive a Servicer Termination Event or trigger an Asset Review with respect to such Mortgage Loan; provided, further that so long as there is no Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer or such Affiliate of either shall be entitled to exercise such Voting Rights with respect to any issue which could reasonably be believed to adversely affect such party’s compensation or increase its obligations or liabilities hereunder; and provided, further that such restrictions shall not apply to (i) the exercise of the Special Servicer’s, the Master Servicer’s or any Mortgage Loan Seller’s rights, if any, or any of their Affiliates as a member of the Controlling Class or (ii) any Affiliate of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator that has provided an Investor Certification in which it has certified as to the existence of certain policies and procedures restricting the flow of information between it and the

 

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Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and any Certificates beneficially owned by such Affiliate shall be deemed to be outstanding. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall each be entitled to request and rely upon a certificate of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Depositor in determining whether a Certificate is registered in the name of an Affiliate of such Person. All references herein to “Holders” or “Certificateholders” shall reflect the rights of Certificate Owners as they may indirectly exercise such rights through the Depository and the Depository Participants, except as otherwise specified herein; provided, however, that the parties hereto shall be required to recognize as a “Holder” or “Certificateholder” only the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register.

 

Certificateholder Quorum”: In connection with any solicitation of votes in connection with the replacement of the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.22(d) of this Agreement or the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 11.05(b) of this Agreement, the holders of Certificates (other than the Class X, Class S and Class R Certificates) evidencing at least 50% of the aggregate Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of the Certificates pursuant to Section 4.08 of this Agreement, except in the case of the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 11.05(b) of this Agreement) of all Certificates (other than the Class X, Class S and Class R Certificates) on an aggregate basis.

 

Certificateholder Repurchase Request”: As defined in Section 2.03(k)(i) of this Agreement.

 

Certification Parties”: As defined in Section 10.08 of this Agreement.

 

Certifying Certificateholder”: A Certificateholder or Certificate Owner of a Certificate that has provided the Certificate Administrator with an executed Investor Certification.

 

Certifying Person”: As defined in Section 10.08 of this Agreement.

 

Certifying Servicer”: As defined in Section 10.11 of this Agreement.

 

CGCMT 2017-P8 Pooling and Servicing Agreement”: The pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of September 1, 2017, between Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, KeyBank National Association, as special servicer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, Citibank, N.A., as certificate administrator, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and entered into in connection with the creation of the CGCMT 2017-P8 transaction.

 

Class”: All of the Certificates that collectively bear the same alphabetic or alphanumeric Class designation and each Lower-Tier Regular Interest.

 

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Class A-1 Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class A-1” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to 2.168%.

 

Class A-2 Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class A-2” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to 3.250%.

 

Class A-3 Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class A-3” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to 3.104%.

 

Class A-4 Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class A-4” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to 3.190%.

 

Class A-5 Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class A-5” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class A-5 Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to 3.456%.

 

Class A-M Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class A-M” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class A-M Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the lesser of the (i) WAC Rate and (ii) 3.709%.

 

Class A-SB Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class A-SB” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or

 

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the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class A-SB Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to 3.332%.

 

Class B Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class B” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class B Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the lesser of the (i) WAC Rate and (ii) 3.911%.

 

Class C Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class C” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class C Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to (i) the WAC Rate minus (ii) 0.00875%, but in any case, not less than 0.000%.

 

Class D Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class D” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class D Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to 2.750%.

 

Class E-RR Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class E-RR” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class E-RR Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate.

 

Class F-RR Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class F-RR” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class F-RR Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate.

 

Class G-RR Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class G-RR” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

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Class G-RR Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate.

 

Class H-RR Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class H-RR” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class H-RR Pass-Through Rate”: A per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate.

 

Class LA-1 Interest,” “Class LA-2 Interest,” “Class LA-3 Interest,” “Class LA-SB Interest,” “Class LA-4 Interest,” “Class LA-5 Interest,” “Class LA-M Interest,” “Class LB Interest,” “Class LC Interest,” “Class LD Interest,” “Class LE-RR Interest,” “Class LF-RR Interest,” “Class LG-RR Interest” and “Class LH-RR Interest”: Each, a regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC entitled to monthly distributions payable thereto pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement.

 

Class LTR Interest”: The sole class of “residual interest” in the Lower-Tier REMIC, which will be represented by the Class R Certificates.

 

Class R Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class R” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement. The Class R Certificates have no Pass-Through Rate, Certificate Balance or Notional Amount. The Class R Certificates represent the Class LTR Interest and the Class UTR Interest.

 

Class S Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class S” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement. The Class S Certificates represent undivided beneficial interests in the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets.

 

Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of Excess Interest collected on the ARD Loans and amounts held from time to time in the Excess Interest Distribution Account.

 

Class UTR Interest”: The sole class of “residual interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC, which will be represented by the Class R Certificates.

 

Class X Certificates”: The Class X-A, Class X-B and Class X-D Certificates, collectively.

 

Class X Component”: Each of the Class X-A Components, Class X-B Component and Class X-D Components.

 

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Class X Component Notional Amount”: With respect to each Class X Component and any date of determination, an amount equal to the then Lower-Tier Principal Balance of its Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest.

 

Class X Notional Amount”: The Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount or the Class X-D Notional Amount, as applicable and as the context may require.

 

Class X-A Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class X-A” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class X-A Components”: Each of Component XA-1, Component XA-2, Component XA-3, Component XA-SB, Component XA-4, Component XA-5 and Component XA-M.

 

Class X-A Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the sum of the then Class X Component Notional Amounts of all of the Class X-A Components.

 

Class X-A Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted average of the Class X-A Strip Rates for the respective Class X-A Components for such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of the respective Class X Component Notional Amounts of such Components outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date. The Class X-A Pass-Through Rate for the initial Distribution Date is 0.985% per annum.

 

Class X-A Strip Rate”: With respect to any Class of Class X-A Components for any Distribution Date, the (i) the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date over (ii) the Pass-Through Rate for the Corresponding Certificates.

 

Class X-B Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class X-B” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class X-B Component”: The Component XB.

 

Class X-B Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the then Class X Component Notional Amount of the Class X-B Component.

 

Class X-B Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Class X-B Strip Rate for the Class X-B Component for such Distribution Date. The Class X-B Pass-Through Rate for the initial Distribution Date is 0.367% per annum.

 

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Class X-B Strip Rate”: With respect to the Class X-B Component for any Distribution Date, the (i) the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date over (ii) the Pass-Through Rate for the Corresponding Certificates.

 

Class X-D Certificate”: Any one of the Certificates with a “Class X-D” designation on the face thereof, executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent on behalf of the Depositor in substantially the form of the Exhibit set forth next to such Class in the Table of Exhibits of this Agreement.

 

Class X-D Component”: Each of Component XC and Component XD.

 

Class X-D Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the sum of the then Class X Component Notional Amounts of all of the Class X-D Components.

 

Class X-D Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted average of the Class X-D Strip Rates for the respective Class X-D Components for such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of the respective Class X Component Notional Amounts of such Components outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date. The Class X-D Pass-Through Rate for the initial Distribution Date is 0.442% per annum.

 

Class X-D Strip Rate”: With respect to any Class of Class X-D Components for any Distribution Date, the (i) the WAC Rate for such Distribution Date over (ii) the Pass-Through Rate for the Corresponding Certificates.

 

Clearstream”: Clearstream Banking Luxembourg, a division of Clearstream International, société anonyme.

 

Cleveland East Companion Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Cleveland East Mortgage Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Cleveland East Service Providers”: With respect to the Cleveland East Companion Loan, the related Other Trustee, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and any related sub-servicer, as applicable, and any other Person that makes principal and/or interest advances in respect of such mortgage loan pursuant to any related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Cleveland East Whole Loan”: The Cleveland East Companion Loan, together with the Cleveland East Mortgage Loan. References herein to the Cleveland East Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Cleveland East Mortgage Loan and the Cleveland East Companion Loan.

 

Closing Date”: November 30, 2017.

 

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Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, any successor statute thereto, and any temporary or final regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury promulgated pursuant thereto.

 

Collateral Deficiency Amount” With respect to any AB Modified Loan as of any date of determination, the excess of (i) the Stated Principal Balance of such AB Modified Loan (taking into account the related junior note(s) included therein), over (ii) the sum of (in the case of a Whole Loan, solely to the extent allocable to the subject Mortgage Loan) (x) the most recent appraised value for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, plus (y) solely to the extent not reflected or taken into account in such appraised value and to the extent on deposit with, or otherwise under the control of, the lender as of the date of such determination, any capital or additional collateral contributed by the related Borrower at the time the Mortgage Loan became (and as part of the modification related to) such AB Modified Loan for the benefit of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties (provided, that in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the amounts set forth in this clause (y) will be taken into account solely to the extent relevant information is received by the Master Servicer), plus (z) any other escrows or reserves (in addition to any amounts set forth in the immediately preceding clause (y)) held by the lender in respect of such AB Modified Loan as of the date of such determination. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Master Servicer’s calculation or determination of any Collateral Deficiency Amount.

 

Collection Account”: The trust account or accounts created and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(a) of this Agreement, which shall be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 Collection Account” and which must be an Eligible Account.

 

Collection Period”: With respect to any Distribution Date and each Mortgage Loan (including any Companion Loan), the period that begins on the day immediately following the Due Date for such Mortgage Loan (including any Companion Loan) in the month preceding the month in which that Distribution Date occurs or the date that would have been the Due Date if such Mortgage Loan (including any Companion Loan) had a Due Date in such preceding month and ending on and including the Due Date for such Mortgage Loan (including any related Companion Loan) occurring in the month in which that Distribution Date occurs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the last day of a Collection Period (or applicable grace period) is not a business day, any Periodic Payments received with respect to Mortgage Loans (including any Companion Loan) relating to such Collection Period on the business day immediately following such day shall be deemed to have been received during such Collection Period and not during any other Collection Period.

 

Colorado Center Companion Loans”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Colorado Center Pari Passu Companion Loans”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

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Colorado Center Subordinate Companion Loans”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Colorado Center Mortgage Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Colorado Center Service Providers”: With respect to the Colorado Center Companion Loans, the related Other Trustee, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and any related sub-servicer, as applicable, and any other Person that makes principal and/or interest advances in respect of such mortgage loan pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Colorado Center Whole Loan”: The Colorado Center Companion Loans, together with the Colorado Center Mortgage Loan. References herein to the Colorado Center Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the related notes with respect to the Colorado Center Mortgage Loan and the Colorado Center Companion Loans.

 

COMM 2017-COR2 Pooling and Servicing Agreement”: The pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of September 1, 2017, between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer and as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, custodian and trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and entered into in connection with the creation of the COMM 2017-COR2 transaction.

 

Commission”: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Communication Request”: As defined in Section 5.05(a) of this Agreement.

 

Companion Loan”: A Serviced Companion Loan or Non-Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable and as the context may require.

 

Companion Loan Noteholder”: A holder of a Companion Loan.

 

Compensating Interest Payment”: An amount as of any Distribution Date equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls incurred in connection with voluntary Principal Prepayments received in respect of the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans (in each case, other than (a) a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, (b) a Specially Serviced Loan or (c) a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan with respect to which the Special Servicer has waived or amended the prepayment restrictions such that the related Borrower is not required to prepay on a Due Date or pay interest that would have accrued on the amount prepaid through and including the last day of the interest accrual period occurring following the date of such prepayment) for the related Distribution Date, and (ii) the aggregate of (A) the portion of its Master Servicing Fee (calculated for this purpose at 0.0025% (0.25 basis points) per annum) that is being paid in such Collection Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans serviced by it (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or a Specially Serviced Loan), (B) all Prepayment Interest Excess received by

 

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the Master Servicer during the related Collection Period on the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or a Specially Serviced Loan) and (C) to the extent earned on principal prepayments, net investment earnings payable to the Master Servicer for such Collection Period received by the Master Servicer during such Collection Period with respect to the Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, as applicable, subject to such prepayment; provided that if any Prepayment Interest Shortfall occurs with respect to any Mortgage Loan as a result of the Master Servicer’s failure to enforce the related Loan Documents (a “Prohibited Prepayment”) regarding principal prepayments (other than in connection with (a) a Specially Serviced Loan, (b) a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, (c) subsequent to a default under the related Loan Documents (provided that the Master Servicer reasonably believes that acceptance of such prepayment is consistent with the Servicing Standard), (d) at the request of or with the consent of the Special Servicer or, so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred or is not continuing (other than with respect to the Mortgage Loans other than a Conflicted Loan or a Servicing Shift Whole Loan), the Directing Holder, (e) pursuant to applicable law or a court order, (f) in connection with the payment of Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds unless the Master Servicer did not apply the proceeds thereof in accordance with the terms of the related Loan Documents and such failure caused the shortfall or (g) a previously Specially Serviced Loan with respect to which the Special Servicer has waived or amended the prepayment restriction such that the related Borrower is not required to prepay on a Due Date or pay interest that would have accrued on the amount prepaid through and including the last day of the interest accrual period occurring following the date of such prepayment), then for purposes of calculating the Compensating Interest Payment for the related Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall pay, without regard to clause (ii) above, the aggregate amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, otherwise described in clause (i) above in connection with such Prohibited Prepayments. The Master Servicer’s obligation to pay the Compensating Interest Payment, and the rights of the Certificateholders to offset of the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfalls against those amounts, shall not be cumulative.

 

“Component XA-1”: One of the components of the Class X-A Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LA-1 Interest as of any date of determination.

 

“Component XA-2”: One of the components of the Class X-A Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LA-2 Interest as of any date of determination.

 

“Component XA-3”: One of the components of the Class X-A Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LA-3 Interest as of any date of determination.

 

“Component XA-4”: One of the components of the Class X-A Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LA-4 Interest as of any date of determination.

 

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“Component XA-5”: One of the components of the Class X-A Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LA-5 Interest as of any date of determination.

 

“Component XA-SB”: One of the components of the Class X-A Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LA-SB Interest as of any date of determination.

 

“Component XA-M”: One of the components of the Class X-A Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LA-M Interest as of any date of determination.

 

“Component XB”: The component of the Class X-B Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LB Interest as of any date of determination.

 

“Component XC”: One of the components of the Class X-D Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LC Interest as of any date of determination.

 

“Component XD”: One of the components of the Class X-D Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LD Interest as of any date of determination.

 

Condemnation Proceeds”: Any awards resulting from the full or partial condemnation or any eminent domain proceeding or any conveyance in lieu or in anticipation thereof with respect to a Mortgaged Property by or to any governmental, quasi-governmental authority or private entity with condemnation powers (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration, preservation or repair of such Mortgaged Property or released to the related Borrower in accordance with the terms of the REMIC Provisions and the applicable Loan Documents for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan) or, if applicable, with respect to the Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Whole Loan, any portion of such amounts payable to the holders of the applicable Mortgage Loan. With respect to the Mortgaged Property securing any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or Non-Serviced Companion Loan, only the portion of such amounts payable to the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan shall be included in Condemnation Proceeds).

 

Conflicted Controlling Class Holder”: With respect to any Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan, the Controlling Class Representative or any Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, that is a Borrower Party with respect to such Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan. Immediately upon obtaining actual knowledge of any such party becoming a “Conflicted Controlling Class Holder”, the Controlling Class Representative or Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, shall provide notice in the form of Exhibit L-1E hereto to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, which such notice shall be physically delivered in accordance with

 

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Section 11.05 of this Agreement and shall specifically identify the Conflicted Controlling Class Holder and the subject Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan. Additionally, any Conflicted Controlling Class Holder shall also send to the Certificate Administrator a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1F hereto, which such notice shall provide each of the CTSLink User ID’s associated with such Conflicted Controlling Class Holder, and which such notice shall direct the Certificate Administrator to restrict such Conflicted Controlling Class Holder’s access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website as provided in this Agreement. As of the Closing Date, there are no Conflicted Controlling Class Holders related to the Trust.

 

Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan with respect to which, as of any date of determination, the Controlling Class Representative or any Controlling Class Certificateholder is a Borrower Party. As of the Closing Date, there are no Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loans related to the Trust.

 

Conflicted Information”: With respect to any Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan, any information and reports solely relating to such Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s) and/or the related Mortgaged Properties that is segregated on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, including, without limitation, any Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports or summaries thereof, or any appraisals, inspection reports (related to Specially Serviced Loans conducted by the Special Servicer or the Non-Conflicted Special Servicer), recoverability officer’s certificates, the Operating Advisor Annual Reports, any determination of the Special Servicer’s net present value calculation, any appraisal reduction amount calculations, environmental assessments, seismic reports and property condition reports and such other information and reports designated as Conflicted Information (other than such information with respect to such Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s) that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level) by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor, as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, any file or report contained in the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC® IRP) (other than the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File relating to any Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan) and any Schedule AL Additional File shall not be considered “Conflicted Information”. Any Conflicted Information to be delivered to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall be delivered in accordance with Section 3.32 hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator’s obligation to segregate any information delivered to it under the “Conflicted Information” tab on the Certificate Administrator’s Website shall be triggered solely by such information being delivered in the manner provided in Section 3.32 hereof.

 

Conflicted Loan”: With respect to the Controlling Class Representative, any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan with respect to which, as of any date of determination, the Controlling Class Representative or any Majority Controlling Class Certificateholder is a Borrower Party. For the avoidance of doubt, any Conflicted Loan as to either the Controlling Class Representative or any Majority Controlling Class Certificateholder is also a Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan. As of the Closing Date, there are no Conflicted Loans related to the Trust.

 

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“Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan”: Any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan with respect to which, as of any date of determination, the Special Servicer has obtained knowledge that it is a Borrower Party.

 

Consultation Termination Event”: At any date at which (a) (i) no Class of Control Eligible Certificates exists where such Class’s aggregate Certificate Balance is at least equal to 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of that Class, in each case, without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts or (ii) a Holder of a Class of the Class E-RR Certificates is the majority Controlling Class Certificateholder and has irrevocably waived its right, in writing, to exercise any of the rights of the Controlling Class Certificateholder, and such rights have not been reinstated to a successor Controlling Class Certificateholder pursuant to Section 3.29(g); and (b) with respect to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan, when a Arizona Retail Portfolio Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing, (i) no Class of Control Eligible Certificates exists where such Class’s aggregate Certificate Balance is at least equal to 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of that Class, in each case, without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts or (ii) a Holder of a Class of the Class E-RR Certificates is the majority Controlling Class Certificateholder and has irrevocably waived its right, in writing, to exercise any of the rights of the Controlling Class Certificateholder, and such rights have not been reinstated to a successor Controlling Class Certificateholder pursuant to Section 3.29(g); provided that prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, except as provided in the last sentence of this definition, no Consultation Termination Event may occur with respect to the Loan-Specific Directing Holder related to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan and the term “Consultation Termination Event” shall not be applicable to the Loan-Specific Directing Holder related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan; provided, further, that no Consultation Termination Event resulting solely from the operation of clause (ii) shall be deemed to have existed or be in continuance with respect to a successor Holder of Class of the Class E-RR Certificates that has not irrevocably waived its right to exercise any of the rights of the Controlling Class Certificateholder; provided that a Consultation Termination Event shall not be deemed to be continuing in the event the Certificate Balances of all Classes of Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Control Eligible Certificates) have been reduced to zero. With respect to Conflicted Loans with respect to the Controlling Class Representative, a Consultation Termination Event shall be deemed to exist.

 

Control Eligible Certificates”: Any of the Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class H-RR Certificates.

 

Control Termination Event”: The occurrence of (a) with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than the Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan (other than the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan) (i) the Certificate Balance of the Class E-RR Certificates (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such Class in accordance with Section 4.08(a) hereof) being reduced to less than 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class or (ii) a Holder of a Class of the Class E-RR Certificates is the majority Controlling Class Certificateholder and has irrevocably waived its right, in writing, to exercise any of the rights of the Controlling Class Certificateholder and such rights have not been reinstated to a

 

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successor Controlling Class Certificateholder pursuant to Section 3.29(g); and (b) with respect to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan, when an Arizona Retail Portfolio Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing, (i) the Certificate Balance of the Class E-RR Certificates (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such Class in accordance with Section 4.08(a) hereof) being reduced to less than 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class or (ii) a Holder of a Class of the Class E-RR Certificates is the majority Controlling Class Certificateholder and has irrevocably waived its right, in writing, to exercise any of the rights of the Controlling Class Certificateholder and such rights have not been reinstated to a successor Controlling Class Certificateholder pursuant to Section 3.29(g); provided that prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, except as provided in the last sentence of this definition, no Control Termination Event may occur with respect to the Loan-Specific Directing Holder related to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan and the term “Control Termination Event” shall not be applicable to the Loan-Specific Directing Holder related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan; provided, further, that a Control Termination Event shall not be deemed to be continuing in the event the Certificate Balances of all Classes of Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Control Eligible Certificates) have been reduced to zero. With respect to Conflicted Loans related to the Controlling Class Representative, a Control Termination Event shall be deemed to exist.

 

Controlling Class”: As of any date of determination, the most subordinate Class of Control Eligible Certificates then outstanding that has a then aggregate Certificate Balance (as notionally reduced by any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocable to such Class in accordance with Section 4.08(a) of this Agreement) at least equal to 25% of the initial Certificate Balance of that Class or if no Class of Control Eligible Certificates meets the preceding requirement, the most senior Class of Control Eligible Certificates. The Controlling Class as of the Closing Date will be the Class H-RR Certificates; provided that if, at any time, the Certificate Balances of all Control Eligible Certificates, as notionally reduced by any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocable to such Classes, have been reduced to zero, the Controlling Class shall be the most subordinate Class of Control Eligible Certificates that has a principal balance greater than zero; provided, further that if at any time the Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of principal payments on the Mortgage Loans, then the “Controlling Class” shall be the most subordinate class of Control Eligible Certificates that has an aggregate Certificate Balance greater than zero without regard to the application of Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

Controlling Class Certificateholder”: Each Holder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) of a Certificate of the Controlling Class as determined by the Certificate Registrar to the Certificate Administrator from time to time.

 

Controlling Class Representative”: The Controlling Class Certificateholder (or a representative thereof) selected by more than 50% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, as determined by the Certificate Registrar from time to time; provided, that

 

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(i) absent such selection, (ii) until a Controlling Class Representative is so selected, or (iii) upon receipt of a written notice from a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, that a Controlling Class Representative is no longer designated, then, in each case, the Controlling Class Certificateholder that represents that it owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class shall, subject to the terms of Section 3.29(b) of this Agreement, be the Controlling Class Representative; provided, however, that, in the case of this clause (iii), in the event that no one Certificateholder represents that it owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class, then there will be no Controlling Class Representative until appointed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

The initial Controlling Class Representative on the Closing Date shall be Argentic Securities Income USA LLC. The replacement of a Controlling Class Representative shall be governed by the provisions of Section 3.29 of this Agreement. At any time that no Controlling Class Representative has been identified to the Certificate Registrar and the other parties hereto, then there will be deemed to be no Controlling Class Representative for purposes of this Agreement until such time as the Certificate Registrar and the other parties to this Agreement receive notice of a successor Controlling Class Representative.

 

Controlling Companion Loan”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the related Pari Passu Companion Loan which, upon the securitization of such Pari Passu Companion Loan, servicing is expected to shift to the pooling and servicing agreement entered into in connection with such securitization. For the avoidance of doubt, there are no Controlling Companion Loans as of the Closing Date.

 

Corporate Trust Office”: The offices of the Trustee and Certificate Administrator are located, (i) with respect to the Trustee, at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: CMBS Trustee – CD 2017-CD6, (ii) with respect to the Certificate Administrator, at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Corporate Trust Services – CD 2017-CD6, and (iii) in the case of any surrender, transfer or exchange, at Wells Fargo Center, 600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor, MAC N9300-070, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers Services CD 2017-CD6, or the principal trust office of any successor certificate administrator qualified and appointed pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Corporate Woods Portfolio Companion Loans”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Corporate Woods Portfolio Mortgage Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Corporate Woods Portfolio Service Providers”: With respect to the Corporate Woods Portfolio Companion Loans, the related Other Trustee, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and any related sub-servicer, as applicable, and any other Person that makes principal and/or interest advances in respect of such mortgage loan pursuant to any related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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Corporate Woods Portfolio Whole Loan”: The Corporate Woods Portfolio Companion Loans, together with the Corporate Woods Portfolio Mortgage Loan. References herein to the Corporate Woods Portfolio Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Corporate Woods Portfolio Mortgage Loan and the Corporate Woods Portfolio Companion Loans.

 

Corrected Mortgage Loan”: As defined under the definition of Specially Serviced Loan.

 

Corresponding Certificates”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement with respect to any Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest or Corresponding Class X Component.

 

Corresponding Class X Components”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement with respect to any Corresponding Certificates or any Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest.

 

Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interests”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement with respect to any Corresponding Certificates or Corresponding Class X Component.

 

Covance Business Center Companion Loans”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Covance Business Center Mortgage Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Covance Business Center Service Providers”: With respect to the Covance Business Center Companion Loans, the related Other Trustee, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and any related sub-servicer, as applicable, and any other Person that makes principal and/or interest advances in respect of such mortgage loan pursuant to any related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Covance Business Center Whole Loan”: The Covance Business Center Companion Loans, together with the Covance Business Center Mortgage Loan. References herein to the Covance Business Center Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Covance Business Center Mortgage Loan and the Covance Business Center Companion Loans.

 

Credit Risk Retention Agreement”: The agreement dated as of the Pricing Date, between the Retaining Sponsor, Argentic Securities Holdings Cayman Limited, GACC, CREFI and the Depositor.

 

CREFC®”: Commercial Real Estate Finance Council®, formerly known as Commercial Mortgage Securities Association, or any association or organization that is a successor thereto. If neither such association nor any successor remains in existence, “CREFC®” shall be deemed to refer to such other association or organization as may exist whose principal

 

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membership consists of servicers, trustees, certificateholders, issuers, placement agents and underwriters generally involved in the commercial mortgage loan securitization industry, which is the principal such association or organization in the commercial mortgage loan securitization industry and whose principal purpose is the establishment of industry standards for reporting transaction-specific information relating to commercial mortgage pass-through certificates and commercial mortgage-backed bonds and the commercial mortgage loans and foreclosed properties underlying or backing them to investors holding or owning such certificates or bonds, and any successor to such other association or organization. If an organization or association described in one of the preceding sentences of this definition does not exist, “CREFC®” shall be deemed to refer to such other association or organization as shall be selected by the Master Servicer and reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Special Servicer and, if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder.

 

CREFC® Appraisal Reduction Template”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Appraisal Reduction Template” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Advance Recovery Report”: A monthly report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Advance Recovery Report” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be approved by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Bond Level File”: The data file in the “CREFC® Bond Level File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Collateral Summary File”: The data file in the “CREFC® Collateral Summary File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Comparative Financial Status Report”: The monthly report in “Comparative Financial Status Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally. In connection with preparing the CREFC® Comparative Financial Status Report, the Master Servicer shall process (a) interim financial statements beginning with interim financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2018, and (b) annual financial statements beginning with annual financial statements for the 2018 fiscal year.

 

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CREFC® Delinquent Loan Status Report”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Delinquent Loan Status Report” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or no later than 90 days after its adoption, such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be approved by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Financial File”: The data file in the “CREFC® Financial File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally. The initial data for this report shall be provided by each Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

CREFC® Historical Bond/Collateral Realized Loss Reconciliation Template”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Historical Bond/Collateral Realized Loss Reconciliation Template” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Historical Liquidation Loss Template”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Historical Liquidation Loss Template” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Historical Loan Modification and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report”: The monthly report in the “Historical Loan Modification and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than the portion of an REO loan related to any Serviced Companion Loan) and for any related Interest Accrual Period, the amount of interest accrued during such Interest Accrual Period at the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate on the same principal balance, in the same manner, and for the same number of days as any related interest payment with regards to the Mortgage Loan during which such Interest Accrual Period is computed. Any payments of the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee shall be made to “CRE Finance Council” and delivered by wire transfer pursuant to the following instructions (or such other instructions as may hereafter be furnished by CREFC® to the Master Servicer in writing at least two Business Days prior to the Master Servicer Remittance Date):

 

Account Name: Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC®

Bank Name: JPM Morgan Chase Bank, National Association 

Bank Address: 80 Broadway, New York, NY 10005 

Routing Number: 021000021

 

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Account Number: 213597397

 

CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate”: A rate equal to 0.0005% per annum.

 

CREFC® Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Template”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Template” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC® IRP)”:

 

(a)               The following seven electronic files: (i) CREFC® Loan Setup File, (ii) CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File, (iii) CREFC® Property File, (iv) CREFC® Bond Level File, (v) CREFC® Financial File, (vi) CREFC® Collateral Summary File (vii) CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File and (viii) CREFC® Schedule AL File;

 

(b)               The following eleven supplemental reports: (i) CREFC® Delinquent Loan Status Report, (ii) CREFC® Historical Loan Modification and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report, (iii) CREFC® REO Status Report, (iv) CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report, (v) CREFC® Comparative Financial Status Report, (vi) CREFC® Servicer Watch List, (vii) CREFC® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report, (viii) CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet, (ix) CREFC® Advance Recovery Report, (x) CREFC® Total Loan Report and (xi) CREFC® Reconciliation of Funds Report;

 

(c)               the following eight templates: (i) CREFC® Appraisal Reduction Template, (ii) CREFC® Servicer Realized Loss Template, (iii) CREFC® Reconciliation of Funds Template, (iv) CREFC® Historical Bond/Collateral Realized Loss Reconciliation Template, (v) CREFC® Historical Liquidation Loss Template, (vi) CREFC® Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Template, (vii) CREFC® Servicer Remittance to Trustee Template and (viii) CREFC® Significant Insurance Event Template; and

 

(d)               such other reports and data files as CREFC® may designate as part of the “CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC® IRP)” from time to time generally.

 

CREFC® License Agreement”: The License Agreement, in the form set forth on the website of CREFC® on the Closing Date, relating to the use of the CREFC® trademarks and trade names.

 

CREFC® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File”: The monthly data file substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “CREFC® 

 

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Loan Periodic Update File” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website and, provided that each CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File shall be accompanied by a CREFC® Advance Recovery Report, if such report is required for a particular month, and all references herein to “CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File” shall be construed accordingly.

 

CREFC® Loan Setup File”: The data file substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “CREFC® Loan Setup File” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “NOI Adjustment Worksheet” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Operating Statement Analysis Report” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Property File”: The monthly data file substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for, in the downloadable form of the “CREFC® Property File” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Reconciliation of Funds Template”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Reconciliation of Funds Template” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® REO Status Report”: A monthly report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “REO Status Report” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Schedule AL File”: The data file in the “Schedule AL File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information required by Items 1111(h)(1), 1111(h)(2) and 1111(h)(3) of Regulation AB, Item 1125 of Regulation AB and Item 601(b)(102) of Regulation S-K and otherwise called for therein, or such other form containing such required information for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Servicer Realized Loss Template”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Servicer Realized Loss Template” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Servicer Watch List”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Servicer Watch List” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

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CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File”: The monthly data file substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Special Servicer Loan File” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Supplemental Servicer Reports”: The CREFC® Delinquent Loan Status Report, the CREFC® Historical Loan Modification and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report, the CREFC® REO Status Report, the CREFC® Servicer Watch List, the CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet, the CREFC® Comparative Financial Status Report, the CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report, the CREFC® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report, the CREFC® Advance Recovery Report and the CREFC® Total Loan Report.

 

CREFC® Total Loan Report”: The monthly report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Total Loan Report” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Website”: The CREFC®’s Website located at www.crefc.org or such other primary website as the CREFC® may establish for dissemination of its report forms.

 

CREFI”: Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., in its capacity as a Mortgage Loan Seller, and its successors in interest.

 

CREFI Indemnification Agreement”: The agreement dated and effective the Pricing Date, between CREFI, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

 

CREFI Mortgage Loans”: Each Mortgage Loan transferred and assigned to the Depositor pursuant to the CREFI Purchase Agreement.

 

CREFI Purchase Agreement”: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated and effective the Pricing Date, between CREFI and the Depositor.

 

Cross-Over Date”: The Distribution Date, if any, on which the Certificate Balance of each Class of Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5) is (or will be) reduced to zero.

 

CSAIL 2016-C7 Pooling and Servicing Agreement”: The pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of November 1, 2016, between Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and entered into in connection with the creation of the CSAIL 2016-C7 transaction.

 

Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount”: As of any date of determination, the sum of (i) all Appraisal Reduction Amounts then in effect, and (ii) with respect to any AB Modified Loan, any Collateral Deficiency Amount then in effect. The Certificate Administrator

 

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shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Master Servicer’s calculation or determination of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount.

 

Custodial Agreement”: The Custodial Agreement, if any, from time to time in effect between the Custodian named therein and the Certificate Administrator, in the form agreed to by the Certificate Administrator and the Custodian, as the same may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. No Custodial Agreement will be required if the Custodian is the same party as the Certificate Administrator.

 

Custodian”: Any Custodian appointed pursuant to Section 3.19 of this Agreement. If a Custodian is not so appointed, then the Custodian shall be the Certificate Administrator. The Custodian may (but need not) be the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Master Servicer. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will perform its obligations as Custodian hereunder through its Document Custody division.

 

Cut-off Date”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.

 

DBRS”: DBRS, Inc., or its successor in interest. If neither such rating agency nor any successor remains in existence, “DBRS” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the other parties hereto, and specific ratings of DBRS herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

 

DBUBS 2017-BRBK Trust and Servicing Agreement”: The trust and servicing agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator and as custodian, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor, and entered into in connection with the DBUBS 2017-BRBK transaction.

 

Debt Service Coverage Ratio”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as of any date of determination and for any period, the ratio calculated by dividing the net operating income or net cash flow, as applicable, of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, as the case may be, for the most recently ended 12-month trailing or one-year period for which data is available from the related Borrower (or year-to-date until such time that data for the trailing 12-month period is available), before payment of any scheduled payments of principal and interest on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan but after funding of required reserves and “normalized” information from the CREFC® NOI Adjustment

 

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Worksheet for such Mortgaged Property by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, if applicable, pursuant to Section 3.13 of this Agreement, by the annual debt service required by such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. Annual debt service shall be calculated by multiplying the Periodic Payment in effect on such date of determination for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan by 12 (or such fewer number of months for which related information is available).

 

Default”: An event of default under the Loan Documents for any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, or an event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an event of default under the Loan Documents for such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan.

 

Default Interest”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, interest accrued on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan (other than Excess Interest) at the excess of (i) the related Default Rate over (ii) the related Mortgage Rate.

 

Default Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, the per annum rate at which interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan following any event of default on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, including a default in the payment of a Periodic Payment or a Balloon Payment.

 

Defaulted Loan”: A Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan (i) that is delinquent at least 60 days in respect of its Periodic Payments or that is more than 120 days delinquent in respect of its Balloon Payment (taking into account any extensions to such 120-day period as provided in the provisos to clause (a) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan”), if any, in either case such Delinquency to be determined without giving effect to any grace period permitted by the related Loan Documents and without regard to any acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan or (ii) as to which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer has, by written notice to the related borrower, accelerated the maturity of the indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage Note.

 

Defeasance Account”: As defined in Section 3.26(j) of this Agreement.

 

Defect”: As defined in Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement.

 

Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable”: With respect to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer), any item (x) regarding such party, (y) prepared by such party or any registered public accounting firm, attorney or other agent retained by such party to prepare such information and (z) delivered by or on behalf of such party pursuant to the delivery requirements under Article X of this Agreement that does not conform to the applicable reporting requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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Delinquency”: Any failure of a Borrower to make a scheduled Periodic Payment or Balloon Payment on a Due Date.

 

Delinquent Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that is delinquent at least sixty days in respect of its Periodic Payments or Balloon Payment, if any, in either case such delinquency to be determined without giving effect to any grace period.

 

Denomination”: As defined in Section 5.01(a) of this Agreement.

 

Depositor”: Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.

 

Depository”: The Depository Trust Company or a successor appointed by the Certificate Registrar (which appointment shall be at the direction of the Depositor if the Depositor is legally able to do so).

 

Depository Participant”: A Person for whom, from time to time, the Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.

 

Determination Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the 9th day of the calendar month of the related Distribution Date or, if such 9th day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017.

 

Diligence File”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, collectively the following documents in electronic format:

 

(a)                A copy of each of the following documents:

 

(i)           the Mortgage Note, endorsed on its face or by allonge attached to the Mortgage Note, without recourse, to the order of the Trustee or in blank and further showing a complete, unbroken chain of endorsement from the Originator (or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost, an affidavit to such effect from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or another prior holder, together with a copy of the Mortgage Note and an indemnity properly assigned and endorsed to the Trustee);

 

(ii)          the Mortgage, together with an original or copy of any intervening assignments of the Mortgage, in each case with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording;

 

(iii)         assignment of the Mortgage in favor of the Trustee (or the related Other Trustee, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or in blank and (subject to the completion of certain missing recording information and, if applicable, the assignee’s name) in recordable form (or, if the related Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible for the recordation of that assignment, a copy of such assignment to be sent for recordation);

 

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(iv)        any related Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits of any intervening assignments (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage), with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording;

 

(v)         an assignment of any related Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) in favor of the Trustee (or the related Other Trustee, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or in blank and (subject to the completion of certain missing recording information and, if applicable, the assignee’s name) in recordable form (or, if the related Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible for the recordation of that assignment, a copy of such assignment to be sent for recordation);

 

(vi)        the assignment of all unrecorded documents relating to the Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan, if not already assigned pursuant to items (iii) or (v) above;

 

(vii)       all modification, consolidation, assumption, written assurance and substitution agreements in those instances in which the terms or provisions of the Mortgage or Mortgage Note have been modified or the Mortgage Loan has been assumed or consolidated;

 

(viii)      the policy or certificate of lender’s title insurance issued on the date of the origination of such Mortgage Loan, or, if such policy has not been issued or located, an irrevocable, binding commitment (which may be a marked version of the policy that has been executed by an authorized representative of the title company or an agreement to provide the same pursuant to binding escrow instructions executed by an authorized representative of the title company) to issue such title insurance policy;

 

(ix)        any UCC financing statements, related amendments and continuation statements in the possession of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller;

 

(x)         an original assignment in favor of the Trustee (or the related Other Trustee, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or in blank of any financing statement executed and filed in favor of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller in the relevant jurisdiction (or, if the related Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible for the filing of that assignment, a copy of such assignment to be sent for filing);

 

(xi)        any Intercreditor Agreement relating to permitted debt of the mortgagor, including any Intercreditor Agreement relating to a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xii)       any loan agreement, escrow agreement, security agreement or letter of credit relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

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(xiii)       any ground lease, ground lessor estoppel, indemnity or guaranty relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xiv)       any property management agreement relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xv)        any franchise agreements and comfort letters or similar agreements relating to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and, with respect to any franchise agreement, comfort letter or similar agreement, any assignment of such agreements or any notice to the franchisor of the transfer of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and a request for confirmation that the issuing entity is a beneficiary of such comfort letter or other agreement, or for the issuance of a new comfort letter in favor of the issuing entity, as the case may be;

 

(xvi)       any lock-box or cash management agreement relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xvii)      any related mezzanine intercreditor agreement;

 

(xviii)     all related environmental reports;

 

(xix)       all related environmental insurance policies;

 

(b)          a copy of any engineering reports or property condition reports;

 

(c)          other than with respect to a hotel property (except with respect to tenanted commercial space within a hotel property), copies of a rent roll;

 

(d)          for any office, retail, industrial or warehouse property, a copy of all leases and estoppels and subordination and non-disturbance agreements delivered to the related Mortgage Loan Seller;

 

(e)          copies of all legal opinions (excluding attorney client communications between the related Mortgage Loan Seller, and its counsel that are privileged communications or constitute legal or other due diligence analyses), if any, delivered in connection with the closing of the related Mortgage Loan;

 

(f)           copies of all mortgagor’s certificates of hazard insurance and/or hazard insurance policies or other applicable insurance policies (to the extent not previously included as part of this definition), if any, delivered in connection with the origination of the related Mortgage Loan;

 

(g)          a copy of the appraisal for the related Mortgaged Property(ies);

 

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(h)          for any Mortgage Loan that the related Mortgaged Property is leased to a single tenant, a copy of the lease;

 

(i)           a copy of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s asset summary;

 

(j)           copies of all surveys for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties;

 

(k)          copies of any zoning reports;

 

(l)           copies of financial statements of the related mortgagor;

 

(m)         copies of operating statements for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties;

 

(n)          copies of all UCC searches;

 

(o)          copies of all litigation searches;

 

(p)          copies of all bankruptcy searches;

 

(q)          a copy of the origination settlement statement;

 

(r)           a copy of the insurance consultant report;

 

(s)          copies of the organizational documents of the related mortgagor and any guarantor;

 

(t)           copies of the escrow statements;

 

(u)          a copy of any closure letter (environmental);

 

(v)          a copy of any environmental remediation agreement for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties; and

 

(w)         a copy of the payment history with respect to such Mortgage Loan prior to the Closing Date;

 

provided, that (i) with respect to any Mortgage Loan which is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan on the Closing Date, any assignments in favor of the trustee will be in favor of the trustee under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (ii) with respect to any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, any assignments in favor of the trustee may be in blank and may not be recorded or filed until otherwise set forth in Section 2.01(a);

 

in each case, to the extent that the Originator received such documents in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan. In the event any of the items identified above were not included in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan, the

 

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Diligence File shall include a statement to that effect; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not deliver information that is proprietary to the related Originator or Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications. The Mortgage Loan Seller may, without any obligation to do so, include such other documents or information as part of the Diligence File that such Mortgage Loan Seller believes should be included to enable the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform the Asset Review on such Mortgage Loan; provided that such documents or information are clearly labeled and identified.

 

Diligence File Certification”: As defined in Section 2.01(f).

 

Directing Holder”: With respect to (i) any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan (other than the Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgage Loan and any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan or Conflicted Loan), the Controlling Class Representative, (ii) the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan, (A) for so long as no Arizona Retail Portfolio Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing, the Arizona Retail Portfolio Directing Holder, and (B) for so long as a Arizona Retail Portfolio Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing, the Controlling Class Representative, (iii) each Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the related Loan-Specific Directing Holder and (iv) each Conflicted Loan, there will be no Directing Holder.

 

At such time as there is no Controlling Class in accordance with the definition thereof, the Controlling Class Representative shall have no rights under this Agreement.

 

The identification and contact information of each initial Directing Holder as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule I to this Agreement. The parties to this Agreement may rely on such Schedule in accordance with Section 3.29.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Control Termination Event and Consultation Termination Event shall not affect the rights of a Non-Directing Holder. Whenever the term “Directing Holder” is used in this Agreement without further clarification, the parties hereto intend for such reference to mean the applicable Directing Holder under the circumstances.

 

In the event that no Directing Holder has been appointed or identified to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has attempted to obtain such information from the Certificate Administrator and no such entity has been identified to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, then until such time as the new Directing Holder is identified, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have no duty to consult with, provide notice to, or seek the approval or consent of any such Directing Holder as the case may be.

 

Directly Operate”: With respect to any Serviced REO Property, the furnishing or rendering of services to the tenants thereof that are not customarily provided to tenants in connection with the rental of space for occupancy only within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.512(b)-1(c)(5), the management or operation of such Serviced REO

 

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Property, the holding of such Serviced REO Property primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business, or any use of such Serviced REO Property in a trade or business conducted by the Trust Fund, or the performance of any construction work on the Serviced REO Property other than through an Independent Contractor; provided that the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund, shall not be considered to Directly Operate a Serviced REO Property solely because the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund, establishes rental terms, chooses tenants, enters into or renews leases, deals with taxes and insurance, or makes decisions as to repairs or capital expenditures with respect to such Serviced REO Property or takes other actions consistent with Treasury Regulations Section l.856-4(b)(5)(ii).

 

Disclosable Special Servicer Fees”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced REO Property, any compensation and other remuneration (including, without limitation, in the form of commissions, brokerage fees, rebates, and as a result of any other fee-sharing arrangement) received or retained by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates that is paid by any Person (including, without limitation, the Trust, any Borrower, any Manager, any guarantor or indemnitor in respect of a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan and any purchaser of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced REO Property) in connection with the disposition, workout or foreclosure of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, the management or disposition of any Serviced REO Property, and the performance by the Special Servicer or any such Affiliate of any other special servicing duties under this Agreement; provided that any compensation and other remuneration that the Master Servicer or Certificate Administrator is permitted to receive or retain pursuant to the terms of this Agreement in connection with its respective duties in such capacity as Master Servicer or Certificate Administrator under this Agreement shall not be Disclosable Special Servicer Fees.

 

Disclosure Parties”: As defined in Section 3.14(e) of this Agreement.

 

Dispute Resolution Consultation”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(i).

 

Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(i).

 

Disqualified Non-U.S. Person”: With respect to a Class R Certificate, any Non-U.S. Person or agent thereof other than (a) a Non-U.S. Person that holds the Class R Certificate in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and has furnished the transferor and the Certificate Registrar with an effective IRS Form W-8ECI (or applicable successor Form promulgated by the IRS for the purpose of providing and certifying the information provided on Form W-8ECI as of the Closing Date) or (b) a Non-U.S. Person that has delivered to both the transferor and the Certificate Registrar an opinion of a nationally recognized tax counsel to the effect that the transfer of the Class R Certificate to it is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of the Class R Certificate will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes.

 

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Disqualified Organization”: Any of (a) the United States, a State or any political subdivision thereof or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality that is a corporation if all of its activities are subject to tax and, except for the Federal Home Mortgage Corporation, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by any such governmental unit), (b) a foreign government, International Organization (as defined below) or agency or instrumentality of either of the foregoing, (c) an organization that is exempt from tax imposed by Code Chapter 1 (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to the Class R Certificates (except certain farmers’ cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code), (d) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, or (e) any other Person so designated by the Certificate Registrar based upon an Opinion of Counsel provided to the Certificate Registrar (which shall be an expense of the Trust) to the effect that any Transfer to such Person may cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to tax or to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding. For the purposes of this definition, the terms “United States,” “State” and “International Organization” shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.

 

Distribution Accounts”: Collectively, the Upper-Tier Distribution Account, the Lower-Tier Distribution Account and the Excess Interest Distribution Account, each of which may be sub-accounts of a single Eligible Account.

 

Distribution Date”: For each Determination Date, the 4th Business Day following such Determination Date in each calendar month, commencing in December 2017. The first Distribution Date shall be December 15, 2017.

 

Distribution Date Statement”: As defined in Section 4.02(a) of this Agreement.

 

Do Not Hire List”: The list, as may be updated at any time, provided by the Depositor to the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, Trustee or Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, which lists certain parties identified by the Depositor as having failed to comply (after any applicable cure period) with their respective obligations under Article X of this Agreement or as having failed to comply (after any applicable cure period) with any similar Regulation AB reporting requirements under any other securitization transaction.

 

Due Date”: With respect to (i) any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan on or prior to its Maturity Date, the day of the month set forth in the related Mortgage Note on which each Periodic Payment thereon is scheduled to be first due and (ii) any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan after the Maturity Date therefor or any REO Loan, the day of the month set forth in the related Mortgage Note on which each Periodic Payment on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan had been scheduled to be first due.

 

Early Termination Notice Date”: Any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the

 

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aggregate Stated Principal Balance of all of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date. Solely for purposes of this calculation, if such right is being exercised after December 2027 and the U-Haul SAC Portfolios, 14, 15, 17 or the FedEx Ground – Durham Mortgage Loan is still an asset of the Trust, then such Mortgage Loan(s) shall be excluded from the then aggregate Stated Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date.

 

EDGAR Compatible Format”: (a) With respect to the CREFC® Schedule AL File, the Schedule AL Additional File and any other information required pursuant to Item 1111(h) of Regulation AB, XML Format or such other format as mutually agreed to between the Depositor, Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer and (b) with respect to any other document or information, any format compatible with EDGAR, including, without limitation, HTML, Word, Excel or clean and searchable PDFs.

 

Eligible Account”: Any of:

 

(i)          an account or accounts maintained with a depository institution or trust company (A) the short-term unsecured debt obligations or commercial paper of which are rated at least “P-1” by Moody’s, “F1” by Fitch and “R-1 (middle)” by DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by any two other NRSROs (which may include Moody’s and Fitch)), in the case of accounts in which funds are held for 30 days or less, or (B) in the case of accounts in which funds are held for more than 30 days, the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least “A2” by Moody’s, “A” by Fitch and “A” by DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by any two other NRSROs (which may include Moody’s and Fitch)),

 

(ii)         an account or accounts maintained with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association so long as Wells Fargo Bank, National Association’s long-term unsecured debt or deposit accounts are rated at least “A2” by Moody’s, “A” by Fitch and “A” by DBRS (if rated by DBRS or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by any two other NRSROs (which may include Moody’s and Fitch)) (if the deposits are to be held in the account for more than 30 days) or Wells Fargo Bank, National Association’s short-term deposit accounts or short-term unsecured debt rating is rated at least “P-1” by Moody’s, “F1” by Fitch and “R-1 (middle)” by DBRS (if rated by DBRS or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by any two other NRSROs (which may include Moody’s and Fitch)) (if the deposits are to be held in the account for 30 days or less),

 

(iii)        a segregated trust account or accounts maintained with the trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company acting in its fiduciary capacity which institution or trust company has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and to regulations regarding fiduciary funds on deposit similar to Title 12 of the Code of Federal

 

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Regulations, Section 9.10(b) and the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least “A2” by Moody’s,

 

(iv)        such other account or accounts that, but for the failure to satisfy one or more of the minimum rating(s) set forth in the applicable clause, would be listed in clauses (i)-(iii) above, with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each Rating Agency for which the minimum ratings set forth in the applicable clause is not satisfied with respect to such account, or

 

(v)         any other account as to which the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, receives a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency, which may be an account maintained by or with the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer.

 

Eligible Accounts may bear interest.

 

Eligible Investor”: Any of (i) a Qualified Institutional Buyer that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of a Qualified Institutional Buyer to whom notice is given that the offer, sale or transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A or (ii) (except with respect to the Class R Certificates) an Institutional Accredited Investor.

 

Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer”: An institution that (a) is the special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer on a transaction rated by any of Moody’s, S&P, Fitch, DBRS, KBRA or Morningstar and that has not been a special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer on a transaction for which Moody’s, S&P, Fitch, DBRS, KBRA or Morningstar has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of, one or more classes of certificates for such transaction citing servicing or other relevant concerns with the special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer as the sole or material factor in such rating action, (b) can and will make the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.04(g), (c) is not (and is not affiliated (including Risk Retention Affiliated) with) any Sponsor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any Originator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Retaining Party, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Holder, or any of their respective Affiliates (including Risk Retention Affiliates), (d) has not performed (and is not affiliated with any party hired to perform) any due diligence, loan underwriting, brokerage, borrower advisory or similar services with respect to any Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan prior to the Closing Date for or on behalf of any Sponsor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any Underwriter, any party to this Agreement or the Directing Holder or any of their respective Affiliates, or have been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by any of them in connection with any such services, and (e) does not directly or indirectly, through one or more Affiliates or otherwise, own any interest in any Certificates, any Mortgage Loans, any Companion Loan or any securities backed by a Companion Loan or otherwise have any financial interest in the securitization transaction to which this Agreement

 

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relates, other than in fees from its role as Asset Representations Reviewer (or as Operating Advisor, if applicable) and except as otherwise set forth in Section 11.02.

 

Eligible Operating Advisor”: An institution (i) that is the special servicer or operating advisor on a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction rated by Moody’s, S&P, Fitch, DBRS, KBRA or Morningstar (including, in the case of Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, this transaction) but has not been special servicer or operating advisor on a transaction for which Moody’s, S&P, Fitch, DBRS, KBRA or Morningstar has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of, one or more classes of certificates for such transaction citing servicing concerns with the special servicer or operating advisor as the sole or material factor in such rating action, (ii) that can and will make the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.04(f) of this Agreement, (iii) that is not (and is not affiliated (including Risk Retention Affiliated) with) the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, a Mortgage Loan Seller, the Retaining Party, the Controlling Class Representative, the Directing Holder, an Other Depositor, Other Trustee, Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer, or an Affiliate of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, a Mortgage Loan Seller, the Controlling Class Representative, the Directing Holder or an Other Depositor, Other Trustee, Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates (including Risk Retention Affiliates), (iv) that has not been paid by any Special Servicer or successor Special Servicer any fees, compensation or other remuneration (x) in respect of its obligations hereunder or (y) for the appointment or recommendation for replacement of a successor Special Servicer to become the Special Servicer; (v) that (x) has been regularly engaged in the business of analyzing and advising clients in commercial mortgage-backed securities matters and has at least five years of experience in collateral analysis and loss projections, and (y) has at least five years of experience in commercial real estate asset management and experience in the workout and management of distressed commercial real estate assets, and (vi) that does not directly or indirectly, through one or more affiliates or otherwise, own or have derivative exposure in any interest in any certificates, any Mortgage Loans, any Companion Loan or any securities backed by a Companion Loan or otherwise have any financial interest in the securitization transaction to which this Agreement relates, other than in fees from its role as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer (to the extent it also acts as the Asset Representations Reviewer).

 

Enforcing Party”: The Person obligated to or that elects pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to enforce the rights of the issuing entity against the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Repurchase Request.

 

Enforcing Servicer”: (a) With respect to a Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer, and (b) with respect to a Performing Loan, (i) in the case of a Repurchase Request made by the Special Servicer, the Directing Holder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Master Servicer, and (ii) in the case of a Repurchase Request made by any person other than the Special Servicer, the Directing Holder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, (A) prior to a Resolution Failure relating to such Performing Loan, the Master Servicer (provided that the consent of the Special Servicer will be required with respect to any Qualified Substitute

 

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Mortgage Loan), and (B) from and after a Resolution Failure relating to such Performing Loan, the Special Servicer.

 

Environmental Insurance Policy”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property, any insurance policy covering pollution conditions and/or other environmental conditions that is maintained from time to time in respect of such Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property, as the case may be, for the benefit of, among others, the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders.

 

Environmental Report”: The environmental audit report or reports with respect to each Mortgaged Property delivered to the Mortgage Loan Sellers in connection with the related Mortgage Loan.

 

ERISA”: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

Escrow Account”: As defined in Section 3.04(b) of this Agreement. Any Escrow Account may be a sub-account of the related Cash Collateral Account.

 

Escrow Payment”: Any payment made by any Borrower to the Master Servicer pursuant to the related Mortgage, Cash Collateral Account Agreement, Lock-Box Agreement, Loan Agreement or other Loan Document for the account of such Borrower for application toward the payment of taxes, insurance premiums, assessments, environmental remediation and similar items in respect of the related Mortgaged Property or related to the satisfaction of closing conditions for the related Mortgage Loan.

 

Euroclear”: Euroclear Bank, as operator of the Euroclear System and its successors in interest.

 

Excess Interest”: With respect to each of the Mortgage Loans indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a Revised Rate, interest accrued (or paid currently, if required under the applicable Loan Documents) on the related outstanding principal balance at the Revised Rate in respect of such Mortgage Loan in excess of the interest accrued at the Initial Rate, plus any related interest accrued on such amounts, to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

Excess Interest Certificates”: Any class of commercial mortgage pass-through certificates issued under this Agreement that are designated as evidencing an interest in the Excess Interest. The Class S Certificates shall be the only Classes of Excess Interest Certificates issued under this Agreement.

 

Excess Interest Distribution Account”: The segregated non-interest bearing trust account or sub-account created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(k), which shall be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, for the benefit of the holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 – Excess Interest Distribution Account,”

 

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and which must be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall not be an asset of any Trust REMIC, but rather shall be an asset of the Grantor Trust.

 

Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the aggregate amount, if any, by which the Prepayment Interest Shortfalls with respect to all Principal Prepayments received with respect to the Mortgage Loans and Companion Loans during the related prepayment period exceed the Compensating Interest Payment.

 

Excess Rate”: With respect to each of the Mortgage Loans indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a Revised Rate, the excess of (i) the applicable Revised Rate over (ii) the applicable Mortgage Rate, each as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

 

Excess Servicing Fees”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan (and any successor REO Loan with respect thereto), that portion of the Servicing Fee that accrues at a per annum rate equal to the Excess Servicing Fee Rate.

 

Excess Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan (and any successor REO Loan with respect thereto), a rate per annum equal to the Servicing Fee Rate minus the sum of (a) the rate payable to any related Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer identified on Exhibit X to this Agreement and (b) solely with respect to each Mortgage Loan, 0.0025%; provided that such rate shall be subject to reduction pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement.

 

Excess Servicing Fee Right”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan (and any successor REO Loan with respect thereto), the right to receive Excess Servicing Fees. In the absence of any transfer of the Excess Servicing Fee Right, the Master Servicer shall be the owner of such Excess Servicing Fee Right.

 

Exchange Act”: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and regulations thereunder.

 

FDIC”: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.

 

FHLMC”: The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or any successor thereto.

 

Final Asset Status Report”: With respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, the initial Asset Status Report (together with such other data or supporting information provided by the Special Servicer to the Directing Holder that does not include any communication (other than the related Asset Status Report) between the Special Servicer and the Directing Holder with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan) required to be delivered by the Special Servicer by the Initial Delivery Date or any Subsequent Asset Status Report, in each case, in the form fully approved or deemed approved, if applicable, by the Directing Holder pursuant to the Directing Holder Asset Status Report Review Process or following completion of the ASR Consultation Process, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, the Special Servicer may issue more than one

 

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Final Asset Status Report with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan in in accordance with the procedures described in Section 3.23(e). Each Final Asset Status Report will be labeled or otherwise identified or communicated as being final.

 

Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(iii).

 

Final Recovery Determination”: With respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, Serviced REO Loan or any Mortgage Loan subject to repurchase by the related Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement, or in the case of a Whole Loan, subject to a purchase pursuant to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement, or any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan subject to purchase pursuant to any related mezzanine intercreditor agreement, the recovery of all Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, the related Purchase Price and other payments or recoveries (including proceeds of the final sale of any Serviced REO Property) which the Master Servicer (or in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan, the Special Servicer), in its reasonable judgment, and, if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, in consultation with the Directing Holder, as evidenced by a certificate of a Servicing Officer delivered to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Custodian (and the Master Servicer, if the certificate is from the Special Servicer), expects to be finally recoverable. If no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder shall have ten (10) Business Days to review and approve each such recovery determination; provided that if the Directing Holder fails to approve or disapprove any recovery determination within ten (10) Business Days of receipt of the initial recovery determination, such consent shall be deemed given. The Master Servicer shall maintain records, prepared by a Servicing Officer, of each Final Recovery Determination until the earlier of (i) its termination as the Master Servicer hereunder and the transfer of such records to a successor servicer and (ii) five years following the termination of the Trust Fund.

 

Financial Market Publisher”: Blackrock Financial Management, Inc., Moody’s Analytics, Bloomberg Financial Markets, L.P., CMBS.com, Inc., Trepp, LLC, Intex Solutions, Inc., Interactive Data Corporation, Markit LLC and Thomson Reuters Corporation or any successor entities thereof.

 

Fitch”: Fitch Ratings, Inc. or its successor in interest. If neither such rating agency nor any successor remains in existence, “Fitch” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the other parties hereto, and specific ratings of Fitch herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

 

FNMA”: The Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor thereto.

 

Form 8-K”: A current report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act or such successor form as the Commission may specify from time to time.

 

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Form 8-K Disclosure Information”: As defined in Section 10.09 of this Agreement.

 

GACC”: German American Capital Corporation, in its capacity as a Mortgage Loan Seller, and its successors in interest.

 

GACC Indemnification Agreement”: The agreement dated and effective the Pricing Date, between GACC, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

 

GACC Mortgage Loans”: Each Mortgage Loan transferred and assigned to the Depositor pursuant to the GACC Purchase Agreement.

 

GACC Purchase Agreement”: The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement dated and effective the Pricing Date, between GACC and the Depositor.

 

Gain-on-Sale Proceeds”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (and with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan only the pro rata share of such proceeds allocated to the Trust pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement) or Serviced Companion Loan, the excess of (i) Net Liquidation Proceeds of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or related Serviced REO Property, over (ii) the amount that would have been received if a principal payment and all other amounts due in full had been made with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan on the Due Date immediately following the date on which such proceeds were received.

 

Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account”: The segregated non-interest bearing trust account or sub-account created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(i) of this Agreement for the Certificateholders and, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, which shall be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, for the benefit of Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account.” The Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account must be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account and will be an asset of the Lower-Tier REMIC.

 

General Special Servicer”: As defined in Section 3.22(h) of this Agreement.

 

Global Certificates”: Each of the Public Global Certificates, Regulation S Global Certificates or Rule 144A Global Certificates if and so long as such class of Certificates is registered in the name of a nominee of the Depository.

 

Grace Period”: The number of days before a payment default is an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan.

 

Grantor Trust”: A segregated asset pool within the Trust Fund, which at all times shall be classified as a trust, the beneficial owners of which are treated as the owners of the

 

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assets in the pool under the Grantor Trust Provisions, and beneficial ownership of which is represented by the Grantor Trust Certificates. The Grantor Trust consists of the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets and the Excess Interest Distribution Account.

 

Grantor Trust Certificates”: The Class S Certificates.

 

Grantor Trust Provisions”: Subpart E of part I of subchapter J of the Code and Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-4(c).

 

Gurnee Mills Companion Loans”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Gurnee Mills Loan REMIC”: A segregated asset pool designated as a REMIC pursuant to the Gurnee Mills REMIC Declaration consisting of the Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan, the proceeds thereof and any property securing such Mortgage Loan that is acquired by foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure (to the extent of the Gurnee Mills Loan REMIC’s interest in such property securing the Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan).

 

Gurnee Mills Loan REMIC Regular Interest”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Gurnee Mills REMIC Declaration”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Gurnee Mills Residual Interest”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Gurnee Mills Service Providers”: With respect to the Gurnee Mills Companion Loans, the related Other Trustee, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and any related sub-servicer, as applicable, and any other Person that makes principal and/or interest advances in respect of such mortgage loan pursuant to any related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Gurnee Mills Whole Loan”: The Gurnee Mills Companion Loans, together with the Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan. References herein to the Gurnee Mills Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan and the Gurnee Mills Companion Loans.

 

Hazardous Materials”: Any dangerous, toxic or hazardous pollutants, chemicals, wastes, or substances, including, without limitation, those so identified pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 9601 et seq., or any other environmental laws now existing, and specifically including, without limitation, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”), radon gas, petroleum and petroleum products, urea formaldehyde and any substances classified as being “in inventory,” “usable work in process” or similar classification which would, if classified as unusable, be included in the foregoing definition.

 

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Holder”: With respect to any Certificate, a Certificateholder; with respect to any Lower-Tier Regular Interest, the Trustee.

 

Impermissible Asset Representations Reviewer Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.33.

 

Impermissible Operating Advisor Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.33.

 

Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.33.

 

Impermissible RP Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.33.

 

Indemnification Agreements”: Each of the GACC Indemnification Agreement, CREFI Indemnification Agreement and Argentic Indemnification Agreement.

 

Indemnified Party”: As defined in Section 8.05(d), Section 8.05(g) or Section 8.05(h), as applicable, of this Agreement, as the context requires.

 

Indemnifying Party”: As defined in Section 8.05(d), Section 8.05(g) or Section 8.05(h), as applicable, of this Agreement, as the context requires.

 

Independent”: When used with respect to any specified Person, any such Person who (i) does not have any direct financial interest, or any material indirect financial interest, in any of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Directing Holder, the Controlling Class Representative, any Borrower or Manager or any Affiliate thereof, and (ii) is not connected with any such Person thereof as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions.

 

Independent Contractor”: Either (i) any Person that would be an “independent contractor” with respect to the applicable Trust REMIC within the meaning of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code if such Trust REMIC were a real estate investment trust (except that the ownership tests set forth in that section shall be considered to be met by any Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of any Class or 35% or more of the aggregate value of all Classes of Certificates), provided that such Trust REMIC does not receive or derive any income from such Person and the relationship between such Person and such Trust REMIC is at arm’s length, all within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-4(b)(5) (except neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be considered to be an Independent Contractor under the definition in this clause (i) unless an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to be deemed an Independent Contractor) addressed to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee has been delivered to the Certificate Administrator to that effect) or (ii) any other Person (including the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, on behalf of itself, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee has received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to be deemed an Independent Contractor) to the effect that the taking of any action in respect of any Serviced REO Property by such Person, subject to any conditions therein

 

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specified, that is otherwise herein contemplated to be taken by an Independent Contractor will not cause such Serviced REO Property to cease to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (determined without regard to the exception applicable for purposes of Section 860D(a) of the Code) or cause any income realized in respect of such Serviced REO Property to fail to qualify as Rents from Real Property (provided that such income would otherwise so qualify).

 

Individual Certificate”: Any Certificate in definitive, fully registered physical form without interest coupons.

 

Initial Purchasers”: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and their respective successors in interest.

 

Initial Rate”: The stated Mortgage Rate with respect to an ARD Loan as of the Cut-off Date.

 

Initial Resolution Period”: As defined in Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement.

 

Initial Requesting Certificateholder”: The first Certificateholder or Certificate Owner to deliver a Repurchase Request as described in Section 2.03(k) with respect to a Mortgage Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, there may not be more than one Initial Requesting Certificateholder with respect to any Mortgage Loan.

 

Initial Schedule AL Additional File”: The data file containing additional information or schedules regarding data points in the Initial Schedule AL File and filed as Exhibit 103 to the Form ABS-EE or, if applicable, Form ABS-EE/A incorporated by reference in the Prospectus.

 

Initial Schedule AL File”: The data file prepared by, or on behalf of, the Depositor and filed as Exhibit 102 to the Form ABS-EE or, if applicable, Form ABS-EE/A incorporated by reference in the Prospectus.

 

Institutional Accredited Investor”: An institution that is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(l), (2), (3) or (7) under the Act.

 

Insurance Proceeds”: Proceeds of any fire and hazard insurance policy, title policy or other insurance policy relating to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (including any amounts paid by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.08 of this Agreement).

 

Integrated Health Campus Companion Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Integrated Health Campus Mortgage Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

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Integrated Health Campus Service Providers”: With respect to the Integrated Health Campus Companion Loan, the related Other Trustee, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and any related sub-servicer, as applicable, and any other Person that makes principal and/or interest advances in respect of such mortgage loan pursuant to any related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Integrated Health Campus Whole Loan”: The Integrated Health Campus Companion Loan, together with the Integrated Health Campus Mortgage Loan. References herein to the Integrated Health Campus Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Integrated Health Campus Mortgage Loan and the Integrated Health Campus Companion Loan.

 

Intercreditor Agreement”: With respect to any Whole Loan, the related intercreditor, co-lender or similar agreement in effect from time to time by and between (a) the holder of the related Mortgage Loan(s) and the holder of the related Subordinate Companion Loan(s) relating to the relative rights of such holders or (b) the holders of the related Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) or Non-Serviced Companion Loan(s) relating to the relative rights of such holders. The intercreditor or co-lender agreements related to each of the Whole Loans, shall each be an Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Interest Accrual Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of Regular Certificates, an amount equal to interest for the related Interest Accrual Period accrued at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class on the related Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, outstanding immediately prior to such Distribution Date. Calculations of interest due in respect of such Classes of Regular Certificates shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

Interest Accrual Period”: With respect to each Class of Regular Certificates, for each Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

 

Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and with respect to each Class of Regular Certificates, an amount equal to (A) the sum of (i) the Interest Accrual Amount with respect to such Class for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Interest Shortfall, if any, with respect to such Class for such Distribution Date, less (B) any Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall allocated to such Class on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(i).

 

Interest Reserve Account”: The segregated non-interest bearing trust account or sub-account created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(e) of this Agreement, which shall be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, for the benefit of Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6, Interest Reserve Account” and which must be an

 

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Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. The Interest Reserve Account shall be an asset of the Lower-Tier REMIC.

 

Interest Shortfall”: On any Distribution Date for any Class of Regular Certificates, the amount of interest required to be distributed to the Holders of such Class pursuant to Section 4.01(b) of this Agreement on such Distribution Date minus the amount of interest actually distributed to such Holders pursuant to such Section, if any.

 

Interested Person”: As of any date of determination, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Non-Conflicted Special Servicer, if any, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Directing Holder, any Companion Loan Noteholder, any Certificateholder, any Borrower, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any holder of a related mezzanine loan, any Manager, any Independent Contractor engaged by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.15 of this Agreement, or any Person known to a Servicing Officer of the Special Servicer to be an Affiliate of any of them.

 

Inquiries”: As defined in Section 4.02(c) of this Agreement.

 

Intralinks Site”: The internet website, which shall initially be “www.intralinks.com”, used by the Depositor and Mortgage Loan Sellers to accept and upload the Diligence Files.

 

Investment”: Any direct or indirect ownership interest in any security, note or other financial instrument related to the Certificates or issued or executed by a Borrower, a loan directly or indirectly secured by any of the foregoing or a hedging transaction (however structured) that references or relates to any of the foregoing.

 

Investment Account”: As defined in Section 3.07(a) of this Agreement.

 

Investment Representation Letter”: As defined in Section 5.02(c)(i)(A) of this Agreement.

 

Investor Certification”: A certificate (which may be in electronic form) substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1A, Exhibit L-1B, Exhibit L-1C or Exhibit L-1D to this Agreement or in the form of an electronic certification on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (which may be a “click-through”), representing (i) that such Person executing the certificate is a Certificateholder or the Directing Holder (in each case, to the extent such Person is not a Certificateholder), a beneficial owner of a Certificate, a prospective purchaser of a Certificate or a Companion Loan Noteholder (or any investment advisor or manager or other representative of the foregoing), (ii) that either (a) such Person is not a Borrower Party, in which case such Person shall have access to all the reports and information made available to Certificateholders via the Certificate Administrator’s Website hereunder, or (b) such Person is a Borrower Party in which case (1) if such Person is the Directing Holder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, such Person shall have access to all the reports and information made available to Certificateholders via the Certificate Administrator’s Website hereunder other than any Conflicted Information as set forth herein, or (2) if such Person is not the Directing Holder or a

 

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Controlling Class Certificateholder, such Person shall only receive access to the Distribution Date Statements prepared by the Certificate Administrator, (iii) that such Person has received a copy of the final Prospectus and (iv) such Person agrees to keep any Privileged Information confidential and will not violate any securities laws; provided, however, that any Conflicted Controlling Class Holder (i) shall be permitted to obtain, upon reasonable request in accordance with Section 4.02(b) of this Agreement any Conflicted Information relating to any Conflicted Controlling Class Loan with respect to which such Conflicted Controlling Class Holder is not a Borrower Party (if such Conflicted Information is not otherwise available to such Conflicted Controlling Class Holder via the Certificate Administrator’s Website on account of it constituting Conflicted Information) from the Master Servicer (with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), in each case, to the extent in the possession of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable and (ii) shall be considered a Privileged Person for all other purposes, except with respect to its ability to obtain information with respect to any related Conflicted Controlling Class Loan.

 

Investor Q&A Forum”: As defined in Section 4.02(c) of this Agreement.

 

Investor Registry”: As defined in Section 4.02(d) of this Agreement.

 

IO Group YM Distribution Amount”: As defined in Section 4.01(d) of this Agreement.

 

IRG Portfolio Companion Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

IRG Portfolio Mortgage Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

IRG Portfolio Service Providers”: With respect to the IRG Portfolio Companion Loan, the related Other Trustee, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and any related sub-servicer, as applicable, and any other Person that makes principal and/or interest advances in respect of such mortgage loan pursuant to any related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

IRG Portfolio Whole Loan”: The IRG Portfolio Companion Loan, together with the IRG Portfolio Mortgage Loan. References herein to the IRG Portfolio Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the IRG Portfolio Mortgage Loan and the IRG Portfolio Companion Loan.

 

IRS”: The Internal Revenue Service.

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 Pooling and Servicing Agreement”: The pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017, between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer and as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and entered into in connection with the creation of the JPMDB 2017-C7 transaction.

 

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KBRA”: Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc., or its successor in interest. If neither such rating agency nor any successor remains in existence, “KBRA” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the other parties hereto, and specific ratings of KBRA herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

 

Late Collections”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, all amounts received thereon during any Collection Period (or the related grace period), whether as payments, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which represent late payments or collections of principal or interest due in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (without regard to any acceleration of amounts due thereunder by reason of default) on a Due Date in a previous Collection Period and not previously recovered. With respect to any REO Loan, all amounts received in connection with the related REO Property during any Collection Period (including any grace period applicable under the original Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan), whether as Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Proceeds or otherwise, which represent late collections of principal or interest due or deemed due in respect of such REO Loan or the predecessor Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (without regard to any acceleration of amounts due under the predecessor Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan by reason of default) on a Due Date in a previous Collection Period and not previously recovered. The term “Late Collections” shall specifically exclude Penalty Charges.

 

Legal Fee Reserve Account”: The account created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(l), in the name of the “Legal Fee Reserve Account”, into which the amounts set forth in Section 3.05(l) shall be deposited directly and which must be an Eligible Account.

 

Liquidation Expenses”: All customary, reasonable and necessary “out of pocket” costs and expenses incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in connection with the liquidation of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or the liquidation of a Serviced REO Property or the sale of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan pursuant to Section 3.16 or Section 9.01 of this Agreement (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, committee or referee fees, and, if applicable, brokerage commissions, and conveyance taxes).

 

Liquidation Fee”: A fee payable to the Special Servicer (i) with respect to each Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan, (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan repurchased by a Mortgage Loan Seller (except as specified in the following paragraph), or (iii) with respect to each Defaulted Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan sold by the Special Servicer in accordance with Section 3.16(b) of this Agreement; provided, however, for clarification, should such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan be sold by the Other Special Servicer, then the Liquidation Fee shall be paid to such Other Special Servicer, in each case as to which the Special Servicer obtains a full, partial or discounted payoff from the related Borrower, a loan purchaser or Mortgage Loan Seller, as applicable, or any Liquidation Proceeds with respect

 

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thereto (in any case, other than amounts for which a Workout Fee has been paid, or will be payable), equal to:

 

(a)          the lesser of:

 

(i)          the product of 1.0% and the proceeds of such full, partial or discounted payoff or the Net Liquidation Proceeds related to such liquidated or repurchased Mortgage Loan or Specially Serviced Loan, as the case may be, in each case exclusive of any portion of such payoff or Net Liquidation Proceeds that represents Penalty Charges;

 

(ii)         $1,000,000; and

 

(iii)        any applicable cap pursuant to Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement.

 

(b)          with respect to any particular liquidation (or partial liquidation), as reduced by the amount of any and all related Offsetting Modification Fees received by the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation relating to such Specially Serviced Loan, Serviced REO Loan or Mortgage Loan.

 

No Liquidation Fee shall be payable:

 

(a) with respect to clause (v) of the definition of Liquidation Proceeds;

 

(b) with respect to any existing mezzanine indebtedness or any mezzanine indebtedness that may exist on a future date, in connection with the purchase of the related Mortgage Loan by a mezzanine lender if the purchase of the Mortgage Loan occurred within 90 days after the first time that such holder’s option to purchase such Mortgage Loan becomes exercisable; provided, that even if the purchase occurs before such expiration the Liquidation Fee shall be payable to the extent paid by, and collected from, the related Borrower or the related mezzanine lender;

 

(c) the purchase of the related Mortgage Loan by the related Companion Loan Noteholder pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement within 90 days after the first time that such Companion Loan Noteholder’s option to purchase such Mortgage Loan becomes exercisable;

 

(d) in the case of a repurchase or replacement of a Mortgage Loan (other than an REO Loan) by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, if the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller repurchases or replaces such Mortgage Loan within the Initial Resolution Period (and giving effect to any applicable Resolution Extension Period) or a repurchase or replacement of the West Burlington Plaza Mortgage Loan by the related Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in connection with the early defeasance of such Mortgage Loan;

 

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(e) with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan that is the subject of an Other Securitization, to the Special Servicer under this Agreement in connection with (A) a repurchase or replacement of such Serviced Companion Loan by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller due to a breach of a representation or warranty or a document defect under the related mortgage loan purchase agreement related to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement prior to the expiration of the cure period (including any applicable extension thereof) set forth therein or (B) a purchase of the Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to a clean-up call or similar liquidation under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(f) in connection with the purchase of any Defaulted Loan by the Special Servicer or any Affiliate thereof or the Directing Holder or any Affiliate thereof if such purchase occurred within 90 days after the transfer of the Defaulted Loan to special servicing;

 

(g) in connection with a Loss of Value Payment by a Mortgage Loan Seller, if the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller makes such Loss of Value Payment within the Initial Resolution Period (and giving effect to any applicable extension period beyond the end of the Initial Resolution Period set forth in Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement); and

 

(h) if a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan only because of an event described in clause (a) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan” as a result of a payment default at maturity and the related Liquidation Proceeds are received within 3 months following the related maturity date as a result of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan being refinanced or otherwise repaid in full (provided that the Special Servicer may collect from the related borrower and retain (x) a liquidation fee, (y) such other fees as are provided for in the related Loan Documents and (z) other appropriate fees in connection with such liquidation).

 

Liquidation Proceeds”: Cash amounts (other than Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds and REO Proceeds) received by or paid to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with: (i) the liquidation of a Mortgaged Property or other collateral constituting security for a Defaulted Loan, through trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale, disposition of REO Property or otherwise, exclusive of any portion thereof required to be released to the related Borrower in accordance with applicable law and the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage; (ii) the realization upon any deficiency judgment obtained against a Borrower; (iii) the sale of a Defaulted Loan or the sale of the West Burlington Plaza Mortgage Loan due to the failure of the related Mortgage Loan Seller to repurchase such Mortgage Loan in connection with an early defeasance; (iv) the repurchase of a Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan) by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (v) the purchase of all the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan by the Sole Certificateholder, the Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interests in the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement; (vi) with respect to any existing mezzanine indebtedness or any mezzanine indebtedness that may exist on a future date, the purchase of the related Mortgage Loan by a mezzanine lender; (vii) in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, the purchase of such Mortgage Loan by a related Companion Loan Noteholder,

 

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or the applicable designee, as applicable, pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement; or (viii) the transfer of any Loss of Value Payments from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.06(e) of this Agreement (provided that, for the purpose of determining the amount of the Liquidation Fee (if any) payable to the Special Servicer in connection with such Loss of Value Payment, the full amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be deemed to constitute “Liquidation Proceeds” from which the Liquidation Fee (if any) is payable as of such time such Loss of Value Payment is made by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller). With respect to the Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties securing any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or Non-Serviced Companion Loan, only the portion of such amounts payable to the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan will be included in Liquidation Proceeds.

 

Loan Agreement”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the loan agreement, if any, between the related Originator and the Borrower, pursuant to which such Mortgage Loan was made.

 

Loan Documents”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the documents executed or delivered in connection with the origination or any subsequent modification of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or subsequently added to the related Mortgage File.

 

Loan Number”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the loan number by which such Mortgage Loan was identified on the books and records of the Depositor or any sub-servicer for the Depositor, as set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

 

Loan-Specific Directing Holder”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the “controlling holder”, the “directing holder”, “directing lender” or any analogous concept set forth under the related Intercreditor Agreement. Prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the “directing holder” with respect to the Servicing Shift Whole Loan will be the holder of the related Controlling Companion Loan. On and after the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, there will be no Loan-Specific Directing Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Servicing Shift Whole Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, there are no Loan-Specific Directing Holders as of the Closing Date.

 

Lock-Box Account”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, if applicable, any account created pursuant to the related Loan Documents to receive revenues therefrom. Any Lock-Box Account shall be beneficially owned for federal income tax purposes by the Person who is entitled to receive the reinvestment income or gain thereon in accordance with the terms and provisions of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and Section 3.07 of this Agreement, which Person shall be taxed on all reinvestment income or gain thereon. The Master Servicer shall be permitted to make withdrawals therefrom for deposit into the related Cash Collateral Accounts in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan.

 

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Lock-Box Agreement”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the lock-box agreement, if any, between the related Originator and the Borrower, pursuant to which the related Lock-Box Account, if any, may have been established.

 

Loss of Value Payment”: As defined in Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement.

 

Loss of Value Reserve Fund”: The “outside reserve fund” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(h)) designated as such pursuant to Section 3.05(d) of this Agreement. The Loss of Value Reserve Fund will be part of the Trust Fund but not part of the Grantor Trust or any Trust REMIC.

 

Lower-Tier Distribution Account”: The segregated non-interest bearing trust account or sub-account created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(b) of this Agreement, which shall be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, for the benefit of Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6, Lower-Tier Distribution Account” and which must be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. The Lower-Tier Distribution Account shall be an asset of the Lower-Tier REMIC.

 

Lower-Tier Distribution Amount”: As defined in Section 4.01(a).

 

Lower-Tier Principal Balance”: With respect to any Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests, initially will equal the original principal balance set forth in the Preliminary Statement herein, and from time to time will equal such amount reduced by the amount of distributions of the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount allocable to principal and Realized Losses allocable thereto in all prior periods as described in Section 4.01(e) of this Agreement, such that at all times the Lower-Tier Principal Balance of a Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall equal the Certificate Balance of the Corresponding Certificates.

 

Lower-Tier Regular Interests”: The Class LA-1 Interest, Class LA-2 Interest, Class LA-3 Interest, Class LA-SB Interest, Class LA-4 Interest, Class LA-5 Interest, Class LA-M Interest, Class LB Interest, Class LC Interest, Class LD Interest, Class LE-RR Interest, Class LF-RR Interest, Class LG-RR Interest and Class LH-RR Interest issued by the Lower-Tier REMIC and held by the Trustee as assets of the Upper-Tier REMIC. Each Lower-Tier Regular Interest (i) is designated as a “regular interest” in the Lower-Tier REMIC, (ii) relates to its Corresponding Certificates and Corresponding Class X Component, (iii) is uncertificated, (iv) has an initial Lower-Tier Principal Balance as set forth in the Preliminary Statement herein, (v) has a Pass-Through Rate equal to the WAC Rate, (vi) has a “latest possible maturity date,” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(a), that is the Rated Final Distribution Date and (vii) is entitled to the distributions in the amounts and at the times specified in Section 4.01(d) of this Agreement.

 

Lower-Tier REMIC”: A segregated asset pool within the Trust Fund consisting of the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of Excess Interest, the Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan and the

 

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West Burlington Plaza Mortgage Loan) and the regular interests in the Single Loan REMICs), collections thereon, the Trust’s interest in any REO Property acquired in respect thereof, amounts related thereto held from time to time in the Collection Account and the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, the REO Account (to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein), related amounts in the Interest Reserve Account, amounts held from time to time in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein) in respect thereof and all other property included in the Trust Fund (other than the Loss-of-Value Reserve Fund) that is not in the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Grantor Trust.

 

MAI”: Member of the Appraisal Institute.

 

Major Decision”: Any of the following:

 

(i)        With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and Serviced Whole Loan (other than the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan for so long as no Arizona Retail Portfolio Control Appraisal Period is continuing):

 

(a)       any proposed or actual foreclosure upon or comparable conversion (which may include acquisitions of an REO Property) of the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan as come into and continue in default;

 

(b)       any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any monetary term or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs but excluding late payment charges or Default Interest) of a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or any extension of the Maturity Date of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, in each case, to the extent the Directing Holder or any affiliate does not own any controlling interest (whether legally, beneficially or otherwise) in the related mezzanine loan, if applicable;

 

(c)       any sale of a Defaulted Loan (that is not a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), an REO Property (in each case, other than in connection with the termination of the Trust Fund) or a Defaulted Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan that the Special Servicer is permitted to sell in accordance with the proviso in Section 3.16(b) of this Agreement, in each case for less than the applicable Purchase Price;

 

(d)       any determination to bring an REO Property into compliance with applicable environmental laws or to otherwise address Hazardous Materials located at an REO Property;

 

(e)       any release of collateral or any acceptance of substitute or additional collateral (other than through defeasance, provided that such defeasance does not otherwise involve a Major Decision) for a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, or any consent to either of the foregoing, other than (i) the release of non-material collateral or (ii) as required pursuant to the specific terms of the

 

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related Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan and for which there is no lender discretion;

 

(f)        any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or any consent to such a waiver or consent to a transfer of the Mortgaged Property or interests in the Borrower or consent to the incurrence of additional debt, other than any such transfer or incurrence of debt (i) as may be effected without the consent or discretion of the lender under the related loan agreement, (ii) where the Loan Documents include specific objective conditions that must be satisfied for such action where no lender discretion is permitted in order to determine whether such specific objective conditions have been satisfied and (iii) where such specific objective conditions have been satisfied with no exceptions;

 

(g)       any acceptance of an assumption agreement releasing a Borrower from liability under a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan other than any such action (i) as may be effected without the consent or discretion of the lender under the related Loan Agreement, (ii) where the Loan Documents include specific objective conditions that must be satisfied for such action where no lender discretion is permitted in order to determine whether such specific objective conditions have been satisfied and (iii) where such specific objective conditions have been satisfied with no exceptions;

 

(h)       any acceleration of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan following a default or an event of default with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or any initiation of judicial, bankruptcy or similar proceedings under the related Loan Documents or with respect to the related Borrower or Mortgaged Property;

 

(i)        franchise changes with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan for which the lender is required to consent or approve under the related Mortgage Loan documents;

 

(j)        (i) any property management company changes with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan (i) with a principal balance greater than $2,500,000 or (ii) where the property management company will be an Affiliate of the related Borrower following such change;

 

(k)       releases or substitutions of any amount from any escrow accounts, reserve accounts, letters of credit or collateral related to hospitality property improvement plans or earnout or performance escrows, reserves or holdbacks and those set forth on Exhibit Y to this Agreement, other than those required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan and for which no lender discretion is required;

 

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(l)        any determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default; and

 

(m)      any modification, waiver or amendment of an intercreditor agreement, co-lender agreement, participation agreement or similar agreement with any mezzanine lender, holder of a Companion Loan or other subordinate debt holder related to a Mortgage Loan (including a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the extent consent rights with respect to such modification, waiver or amendment are granted to the holder of the Companion Loan or other subordinate debt under the related agreement) or Serviced Whole Loan, or an action to enforce rights with respect thereto, in each case, to the extent such modification, waiver, amendment or action would materially and adversely affect the holders of the Control Eligible Certificates.

 

(ii)       With respect to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan for so long as no Arizona Retail Portfolio Control Appraisal Period is continuing, each Arizona Retail Portfolio Major Decision.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (each in such capacity) shall not make or be obligated to make any Major Decisions with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans and the Directing Holder shall have no consent and/or consultation rights regarding Major Decisions with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan and Conflicted Loans under this Agreement.

 

With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, for so long as the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan is the “Controlling Holder”, the “Directing Holder”, “Directing Lender” or any analogous concept under the related Intercreditor Agreement, then with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan, the term “Major Decision” shall mean “Major Decision”, “Major Action” or any analogous concept under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Major Decision Reporting Package”: As defined in Section 6.07(a).

 

Management Agreement”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the Management Agreement, if any, by and between the Manager and the related Borrower, or any successor Management Agreement between such parties.

 

Manager”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, any property manager for the related Mortgaged Properties.

 

Master Servicer”: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, or its successor in interest, or any successor master servicer appointed as provided herein.

 

Master Servicer Major Decision”: Any Major Decision under clause (l) of the definition of “Major Decision”.

 

Master Servicer Non-Major Decision” Any of the following:

 

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(a)       approving leases, lease modifications or amendments or any requests for subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements for leases (i) equal to or less than the lesser of (A) 30,000 square feet and (B) 30% of the net rentable area at the related Mortgaged Property and (ii) which are not ground leases;

 

(b)       approving any waiver regarding the receipt of financial statements if such waiver does not involve permitting delivery of financial statements less than quarterly or more than 60 days after the end of the calendar quarter;

 

(c)       approving annual budgets for the related Mortgaged Property so long as the budget does not provide for (x) increases in operating expenses equal to or more than 110% of the amount budgeted therefor for the prior year and (y) payments to a borrower affiliate;

 

(d)       approving immaterial rights-of-way and immaterial easements, and consent to subordination of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to such immaterial rights-of-way or easements;

 

(e)       any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any immaterial non-monetary term (excluding the timing of payments but including late payment charges or Default Interest) of a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan;

 

(f)        other than with respect to reserves and escrows which are addressed in clause (h) below, any release of collateral or any acceptance of substitute or additional collateral for a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or any consent to either of the foregoing, to the extent the foregoing is not otherwise a Major Decision;

 

(g)       any property management company changes with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan (i) with a principal balance less than or equal to $2,500,000 and (ii) where the property management company will not be an Affiliate of the related Borrower following such change;

 

(h)       releases or substitutions of any amounts from any escrow accounts, reserve accounts, letters of credit or collateral, if required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan and for which no lender discretion is required and other than those set forth on Exhibit Y to this Agreement;

 

(i)        any acceptance of an assumption agreement releasing a Borrower from liability under a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan if (i) such action may be effected without the consent or discretion of the lender under the related Loan Agreement, (ii) the Loan Documents include specific objective conditions that must be satisfied for such action where no lender discretion is permitted in

 

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determining whether such specific objective conditions have been satisfied and (iii) such specific objective conditions have been satisfied with no exceptions;

 

(j)        any modification, waiver or amendment of an Intercreditor Agreement, co-lender agreement, participation agreement or similar agreement with any mezzanine lender, holder of a Companion Loan or other subordinate debt holder related to a Mortgage Loan (including a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the extent consent rights with respect to such modification, waiver or amendment are granted to the holder of the Companion Loan or other subordinate debt under the related agreement) or such Serviced Whole Loan, or an action to enforce rights with respect thereto, to the extent the foregoing is not otherwise a Major Decision; and

 

(k)       any other action that does not constitute a Major Decision or a Special Servicer Non-Major Decision.

 

The Master Servicer will process and consent to or refuse consent to, as applicable, all Master Servicer Major Decisions and Master Servicer Non-Major Decisions with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan). The Master Servicer will also be required to obtain the consent of the Directing Holder, and will be required to consult with the Operating Advisor, in connection with any Master Servicer Major Decision with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), to the extent described herein. With respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer will be required to process and consent to any action that is a Master Servicer Major Decision or a Master Servicer Non-Major Decision.

 

Master Servicer Proposed Course of Action Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(k)(iv) of this Agreement.

 

Master Servicer Remittance Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Business Day preceding such Distribution Date.

 

Master Servicer Servicing Personnel”: The divisions and individuals of the Master Servicer who are involved in the performance of the duties of the Master Servicer under this Agreement.

 

Master Servicer Termination Event”: As defined in Section 7.01(a) of this Agreement.

 

Master Servicer Website”: The internet website maintained by the Master Servicer; initially located at “www.wellsfargo.com/com/comintro”.

 

Master Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and for any Distribution Date, an amount per interest accrual period related to such Mortgage Loan equal to the product of (i) the respective Master Servicing Fee Rate (adjusted to a monthly rate) and (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the immediately

 

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preceding Collection Period (without giving effect to payments of principal on such Mortgage Loan on such Due Date). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Subordinate Companion Loan, no Master Servicing Fee shall accrue or be payable on the principal balance thereof.

 

Master Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the rate per annum set forth on Exhibit B to this Agreement.

 

Material Breach”: As defined in Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement.

 

Material Defect”: As defined in Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement.

 

Maturity Date”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan as of any date of determination, the date on which the last payment of principal is due and payable under the related Mortgage Note, after taking into account all Principal Prepayments received prior to such date of determination, but without giving effect to (i) any acceleration of the principal of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan by reason of default thereunder or (ii) any grace period permitted by the related Mortgage Note.

 

Mediation Rules”: As defined in Section 2.03(m)(i).

 

Modification Fees”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, any and all fees with respect to a modification, restructure, extension, waiver or amendment that modifies, restructures, extends, amends or waives any term of the related Loan Documents (as evidenced by a signed writing) agreed to by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (other than all Assumption Fees, consent fees, assumption application fees, defeasance fees and fees similar to the foregoing). For the avoidance of doubt, Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees due to the Special Servicer in connection with a modification, restructure, extension, waiver or amendment shall not be considered Modification Fees. For each modification, restructure, extension, waiver or amendment in connection with working out of a Specially Serviced Loan, the Modification Fees collected from the related Borrower shall be subject to a cap of 1.0% of the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan on the closing date of the related modification, restructure, extension, waiver or amendment (prior to giving effect to such modification, restructure, extension, waiver or amendment); provided that no aggregate cap shall exist in connection with the amount of Modification Fees which may be collected from the related Borrower with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan.

 

Modified Mortgage Loan”: Any Specially Serviced Loan which has been modified by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.26 of this Agreement in a manner that:

 

(a)       reduces or delays the amount or timing of any payment of principal or interest due thereon (other than, or in addition to, bringing current Periodic Payments with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan), including any reduction in the Periodic Payment;

 

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(b)       except as expressly contemplated by the related Mortgage, results in a release of the lien of the Mortgage on any material portion of the related Mortgaged Property without a corresponding Principal Prepayment in an amount not less than the fair market value (as is), as determined by an Appraisal delivered to the Special Servicer (at the expense of the related Borrower and upon which the Special Servicer may conclusively rely), of the property to be released; or

 

(c)       in the reasonable good faith judgment of the Special Servicer, otherwise materially impairs the value of the security for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan or reduces the likelihood of timely payment of amounts due thereon.

 

Moffett Place Building 4 Companion Loans”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Moffett Place Building 4 Mortgage Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Moffett Place Building 4 Service Providers”: With respect to the Moffett Place Building 4 Companion Loans, the related Other Trustee, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and any related sub-servicer, as applicable, and any other Person that makes principal and/or interest advances in respect of such mortgage loan pursuant to any related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Moffett Place Building 4 Whole Loan”: The Moffett Place Building 4 Companion Loans, together with the Moffett Place Building 4 Mortgage Loan. References herein to the Moffett Place Building 4 Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Moffett Place Building 4 Mortgage Loan and the Moffett Place Building 4 Companion Loans.

 

Moody’s”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., or its successor in interest. If neither such rating agency nor any successor remains in existence, “Moody’s” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the other parties hereto, and specific ratings of Moody’s herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

 

Morningstar”: Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC, or any successor in interest. If neither such rating agency nor any successor remains in existence, “Morningstar” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the other parties hereto, and specific ratings of Morningstar herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

 

Mortgage”: The mortgage, deed of trust or other instrument creating a first lien on or first priority ownership interest in a Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Note.

 

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Mortgage File”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, collectively, the mortgage documents listed in Section 2.01(a)(i) through Section 2.01(a)(xxi) of this Agreement pertaining to such particular Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan and any additional documents required to be added to such Mortgage File pursuant to the express provisions of this Agreement; provided that whenever the term “Mortgage File” is used to refer to documents actually received by the Depositor, Trustee, or Custodian, such term shall not be deemed to include such documents and instruments required to be included therein unless they are actually so received.

 

Mortgage Loan”: Each of the mortgage loans transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 of this Agreement and from time to time held in the Trust Fund. The Mortgage Loans originally so transferred, assigned and held are identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as of the Closing Date. Such term shall include any REO Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or any Mortgage Loan that has been defeased in whole or in part. Such term shall not include Serviced Companion Loans or Non-Serviced Companion Loans but shall include Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans.

 

Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements”: Each of the GACC Purchase Agreement, the CREFI Purchase Agreement and the Argentic Purchase Agreement.

 

Mortgage Loan Schedule”: The list of Mortgage Loans included in the Trust Fund as of the Closing Date being attached as Exhibit B to this Agreement, which list shall set forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan:

 

(a)        the Loan Number;

 

(b)        the Mortgage Loan name;

 

(c)        the street address (including city, state and zip code) of the related Mortgaged Property;

 

(d)        the Mortgage Rate in effect as of the Cut-off Date;

 

(e)        the original principal balance;

 

(f)         the Stated Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date;

 

(g)        the Maturity Date or Anticipated Repayment Date for each Mortgage Loan;

 

(h)        the Due Date;

 

(i)         the amount of the Periodic Payment due on the first Due Date following the Cut-off Date;

 

(j)         the Servicing Fee Rate;

 

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(k)        whether the Mortgage Loan is an Actual/360 Loan;

 

(l)         whether any letter of credit is held by the lender as a beneficiary or is assigned as security for such Mortgage Loan;

 

(m)       the Revised Rate of such Mortgage Loan, if any;

 

(n)        whether the Mortgage Loan is part of a Whole Loan;

 

(o)        whether the Mortgage Loan is secured in any part by a leasehold interest; and

 

(p)        whether the Mortgage Loan has any related mezzanine debt or other subordinate debt.

 

Such list may be in the form of more than one list, collectively setting forth all of the information required. A comparable list shall be prepared with respect to each Serviced Companion Loan.

 

Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer”: A Servicing Function Participant or Sub-Servicer required to be retained by the Master Servicer by a Mortgage Loan Seller, as listed on Exhibit X to this Agreement, or any successor thereto.

 

Mortgage Loan Sellers”: Each of GACC, CREFI and Argentic.

 

Mortgage Note”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan as of any date of determination, the note or other evidence of indebtedness and/or agreements evidencing the indebtedness of a Borrower under such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan including any amendments or modifications, or any renewal or substitution notes, as of such date.

 

Mortgage Pool”: All of the Mortgage Loans and any successor REO Loans, collectively. The Mortgage Pool does not include the Companion Loans or any related REO Loans.

 

Mortgaged Property”: The underlying property securing a Mortgage Loan including any REO Property, consisting of a fee simple estate, and, with respect to certain Mortgage Loans, a leasehold estate or both a leasehold estate and a fee simple estate, or a leasehold estate in a portion of the property and a fee simple estate in the remainder, in a parcel of land improved by a commercial or multifamily property, together with any personal property, fixtures, leases and other property or rights pertaining thereto.

 

Mortgage Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan, as applicable, and any Interest Accrual Period, the per annum rate at which interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, during such period (in the absence of a default), as set forth in the related Mortgage Note from time to time, without giving effect to any Default Rate or any Revised Rate.

 

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Net Condemnation Proceeds”: Condemnation Proceeds, to the extent such proceeds are not to be applied to the restoration, preservation or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Borrower in accordance with the express requirements of the Loan Documents or other documents included in the Mortgage File or in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

 

Net Default Interest”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the amount of the aggregate collected Default Interest allocable to the Mortgage Loans received during the preceding Collection Period, minus (ii) any portions thereof withdrawn from (A) the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(a)(ix) of this Agreement for Advance Interest Amounts and unreimbursed Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees) incurred on the related Mortgage Loan during or prior to such Collection Period and (B) each Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(b)(ix) for Advance Interest Amounts and unreimbursed Additional Trust Fund Expenses incurred on the related Serviced Whole Loan during or prior to such Collection Period.

 

Net Insurance Proceeds”: Insurance Proceeds, to the extent such proceeds are not to be applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Borrower in accordance with the express requirements of the Loan Documents or other documents included in the Mortgage File or in accordance with prudent and customary servicing practices.

 

Net Liquidation Proceeds”: The Liquidation Proceeds received with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan net of the amount of (i) Liquidation Expenses incurred with respect thereto and (ii) with respect to proceeds received in connection with the taking of a Mortgaged Property (or portion thereof) by the power of eminent domain in condemnation, amounts required to be applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property.

 

Net Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan and any Distribution Date, the per annum rate equal to the Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan for the related Interest Accrual Period (without regard to any increase in the interest of any ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date), minus, for any such Mortgage Loan, the aggregate of the applicable Servicing Fee Rate, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate, Operating Advisor Fee Rate, CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate, the fee rate paid to the Sub-Servicer, if any, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Primary Servicing Fee Rate. The “Net Mortgage Rate” for purposes of calculating Pass-Through Rates and Withheld Amounts shall be the Net Mortgage Rate of such Mortgage Loan without taking into account any modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the related Mortgage Loan, whether agreed to by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or resulting from a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding involving the related Borrower. The Net Mortgage Rate shall not be reduced by any Operating Advisor Fee Rate following the Operating Advisor’s resignation pursuant to Section 6.04(e) or the termination of the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 7.07(e).

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any such Mortgage Loan does not accrue interest on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, then, solely for purposes of calculating the Pass-Through Rate on the Regular Certificates, the Net Mortgage Rate of such Mortgage Loan for any Interest Accrual Period will be the annualized rate at which interest would have to accrue in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months in order to produce the aggregate amount of interest actually accrued in respect of such Mortgage Loan at the related Net Mortgage Rate during such Interest Accrual Period; provided, however, that with respect to each such Mortgage Loan, the Net Mortgage Rate for the one-month period (i) prior to the Due Dates in (a) January and February in each year that is not a leap year or (b) February only in each year that is a leap year (in either case, unless the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date) shall be determined net of any Withheld Amounts from that month and (ii) preceding the Due Date in March (or February if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date) (commencing in 2018), shall be determined inclusive of the Withheld Amounts, if applicable, from the immediately preceding February, and, if applicable, January.

 

Net Prepayment Interest Excess”: The excess amount, if any, that the aggregate of all Prepayment Interest Excess for all Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans that the Master Servicer is servicing exceeds the aggregate of all Compensating Interest Payments for such Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans as of any related Distribution Date.

 

Net REO Proceeds”: With respect to each Serviced REO Property, REO Proceeds with respect to such REO Property net of any insurance premiums, taxes, assessments and other costs and expenses permitted to be paid therefrom pursuant to Section 3.15(b) of this Agreement.

 

New Lease”: Any lease of a Serviced REO Property entered into on behalf of the Lower-Tier REMIC if such Trust REMIC has the right to renegotiate the terms of such lease, including any lease renewed or extended on behalf of such REMIC.

 

NMWHFIT”: A “Non-Mortgage Widely Held Fixed Investment Trust” as that term is defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.671-5(b)(12) or successor provisions.

 

Non-Conflicted Special Servicer”: With respect to any Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, a special servicer that is not a Borrower Party and satisfies all of the eligibility requirements applicable to the special servicer set forth in this Agreement.

 

Non-Directing Holder”: With respect to any Companion Loan, the “Non-Directing Holder”, “Non-Controlling Note Holder” or any analogous concept under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Non-Exempt Person”: Any Person other than a Person who either (i) is a U.S. person or (ii) has provided to the Certificate Administrator for the relevant year such duly executed form(s) or statement(s) which may, from time to time, be prescribed by law and which,

 

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pursuant to applicable provisions of (A) any income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of such Person, (B) the Code or (C) any applicable rules or regulations in effect under clauses (A) or (B) above, permit the Certificate Administrator to make such payments free of any obligation or liability for withholding, provided that duly executed form(s) provided to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 5.02(m), shall be sufficient to evidence that such providing Person is not a Non-Exempt Person.

 

Non-Reduced Certificates”: As of any date of determination, any Class of Principal Balance Certificates then outstanding for which (a)(1) the initial Certificate Balance of such Class of Certificates minus (2) the sum (without duplication) of (x) the aggregate payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) distributed to the Holders of such Class of Certificates as of such date of determination, (y) any Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to such Class of Certificates as of such date of determination and (z) any Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class of Certificates as of such date of determination, is equal to or greater than (b) 25% of the remainder of (i) the initial Certificate Balance of such Class of Certificates less (ii) any payments of principal (whether as principal prepayments or otherwise) previously distributed to that Class of Certificates as of such date of determination.

 

Non-Serviced Companion Loan”: With respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, any related mortgage loan not included in the Trust that is serviced under another agreement and that is generally (a) payable on a pari passu basis with the related Mortgage Loan included in the Trust to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement or (b) subordinated in right of payment to the related Mortgage Loan included in the Trust to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. The U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Companion Loans, the Burbank Office Portfolio Companion Loans, the IRG Portfolio Companion Loan, the Station Place III Companion Loans, the Moffett Place Building 4 Companion Loans, the Corporate Woods Portfolio Companion Loans, the Integrated Health Campus Companion Loan, the Colorado Center Companion Loans, the Gurnee Mills Companion Loans, the Cleveland East Companion Loan and the Covance Business Center Companion Loans are the only Non-Serviced Companion Loans related to the Trust.

 

Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan”: With respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, a Mortgage Loan included in the Trust but serviced under another agreement. The U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Mortgage Loan, the Burbank Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan, the IRG Portfolio Mortgage Loan, the Station Place III Mortgage Loan, the Moffett Place Building 4 Mortgage Loan, the Corporate Woods Portfolio Mortgage Loan, the Integrated Health Campus Mortgage Loan, the Colorado Center Mortgage Loan, the Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan, the Cleveland East Mortgage Loan and the Covance Business Center Mortgage Loan are the only Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans related to the Trust.

 

Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Primary Servicing Fee Rate”: The “primary servicing fee rate” or “pari passu primary servicing rate” (each as defined or set forth in the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and any other servicing fee rate (other than those payable to the applicable Other Special Servicer) applicable to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. The Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Primary Servicing Fee Rate for (A) the U-Haul SAC

 

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Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Mortgage Loan will be 0.00250%, (B) the Burbank Office Portfolio Mortgage Loan will be 0.00125%, (C) the IRG Portfolio Mortgage Loan will be 0.00250%, (D) the Station Place III Mortgage Loan will be 0.00250%, (E) the Moffett Place Building 4 Mortgage Loan will be 0.00250%, (F) the Corporate Woods Portfolio Mortgage Loan will be 0.00250%, (G) the Integrated Health Campus Mortgage Loan will be 0.00250%, (H) the Colorado Center Mortgage Loan will be 0.00125%, (I) the Gurnee Mills Mortgage Loan will be 0.00250%, (J) the Cleveland East Mortgage Loan will be 0.00250% and (K) the Covance Business Center Mortgage Loan will be 0.00250%.

 

Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers”: With respect to (A) the U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Whole Loan, the U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Service Providers, (B) the Burbank Office Portfolio Whole Loan, the Burbank Office Portfolio Service Providers, (C) the IRG Portfolio Whole Loan, the IRG Portfolio Service Providers, (D) the Station Place III Whole Loan, the Station Place III Service Providers, (E) the Moffett Place Building 4 Whole Loan, the Moffett Place Building 4 Service Providers, (F) the Corporate Woods Portfolio Whole Loan, the Corporate Woods Portfolio Service Providers, (G) the Integrated Health Campus Whole Loan, the Integrated Health Campus Service Providers, (H) the Colorado Center Whole Loan, the Colorado Center Service Providers, (I) the Gurnee Mills Whole Loan, the Gurnee Mills Service Providers, (J) the Cleveland East Whole Loan, the Cleveland East Service Providers, and (K) the Covance Business Center Whole Loan, the Covance Business Center Service Providers.

 

Non-Serviced Whole Loan Custodian”: With respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable other “custodian” under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that governs the servicing and administration of the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan.

 

Non-Serviced Whole Loans”: Any mortgage loan that is not serviced under this Agreement that is divided into two or more notes, which includes a Mortgage Loan included in the Trust but serviced under another agreement and one or more mortgage notes not included in the Trust and serviced under another agreement. References herein to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the related notes. The U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Whole Loan, the Burbank Office Portfolio Whole Loan, the IRG Portfolio Whole Loan, the Station Place III Whole Loan, the Moffett Place Building 4 Whole Loan, the Corporate Woods Portfolio Whole Loan, the Integrated Health Campus Whole Loan, the Colorado Center Whole Loan, the Gurnee Mills Whole Loan, the Cleveland East Whole Loan and the Covance Business Center Whole Loan are the only Non-Serviced Whole Loans related to the Trust.

 

Non-U.S. Person”: A person that is not a U.S. Person.

 

Nonrecoverable Advance”: Any Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or Nonrecoverable Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts.

 

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Nonrecoverable P&I Advance”: Any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan or REO Loan which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, in each case in accordance with the Servicing Standard and Sections 4.07(c), or the Trustee, in its good faith business judgment, as applicable, determines would not be ultimately recoverable, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, from late payments, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other collections on or in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, which shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate as provided by Section 4.07(c) of this Agreement.

 

Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance”: Any Servicing Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or any Serviced REO Property that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, in each case in accordance with the Servicing Standard and Section 3.21(d) of this Agreement, or the Trustee, in its good faith business judgment, as applicable, determines would not be ultimately recoverable, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, from late payments, Condemnation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and other collections on or in respect of the related Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced REO Loan, which shall be evidenced by an officer certificate as provided by Section 3.21(d) of this Agreement. The determination as to the recoverability of any Servicing Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of any Non-Serviced Whole Loan (or related REO Property) shall be made by the applicable servicer under, and in accordance with the terms of, the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such determination made by any such party shall be conclusive and binding on the Certificateholders and may, in all cases, be conclusively relied upon by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable.

 

Nonrecoverable Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts”: Any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts when the Person making such determination in accordance with the procedures specified for Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances or Nonrecoverable P&I Advances, as applicable, and taking into account factors such as all other outstanding Advances, either (a) has determined that such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, would not ultimately be recoverable from late payments or any other recovery on or in respect of the related Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Loans or (b) has determined that such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts would not ultimately be recoverable, along with any other Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts and Nonrecoverable Advances, out of the principal portion of future collections on all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and from general principal collections in the Collection Account.

 

Notice of Termination”: Any of the notices given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer by the Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interests in the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of this Agreement.

 

Notice to Refer”: As defined in Section 2.03(k)(ii).

 

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Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination: (i) with respect to each of the Class X-A, Class X-B and Class X-D Certificates as a Class, the related Class X Notional Amount as of such date of determination and (ii) with respect to any Class X Certificate, the product of the Percentage Interest evidenced by such Certificate and the related Class X Notional Amount.

 

NRSRO”: Any nationally recognized statistical ratings organization.

 

NRSRO Certification”: A certification (a) executed by a NRSRO in favor of the 17g-5 Information Provider substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit Z or (b) provided electronically and executed by such NRSRO by means of a “click-through” confirmation on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, in either case in favor of the 17g-5 Information Provider that states that such NRSRO is a Rating Agency under this Agreement, or that such NRSRO has been engaged to rate any securities backed, in whole or in part, by a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, or that such NRSRO has provided the Depositor with the appropriate certifications pursuant to paragraph (e) of Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act, such NRSRO has access to the Depositor’s 17g-5 website and such NRSRO will keep such information confidential, except to the extent such information has been made available to the general public.

 

Officer’s Certificate”: A certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President (however denominated) and by the Treasurer, the Secretary, one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries, any Trust Officer or other officer of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Additional Servicer, Operating Advisor or Asset Representations Reviewer customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers, any Servicing Officer and also with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, or an authorized officer of the Depositor, and delivered to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as the case may be.

 

Offsetting Modification Fees”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced REO Loan and with respect to any Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee payable by the Trust, any and all Modification Fees collected by the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation, but only to the extent that (1) such Modification Fees were earned and collected by the Special Servicer (A) in connection with the workout or liquidation (including partial liquidation) of a Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan as to which the subject Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee became payable or (B) in connection with any workout of a Specially Serviced Loan that closed within the prior 18 months (determined as of the closing day of the workout or liquidation as to which the subject Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee became payable) and (2) such Modification Fees were earned in connection with a modification, restructure, extension, waiver or amendment of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced REO Loan at a time when such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced REO Loan was a Specially Serviced Loan.

 

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Operating Advisor”: Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, a New York limited liability company, or its successor in interest, or any successor Operating Advisor appointed as herein provided.

 

Operating Advisor Annual Report”: As defined in Section 3.31(c) of this Agreement.

 

Operating Advisor Consultation Event”: The event that occurs when either (i) the aggregate Certificate Balances of the RR Certificates (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of such classes) is 25% or less of the initial aggregate Certificate Balances of the RR Certificates or (ii) a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (or a Control Termination Event would occur and be continuing if not for the last proviso in the definition thereof).

 

Operating Advisor Consulting Fee”: A fee for each Major Decision on which the Operating Advisor has consulting rights equal to $10,000 with respect to any Mortgage Loan or such lesser amount as the related Borrower agrees to pay, payable pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement; provided, no such fee shall be payable unless paid by the related Borrower. The Operating Advisor may in its sole discretion reduce the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee with respect to any Major Decision. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may waive or reduce the amount of any Operating Advisor Consulting Fee payable by the related Borrower if it determines that such full or partial waiver is in accordance with the Servicing Standard; provided, that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult with the Operating Advisor prior to any such waiver or reduction. No Operating Advisor Consulting Fee shall be payable with respect to any Subordinate Companion Loan, any Non-Serviced Whole Loan or any Servicing Shift Whole Loan.

 

Operating Advisor Fee”: With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) and any Distribution Date, an amount per Interest Accrual Period equal to the product of (i) the applicable Operating Advisor Fee Rate and (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the immediately preceding Collection Period (without giving effect to payments of principal on such Mortgage Loan on such Due Date). Such fee shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other fee or other sum payable to the Operating Advisor under this Agreement. The Operating Advisor Fee shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.02(a) of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Operating Advisor Fee shall be payable from the Lower-Tier REMIC. For the avoidance of doubt, no Operating Advisor Fee shall accrue on the principal balance of, or be payable with respect to, any Subordinate Companion Loan, Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, any Non-Serviced Whole Loan or any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan. No Operating Advisor Fee shall accrue following the Operating Advisor’s resignation pursuant to Section 6.04(e) or the termination of the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 7.07.

 

Operating Advisor Fee Rate”: For each Interest Accrual Period, a per annum rate equal to (a) 0.0027% with respect to all Serviced Mortgage Loans (except any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, the Headquarters Plaza Mortgage Loan and the Lightstone Portfolio

 

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Mortgage Loan), (b) 0.0041% with respect to the Headquarters Plaza Mortgage Loan and (c) 0.0052% with respect to the Lightstone Portfolio Mortgage Loan. At any time there is no Operating Advisor, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate shall be 0%.

 

Operating Advisor Standard”: The requirement that the Operating Advisor shall act solely on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of, and for the benefit of, the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan (other than any Servicing Shift Whole Loan) for the benefit of the related Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender, taking into account the pari passu nature of any related pari passu Companion Loan (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)), and not to Holders of any particular Class of Certificateholders (as determined by the Operating Advisor in the exercise of its good faith and reasonable judgment), and without regard to any conflict of interest arising from any relationship that the Operating Advisor or any of its affiliates may have with any of the Borrowers, property managers, any Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Directing Holder, any Certificateholder, or any of their respective affiliates.

 

Operating Advisor Surveillance Personnel”: The divisions and individuals of the Operating Advisor who are involved in the performance of the duties of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement.

 

Operating Advisor Termination Event”: As defined in Section 7.07(a) of this Agreement.

 

Opinion of Counsel”: A written opinion of counsel, who may, without limitation, be counsel for the Depositor, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, acceptable to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, except that any opinion of counsel relating to (a) qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the imposition of tax under the REMIC Provisions on any income or property of any Trust REMIC, (b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions (including application of the definition of “Independent Contractor”), (c) qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust or (d) a resignation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 6.04(b) of this Agreement, must be an opinion of counsel who is Independent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer.

 

Originator”: Any of (i) the Mortgage Loan Sellers and (ii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan acquired by a Mortgage Loan Seller, the originator of such Mortgage Loan.

 

Other 17g-5 Information Provider”: The applicable other “17g-5 information provider” under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to a Serviced Companion Loan. The Depositor shall inform the other parties hereto of the name and contact information for any Other 17g-5 Information Provider existing as of the Closing Date. The name and contact information of any such Other 17g-5 Information Provider as of the Closing Date is set forth on

 

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Schedule VIII hereto. Each party hereto shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the information set forth on Schedule VIII until such party receives notice of any change thereto.

 

Other Asset Representations Reviewer”: The applicable other “asset representations reviewer” under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to a Serviced Companion Loan or a Non-Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable.

 

Other Depositor”: The applicable other “depositor” under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to a Serviced Companion Loan or a Non-Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable.

 

Other Indemnified Parties”: As defined in Section 1.04 of this Agreement.

 

Other Operating Advisor”: The applicable other “operating advisor” or “trust advisor” under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to a Serviced Companion Loan or a Non-Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable.

 

Other Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event”: With respect to any Regulation RR Other PSA, an “Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event” (or analogous concept) under such related Regulation RR Other PSA.

 

Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement”: A pooling and servicing agreement or other applicable servicing agreement relating to a Serviced Companion Loan or a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable. The Other Pooling and Servicing Agreements related to the Trust as of the Closing Date are (A) in the case of the Non-Serviced Whole Loans, (i) with respect to each of the U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Whole Loan, the IRG Portfolio Whole Loan, the Station Place III Whole Loan, the Moffett Place Building 4 Whole Loan and the Covance Business Center Whole Loan, the JPMDB 2017-C7 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) with respect to the Burbank Office Portfolio Whole Loan, the DBUBS 2017-BRBK Trust and Servicing Agreement, (iii) with respect to the Corporate Woods Portfolio Whole Loan, the CGCMT 2017-P8 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (iv) with respect to the Integrated Health Campus Whole Loan, the COMM 2017-COR2 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (v) with respect to the Colorado Center Whole Loan, the BXP 2017-CC Trust and Servicing Agreement, (vi) with respect to the Gurnee Mills Whole Loan, the CSAIL 2016-C7 Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (vii) with respect to the Cleveland East Whole Loan, the WFCM 2017-C39 Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (B) in the case of any Serviced Companion Loan, the applicable servicing agreement governing the servicing of such Serviced Companion Loan as set forth in the table below under “Related Other Securitization(s)”.

 

Other Securitization”: Any commercial mortgage securitization trust that holds a Serviced Companion Loan or Non-Serviced Companion Loan or any successor REO Loan with respect thereto. The initial Other Securitizations related to the Trust as of the Closing Date are as follows:

 

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Whole Loan Promissory note(s) evidencing
the related Companion Loan(s)
Related Other Securitization(s)
Headquarters Plaza A-2, A-3, A-4 (1)
U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 A-1, A-2 JPMDB 2017-C7
Burbank Office Portfolio A-1-S, A-1-C1, A-2-S, A-2-C1-B, B-1, B-2 DBUBS 2017-BRBK
A-2-C1-A, A-2-C2-C UBS 2017-C5
A-2-C2-A, A-2-C2-B (1)
IRG Portfolio A-1 JPMDB 2017-C7
Station Place III A-1 JPMDB 2017-C7
A-2, A-3 (1)
A-4 CGCMT 2017-C4
Moffett Place Building 4 A-1, A-2 JPMDB 2017-C7
A-4 BANK 2017-BNK7
Lightstone Portfolio A-2 JPMDB 2017-C7
Corporate Woods Portfolio A-1-A, A-3 CGCMT 2017-P8
A-2 CGCMT 2017-C4
A-4 BANK 2017-BNK7
A-5 MSBAM 2017-C34
Integrated Health Campus A-1 COMM 2017-COR2
Colorado Center A-1-S, A-2-S, A-3-S, B-1-S, B-2-S, B-3-S BXP 2017-CC
A-1-C1, A-3-C1 BANK 2017-BNK8
A-1-C2, A-3-C2 (1)
A-2-C1, A-2-C2-1 COMM 2017-COR2
Gurnee Mills A-1A CSAIL 2017-C7
A-1B, A-3A CSMC 2016-NXSR
A-2A WFCM 2016-C36
A-2B WFCM 2016-LC25
A-4A CD 2017-CD5
Cleveland East A-1 WFCM 2017-C39

 

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Arizona Retail Portfolio B (1)
Covance Business Center A-1 JPMDB 2017-C7

 

(1)       As of the Closing Date, the promissory note evidencing the related Companion Loan is not included in a securitization trust. However, such Companion Loan may be included in a future securitization. Such future securitization shall also be an Other Securitization.

 

Other Servicer”: The applicable other “master servicer” under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to a Serviced Companion Loan or a Non-Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable.

 

Other Special Servicer”: The applicable other “special servicer” under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to a Serviced Companion Loan or a Non-Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable.

 

Other Trustee”: The applicable other “trustee” or, if applicable, the other “certificate administrator” or, if applicable, the other “custodian” under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to a Serviced Companion Loan or a Non-Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable.

 

Ownership Interest”: Any record or beneficial interest in a Class R Certificate.

 

P&I Advance”: As to any Mortgage Loan, any advance made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.07 of this Agreement. Each reference to the payment or reimbursement of a P&I Advance shall be deemed to include, whether or not specifically referred to and without duplication, payment or reimbursement of interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee will be required to make P&I Advances with respect to any delinquent payment amounts due on any Companion Loan.

 

P&I Advance Determination Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the second Business Day prior to such Distribution Date.

 

Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to each Class of Regular Certificates set forth below, the following rates:

 

Class

Pass-Through Rate

Class A-1 Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-2 Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-3 Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-SB Class A-SB Pass-Through Rate
Class A-4 Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate
Class A-5 Class A-5 Pass-Through Rate
Class X-A Class X-A Pass-Through Rate
Class X-B Class X-B Pass-Through Rate

 

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Class

Pass-Through Rate

Class X-D Class X-D Pass-Through Rate
Class A-M Class A-M Pass-Through Rate
Class B Class B Pass-Through Rate
Class C Class C Pass-Through Rate
Class D Class D Pass-Through Rate
Class E-RR Class E-RR Pass-Through Rate
Class F-RR Class F-RR Pass-Through Rate
Class G-RR Class G-RR Pass-Through Rate
Class H-RR Class H-RR Pass-Through Rate

 

Paying Agent”: The paying agent appointed pursuant to Section 5.04 of this Agreement.

 

PCAOB”: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

 

Penalty Charges”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan (or successor REO Loan), any amounts collected thereon from the Borrower that represent default charges, penalty charges, late fees and/or Default Interest, and excluding any Yield Maintenance Charge and any Excess Interest.

 

Percentage Interest”: As to any Certificate (except the Class R and Class S Certificates), the percentage interest evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made with respect to the related Class. With respect to any Certificate (except the Class R and Class S Certificates), the percentage interest is equal to the initial denomination of such Certificate divided by the initial Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, of such Class of Certificates. With respect to the Class R and Class S Certificates, the percentage interest is set forth on the face thereof.

 

Performance Certification”: As defined in Section 10.08 of this Agreement.

 

Performing Loan”: A Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan.

 

Performing Party”: As defined in Section 10.14 of this Agreement.

 

Periodic Payment”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan (other than any REO Loan) and any Due Date, the scheduled monthly payment of principal, if any, and interest at the Mortgage Rate, excluding any Balloon Payment (but not excluding any constant Periodic Payment due on a Balloon Loan), which is payable by the related Borrower on such Due Date under the related Mortgage Note. The Periodic Payment with respect to an REO Loan is the monthly payment that would otherwise have been payable on the related Due Date had the related Mortgage Note not been discharged, determined as set forth in the preceding sentence and on the assumption that all other amounts, if any, due thereunder are paid when due.

 

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Permitted Investments”: Any one or more of the following obligations or securities payable on demand or having a scheduled maturity on or before the Business Day preceding the date upon which such funds are required to be drawn, regardless of whether issued by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates and having at all times the required ratings, if any, provided for in this definition, unless each Rating Agency shall have provided a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities:

 

(A)     direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States of America, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America that mature in one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition; provided that any obligation of, or guarantee by, any agency or instrumentality of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac shall be a Permitted Investment only if such investment would not result in the downgrading, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned by each Rating Agency to any Certificate (or, insofar as there is then outstanding any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities that are then rated by such Rating Agency, such class of securities) as evidenced in writing;

 

(B)     repurchase agreements or obligations specified in clause (A) of this definition, with a party agreeing to repurchase such obligations (a)(1) in the case of such investments with maturities of thirty (30) days or less, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1” by Fitch and in the highest short-term rating category by Moody’s or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “A” by Fitch and “A2” by Moody’s, (2) in the case of such investments with maturities of three (3) months or less, but more than thirty (30) days, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch and in the highest short-term rating category by Moody’s or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “AA-” by Fitch and “A2” by Moody’s, (3) in the case of such investments with maturities of six (6) months or less, but more than three (3) months, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch and in the highest short-term rating category by Moody’s and the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “AA-” by Fitch, and “Aa3” by Moody’s, and (4) in the case of such investments with maturities of more than six (6) months, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch and in the highest short-term rating category by Moody’s and the long-term obligations of which are rated “AA-” by Fitch and “Aaa” by Moody’s, and (b) the short-term obligations of the applicable repurchase agreement counterparty are rated in the highest short-term debt rating category of DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by any two other NRSROs (which may include Moody’s and Fitch)) and, if it has a term in excess of six months, the long-term debt obligations of which are rated “AAA” by DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by any two other NRSROs (which may

 

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include Moody’s and Fitch)) (or, in the case of any such Rating Agency as set forth in subclauses (a) – (b) above, such lower rating as is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency relating to the Certificates and any Companion Loan Securities);

 

(C)     federal funds, unsecured uncertificated certificates of deposit, time deposits, demand deposits and bankers’ acceptances of any bank or trust company organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof, (a)(1) in the case of such investments with maturities of thirty (30) days or less, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1” by Fitch and in the highest short-term rating category by Moody’s or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “A” by Fitch and “A2” by Moody’s, (2) in the case of such investments with maturities of three (3) months or less, but more than thirty (30) days, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch and in the highest short-term rating category by Moody’s or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “AA-” by Fitch and “A2” by Moody’s, (3) in the case of such investments with maturities of six (6) months or less, but more than three (3) months, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch and in the highest short-term rating category by Moody’s and the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “AA-” by Fitch and “Aa3” by Moody’s, and (4) in the case of such investments with maturities of more than six (6) months, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch and in the highest short-term rating category by Moody’s and the long-term obligations of which are rated “AA-” by Fitch and “Aaa” by Moody’s, and (b) the short-term obligations of which bank or trust company are rated in the highest short-term debt rating category of DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by any two other NRSROs (which may include Moody’s and Fitch)) and, if it has a term in excess of six months, the long-term debt obligations of which are rated “AAA” by DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by any two other NRSROs (which may include Moody’s and Fitch)) (or, in the case of any such Rating Agency as set forth in subclauses (a)(b) above, such lower rating as is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency relating to the Certificates and any Companion Loan Securities);

 

(D)     commercial paper of any corporation incorporated under the laws of the United States or any state thereof (or of any corporation not so incorporated, provided that the commercial paper is United States Dollar denominated and amounts payable thereunder are not subject to any withholding imposed by any non-United States jurisdiction) (a)(1) in the case of such investments with maturities of thirty (30) days or less, the short-term obligations of which corporation are rated at least in the highest short-term debt rating category of Moody’s and “F1” by Fitch or the long-term obligations of which corporation are rated at least “A2” by Moody’s and “A” by Fitch, (2) in the case of such investments with maturities of three (3) months or less, but more than

 

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thirty (30) days, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least in the highest short-term debt rating category of Moody’s and “F1+” by Fitch, or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “AA-” by Fitch (with a short-term rating of “F1” by Fitch) and “A2” by Moody’s, (3)(A) in the case of such investments with maturities of six (6) months or less, but more than three (3) months, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “P1” by Moody’s, and the long-term obligations of which corporation are rated at least “Aa3” by Moody’s and (B) in the case of such investments with maturities of six (6) months or less, but more than three (3) months, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch, or the long-term obligations of which corporation are rated at least “AA-” by Fitch (with a short-term rating of “F1” by Fitch), and (4)(A) in the case of such investments with maturities of more than six (6) months, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “P1” by Moody’s, and the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “Aaa” by Moody’s, and (B) in the case of such investments with maturities of more than six (6) months, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch, or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “AA-” by Fitch (with a short-term rating of “F1” by Fitch), and (b) the short-term obligations of which corporation are rated in the highest short-term debt rating category of DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by any two other NRSROs (which may include Moody’s and Fitch)) and, if it has a term in excess of six months, the long-term debt obligations of which are rated “AAA” (or the equivalent) by DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by any two other NRSROs (which may include Moody’s and Fitch)) (or, in the case of any such Rating Agency as set forth in subclauses (a)(b) above, such lower rating as is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency relating to the Certificates and any Serviced Companion Loan Securities);

 

(E)        (1) units of taxable money market mutual funds, issued by regulated investment companies, which seek to maintain a constant net asset value per share (including the Federated Prime Obligation Money Market Fund, US Bank Long Term Eurodollar Sweep or the Wells Fargo Money Market Funds) so long as any such fund is rated “Aaa-mf” by Moody’s and in the highest short-term unsecured debt ratings category by each of Fitch and DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent rating (or higher) by at least two (2) NRSROs (which may include any of the Rating Agencies) or otherwise acceptable to such Rating Agency, in any such case, as confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation) relating to the Certificates and any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, or (2) units of money market funds that (a) have substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clause (A) above, (b) has net assets of not less than $5,000,000,000, and (c) has a rating of “Aaa-mf” by Moody’s and has the highest rating obtainable for money market funds from each of Fitch and DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent rating (or higher) by at least two (2) NRSROs (which may include any of the Rating Agencies) or

 

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otherwise acceptable to such Rating Agency, in any such case, as confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation);

 

(F)      an obligation or security that, but for the failure to satisfy one or more of the minimum rating(s) set forth in the applicable clause, would be listed in clauses (B) – (E) above, and is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates and any Serviced Companion Loan Securities from each Rating Agency for which the minimum rating(s) set forth in the applicable clause is not satisfied with respect to such obligation or security; or

 

(G)     any other obligation or security other than one listed in clauses (A) – (E) above, that is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates and any Serviced Companion Loan Securities from each and every Rating Agency;

 

provided, that each investment described hereunder shall not (A) evidence either the right to receive (1) only interest with respect to such investment or (2) a yield to maturity greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of the underlying obligations, (B) be purchased at a price greater than par, (C) be sold prior to stated maturity if such sale would result in a loss of principal on the instrument or a tax on “prohibited transactions” under Section 860F of the Code or (D) have an “r” highlighter or other comparable qualifier attached to its rating; and provided, further, that each investment described hereunder must have (X) a predetermined fixed amount of principal due at maturity (that cannot vary or change), (Y) an original maturity of not more than 365 days and a remaining maturity of not more than thirty (30) days and (Z) except in the case of a Permitted Investment described in clause (E) of this definition, a fixed interest rate or an interest rate that is tied to a single interest rate index plus a single fixed spread and moves proportionately with that index; and provided, further, that each investment described hereunder must be a “cash flow investment” (within the meaning of the REMIC Provisions).

 

Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees”: Any commercially reasonable treasury management fees, banking fees, customary title agent fees and insurance commissions or fees received or retained by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates in connection with any services performed by such party with respect to any Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or REO Property, in each case, in accordance with Article III of this Agreement.

 

Permitted Transferee”: With respect to a Class R Certificate, any Person or agent thereof that is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, other than (a) a Disqualified Organization, (b) any other Person so designated by the Certificate Registrar who is unable to provide an Opinion of Counsel (provided at the expense of such Person or the Person requesting the Transfer) to the effect that the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in any Class R Certificate to such Person will not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding, (c) a Person that is a Disqualified Non-U.S. Person, (d) a Plan or any Person investing the assets of a Plan, (e) an entity treated as a domestic partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, one or more of the direct or indirect beneficial owners (other than through a U.S. corporation) of which is (or is permitted under the applicable partnership

 

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agreement to be) a Disqualified Non-U.S. Person or (f) a U.S. Person with respect to whom income on the Class R Certificate is attributable to a fixed base or foreign permanent establishment, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such transferee or any other U.S. Person.

 

Person”: Any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

Plan”: As defined in Section 5.02(k) of this Agreement.

 

Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(i).

 

Prepayment Assumption”: The assumption that (i) each Mortgage Loan (other than an ARD Loan) does not prepay prior to its respective Maturity Date and (ii) each ARD Loan prepays on its Anticipated Repayment Date.

 

Prepayment Interest Excess”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the aggregate amount, with respect to all Mortgage Loans or Serviced Companion Loans serviced by the Master Servicer that were subject to Principal Prepayment in full or in part, or as to which Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds, as applicable, were received by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer for application to such Mortgage Loans or Serviced Companion Loans, in each case after the Due Date in the month of such Distribution Date and on or prior to the related Determination Date, the amount of interest accrued at the Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loans or Serviced Companion Loans on the amount of such Principal Prepayments, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds after the Due Date relating to such Collection Period and accruing in the manner set forth in the related Loan Documents, to the extent such interest is collected by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (without regard to any Prepayment Premium, Yield Maintenance Charge or Excess Interest actually collected).

 

Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: With respect to any Distribution Date, for each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan serviced by the Master Servicer that was subject to a Principal Prepayment in full or in part and which did not include a full month’s interest, or as to which Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds, as applicable, were received by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer for application to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, in each case after the Determination Date in the calendar month preceding such Distribution Date but prior to the Due Date in the related Collection Period, the amount of interest that would have accrued at the Net Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan on the amount of such Principal Prepayment, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds during the period commencing on the date as of which such Principal Prepayment, Insurance Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds, as applicable, were applied to the unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan and ending on (and including) the day immediately preceding such

 

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Due Date (without regard to any Prepayment Premium, Yield Maintenance Charge or Excess Interest actually collected).

 

Prepayment Premium”: Any premium, fee or other additional amount (other than a Yield Maintenance Charge) paid or payable on a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan by a Borrower as the result of a Principal Prepayment thereon, not otherwise due thereon, in respect of principal or interest, which is intended to compensate the holder of the related Mortgage Note for prepayment.

 

Pricing Date”: November 13, 2017.

 

Primary Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan), the rate per annum set forth on Exhibit B to this Agreement. With respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the applicable rate per annum set forth on Exhibit B to this Agreement. With respect to Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, except as provided for on Exhibit B to this Agreement, no Primary Servicing Fee Rate will be charged by the Master Servicer, but the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Primary Servicing Fee Rate is charged by the applicable Other Servicer pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Primary Servicing Fee Rate includes any fee rate payable to a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer.

 

Prime Rate”: The “Prime Rate” as published in the “Money Rates” section of The Wall Street Journal, Eastern edition (or, if such section or publication is no longer available, such other comparable publication as determined by the Certificate Administrator in its reasonable discretion) as may be in effect from time to time, or, if the “Prime Rate” no longer exists, such other comparable rate (as determined by the Certificate Administrator in its reasonable discretion) as may be in effect from time to time. The Certificate Administrator shall notify in writing the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with regard to any determination of the Prime Rate in accordance with the parenthetical in the preceding sentence.

 

Principal Balance Certificates”: The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class H-RR Certificates.

 

Principal Distribution Amount”: For any Distribution Date and the Principal Balance Certificates, the sum of (i) the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Principal Shortfall, if any, for the prior Distribution Date.

 

Principal Prepayment”: Any payment of principal made by a Borrower on a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan which is received in advance of its scheduled due date and which is not accompanied by an amount of interest representing the full amount of scheduled interest due on any date or dates in any month or months subsequent to the month of prepayment.

 

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Principal Shortfall”: For any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (i) the Principal Distribution Amount for the preceding Distribution Date exceeds (ii) the aggregate amount actually distributed on such preceding Distribution Date to holders of the Principal Balance Certificates in respect of such Principal Distribution Amount.

 

PrinREI Serviced Mortgage Loans”: Each of the Port Gardner Building, 19500 South Dixie Highway and Bennetts Creek Crossing Mortgage Loans so long as such Mortgage Loan is being primary serviced by Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC.

 

Private Certificate”: Each of the Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates, collectively.

 

Private Global Certificate”: Each of the Regulation S Global Certificates or Rule 144A Global Certificates with respect to the Private Certificates if and so long as such class of Certificates is registered in the name of a nominee of the Depository.

 

Private Placement Memorandum”: Means the Private Placement Memorandum, dated November 17, 2017, pursuant to which the Private Certificates will be offered for sale.

 

Privileged Information”: Any (i) correspondence or other communications between a Directing Holder and the Special Servicer related to any Specially Serviced Loan (other than any applicable Conflicted Loan) or the exercise of the consent or consultation rights of a Directing Holder under this Agreement or any related Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) strategically sensitive information that the Special Servicer has reasonably determined could compromise the Trust Fund’s position in any ongoing or future negotiations with the related Borrower or other interested party, (iii) information subject to attorney-client privilege and (iv) any Asset Status Report or Final Asset Status Report.

 

Privileged Information Exception”: With respect to any Privileged Information, at any time (a) such Privileged Information becomes generally available and known to the public other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by the party restricted from disclosing such Privileged Information (the “Restricted Party”), (b) it is reasonable and necessary for the Restricted Party to disclose such Privileged Information in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies, (c) such Privileged Information was already known to such Restricted Party and not otherwise subject to a confidentiality obligation and/or (d) the Restricted Party is required by law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to disclose such information.

 

Privileged Person”: The Depositor and its designees, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Non-Conflicted Special Servicer), the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Additional Servicer designated by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Directing Holder (but only prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event), the Operating Advisor, any Affiliate of the Operating Advisor designated by the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, any Serviced Companion Loan

 

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Noteholder who provides a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit FF hereto, any Person who provides the Certificate Administrator with an Investor Certification and any NRSRO (including any Rating Agency) that provides the Certificate Administrator with a NRSRO Certification, which Investor Certification and NRSRO Certification may be submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s Website; provided, however, that in no event may a Borrower Party (other than a Borrower Party that is the Special Servicer) be entitled to receive (i) if such party is the Directing Holder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder, any Conflicted Information via the Certificate Administrator’s Website (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Conflicted Controlling Class Loan(s)), and (ii) if such party is not the Directing Holder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder, any information other than the Distribution Date Statement.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Special Servicer obtains knowledge that it is a Borrower Party, the Special Servicer shall nevertheless be a Privileged Person; provided that the Special Servicer (i) shall not directly or indirectly provide any information solely related to the related Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan (which may include any Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof)) to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any of the Special Servicer’s employees or personnel or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (C) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) shall maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above; provided, further, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as an obligation of the Master Servicer or the Certificate Administrator to restrict the Special Servicer’s access to any information on the Master Servicer’s website or the Certificate Administrator’s Website and in no case shall the Master Servicer or the Certificate Administrator be held liable if the Special Servicer accesses any of the items listed in the definition of Conflicted Information relating to the Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loans.

 

Prohibited Party”: Any proposed Servicing Function Participant that is listed on the Depositor’s Do Not Hire List.

 

Property Protection Expenses”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, any costs and expenses incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.04, Section 3.08(a), Section 3.10, Section 3.11, Section 3.15(a), Section 3.15(b), Section 3.15(c), Section 3.16(c) or Section 3.24(a) of this Agreement or indicated herein as being payable as a Servicing Advance or as a cost or expense of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders but subject to the provisions of Section 1.02(e)) or the Lower-Tier REMIC or Upper-Tier REMIC to be paid out of the Collection Account.

 

Proposed Course of Action Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(i).

 

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Prospectus”: The Depositor’s Prospectus dated November 17, 2017, relating to the offering of the Public Certificates.

 

PTCE”: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption.

 

Public Certificates”: Each of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B and Class C Certificates.

 

Public Global Certificates”: Each of the Public Certificates, if and so long as the applicable Class of Public Certificates is registered in the name of the Depository.

 

Purchase Price”: With respect to (i) any Mortgage Loan to be repurchased or purchased pursuant to Section 2.03(e) or Section 9.01 of this Agreement, (ii) any Specially Serviced Loan or any Serviced REO Loan to be sold pursuant to Section 3.16 of this Agreement or (iii) any Defaulted Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan to be sold by the Special Servicer in accordance with the proviso in Section 3.16(b) of this Agreement, an amount, calculated by the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans or Serviced REO Loans), as applicable, equal to:

 

(a)               the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan) as of the date of purchase; plus

 

(b)               all accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan (or any related REO Loan) at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time to but not including the Due Date immediately preceding or coinciding with the Determination Date for the Collection Period of purchase, but excluding any Default Interest or Excess Interest; plus

 

(c)               all related unreimbursed Servicing Advances plus accrued and unpaid interest on related Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, and all Special Servicing Fees and Workout Fees allocable to such Mortgage Loan (and, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, unpaid fees payable to the applicable servicer, Other Servicer, the Other Special Servicer or the Other Trustee allocable to such Mortgage Loan); plus

 

(d)               any Liquidation Fee due pursuant to Section 3.12 of this Agreement allocable to such Mortgage Loan or Specially Serviced Loan; plus

 

(e)               all Additional Trust Fund Expenses allocable to such Mortgage Loan; plus

 

(f)                if such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan) is being purchased or substituted by a Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, to the extent not otherwise included in the amount described in clause (c) of this definition, any unpaid Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee related to such Mortgage Loan and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred or to be incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in respect of the Breach or Defect giving rise to the repurchase obligation, including any such expenses arising out of the enforcement of the

 

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repurchase obligation, including, without duplication, any such expenses previously reimbursed from the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, to the extent payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee; provided, however, that such out-of-pocket expenses shall not include expenses incurred by Certificateholders or Certificate Owners in instituting an Asset Review Vote Election, in taking part in an Asset Review vote or in exercising such Certificateholder’s or Certificate Owner’s, as applicable, rights under the dispute resolution mechanics pursuant to Section 2.03(k) hereof.

 

For purposes of this Agreement, (i) the “Purchase Price” in respect of a Serviced Companion Loan that is purchased by the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be the purchase price paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the applicable servicing agreement, and (ii) with respect to a sale of an REO Property securing a Serviced Whole Loan, the term Mortgage Loan or REO Loan shall be construed to include any related Companion Loans.

 

Qualified Affiliate”: Any Person (a) that is organized and doing business under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, (b) that is in the business of performing the duties of a servicer of mortgage loans (or, in the case of the Operating Advisor, that is in the business of performing the duties of an operating advisor), and (c) as to which 50% or greater of its outstanding voting stock or equity ownership interest are directly or indirectly owned by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, or by any Person or Persons who directly or indirectly own equity ownership interests in the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable.

 

Qualified Institutional Buyer”: A “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A.

 

Qualified Insurer”: As used in Section 3.08 of this Agreement,

 

(i) in the case of each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, an insurance company or security or bonding company qualified to write the related insurance policy in the relevant jurisdiction and whose claims paying ability is rated (a) at least “A (low)” by DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by at least two NRSROs (which may include S&P, Fitch and/or Moody’s) or one NRSRO (which may include S&P, Fitch and/or Moody’s) and A.M. Best), (b) at least “A3” by Moody’s (or, if not rated by Moody’s, an equivalent rating by (x) at least two NRSROs (which may include S&P, DBRS and/or Fitch) or (y) one NRSRO (which may include S&P, DBRS and/or Fitch) and A.M. Best), and (c) at least “A” by Fitch (or, if not rated by Fitch, at least “A-” or an equivalent (or higher) rating by (x) at least two NRSROs (which may include S&P, DBRS and/or Moody’s) or (y) one NRSRO (which may include S&P, DBRS and/or Moody’s) and AM Best), and

 

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(ii) in the case of the fidelity bond and the errors and omissions insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.08(d) of this Agreement, a company that shall have a claims paying ability rated at least equal to any one of the following: (1) “A-” or better by S&P, (2) “A3” or better by Moody’s, (3) “A-” or better by Fitch, (4) “A (low)” or better by DBRS or (5) “A-:X” or better by A.M. Best,

 

or, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), such other rating as to which the related Rating Agency (and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Rating Agency) has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates and any Serviced Companion Loan Securities (subject to the foregoing exceptions).

 

Qualified Mortgage”: A Mortgage Loan that is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but without regard to the rule in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that treats a defective obligation as a qualified mortgage), or any substantially similar successor provision.

 

Qualified Replacement Special Servicer”: A replacement special servicer that (i) satisfies all of the eligibility requirements applicable to special servicers in this Agreement, (ii) is not the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or an affiliate of the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, (iii) is not obligated to pay the Operating Advisor (x) any fees or otherwise compensate the Operating Advisor in respect of its obligations under this Agreement, or (y) for the appointment of the successor special servicer or the recommendation by the Operating Advisor for the replacement special servicer to become the special servicer, (iv) is not entitled to receive any compensation from the Operating Advisor other than compensation that is not material and is unrelated to the Operating Advisor’s recommendation that such party be appointed as the replacement special servicer, (v) is not entitled to receive any fee from the Operating Advisor for its appointment as successor special servicer, in each case, unless expressly approved by 100% of the Certificateholders, (vi)(A) has been appointed as a special servicer on a transaction-level basis on the closing date of a commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction and, as of the date of such determination, is the special servicer of such securitization, with respect to which Moody’s rated one or more classes of certificates and one or more classes of such certificates are still outstanding and rated by Moody’s and (B) is not a special servicer that has been cited by Moody’s as having servicing concerns as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination, (vii) currently has a special servicer rating of at least “CSS3” from Fitch, and (viii) is currently acting as a special servicer in a transaction rated by DBRS and has not been cited by DBRS as having servicing concerns as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination.

 

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Mortgage Loan with respect to which a Material Breach or Material Defect exists that must, on the date of substitution: (i) have an outstanding Stated Principal Balance, after application of all scheduled payments of principal and/or interest due during or prior to the month of substitution, whether or not received, not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the Removed Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the calendar month during which the substitution occurs; (ii) have a fixed Mortgage Rate not less than the Mortgage Rate of the Removed Mortgage Loan (determined without regard to any prior modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the removed Mortgage Loan); (iii) have the same Due Date and a grace period no longer than that of the Removed Mortgage Loan; (iv) accrue interest on the same basis as the Removed Mortgage Loan (for example, on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed); (v) have a remaining term to stated maturity not greater than, and not more than five years less than, the remaining term to stated maturity of the Removed Mortgage Loan; (vi) have a then-current loan to value ratio equal to or less than the lesser of (x) the loan to value ratio for the Removed Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date and (y) 75%, in each case using the “value” for the Mortgaged Property as determined using an Appraisal prepared in accordance with the requirements of the FIRREA; (vii) comply as of the date of substitution in all material respects with all of the representations and warranties set forth in the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (viii) have an Environmental Report that indicates no material adverse environmental conditions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property and that will be delivered as a part of the related Servicing File; (ix) have a then-current Debt Service Coverage Ratio at least equal to the greater of (i) the original Debt Service Coverage Ratio of the Removed Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date and (ii) 1.25x; (x) be determined by an Opinion of Counsel (at the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense) to be a “qualified replacement mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(4) of the Code; (xi) not have a maturity date or an amortization period that extends to a date that is after the date that is two years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date; (xii) have comparable prepayment restrictions to those of the Replaced Mortgage Loan; (xiii) not be substituted for a Removed Mortgage Loan unless the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee have received a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies (the cost, if any, of obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmation to be paid by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller; (xiv) have been approved, (A) so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is not continuing, by the Directing Holder, and (B) during any such time that the Master Servicer is the Enforcing Servicer, by the Special Servicer; (xv) prohibit defeasance within two years after the Closing Date; (xvi) not be substituted for a Removed Mortgage Loan if it would result in the termination of the REMIC status of any Trust REMIC or the imposition of tax on any Trust REMIC other than a tax on income expressly permitted or contemplated to be received by the terms of this Agreement, as determined by an Opinion of Counsel (at the cost of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller); (xvii) have an engineering report that indicates no material adverse property condition or deferred maintenance with respect to the related Mortgaged Property that will be delivered as a part of the related Servicing File; and (xviii) be current in the payment of all scheduled payments of principal and interest then due. In the event that one or more mortgage loans are substituted for one or more Removed Mortgage Loans, then the amounts described in clause (i) shall be determined on the basis of aggregate Stated Principal Balances and each such proposed Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan must individually satisfy each of the requirements specified in clauses (ii)

 

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through (xviii) above, except the rates referred to in clause (ii) above and the remaining term to stated maturity referred to in clause (v) above shall be determined on a weighted average basis; provided that no individual Mortgage Rate shall be lower than the highest Pass-Through Rate (that is a fixed rate not subject to a cap equal to the WAC Rate) of any Class of Principal Balance Certificates having an outstanding Certificate Balance. When a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan is substituted for a Removed Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall certify that the Mortgage Loan meets all of the requirements of the above definition and shall send such certification to the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee and, for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder.

 

RAC No-Response Scenario”: As defined in Section 3.30(a).

 

Rated Final Distribution Date”: The Distribution Date in November 2050. The Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates will not have a Rated Final Distribution Date.

 

Rating Agency”: Any of Moody’s, Fitch or DBRS; provided, that with respect to any matter affecting a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or any Serviced Whole Loan, “Rating Agency” shall also refer to any rating agency engaged to rate the Serviced Companion Loan Securities related to such Serviced Whole Loan or securities related to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, as applicable.

 

Rating Agency Confirmation” shall mean, with respect to any matter, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any Class of Certificates if then rated by the Rating Agency; provided that a written waiver or other acknowledgment from any Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from such Rating Agency with respect to such matter. At any time during which no Certificates are rated by a Rating Agency, no Rating Agency Confirmation shall be required from that Rating Agency. With respect to any matter affecting any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, any Rating Agency Confirmation shall also refer to a comparable confirmation from the nationally recognized statistical rating organizations then rating the securities representing an interest in such loan with respect to such rating organizations’ respective ratings of such securities.

 

Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool”: As defined in Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement.

 

Real Property”: Land or improvements thereon such as buildings or other inherently permanent structures thereon (including items that are structural components of the buildings or structures), in each such case as such terms are used in the REMIC Provisions.

 

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Realized Loss”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (i) the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans in the Mortgage Pool (for purposes of this calculation only, the aggregate Stated Principal Balance will not be reduced by the amount of principal payments received on the Mortgage Loans that were used to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Trustee from general collections of principal on the Mortgage Loans for Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, to the extent those amounts are not otherwise determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances), including any REO Loans (but in each case, excluding any Companion Loan) expected to be outstanding immediately following such Distribution Date is less than (ii) the then aggregate Certificate Balance of all Classes of Principal Balance Certificates, after giving effect to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date.

 

Reassignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits”: As defined in Section 2.01(a)(viii) of this Agreement.

 

Record Date”: With respect to each Distribution Date, the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

 

Regular Certificates”: The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class H-RR Certificates.

 

Regulation AB”: Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§ 229.1100-229.1125, as such rules may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time, in each case as effective from time to time as of the compliance dates specified therein.

 

Regulation D”: Regulation D under the Act.

 

Regulation RR”: The final rule (appearing at 17 CFR § 246.1, et seq.) that was promulgated to implement the credit risk retention requirements under Section 15G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as added by Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (79 F.R. 77601; pages 77740-77766), as such rule may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Regulatory Agencies in the adopting release (79 FR 77601 et seq.) or by the staff of any such agency, or as may be provided by any such agency or its staff from time to time, in each case, as effective from time to time.

 

Regulation RR Other PSA”: As defined in Section 3.27(i) of this Agreement.

 

Regulation S”: Regulation S under the Act.

 

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Regulation S Global Certificate”: Each of the Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class H-RR Certificates issued as such on the Closing Date.

 

Regulation S Investor”: With respect to a transferee of an interest in a Regulation S Global Certificate, a transferee that acquires such interest pursuant to Regulation S.

 

Regulation S Transfer Certificate”: As defined in Section 5.02(c)(i)(B) of this Agreement.

 

Regulatory Agencies”: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency; the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; the Federal Housing Finance Agency; the Securities and Exchange Commission; and the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

 

Reimbursement Rate”: The rate per annum applicable to the accrual of interest on Servicing Advances in accordance with Section 3.21(e) and P&I Advances in accordance with Section 4.07(h), which rate per annum shall equal the Prime Rate. Interest at the Reimbursement Rate will accrue from (and including) the date on which the related Advance is made or the related expense incurred to (but excluding) the date on which such amounts are recovered out of amounts received on the Mortgage Loan as to which such Advances were made or servicing expenses incurred or the first Master Servicer Remittance Date after a determination of non-recoverability, as the case may be, is made; provided that such interest at the Reimbursement Rate will continue to accrue to the extent funds are not available in the Collection Accounts for such reimbursement of such Advance; provided, further, that no interest will accrue on any P&I Advance (i) made with respect to a Mortgage Loan until after the related Due Date has passed and any applicable Grace Period has expired or (ii) if the related Periodic Payment is received after the Determination Date but on or prior to the Business Day immediately prior to the related Distribution Date.

 

Relevant Distribution Date”: With respect to (a) any Significant Obligor with respect to the Trust, the Distribution Date, and (b) any “significant obligor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB) with respect to an Other Securitization holding a Serviced Companion Loan, the “Distribution Date” (or analogous concept) under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Relevant Servicing Criteria”: The Servicing Criteria applicable to each Reporting Servicer (as set forth, with respect to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee on Schedule II to this Agreement). For clarification purposes, multiple Reporting Servicers can have responsibility for the same Relevant Servicing Criteria and some of the Servicing Criteria will not be applicable to certain Reporting Servicers. With respect to a Servicing Function Participant engaged by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, the term “Relevant Servicing Criteria” refers to the items of the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee that engaged such Servicing

 

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Function Participant that are applicable to such Servicing Function Participant based on the functions it has been engaged to perform.

 

REMIC”: A “real estate mortgage investment conduit” within the meaning of Section 860D of the Code and the REMIC Provisions.

 

REMIC Provisions”: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Section 860A through 860G of subchapter M of chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and regulations (including any applicable proposed regulations) and rulings promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.

 

Removed Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan which is repurchased from the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms hereof or as to which one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans are substituted.

 

Rents from Real Property”: With respect to any Serviced REO Property, gross income of the character described in Section 856(d) of the Code, which income, subject to the terms and conditions of that Section of the Code in its present form, does not include:

 

(a)          except as provided in Section 856(d)(4) or Section 856(d)(6) of the Code, any amount received or accrued, directly or indirectly, with respect to such Serviced REO Property, if the determination of such amount depends in whole or in part on the income or profits derived by any Person from such property (unless such amount is a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts or sales and otherwise constitutes Rents from Real Property);

 

(b)         any amount received or accrued, directly or indirectly, from any Person if the Trust Fund owns directly or indirectly (including by attribution) a ten percent or greater interest in such Person determined in accordance with Sections 856(d)(2)(B) and Section 856(d)(5) of the Code;

 

(c)          any amount received or accrued, directly or indirectly, with respect to such Serviced REO Property if any Person Directly Operates such Serviced REO Property;

 

(d)         any amount charged for services that are not customarily furnished in connection with the rental of property to tenants in buildings of a similar class in the same geographic market as such Serviced REO Property within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-4(b)(1) (whether or not such charges are separately stated); and

 

(e)          rent attributable to personal property unless such personal property is leased under, or in connection with, the lease of such Serviced REO Property and, for any taxable year of the Trust Fund, such rent is no greater than 15 percent of the total rent received or accrued under, or in connection with, the lease.

 

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REO Account”: As defined in Section 3.15(b) of this Agreement.

 

REO Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan (excluding any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan as to which the related Mortgaged Property has become an REO Property.

 

REO Proceeds”: With respect to any Serviced REO Property and the related Serviced REO Loan, all revenues received by the Special Servicer with respect to such Serviced REO Property or Serviced REO Loan which do not constitute Liquidation Proceeds.

 

REO Property”: A Mortgaged Property title to which has been acquired by the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund through foreclosure, deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, or in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Trust Fund’s beneficial interest in the Mortgaged Property acquired by the Other Trustee pursuant to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Replacement Mortgage Loan”: Any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan that is substituted for one or more Removed Mortgage Loans.

 

Reporting Servicer”: As defined in Section 10.12 of this Agreement.

 

Repurchase Communication”: For purposes of Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement only, any communication, whether oral or written, which need not be in any specific form.

 

Repurchase”: As defined in Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement.

 

Repurchase Request”: As defined in Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement.

 

Repurchase Request Recipient”: As defined in Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement.

 

Repurchase Request Rejection”: As defined in Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement.

 

Repurchase Request Withdrawal”: As defined in Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement.

 

Request for Release”: A request for a release signed by a Servicing Officer, substantially in the form of Exhibit E to this Agreement.

 

Requesting Certificateholder”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(iii).

 

Requesting Holders”: As defined in Section 4.08(b) of this Agreement.

 

Requesting Investor”: As defined in Section 5.05(a) of this Agreement.

 

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Reserve Accounts”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, reserve accounts, if any, established pursuant to the Mortgage or the Loan Agreement and any Escrow Account. Any Reserve Account may be a sub-account of a related Cash Collateral Account. Any Reserve Account shall be beneficially owned for federal income tax purposes by the Person who is entitled to receive the reinvestment income or gain thereon in accordance with the terms and provisions of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and Section 3.07 of this Agreement, which Person shall be taxed on all reinvestment income or gain thereon. The Master Servicer shall be permitted to make withdrawals therefrom for deposit into the related Cash Collateral Account, if applicable, or the Collection Account or for the purposes set forth under the related Loan Documents for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan.

 

Resolution Extension Period” shall mean:

 

(a)          for purposes of remediating a Material Breach with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the 90-day period following the end of the applicable Initial Resolution Period;

 

(b)          for purposes of remediating a Material Defect with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Performing Loan at the commencement of, and does not become a Specially Serviced Loan during, the applicable Initial Resolution Period, the period commencing at the end of the applicable Initial Resolution Period and ending on, and including, the earlier of (i) the 90th day following the end of such Initial Resolution Period and (ii) the 45th day following the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of written notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of the occurrence of any Servicing Transfer Event with respect to such Mortgage Loan subsequent to the end of such Initial Resolution Period;

 

(c)          for purposes of remediating a Material Defect with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Performing Loan as of the commencement of the applicable Initial Resolution Period, but as to which a Servicing Transfer Event occurs during such Initial Resolution Period, the period commencing at the end of the applicable Initial Resolution Period and ending on, and including, the 90th day following the earlier of the end of such Initial Resolution Period and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of written notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of the occurrence of such Servicing Transfer Event; and

 

(d)          for purposes of remediating a Material Defect with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a Specially Serviced Loan as of the commencement of the applicable Initial Resolution Period, zero (-0-) days; provided that, if the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller did not receive written notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of the relevant Servicing Transfer Event as of the commencement of the applicable Initial Resolution Period, then such Servicing Transfer Event shall be deemed to have occurred during such Initial Resolution Period and clause (c) of this definition will be deemed to apply.

 

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Resolution Failure”: As defined in Section 2.03(k).

 

Resolved”: With respect to a Repurchase Request, (i) that the related Defect or Breach has been cured, (ii) the related Mortgage Loan has been repurchased in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (iii) a mortgage loan has been substituted for the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (iv) the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller made the Loss of Value Payment, (v) a contractually binding agreement entered into between the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, and the related Mortgage Loan Seller that settles the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or (vi) the related Mortgage Loan is no longer property of the Trust as a result of a sale or other disposition in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Responsible Officer”: When used with respect to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, any officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, assigned to the Corporate Trust Office of such party; in each case, with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and, in the case of any certification required to be signed by a Responsible Officer, such an officer whose name and specimen signature appears on a list of corporate trust officers furnished to the Master Servicer by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, as such list may from time to time be amended.

 

Restricted Certificate”: As defined in Section 5.02(k) of this Agreement.

 

Restricted Mezzanine Holder”: A holder of a related mezzanine loan that has been accelerated or as to which the mezzanine lender has initiated foreclosure or enforcement proceedings against the equity collateral pledged to secure such mezzanine loan.

 

Restricted Period”: The 40-day period prescribed by Regulation S commencing on the later of (a) the date upon which the Certificates are first offered to persons other than the Initial Purchasers and any other distributor (as defined in Regulation S) of the Certificates and (b) the Closing Date.

 

Retained Certificate”: Individually and collectively, the RR Certificates.

 

Retained Certificates Safekeeping Account”: An account maintained by the Certificate Administrator, which account shall be established at the direction of the Retaining Sponsor for the benefit of the Holder of the Retained Certificates.

 

Retained Certificate Transfer Restriction Period”: The period from the Closing Date to the earlier of: (a) the latest of (i) the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all outstanding Mortgage Loans has been reduced to 33.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans; (ii) the date on which the sum of the total outstanding Certificate Balance of the Principal Balance Certificates has been reduced to 33.0% of the sum of the total outstanding Certificate Balance of the Principal Balance Certificates as of the Closing Date; and (iii) two years after the Closing Date, and (b) such time as when Regulation RR ceases

 

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to require the retention of risk with respect to the securitization of the Mortgage Loans contemplated by this Agreement, resulting from the repeal, amendment or modification of all or any applicable portion of Regulation RR.

 

Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations”: Any of the rights and obligations of the Mortgage Loan Sellers defined in Section 3.26(i).

 

Retaining Parties”: Any Holder of a Retained Certificate and any successor Holder of such Retained Certificates.

 

Retaining Sponsor”: Argentic, acting as retaining sponsor as such term is defined under Rule 2 of Regulation RR.

 

Revised Rate”: With respect to those Mortgage Loans on the Mortgage Loan Schedule indicated as having a revised rate, the increased interest rate after the Anticipated Repayment Date (in the absence of a default) for each applicable Mortgage Loan, as calculated and as set forth in the related Mortgage Loan.

 

Risk Retention Affiliate” or “Risk Retention Affiliated”: An “affiliate of” or “affiliated with”, as such terms are defined in 12 C.F.R. 244.2 of Regulation RR.

 

RR Certificates”: The Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class H-RR Certificates, collectively.

 

Rule 144A”: Rule 144A under the Act.

 

Rule 144A Global Certificate”: Each of the Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class H-RR Certificates issued as such on the Closing Date.

 

Rule 15Ga-1 Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement.

 

Rule 15Ga-1 Notice Provider”: As defined in Section 2.03(d) of this Agreement.

 

S&P”: S&P Global Ratings, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, or its successor in interest. If neither such rating agency nor any successor remains in existence, “S&P” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the other parties hereto, and specific ratings of S&P herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

 

Sarbanes Oxley Act”: The Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (including any interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff).

 

Sarbanes Oxley Certification”: As defined in Section 10.08 of this Agreement.

 

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Schedule AL Additional File”: With respect to each CREFC® Schedule AL File prepared by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.13(a), any data file containing additional information or schedules regarding data points in such CREFC® Schedule AL File required by Items 1111(h)(4) and/or 1111(h)(5) of Regulation AB and Item 601(b)(103) of Regulation S-K.

 

Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans, the aggregate of the principal portions of the following: (a) all Periodic Payments (excluding Balloon Payments) with respect to the Mortgage Loans due during or, if and to the extent not previously received or advanced pursuant to Section 4.07 in respect of a preceding Distribution Date (and not previously distributed to Certificateholders), prior to, the related Collection Period, and all Assumed Scheduled Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans for the related Collection Period, in each case to the extent either (i) paid by the Borrower as of the Determination Date (or, with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Due Date occurring or a grace period ending after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date or last day of such grace period, as applicable, to the extent received by the Master Servicer as of the Business Day preceding the Master Servicer Remittance Date) or (ii) advanced by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4.07 in respect of such Distribution Date, and (b) all Balloon Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans to the extent received on or prior to the related Determination Date (or, with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Due Date occurring or a grace period ending after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date or last day of such grace period, as applicable, to the extent received by the Master Servicer as of the Business Day preceding the Master Servicer Remittance Date), and to the extent not included in clause (a) above.

 

Secure Data Room”: The “Secure Data Room” tab, which shall initially be located within the Certificate Administrator’s Website (initially “www.ctslink.com”) on the page relating to this transaction.

 

Securities Legend”: As defined in Section 5.02(c)(iii) of this Agreement.

 

Serviced Companion Loan”: With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, any related mortgage loan not included in the Trust that is serviced under this Agreement and that is generally (a) payable on a pari passu basis with the related Mortgage Loan included in the Trust to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement or (b) subordinated in right of payment to the related Mortgage Loan included in the Trust to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Headquarters Plaza Companion Loans, the Lightstone Portfolio Companion Loan and the Arizona Retail Portfolio Companion Loan are the only Serviced Companion Loans.

 

Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation”: With respect to any matter involving the servicing and administration of a Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced REO Loan as to which any Serviced Companion Loan Securities exist, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then current rating assigned to any class of

 

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such Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if then rated by such Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency); provided that upon receipt of a written waiver or other acknowledgment from a Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review or declining to review the matter for which the Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation is sought (such written notice, a “Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Declination”), or as otherwise provided in Section 3.30 of this Agreement, the requirement for the Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation from the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency with respect to such matter shall not apply.

 

Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder”: Any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan; provided that for so long as a Serviced Companion Loan is included in an Other Securitization, for purposes of providing or distributing any reports, statements, notices or other information required or permitted to be provided to a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder hereunder, “Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder” shall also include the related Other Servicer.

 

Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder Register”: As defined in Section 3.27(b) of this Agreement.

 

Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency”: With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, any rating agency that was engaged by a participant in the securitization of such Serviced Companion Loan to assign a rating to the related Serviced Companion Loan Securities.

 

Serviced Companion Loan Securities”: With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan so long as the related Mortgage Loan or any successor Serviced REO Loan is part of the Mortgage Pool, any class of securities backed by such Serviced Companion Loan. Any reference herein to a “series” of Serviced Companion Loan Securities shall refer to separate securitizations of one or more of the Serviced Companion Loans.

 

Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider”: With respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan that has been deposited into a securitization trust, the related Other Trustee, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, any sub-servicer and any other Person that makes principal and/or interest advances in respect of such mortgage loan pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Serviced Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust and serviced under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, “Serviced Mortgage Loans” exclude any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan.

 

Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan”: With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, any related mortgage note not included in the Trust that is serviced under this Agreement and that is generally payable on a pari passu basis with the related Mortgage Loan included in the Trust to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Headquarters Plaza Companion Loans and the Lightstone Portfolio Companion Loan are the only Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans.

 

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Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan Noteholder”: Any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

 

Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan”: Any Whole Loan serviced under this Agreement that is divided into one or more notes, which includes a mortgage note that is included in the Trust and one or more pari passu mortgage notes not included in the Trust. References herein to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the related notes. The Headquarters Plaza Whole Loan and the Lightstone Portfolio Whole Loan are the only Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loans.

 

Serviced REO Loan”: Any REO Loan that is serviced by the Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Serviced REO Property”: Any REO Property that is serviced by the Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan”: With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, any related mortgage note not included in the Trust that is serviced under this Agreement and that is generally subordinated in right of payment to the related Mortgage Loan included in the Trust to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Arizona Retail Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loan is the only Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan related to the Trust.

 

Serviced Whole Loan”: Any Whole Loan serviced under this Agreement that is divided into one or more notes, which includes a mortgage note that is included in the Trust and (a) one or more Subordinate Companion Loans not included in the Trust and/or (b) one or more pari passu mortgage notes not included in the Trust. References herein to a Serviced Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the related notes. The Headquarters Plaza Whole Loan, the Lightstone Portfolio Whole Loan and the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan are the only Serviced Whole Loans.

 

Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account”: With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the separate account or sub-account created and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05(g) on behalf of the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, which shall be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6, Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account.” Amounts in any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account applicable to the related Serviced Companion Loans shall not be assets of the Trust Fund, but instead shall be held by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund (in respect of amounts reimbursable therefrom) and, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders. Any such account or sub-account shall be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account (including a sub-account of the Collection Account).

 

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Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Amount”: For each distribution date that a Master Servicer is required to make a distribution to a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder pursuant to Section 3.05(h) and with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan and related Mortgaged Property (if it becomes a Serviced REO Property), any amount received by the Master Servicer (or, with respect to a Serviced REO Property, the Special Servicer) during the related Collection Period that is payable to the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s) pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement or to be remitted to the Collection Account.

 

Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date”: With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, (x) prior to contribution of such Serviced Companion Loan to an Other Securitization, a date as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement (or if no such date is specified, the Master Servicer Remittance Date) and (y) following contribution of such Serviced Companion Loan to an Other Securitization, the earlier of (A) the Master Servicer Remittance Date or (B) the Business Day immediately succeeding the “determination date” set forth in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement; provided, however, that no remittance is required to be made until two (2) Business Days after receipt of the related Periodic Payment with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan.

 

Serviced Whole Loan REO Account”: As defined in Section 3.15(b) of this Agreement.

 

Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicer”: Any Person responsible for performing the duties of Special Servicer hereunder with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan or any related Serviced REO Property.

 

Service(s)(ing)”: In accordance with Regulation AB, the act of servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans or any other assets of the Trust by an entity that meets the definition of “servicer” set forth in Item 1101 of Regulation AB and is referenced in the disclosure requirements set forth in Item 1108 of Regulation AB. For clarification purposes, any uncapitalized occurrence of this term shall have the meaning commonly understood by participants in the commercial mortgage-backed securities market.

 

Servicer Termination Event”: A Master Servicer Termination Event or Special Servicer Termination Event, as applicable.

 

Servicing Advance”: All customary, reasonable and necessary “out of pocket” costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses and fees of real estate brokers) incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator, or the Trustee, as applicable, in connection with the servicing and administering of (a) a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan in respect of which a default, delinquency or other unanticipated event has occurred or as to which a default is reasonably foreseeable or (b) a Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Mortgage Loan or an REO Property, including, in the case of each of such clause (a) and clause (b), but not limited to, (x) the cost of (i) compliance with the Master Servicer’s obligations set forth in Section 3.04, (ii) the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property, (iii) obtaining any Insurance and Condemnation

 

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Proceeds or any Liquidation Proceeds of the nature described in clauses (i)(vi) of the definition of “Liquidation Proceeds,” (iv) any enforcement or judicial proceedings with respect to a Mortgaged Property, including foreclosures and (v) the operation, leasing, management, maintenance and liquidation of any REO Property and (y) any amount specifically designated herein to be paid as a “Servicing Advance”. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, “Servicing Advances” shall not include allocable overhead of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, such as costs for office space, office equipment, supplies and related expenses, employee salaries and related expenses and similar internal costs and expenses or costs and expenses incurred by any such party in connection with its purchase of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall make any Servicing Advance in connection with the exercise of any cure rights or purchase rights granted to the holder of a Companion Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement.

 

Servicing Compensation”: With respect to any Collection Period, the related Servicing Fee, Net Prepayment Interest Excess, if any, and any other fees, charges or other amounts payable to the Master Servicer under this Agreement for such period.

 

Servicing Criteria”: The criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB as such may be amended from time to time.

 

Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan and for any Distribution Date, an amount per Interest Accrual Period equal to the product of (i) the respective Servicing Fee Rate (adjusted to a monthly rate) and (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan as of the Due Date in the immediately preceding Collection Period (without giving effect to payments of principal on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan on such Due Date). The Servicing Fee shall be calculated in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.02(a) of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Subordinate Companion Loan, unless otherwise agreed upon with the holder of the related Subordinate Companion Loan, no Servicing Fee shall accrue or be payable on the principal balance thereof, and with respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Servicing Fee shall be deemed payable from the Lower-Tier REMIC.

 

Servicing Fee Amount”: With respect to the Master Servicer and any date of determination, the aggregate of the products obtained by multiplying, for each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, (a) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan as of the end of the immediately preceding Collection Period and (b) the difference between the Servicing Fee Rate for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan over the servicing fee rate (if any) applicable to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan as specified in any Sub-Servicing Agreement related to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan. With respect to each Sub-Servicer and any date of determination, the aggregate of the products obtained by multiplying, for each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan serviced by such Sub-Servicer, (a) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan as of the end of the immediately preceding Collection

 

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Period and (b) the servicing fee rate specified in the related Sub-Servicing Agreement for such Mortgage Loan or the Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan.

 

Servicing Fee Rate”: (A) With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the sum of the Master Servicing Fee Rate and the related Primary Servicing Fee Rate, if any, which rates per annum are set forth on Exhibit B to this Agreement, (B) with respect to each Headquarters Plaza Companion Loan, 0.0025%, (C) with respect to the Lightstone Portfolio Companion Loan, 0.0025%, and (D) with respect to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Companion Loan, 0.01%.

 

Servicing File”: As defined in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and including any original or copy of any replacement comfort letter related to any hospitality property following receipt thereof by the Master Servicer.

 

Servicing Function Participant”: Any Person, other than the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, that, within the meaning of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, is performing activities that address the Servicing Criteria, unless such Person’s activities relate only to 5% or less of the Mortgage Loans (based on their Stated Principal Balance) or the Master Servicer has assumed responsibility for the servicing activity, as provided for under Regulation AB. No Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Provider shall be a Servicing Function Participant retained by any Servicing Function Participant that is a party to this Agreement, unless such party is a Servicing Function Participant in connection with its servicing obligations under this Agreement.

 

Servicing Officer”: Any officer or employee of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans and/or Serviced Companion Loans, or this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s or employee’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and, in the case of any certification required to be signed by a Servicing Officer, such an officer or employee whose name and specimen signature appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as such list may from time to time be amended.

 

Servicing Shift Lead Note”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, as of any date of determination, the note or other evidence of indebtedness and/or agreements evidencing the indebtedness of a Borrower under such Servicing Shift Whole Loan including any amendments or modifications, or any renewal or substitution notes, as of such date, the sale of which to the related Other Securitization will cause servicing to shift from this Agreement to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement for such Servicing Shift Whole Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, there are no Servicing Shift Lead Notes as of the Closing Date.

 

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Servicing Shift Securitization Date”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the date on which the related Servicing Shift Lead Note is included in a related Other Securitization, provided that such holder of a Servicing Shift Lead Note provides each of the parties to this Agreement (in each case only to the extent such party will not also be a party to the related Other Securitization) with notice in accordance with the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement that such Servicing Shift Lead Note is to be included in such Other Securitization, which notice shall include contact information for each party to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the identity of the other related “controlling class representative” (or analogous term). For the avoidance of doubt, there are no Servicing Shift Whole Loans as of the Closing Date.

 

Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan” With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, a Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund that will be serviced under this Agreement as of the Closing Date, but the servicing of which is expected to shift to the pooling and servicing agreement entered into in connection with the securitization of the related Controlling Companion Loan on and after the date of such securitization. For the avoidance of doubt, there are no Servicing Shift Mortgage Loans as of the Closing Date.

 

Servicing Shift Whole Loan”: Any Whole Loan serviced under this Agreement as of the Closing Date, which includes the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund and one or more Pari Passu Companion Loans not included in the Trust Fund, but the servicing of which is expected to shift to the pooling and servicing agreement entered into in connection with the securitization of the related Controlling Companion Loan on and after the date of such securitization. For the avoidance of doubt, there are no Servicing Shift Whole Loans as of the Closing Date.

 

Servicing Standard”: With respect to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, to diligently service and administer the applicable Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans, Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Loans for which each is responsible in the best interests of and for the benefit of all of the Certificateholders and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s) constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with any related Subordinate Companion Loan(s), taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan(s)), as determined by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, in the exercise of its reasonable judgment) in accordance with applicable law, the terms of this Agreement, the applicable Loan Documents and any related Intercreditor Agreement, and to the extent consistent with the foregoing, in accordance with the higher of the following standards of care:

 

(a)          the same manner in which, and with the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, services and administers similar mortgage loans for other third-party portfolios, and

 

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(b)          the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, services and administers similar mortgage loans owned, if any, by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be.

 

In either case, with a view to the timely recovery of all payments of principal and interest under the applicable Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans or, in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan or an REO Property, the maximization of timely recovery of principal and interest on a net present value basis (determined in accordance with the Loan Documents or, if the Loan Documents are silent, at the Calculation Rate) on the applicable Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans, and the best interests of the Trust and the Certificateholders and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s), (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s), as applicable, constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the pari passu or subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan), as determined by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, in its reasonable judgment in either case, giving due consideration to the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional commercial, multifamily and manufactured housing community mortgage loan servicers, but without regard to any potential conflict of interest arising from (a) any relationship that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, may have with the related Borrower, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any other party to this Agreement or any Affiliate of the foregoing; (b) the ownership of any Certificate or any interest in any Non-Serviced Companion Loan, Serviced Companion Loan, any mezzanine loan or subordinate debt related to a Mortgage Loan by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any Affiliate thereof; (c) the Master Servicer’s obligation to make Advances; (d) the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, or any of its affiliates, as the case may be, right to receive compensation or reimbursement of costs for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction; (e) the ownership, servicing or management for others of any other mortgage loans, subordinate debt, mezzanine loans or mortgaged properties not covered by this Agreement or held by the Trust Fund by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable; (f) any debt that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has extended to any Borrower or an Affiliate of any Borrower (including, without limitation, any mezzanine financing); (g) any option to purchase any Mortgage Loan or the related Companion Loan the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any of its affiliates may have; (h) any obligation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or one of their respective Affiliates, to repurchase or substitute for a Mortgage Loan as Mortgage Loan Seller (if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or one of their respective affiliates is a Mortgage Loan Seller).

 

Servicing Transfer Event”: An event specified in the definition of Specially Serviced Loan.

 

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Significant Obligor”: (a) Any obligor (as defined in Item 1101(i) of Regulation AB) or group of affiliated obligors on any Mortgage Loan or group of Mortgage Loans that represent, as of the Closing Date, 10% or more of the Mortgage Pool (by principal balance as of the Cut-off Date); or (b) any single Mortgaged Property or group of Mortgaged Properties securing any Mortgage Loan or group of cross-collateralized and/or cross-defaulted Mortgage Loans that represent, as of the Closing Date, 10% or more of the Mortgage Pool (by principal balance as of the Cut-off Date). As of the Closing Date, there is no Significant Obligor relating to the Trust.

 

Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline”:  With respect to each calendar quarter (other than the fourth calendar quarter of any calendar year), the date that is fifteen (15) days after the Relevant Distribution Date occurring on or immediately following the date on which financial statements for such calendar quarter are required to be delivered to the related lender under the related Loan Documents. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that in the event the Mortgaged Property securing any related Serviced Companion Loan is a “significant obligor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB) with respect to an Other Securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan, the date on which such quarterly financial statements are required to be delivered to the related lender under the related Mortgage Loan documents is, with respect to net operating income information, for (A) each Headquarters Plaza Companion Loan, 30 days following the end of each fiscal quarter and (B) the Lightstone Portfolio Companion Loan, 30 days following the end of each fiscal quarter.

 

Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline”:  With respect to each calendar year, the date that is the 90th day after the end of such calendar year.

 

Similar Law”: As defined in Section 5.02(k) of this Agreement.

 

Single Loan REMICs”: Each of the Gurnee Mills Loan REMIC and the West Burlington Plaza Loan REMIC, collectively.

 

Small Loan Appraisal Estimate”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan having a Stated Principal Balance of less than $2,000,000, the Special Servicer’s good faith estimate of the value of the Mortgaged Property securing such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as certified to the Master Servicer by the Special Servicer.

 

Sole Certificateholder”: Any Holder (or Holders, provided they act in unanimity) holding 100% of the then-outstanding Certificates (including Certificates with Certificate Balances that have been actually or notionally reduced by any Realized Losses or Appraisal Reduction Amounts, but excluding the Class S and Class R Certificates) or an assignment of the Voting Rights thereof; provided that the Notional Amounts or the Certificate Balances, as applicable, of the Class X-A, Class X-B and Class X-D Certificates and the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates have been reduced to zero.

 

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Special Notice”: Any (a) notice transmitted to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 5.05(c) of this Agreement, (b) notice of any request by at least 25% of the Voting Rights of the Certificates to terminate and replace the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.22(d) of this Agreement, (c) notice of any request by at least 15% of the Voting Rights of the Certificates to terminate and replace the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 7.07(b) of this Agreement and (d) notice transmitted to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 3.22(c) of this Agreement.

 

Special Servicer”: With respect to (i) each of the Serviced Mortgage Loans (other than any Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan) and any related Serviced Companion Loans, LNR Partners, LLC, or its successor in interest, or any successor special servicer appointed as provided herein and (ii) with respect to any Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, if any, the related Non-Conflicted Special Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 3.22(j) of this Agreement, as applicable and as the context may require.

 

Special Servicer Major Decision”: Any Major Decision under clauses (a) through (k) and clause (m) of the definition of “Major Decision”.

 

Special Servicer Non-Major Decision”: Any of the following:

 

(a)          approving leases, lease modifications or amendments or any requests for subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements for leases in excess of the lesser of (i) 30,000 square feet and (ii) 30% of the net rentable area at the related Mortgaged Property;

 

(b)         approving material rights-of-way and material easements, and consent to subordination of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to such material rights-of-way or easements;

 

(c)          agreeing to any modification, waiver, consent or amendment of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in connection with a defeasance if such proposed modification, waiver, consent or amendment is with respect to (i) a waiver of a mortgage loan event of default (but excluding non-monetary events of default other than defaults relating to transfers of interest in the Borrower or the existing collateral or material modifications of the existing collateral), (ii) a modification of the type of defeasance collateral required under the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan documents other than direct, non-callable obligations of the United States would be permitted or (iii) a modification that would permit a principal prepayment instead of defeasance if the applicable Loan Documents do not otherwise permit such principal prepayment; provided that the foregoing is not otherwise a Major Decision;

 

(d)          approving any waiver regarding the receipt of financial statements that involves permitting delivery of financial statements less than quarterly or more than 60 days after the end of the calendar quarter;

 

(e)          any requests for the disbursement of (i) earnouts or holdback amounts with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan that is not otherwise a Major Decision and

 

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(ii) amounts from (A) any escrow accounts, reserve accounts, letters of credit or other collateral related to hospitality property improvement plans or (B) earnout or performance escrows, reserves or holdbacks, in the case of clause (ii)(A) and (ii)(B), relating to certain Mortgage Loans set forth on Exhibit Y of this Agreement;

 

(f)           approving any proposed modification or waiver of any material provision in the related loan documents governing the type, nature or amount of insurance coverage required to be obtained and maintained by the related borrower;

 

(g)          approving any casualty insurance settlements or condemnation settlements, and determining whether to apply casualty proceeds or condemnation awards to the reduction of the debt rather than to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property;

 

(h)          approving annual budgets for the related Mortgaged Property if the budget provides for (x) increases in operating expenses equal to or more than 110% of the amount budgeted therefor for the prior year and (y) payments to a borrower affiliate;

 

(i)           franchise changes with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan for which the lender is not required to consent or approve under the related Mortgage Loan documents;

 

(j)           agreeing to any modification or amendment to any ground lease or any subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement relating to any ground lease or any entry into a new ground lease with respect to a Mortgaged Property or determining whether to cure any default by a Borrower under a ground lease;

 

(k)          approving any transfers of an interest in the Borrower, unless such transfer (i) is permitted under the terms of the related Loan Documents without the exercise of any lender approval or discretion other than confirming the satisfaction of the other conditions to the transfer set forth in the related Loan Documents that do not include any other approval or exercise of discretion, including a consent to transfer to any subsidiary or Affiliate of such Borrower or to a Person acquiring less than a majority interest in such Borrower, and (ii) does not involve incurring new mezzanine financing or a change in control of the Borrower;

 

(l)           any consent to a transfer of the Mortgaged Property or interests in the Borrower where (i) such transfer may be effected without the consent or discretion of the lender under the related loan agreement, (ii) the loan documents include specific objective conditions that must be satisfied for such action where lender discretion is not necessary in order to determine whether such specific objective conditions have been satisfied and (iii) such specific objective conditions have been satisfied with no exceptions; and

 

(m)         any consent to the incurrence of additional debt where (i) such incurrence of debt may be effected without the consent or discretion of the lender under the related loan agreement, (ii) the loan documents include specific objective conditions that must be

 

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satisfied for such action where lender discretion is not necessary in order to determine whether such specific objective conditions have been satisfied and (iii) such specific objective conditions have been satisfied with no exceptions;

 

provided, however, with respect to clauses (c)(i) and (c)(ii) of this definition the Master Servicer shall evaluate and process requests for any modifications described in such clauses and obtain the consent or deemed consent of the Special Servicer as provided in the this Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer and Special Servicer may (and with respect to the PrinREI Serviced Mortgage Loans, hereby do) mutually agree as provided in this Agreement that the Master Servicer shall process any of the foregoing matters (as well as any Special Servicer Major Decision) with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan). If the Master Servicer and Special Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer shall process a Special Servicer Non-Major Decision, the Master Servicer (or the primary servicer on behalf of the Master Servicer, in the case of the PrinREI Serviced Mortgage Loans) shall obtain the Special Servicer’s prior consent to such Special Servicer Non-Major Decision.

 

Special Servicer Servicing Personnel”: The divisions and individuals of any Special Servicer who are involved in the performance of the duties of such Special Servicer under this Agreement.

 

Special Servicer Termination Event”: As defined in Section 7.01(b) of this Agreement.

 

Special Servicing Compensation”: With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, any of the Special Servicing Fee, Workout Fee, Liquidation Fee and any other fees, charges or other amounts which shall be due to the Special Servicer that are expressly provided for in Section 3.12 of this Agreement.

 

Special Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Specially Serviced Loan (or Serviced REO Loan) for each calendar month (or portion thereof), the fraction of the Special Servicing Fee Rate applicable to such month, or portion thereof (determined using the same interest accrual methodology that is applied with respect to the Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan for such month) multiplied by the Stated Principal Balance of such Specially Serviced Loan as of the Due Date (without giving effect to all payments of principal on such Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan on such Due Date) in the Collection Period prior to such Distribution Date (or, in the event that a Principal Prepayment in full or an event described in clauses (i)-(vii) under the definition of Liquidation Proceeds has occurred with respect to any such Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan on a date that is not a Due Date, on the basis of the actual number of days to elapse from and including the most recently preceding related Due Date to but excluding the date of such Principal Prepayment or Liquidation Proceeds event in a month consisting of 30 days). For the avoidance of doubt, the Special Servicing Fee shall be deemed to be paid from the Lower-Tier REMIC with respect to the Mortgage Loans.

 

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Special Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Loan, a rate equal to 0.25% per annum, or, if such rate would result in a Special Servicing Fee that would be less than $3,500 in any given month, such higher rate as would result in a Special Servicing Fee equal to $3,500 for the related month, then the Special Servicing Fee Rate for such month for such Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan shall be such higher per annum rate as would result in a Special Servicing Fee equal to $3,500 for such month with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan.

 

Specially Serviced Loan”: Subject to Section 3.23 of this Agreement, any Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan with respect to which:

 

(a)          either (i) with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, other than a Balloon Loan, a payment default shall have occurred on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan at its Maturity Date or, if the Maturity Date of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan has been extended in accordance herewith, a payment default occurs on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan at its extended Maturity Date or (ii) with respect to a Balloon Loan, a payment default shall have occurred with respect to the related Balloon Payment; provided that if (A) the related Borrower is diligently seeking a refinancing or sale of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties and delivers, on or prior to the related Maturity Date or extended Maturity Date, a statement to that effect and delivers, within 30 days following the related Maturity Date or extended Maturity Date, a refinancing commitment, letter of intent or otherwise binding application for refinancing from an acceptable lender or signed purchase agreement reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer (who will be required to promptly deliver a copy to the Special Servicer) or the Special Servicer (who will be required to promptly deliver a copy to the Master Servicer), in each case, who will promptly deliver a copy to the Operating Advisor (if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) and the Directing Holder (but only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), (B) the related Borrower continues to make its Assumed Scheduled Payment, (C) no other Servicing Transfer Event shall have occurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, a Servicing Transfer Event will not occur until the earlier of (1) 120 days beyond the related Maturity Date or extended Maturity Date and (2) the termination of such transaction document;

 

(b)          any Periodic Payment (other than a Balloon Payment), or any amount due on a monthly basis as an Escrow Payment or reserve funds, is 60 days or more delinquent;

 

(c)          the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer determines in its sole and reasonable business judgment, exercised in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that (x) a default consisting of a failure to make a payment of principal or interest is reasonably foreseeable or there is a significant risk of such default or (y) any other default that is likely to impair the use or marketability of the related Mortgaged Property or the value of the Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan or, if

 

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applicable, Serviced Companion Loan is reasonably foreseeable or there is a significant risk of such default, which monetary or other default, in either case, would likely continue unremedied beyond the applicable grace period (or, if no grace period is specified, for a period of 60 days) and is not likely to be cured by the related Borrower within 60 days or, except as provided in clause (a)(ii) above, in the case of a Balloon Payment, for at least 30 days;

 

(d)          the related Borrower has become the subject of a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or the appointment of a conservator, receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs;

 

(e)          the related Borrower consents to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to such Borrower of or relating to all or substantially all of its property;

 

(f)           the related Borrower admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, files a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspends payment of its obligations;

 

(g)          a default, of which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer has notice (other than a failure by such related Borrower to pay principal or interest) and that in the opinion of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer (and, in the case of the Special Servicer, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, with the consent of the Directing Holder and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, in consultation with the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders to the extent provided for in the related Intercreditor Agreement) materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders or any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable, occurs and remains unremedied for the applicable grace period specified in the Loan Documents for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan (or if no grace period is specified for those defaults which are capable of cure, 60 days); or

 

(h)          the Master Servicer or Special Servicer receives notice of the foreclosure or proposed foreclosure of any lien on the related Mortgaged Property (each of clause (a) through (h), a “Servicing Transfer Event”);

 

provided, that such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan will cease to be a Specially Serviced Loan (each, a “Corrected Mortgage Loan”) (i) with respect to the circumstances described in clauses (a) and (b) above, when the related Borrower thereunder has brought such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan current and thereafter made three consecutive full and timely Periodic Payments, including pursuant to any workout of such Mortgage Loan or

 

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Serviced Companion Loan, (ii) with respect to the circumstances described in clauses (c), (d), (e), (f) and (h) above, when such circumstances cease to exist in the good faith judgment of the Special Servicer, or (iii) with respect to the circumstances described in clause (g) above, when such default is cured (as determined by the Special Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard) or waived by the Special Servicer; provided, in each case, that at that time no circumstance exists (as described above) that would cause such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan to continue to be characterized as a Specially Serviced Loan.

 

If a Servicing Transfer Event exists with respect to any Mortgage Loan included in a Serviced Whole Loan, then it will also be deemed to exist with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loans, and vice versa.

 

Startup Day”: In the case of the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Lower-Tier REMIC, the day designated as such pursuant to Section 2.06(a) of this Agreement.

 

Stated Principal Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, on any date of determination, the principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (or in the case of a Replacement Mortgage Loan, the outstanding principal balance as of the related date of substitution and after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest due on or before the related Due Date in the month of substitution, whether or not received), as reduced (to not less than zero) on each Distribution Date by (i) all payments (or P&I Advances in lieu thereof) of, and all other collections allocated as provided in Section 1.02 of this Agreement to, principal of or with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, that are distributed to the Certificateholders on such Distribution Date or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders on the related remittance date in the same calendar month as such Distribution Date or applied to any other payments required under this Agreement or related Intercreditor Agreement on or prior to such Distribution Date, and (ii) any principal forgiven by the Special Servicer (or with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, by the related Other Special Servicer or other applicable servicer) and other principal losses realized in respect of such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan during the related Collection Period (or with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, other principal losses realized in respect of such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan during the related Collection Period as determined in accordance with the terms of the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement).

 

A Mortgage Loan or any related REO Loan shall be deemed to be part of the Trust Fund and to have an outstanding Stated Principal Balance until the Distribution Date on which Liquidation Proceeds, if any, are to be (or, if no such Liquidation Proceeds are received, would have been) distributed to Certificateholders. The Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan with respect to which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer has made a Final Recovery Determination is zero.

 

Station Place III Companion Loans”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

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Station Place III Mortgage Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Station Place III Service Providers”: With respect to the Station Place III Companion Loans, the related Other Trustee, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and any related sub-servicer, as applicable, and any other Person that makes principal and/or interest advances in respect of such mortgage loan pursuant to any related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Station Place III Whole Loan”: The Station Place III Companion Loans, together with the Station Place III Mortgage Loan. References herein to the Station Place III Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the Station Place III Mortgage Loan and the Station Place III Companion Loans.

 

Sub-Servicer”: Any Person engaged by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, each Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer and any primary servicer) to perform servicing activities with respect to one or more Mortgage Loans or REO Loans.

 

Sub-Servicing Agreement”: The written contract between the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, on the one hand, and any Sub-Servicer, on the other hand, relating to servicing and administration of the Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.01(c) of this Agreement.

 

Subcontractor”: Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans but performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of the Master Servicer or a Servicing Function Participant.

 

Subject Loans”: As defined in Section 11.02(a).

 

Subordinate Companion Loan”: With respect to any Whole Loan, any related subordinated loan not included in the Trust, which is subordinated in right of payment to the related Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Burbank Office Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loans, the Colorado Center Subordinate Companion Loans and the Arizona Retail Portfolio Subordinate Companion Loan are the only Subordinate Companion Loans related to the Trust.

 

Substitution Shortfall Amount”: In connection with the substitution of one or more Replacement Mortgage Loans for one or more Removed Mortgage Loans, the amount, if any, by which the Purchase Price or aggregate Purchase Price, as the case may be, for such Removed Mortgage Loan(s) exceeds the initial Stated Principal Balance or aggregate initial Stated Principal Balance, as the case may be, of such Replacement Mortgage Loan(s).

 

“Successor Third-Party Purchaser”: A third party purchaser (other than a “majority-owned affiliate” (as such term is defined under Regulation RR) of the Retaining

 

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Sponsor) that acquires all of the RR Certificates from the Retaining Sponsor, or a “majority-owned affiliate” (as such term is defined under Regulation RR) thereof, in compliance with this Agreement, the Credit Risk Retention Agreement, an eligible subsequent credit risk retention agreement and Rule 7 of Regulation RR.

 

Tax Returns”: The federal income tax returns on IRS Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) Income Tax Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms, to be filed by the Certificate Administrator on behalf of each of the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Lower-Tier REMIC due to its classification as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions and the federal income tax return to be filed by the Certificate Administrator on behalf of the Grantor Trust due to its classification as a grantor trust under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code, together with any and all other information, reports or returns that may be required to be furnished to the Certificateholders or filed with the IRS or any other governmental taxing authority under any applicable provisions of federal law or Applicable State and Local Tax Law.

 

Terminated Party”: As defined in Section 7.01(e) of this Agreement.

 

Terminating Party”: As defined in Section 7.01(e) of this Agreement.

 

Termination Date”: The Distribution Date on which the Trust Fund is terminated pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement.

 

Test”: As defined in Section 11.01(b)(iii).

 

Third Party Appraiser”: A Person performing an Appraisal.

 

Third Party Reports”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, the related Appraisal, Phase I environmental report, Phase II environmental report, seismic report, engineering report, structural report, property condition report or similar report, if any.

 

Transfer”: Any direct or indirect transfer or other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate.

 

Transfer Restriction Period”: The period from the Closing Date to the earlier of:

 

(a) the latest of (i) the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all outstanding Mortgage Loans has been reduced to 33.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans; (ii) the date on which the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Sequential Pay Certificates has been reduced to 33.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Sequential Pay Certificates as of the Cut-off Date; and (iii) two years after the Closing Date; and

 

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(b) such time as when Regulation RR ceases to require the retention of risk with respect to the securitization of the Mortgage Loans contemplated by this Agreement, resulting from the repeal, amendment or modification of all or any portion of Regulation RR.

 

Transferee Affidavit”: As defined in Section 5.02(l)(ii) of this Agreement.

 

Transferor Letter”: As defined in Section 5.02(l)(ii) of this Agreement.

 

Trust” or “Trust Fund”: The corpus of the trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder, consisting of (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to this Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust.

 

Trust Ledger”: Amounts deposited in the Collection Account or a Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and attributable to the Mortgage Loans or related Serviced Whole Loan, respectively, which are maintained pursuant to Section 3.06(a) and Section 3.06(b) of this Agreement, as applicable, and held on behalf of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders or held on behalf of the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders and related Companion Loan Noteholders, as applicable.

 

Trust REMICs”: The Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Single Loan REMICs.

 

Trustee”: Wilmington Trust, National Association, in its capacity as Trustee, or its successor in interest, or any successor Trustee appointed as herein provided.

 

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Trustee Personnel”: The divisions and individuals of the Trustee who are involved in the performance of the duties of the Trustee under this Agreement.

 

U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Companion Loans”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Mortgage Loan”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Service Providers”: With respect to the U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Companion Loans, the related Other Trustee, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and any related sub-servicer, as applicable, and any other Person that makes principal and/or interest advances in respect of such mortgage loan pursuant to any related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Whole Loan”: The U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Companion Loans, together with the U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Mortgage Loan. References herein to the U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Whole Loan shall be construed to refer to the aggregate indebtedness under the U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Mortgage Loan and the U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Companion Loans.

 

Underwriters”: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Academy Securities, Inc., and their respective successors in interest.

 

Unliquidated Advance”: Any Advance previously made by a party hereto that has been previously reimbursed, as between the Person that made the Advance hereunder, on the one hand, and the Trust Fund, on the other, as part of a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement, as applicable, but that has not been recovered from the related Borrower or otherwise from collections on or the proceeds of the Mortgage Loan or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced REO Property in respect of which the Advance was made.

 

Unscheduled Payments”: With respect to a Mortgage Loan and a Collection Period, all Net Liquidation Proceeds, Net Condemnation Proceeds and Net Insurance Proceeds payable under such Mortgage Loan, the Purchase Price of any Mortgage Loan that is repurchased or purchased pursuant to Section 2.03(e), Section 3.16 or Section 9.01 of this Agreement, the Substitution Shortfall Amount with respect to any substitution pursuant to Section 2.03(g) of this Agreement and any other payments under or with respect to such Mortgage Loan not scheduled to be made, including Principal Prepayments received by the Master Servicer (but excluding Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges, if any) during such Collection Period.

 

Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans, the aggregate of the following: (a) all Principal Prepayments received on such Mortgage Loan on or prior to the Determination Date and (b) the principal portion of any other collections (exclusive of payments by Borrowers) received on the Mortgage

 

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Loans and any REO Properties on or prior to the related Determination Date whether in the form of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds, net income, rents, and profits from REO Property or otherwise, that were identified and applied by the master servicer as recoveries of previously unadvanced principal of the related Mortgage Loan; provided, that all such Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds will be reduced by any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees, any amount related to the Loss of Value Payments to the extent that such amount was transferred into the Collection Account during the related Collection Period, accrued interest on Advances and other additional trust fund expenses incurred in connection with the related Mortgage Loan, thus reducing the Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount.

 

Updated Appraisal”: An Appraisal of a Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property, as the case may be, conducted subsequent to any appraisal performed on or prior to the Cut-off Date and in accordance with Appraisal Institute standards, the costs of which shall be paid as a Servicing Advance by the Master Servicer. Updated Appraisals shall be conducted by an Independent MAI appraiser selected by the Special Servicer.

 

Updated Valuation”: With respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan having a Stated Principal Balance of $2,000,000 or higher, an Updated Appraisal. With respect to a Mortgage Loan having a Stated Principal Balance of less than $2,000,000, an updated Small Loan Appraisal Estimate or an Updated Appraisal.

 

Upper-Tier Distribution Account”: The segregated non-interest bearing trust account or sub-account created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.05(f) of this Agreement, which shall be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, for the benefit of Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6, Upper-Tier Distribution Account” and which must be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. The Upper-Tier Distribution Account shall be an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC.

 

Upper-Tier REMIC”: A segregated asset pool within the Trust Fund consisting of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the Upper-Tier Distribution Account and amounts held therein from time to time.

 

U.S. Person”: A citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations), or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 that have elected to be treated as U.S. Persons).

 

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Voting Rights”: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates that is allocated to any Certificateholder or Class of Certificateholders. At all times during the term of this Agreement, the percentage of Voting Rights assigned to each Class shall be: (a) 98% to be allocated among the Certificateholders of the respective Classes of Principal Balance Certificates in proportion to the Certificate Balances (and solely in connection with any vote for purposes of determining whether to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 7.07(a), taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Certificates pursuant to Section 4.08(a)) of their Certificates, (b) 2% to be allocated among the Certificateholders of the Class X-A, Class X-B and Class X-D Certificates (allocated to the Class X-A, Class X-B and Class X-D Certificates on a pro rata basis based on their respective outstanding Notional Amounts at the time of determination) and (c) 0%, in the case of the Class S and Class R Certificates.

 

WAC Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the sum for all Mortgage Loans of the product of (i) the Net Mortgage Rate for each such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of the related Collection Period and (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of each such Mortgage Loan as of the first day of the related Collection Period, and the denominator of which is the sum of the Stated Principal Balances of all Mortgage Loans as of the first day of the related Collection Period (after giving effect to any payments received during any applicable grace period).

 

West Burlington Plaza Loan REMIC”: A segregated asset pool designated as a REMIC consisting of the West Burlington Plaza Mortgage Loan, the proceeds thereof and any property securing such Mortgage Loan that is acquired by foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure (to the extent of the West Burlington Plaza Loan REMIC’s interest in such property securing the West Burlington Plaza Mortgage Loan).

 

West Burlington Plaza Loan REMIC Regular Interest”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

West Burlington Plaza Residual Interest”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

WFCM 2017-C39 Pooling and Servicing Agreement”: The pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of August 1, 2017, between Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Securities, Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, and Trimont Real Estate Advisors, LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, and entered into in connection with the creation of the WFCM 2017-C39 transaction.

 

Whole Loan”: Each of the Headquarters Plaza Whole Loan, U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Whole Loan, Burbank Office Portfolio Whole Loan, Lightstone Portfolio

 

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Whole Loan, IRG Portfolio Whole Loan, Station Place III Whole Loan, Moffett Place Building 4 Whole Loan, Corporate Woods Portfolio Whole Loan, Integrated Health Campus Whole Loan, Colorado Center Whole Loan, Gurnee Mills Whole Loan, Cleveland East Whole Loan, the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan and Covance Business Center Whole Loan.

 

WHFIT”: A “Widely Held Fixed Investment Trust” as that term is defined in Treasury Regulations section 1.671-5(b)(22) or successor provisions.

 

WHFIT Regulations”: Treasury Regulations section 1.671-5, as amended.

 

WHMT”: A “Widely Held Mortgage Trust” as that term is defined in Treasury Regulations section 1.671-5(b)(23) or successor provisions.

 

Withheld Amount”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan that accrues interest on an Actual/360 Basis, and with respect to each Distribution Date occurring in January of each calendar year that is not a leap year and February of each calendar year, unless in either case such Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date, an amount equal to one day’s interest at the Net Mortgage Rate on the respective Stated Principal Balance as of the Due Date in the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs, to the extent that a Periodic Payment or a P&I Advance is made in respect thereof.

 

The Withheld Amount for each applicable Distribution Date for each Mortgage Loan that does not accrue interest on a 30/360 basis will be equal to 1/31 of the interest accrued in respect of the immediately preceding Due Date, to the extent a Periodic Payment or P&I Advance is made in respect thereof.

 

Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or, with respect to Servicing Advances, any Serviced Whole Loan, the amount of any Advance made with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan on or before the date such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes (or, but for the making of three monthly payments under its modified terms, would then constitute) a Corrected Mortgage Loan, together with (to the extent accrued and unpaid) interest on such Advances, to the extent that (i) such Advance is not reimbursed to the Person who made such Advance on or before the date, if any, on which such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Corrected Mortgage Loan and (ii) the amount of such Advance becomes an obligation of the related Borrower to pay such amount under the terms of the modified Loan Documents.

 

Workout Fee”: An amount equal to the lesser of (1) 1.0% of each collection of interest and principal (including scheduled payments, prepayments (provided that a repurchase or substitution by a Mortgage Loan Seller of a Mortgage Loan due to a Material Defect or a Material Breach shall not be considered a prepayment for purposes of this definition), Balloon Payments and payments at maturity, but excluding late payment charges, Default Interest and Excess Interest) received on a Specially Serviced Loan that becomes a Corrected Mortgage Loan for so long as it remains a Corrected Mortgage Loan, pursuant to Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement and (2) $1,000,000, in the aggregate with respect to any particular workout of a

 

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Specially Serviced Loan; provided that the Workout Fee with respect to any Corrected Mortgage Loan shall be capped in accordance with Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement; provided, further that no Workout Fee shall be payable by the Trust with respect to any Corrected Mortgage Loan if and to the extent that the Corrected Mortgage Loan became a Specially Serviced Loan under clause (c) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan” (and no other clause of such definition) and no event of default actually occurs, unless the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan is modified by the Special Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided, further that if a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan only because of an event described in clause (a) of the definition of “Specially Serviced Loan” and the related collection of principal and interest is received within 3 months following the related maturity date as a result of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan being refinanced or otherwise repaid in full, the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to collect a Workout Fee out of the proceeds received in connection with such workout if such fee would reduce the amount available for distributions to Certificateholders, but the Special Servicer may collect from the related Borrower and retain (x) a workout fee, (y) such other fees as are provided for in the related Loan Documents and (z) other appropriate fees in connection with such workout. The total amount of Workout Fees payable by the Trust with respect to any Corrected Mortgage Loan and with respect to any particular workout (assuming, for the purposes of this calculation, that such Corrected Mortgage Loan continues to perform throughout its term in accordance with the terms of the related workout) shall be reduced by the amount of any and all related Offsetting Modification Fees received by the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation relating to such Corrected Mortgage Loan; provided that the Special Servicer shall be entitled to collect such Workout Fees from the Trust until such time it has been fully paid such reduced amount. For the avoidance of doubt, the Mortgage Loan Seller will be required to pay a Workout Fee in connection with a repurchase or substitution to the extent the Special Servicer was entitled to such a fee and such fee was unpaid immediately prior to such repurchase or substitution or was previously paid by the Trust and was not reimbursed by the related Borrower immediately prior to such repurchase or substitution. In furtherance of the foregoing, upon a Specially Serviced Loan becoming a Corrected Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer with a calculation of the total amount of Workout Fees expected to be payable by the Trust with respect to such Corrected Mortgage Loan throughout its term (which calculation shall be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer) and the total amount of related Offsetting Modification Fees received by the Special Servicer.

 

Yield Maintenance Charge”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, the yield maintenance charge set forth in the related Loan Documents; provided that, amounts shall be considered Yield Maintenance Charges pursuant to the allocation set forth under Section 1.02(f) or Section 1.02(g), as applicable.

 

Section 1.02        Certain Calculations. Unless otherwise specified herein, the following provisions shall apply:

 

(a)                All calculations of interest with respect to the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans (other than the Actual/360 Loans) and of Advances in respect thereof provided for herein shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-

 

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day months. All calculations of interest with respect to the Actual/360 Loans and of Advances provided in respect thereof provided for herein shall be made as set forth in the Loan Documents for such Mortgage Loans and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loans, with respect to the calculation of the related Mortgage Rate. The Servicing Fee, the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee and the Operating Advisor Fee for each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, shall accrue on the same basis as interest accrues on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable.

 

(b)          Any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan payment is deemed to be received on the date such payment is actually received by the Master Servicer or the Certificate Administrator; provided, that for purposes of calculating distributions on the Certificates, Principal Prepayments with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan are deemed to be received on the date they are applied in accordance with Section 3.01(b) of this Agreement to reduce the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan on which interest accrues.

 

(c)          Except as otherwise provided in the related Loan Documents or Intercreditor Agreement, any amounts received in respect of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as to which a default has occurred and is continuing in excess of Periodic Payments shall be applied to Default Interest and other amounts due on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan prior to the application to late fees.

 

(d)          Allocations of payments between a Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Companion Loans in a Whole Loan shall be made in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(e)          If an expense under this Agreement relates in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable, primarily to the administration of the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust or to any determination respecting the amount, payment or avoidance of any tax under the REMIC Provisions or the actual payment of any REMIC tax or expense, or Grantor Trust tax or expense or this Agreement states that any expense is solely “an expense of the Trust Fund” or words of similar import, then such expense shall not be allocated to, deducted or reimbursed from, or otherwise charged against any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder and such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder shall not suffer any adverse consequences as a result of the payment of such expense.

 

(f)           All amounts collected by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of any Mortgage Loan (other than an REO Loan) in the form of payments from the related Borrower, Liquidation Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds (exclusive, if applicable, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, of any amounts payable to the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan, pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be allocated to amounts due and owing under the related Loan Documents (including for principal and accrued and unpaid interest) in accordance with the express

 

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provisions of the related Loan Documents and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Intercreditor Agreement; provided, that absent such express provisions, all such amounts collected (exclusive, if applicable, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, of any amounts payable to the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be deemed to be allocated for purposes of collecting amounts due under the Mortgage Loan in the following order of priority:

 

(i)             as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to such Mortgage Loan and unpaid interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid Additional Trust Fund Expenses with respect to such Mortgage Loan;

 

(ii)           as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances and any interest at the Reimbursement Rate thereon to the extent previously paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (as described in the first proviso in the definition of Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount);

 

(iii)          to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause (i) above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the excess of (A) accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable Mortgage Loan Interest Accrual Period, over (B) the sum of (x) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.07(d) of this Agreement in connection with Appraisal Reduction Amounts (to the extent that collections have not been allocated as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to clause (v) below on earlier dates) and (y) Accrued AB Loan Interest;

 

(iv)          to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause (i) above, as a recovery of principal of such Mortgage Loan then due and owing, including by reason of acceleration of such Mortgage Loan following a default thereunder (or, if such Mortgage Loan has been liquidated, as a recovery of principal to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance);

 

(v)           as a recovery of (i) accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan to the extent of the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.07(d) of this Agreement in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts and (ii) Accrued AB Loan Interest (in each of clause (i) and (ii), to the extent that collections have not been allocated as recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause (v) on earlier dates);

 

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(vi)          as a recovery of amounts to be currently allocated to the payment of, or escrowed for the future payment of, real estate taxes, assessments and insurance premiums and similar items relating to such Mortgage Loan;

 

(vii)         as a recovery of any other reserves to the extent then required to be held in escrow with respect to such Mortgage Loan;

 

(viii)        as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

 

(ix)           as a recovery of any late payment charges and Default Interest and Excess Interest then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

 

(x)            as a recovery of any Assumption Fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

 

(xi)           as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan other than remaining unpaid principal (if both consent fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to consent fees and then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees);

 

(xii)          as a recovery of any remaining principal of such Mortgage Loan to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance; and

 

(xiii)         in the case of an ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, any accrued but unpaid Excess Interest.

 

provided that, to the extent required under the REMIC Provisions, payments or proceeds received (or receivable by exercise of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s rights under the related Loan Documents) with respect to any partial release of a Mortgaged Property (including in connection with a condemnation) at a time when the loan-to-value ratio of the related Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) exceeds 125% or would exceed 125% following any partial release (based solely on the value of real property and excluding personal property and going concern value, if any) must be collected and allocated to reduce the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) in the manner permitted by the REMIC Provisions.

 

(g)         Collections by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of any REO Property (exclusive of amounts to be allocated to the payment of the costs of operating, managing, leasing, maintaining and disposing of such REO Property and, if applicable, in the case of an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, exclusive of any amounts payable to the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be deemed to be allocated for purposes of collecting amounts due under the Mortgage Loan in the following order of priority:

 

(i)            as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to such Mortgage Loan and

 

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unpaid interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid Additional Trust Fund Expenses with respect to such Mortgage Loan;

 

(ii)           as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances and any interest at the Reimbursement Rate thereon to the extent previously allocated to principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (as described in the first proviso in the definition of Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount);

 

(iii)          to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause (i) above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on the related Mortgage Loan (exclusive of Default Interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the excess of (A) accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable Mortgage Loan Interest Accrual Period, over (B) the sum of (x) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.07(d) of this Agreement in connection with Appraisal Reduction Amounts (to the extent that collections have not been allocated as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to clause (v) below or clause (v) of Section 1.02(f) on earlier dates) and (y) Accrued AB Loan Interest;

 

(iv)          to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause (i)-(ii) above, as a recovery of principal of the related Mortgage Loan to the extent of its entire unpaid principal balance;

 

(v)           as a recovery of (i) accrued and unpaid interest on the related Mortgage Loan to the extent of the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have theretofore occurred under Section 4.07(d) of this Agreement in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts and (ii) Accrued AB Loan Interest (in each of clause (i) and (ii), to the extent that collections have not theretofore been allocated as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause (v) or clause (v) of Section 1.02(f) on earlier dates);

 

(vi)          as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium then due and owing under the related Mortgage Loan;

 

(vii)         as a recovery of any late payment charges and Default Interest and Excess Interest then due and owing under the related Mortgage Loan;

 

(viii)        as a recovery of any Assumption Fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under the related Mortgage Loan;

 

(ix)           as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under the related Mortgage Loan other than remaining unpaid principal (if both consent fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to consent fees and then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees); and

 

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(x)            in the case of an ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, any accrued but unpaid Excess Interest.

 

(h)          The applications of amounts received in respect of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to paragraph (f) of this Section 1.02 shall be determined by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The applications of amounts received in respect of any Mortgage Loan, or any REO Property pursuant to paragraph (g) of this Section 1.02 shall be determined by the Special Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

 

(i)           All net present value calculations and determinations made hereunder with respect to the Mortgage Loans or a Mortgaged Property or REO Property (including for purposes of the definition of “Servicing Standard”) shall be made in accordance with the Loan Documents or, if the Loan Documents are silent, using the Calculation Rate.

 

(j)           For purposes of calculations required herein, Excess Interest shall not be added to the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loans notwithstanding that the related Loan Documents may provide otherwise.

 

Section 1.03        Certain Constructions. For purposes of this Agreement, references to the most or next most subordinate Class of Certificates outstanding at any time shall mean the most or next most subordinate Class of Certificates then outstanding as among the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class H-RR Certificates. For purposes of this Agreement, each Class of Principal Balance Certificates shall be deemed to be outstanding only to the extent its respective Certificate Balance has not been reduced to zero. For purposes of this Agreement, the Excess Interest Certificates shall be outstanding so long as any ARD Loan is outstanding. For purposes of this Agreement, the Class R Certificates shall be outstanding so long as the Trust Fund has not been terminated pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement or any other Class of Certificates remains outstanding. For purposes of this Agreement, each of the Class X Certificates shall be deemed to be outstanding until their respective Notional Amounts have been reduced to zero.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of this Agreement, each reference to any action by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer that is subject to the consent or approval of the Directing Holder, or consultation with the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor, shall in each case be further subject to the determination by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer that taking or refraining from taking the action as proposed by the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor or not taking such action as proposed by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer if the Directing Holder fails to grant its consent or approval, or if the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, fail to express their concurrence, to any action proposed to be taken by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, in each case, is consistent with the Servicing Standard. In each case, (a) if the response by the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor hereunder is inconsistent with the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall take such action as is consistent with the Servicing Standard, and (b) if the Master Servicer or Special Servicer determines that immediate

 

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action is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as applicable, constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)), and the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, has made a reasonable effort to contact the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, it may take such action without waiting for a response from the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor, as applicable; provided that the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, shall provide the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor, if applicable, with prompt written notice following such action including a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis for such action.

 

Section 1.04        Certain Matters Relating to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans. Each Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Depositor, Other Operating Advisor, Other Asset Representations Reviewer and Other Trustee, and any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents (as and to the same extent the securitization trust formed under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement is required to indemnify such parties in respect of other Mortgage Loans in the securitization trust formed under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to the terms of the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and each Other Securitization (collectively, the “Other Indemnified Parties”), shall be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against the Trust’s pro rata share (subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement) of any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with servicing and administration of or any actual or threatened legal action or claim relating to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan (or, with respect to the Other Operating Advisor, incurred in connection with the provision of services for the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and the related non-serviced Mortgaged Property under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Agreement or the related Intercreditor Agreement (but excluding any such losses allocable to the related Companion Loans); provided that such indemnification will not extend to any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses: (i) specifically required to be borne by such party, without right of reimbursement, pursuant to the terms of the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) incurred in connection with any legal action or claim against such party resulting from any breach of a representation or warranty made by such person under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) incurred in connection with any legal action or claim against such party resulting from any willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of such Person’s obligations and duties under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related Intercreditor Agreement or resulting from negligent disregard of such obligations and duties.

 

In connection with the securitization of any Serviced Companion Loan while it is a Serviced Companion Loan, upon the request of (and at the expense of) the related Companion Loan Noteholders, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate with such Companion Loan Noteholders in attempting to cause the related Borrower to provide information relating to the related Serviced Whole Loan and the related notes, and that such holders

 

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reasonably determine to be necessary or appropriate, for inclusion in any disclosure document(s) relating to such Other Securitization.

 

On each Servicing Shift Securitization Date (i) the Custodian shall, upon receipt of a Request for Release transfer the related Mortgage File (other than the note(s) designating the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan), the original of which shall be retained by the Custodian) for the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan to the related Other Trustee under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and retain a copy of such Mortgage File and (ii) the Master Servicer shall, upon receipt of notice from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or the holder of the applicable Controlling Companion Loan that the applicable Servicing Shift Lead Note has been or is being securitized on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, transfer (and cooperate with reasonable requests in connection with such transfer of) the Servicing File for the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan, and any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and originals of items specified in Sections 2.01(a)(xix) and (xx) for the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan, to the related Other Servicer on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date.

 

Upon receipt of notice from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or the holder of the applicable Controlling Companion Loan that the applicable Servicing Shift Lead Note has been or is being securitized on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Master Servicer shall provide the Custodian with a Request for Release of the Mortgage File on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date and transfer (and cooperate with reasonable requests in connection with such transfer of) the Servicing File to the related Other Servicer identified to it pursuant to the related notice from the related Mortgage Loan Seller on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date.

 

Article II

CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES

 

Section 2.01        Conveyance of Mortgage Loans; Assignment of Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements. (a)  The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof on the Closing Date, does hereby establish a trust designated as “CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust,” appoint the Trustee as trustee of the Trust Fund and sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trustee without recourse (except to the extent herein provided) all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in and to the Mortgage Loans, including all rights to payment in respect thereof, except as set forth below, and any security interest thereunder (whether in real or personal property and whether tangible or intangible) in favor of the Depositor, and a security interest in all Reserve Accounts, Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts and all other assets to the extent included or to be included in the Trust Fund for the benefit of the Certificateholders. Such transfer and assignment includes all interest and principal due on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans after the Cut-off Date and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan included in a Whole Loan, is subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement. Transfer and assignment of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and the right to service a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is further subject to the terms and conditions of the Other Pooling and

 

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Servicing Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does also hereby transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Trustee without recourse (except to the extent provided herein), for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, all the right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements as provided therein (excluding Sections 6(e) – (g) of each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the representations, warranties and covenants in favor of the Depositor set forth in clause (viii) of Section 4(b) of each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and the Depositor’s rights and remedies with respect to a breach thereof, and excluding the Depositor’s rights and remedies under the Indemnification Agreements) to the extent related to any Mortgage Loan. The Depositor shall cause the Reserve Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts relating to the Mortgage Loans to be transferred to and held in the name of the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee as successor to the Mortgage Loan Sellers.

 

With respect to any Mortgage Loan that is subject to an Intercreditor Agreement, the parties hereto intend that the provisions of this Section 2.01(a) serve as an assignment and assumption agreement between the Depositor, as the assignor, and the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, as the assignee. Accordingly, the Depositor hereby (and in accordance with and subject to all other applicable provisions of this Agreement) assigns, grants, sells, transfers, delivers, sets over, and conveys to the Trustee all right, title and interest of the Depositor in, to and arising out of the related Intercreditor Agreement and the Trustee on behalf of the Trust hereby accepts (subject to applicable provisions of this Agreement) the foregoing assignment and assumes all of the rights and obligations of the Depositor with respect to related Intercreditor Agreement from and after the Closing Date. In addition, the Trustee acknowledges that any such Mortgage Loan that is a part of Serviced Whole Loan shall be serviced pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

In connection with such transfer and assignment, the Depositor does hereby deliver to, and deposit with, the Custodian, with copies to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, the following documents or instruments with respect to each Mortgage Loan and each Serviced Companion Loan (which, except for the Mortgage Note referred to in clause (i) below, relate to the Serviced Whole Loan) so assigned (provided, the original of documents specified in clauses (xix) and (xx) shall be delivered to the Master Servicer):

 

(i)            (A) the original Mortgage Note, bearing, or accompanied by, all prior or intervening endorsements, endorsed by the most recent endorsee prior to the Trustee or, if none, by the Originator, without recourse, either in blank and further showing a complete, unbroken chain of endorsement from the Originator or to the order of the Trustee in the following form: “Pay to the order of Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6, without recourse”; and (B) in the case of each related Serviced Companion Loan, a copy of the executed Mortgage Note for such Serviced Companion Loan;

 

(ii)           (A) the original (or a copy thereof certified from the applicable recording office) of the Mortgage and, (B) if applicable, the originals (or copies thereof certified

 

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from the applicable recording office) of any intervening assignments thereof showing a complete chain of assignment from the Originator of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the Trustee, if any, in each case with evidence of recording indicated thereon;

 

(iii)          an original or copy (if the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee, rather than the Custodian and its designee, is responsible for the recording thereof) of an Assignment of Mortgage, in recordable form (except for missing recording information and, if delivered in blank, except for the name of the assignee), executed by the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the Trustee or, if none, by the Originator, either in blank or in favor of the Trustee in the following form: “Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6” (in such capacity and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, on behalf of any related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders);

 

(iv)          (A) an original or copy of any related security agreement (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) and, if applicable, the originals or copies of any intervening assignments thereof showing a complete chain of assignment from the Originator of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the most recent assignee thereof prior to the Trustee, if any; and (B) an original assignment of any related security agreement (if such item is a document separate from the related Mortgage) executed by the most recent assignee thereof prior to the Trustee or, if none, by the Originator, either in blank or in favor of the Trustee in the following form: “Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6” (in such capacity and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, on behalf of any related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), which assignment may be included as part of the corresponding Assignment of Mortgage referred to in clause (iii) above;

 

(v)           (A) stamped or certified copies of any UCC financing statements and continuation statements which were filed in order to perfect (and maintain the perfection of) any security interest held by the Originator of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (and each assignee of record prior to the Trustee) in and to the personalty of the Borrower at the Mortgaged Property (in each case with evidence of filing or recording thereon) and which were in the possession of the related Mortgage Loan Seller (or its agent) at the time the Mortgage Files were delivered to the Custodian, together with original UCC-3 assignments of financing statements showing a complete chain of assignment from the secured party named in such UCC-1 financing statement to the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the Trustee, if any, and (B) if any such security interest is perfected and the earlier UCC financing statements and continuation statements were in the possession of the related Mortgage Loan Seller, an assignment of UCC financing statement by the most recent assignee of record prior to the Trustee or, if none, by the Originator, evidencing the transfer of such security interest, either in blank or in favor of the Trustee in the following form: “Wilmington Trust, National Association, as

 

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Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6” (in such capacity and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, on behalf of any related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders); provided that other evidence of filing or recording reasonably acceptable to the Trustee may be delivered in lieu of delivering such UCC financing statements including, without limitation, evidence of such filed or recorded UCC Financing Statement as shown on a written UCC search report from a reputable search firm, such as CSC/LexisNexis Document Solutions, Corporation Service Company, CT Corporation System and the like or printouts of on-line confirmations from such UCC filing or recording offices or authorized agents thereof;

 

(vi)          the original or a copy of the Loan Agreement relating to such Mortgage Loan, if any;

 

(vii)         the original or a copy of the lender’s title insurance policy issued in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, together with all endorsements or riders (or copies thereof) that were issued with or subsequent to the issuance of such policy, insuring the priority of the Mortgage as a first lien on the Mortgaged Property, or, subject to Section 2(d) of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, a “marked up” commitment to insure marked as binding and countersigned by the related insurer or its authorized agent (which may be a pro forma or specimen title insurance policy which has been accepted or approved as binding in writing by the related title insurance company), or, subject to Section 2(d) of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, an agreement to provide the same pursuant to binding escrow instructions executed by an authorized representative of the title company;

 

(viii)        (A) the original or a copy of the related Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) and, if applicable, the originals or copies of any intervening assignments thereof showing a complete chain of assignment from the Originator of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the Trustee, if any, in each case with evidence of recording thereon; and (B) an original or copy (if the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee, rather than the Custodian and its designee, is responsible for the recording thereof) of an assignment of any related Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits (a “Reassignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits”) (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage), in recordable form (except for missing recording information and, if delivered in blank, except for the name of the assignee), executed by the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the Trustee or, if none, by the Originator, either in blank or in favor of the Trustee in the following form: “Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6” (in such capacity and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, on behalf of any related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), which assignment may be included as part of the corresponding Assignment of Mortgage referred to in clause (iii) above;

 

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(ix)           the original or copy of any environmental indemnity agreements and copies of any environmental insurance policies pertaining to the related Mortgaged Property required in connection with origination of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and copies of Environmental Reports;

 

(x)            copies of the currently effective Management Agreements, if any, for the Mortgaged Properties;

 

(xi)           if the Borrower has a leasehold interest in the related Mortgaged Property, the original or copy of the ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest where the Borrower is a lessee and that is a space lease or an air rights lease, the original of such space lease or air rights lease), and any related lessor estoppel or similar agreement or a copy thereof; if any;

 

(xii)          if the related assignment of contracts is separate from the Mortgage, the original executed version of such assignment of contracts and the assignment thereof, if any, to the Trustee;

 

(xiii)         if any related Lock-Box Agreement or Cash Collateral Account Agreement is separate from the Mortgage or Loan Agreement, a copy thereof; with respect to the Reserve Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts, if any, a stamped or certified copy of the UCC-1 financing statements, if any, submitted for filing with respect to the related mortgagee’s security interest in the Reserve Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts and Lock-Box Accounts and all funds contained therein (and UCC-3 assignments of financing statements assigning such UCC-1 financing statements to the Trustee in the following form: “Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6” (in such capacity and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, on behalf of any related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders));

 

(xiv)         originals or copies of all assumption, modification, written assurance and substitution agreements, if any, with evidence of recording thereon if appropriate, in those instances where the terms or provisions of the Mortgage, the Mortgage Note or any related security document have been modified or the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan has been assumed;

 

(xv)          the original or a copy of any guaranty of the obligations of the Borrower under the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan together with, as applicable, (A) the original or copies of any intervening assignments of such guaranty showing a complete chain of assignment from the Originator of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the most recent assignee thereof prior to the Trustee, if any, and (B) an original assignment of such guaranty executed by the most recent assignee thereof prior to the Trustee or, if none, by the Originator;

 

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(xvi)         the original or a copy of the power of attorney (with evidence of recording thereon, if appropriate) granted by the related Borrower if the Mortgage, Mortgage Note or other document or instrument referred to above was signed on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to such power of attorney;

 

(xvii)        with respect to each Whole Loan, a copy of the related Intercreditor Agreement and, if applicable, a copy of the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(xviii)       with respect to hospitality properties, a copy of the franchise agreement, if any, an original or copy of the comfort letter, if any, and if, pursuant to the terms of such comfort letter, the general assignment of the Mortgage Loan is not sufficient to transfer or assign the benefits of such comfort letter to the Trust, a copy of the notice to the franchisor of the transfer of such Mortgage Loan and/or a copy of the request for the issuance of a new comfort letter in favor of the Trust (in each case, as and to the extent required pursuant to the terms of such comfort letter), with the original of any replacement comfort letter to be included in the Mortgage File following receipt thereof by the Master Servicer;

 

(xix)         the original (or copy, if the original is held by the Master Servicer or applicable Other Servicer pursuant to Section 2.01(c) of this Agreement) of any letter of credit held by the lender as beneficiary or assigned as security for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xx)          the appropriate assignment or amendment documentation related to the assignment to the Trust of any letter of credit securing such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (or copy thereof, if the original is held by the Master Servicer or applicable Other Servicer pursuant to Section 2.01(c) of this Agreement) which entitles the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust and the Companion Noteholders (with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan) to draw thereon;

 

(xxi)         with respect to any Mortgage Loan with related mezzanine debt or other subordinate debt (other than a Companion Loan), a copy of the related co-lender agreement, subordination agreement or other intercreditor agreement; and

 

(xxii)        The Gurnee Mills REMIC Declaration.

 

The original assignments referred to in clauses (iii), (iv)(B), (viii)(B) and (xv)(B), may be in the form of one or more instruments in recordable form in any applicable filing or recording offices.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.01(a) or in Section 2.01(b), Section 2.01(c) or Section 2.02, in connection with a Servicing Shift Whole Loan (1) instruments of assignment to the Trustee may be in blank and need not be recorded or filed pursuant to this Agreement until the earliest of (i) the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, in which case such instruments shall be assigned and recorded in accordance with the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the date such Servicing Shift Whole Loan

 

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becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, in which case assignments and recordations shall be effected in accordance with this Section 2.01(a), and (iii) 180 days following the Closing Date, in which case assignments and recordations shall be effected in accordance with this Section 2.01(a), (2) no letter of credit need be amended (including, without limitation, to change the beneficiary thereon) until the earliest of (i) the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, in which case such amendment shall be in accordance with the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) the date such Servicing Shift Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan prior to such Servicing Shift Securitization Date, in which case such amendment shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.01, and (iii) 180 days following the Closing Date, in which case such amendment shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.01, and (3) on and following such Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Person selling the related Servicing Shift Lead Note to the related Other Depositor, at its own expense, shall be (a) entitled to direct in writing, which may be conclusively relied upon by the Custodian, the Custodian to deliver the originals of all the Loan Documents relating to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan in its possession (other than the original Note(s) evidencing such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) to the related Other Trustee or the related Other Custodian, (b) if the right under clause (a) is exercised, required to cause the retention by or delivery to the Custodian of photocopies of Loan Documents related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan so delivered to such Other Trustee or such Other Custodian, (c) entitled to cause the completion (or, in the event of a recordation as contemplated by clause (1)(ii) of this paragraph, the preparation, execution and delivery) and recordation of instruments of assignment in the name of the related Other Trustee or related Other Custodian, (d) if the right under clause (c) is exercised, required to deliver to the Trustee or Custodian photocopies of any instruments of assignment so completed and recorded, and (e) entitled to require the Master Servicer to transfer, and to cooperate with all reasonable requests in connection with the transfer of, the Servicing File, and any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and items specified in clauses (xix) and (xx) of Section 2.01(a) for such Servicing Shift Whole Loan to the related Other Servicer.

 

With respect to Serviced Whole Loans, except for the Mortgage Note referred to in clause (i)(B) of the second preceding paragraph, only a single original set of the Loan Documents specified above is required to be delivered. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, any assignments or other transfer documents referred to in the third preceding paragraph as being in favor of the Trustee shall instead be in favor of the applicable Other Trustee and (1) if the Custodian is not also the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan Custodian, the preceding document delivery requirements will be met by the delivery by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller to the Custodian of copies of the documents specified above (other than the Mortgage Note and intervening endorsements evidencing a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, with respect to which the originals shall be required), including a copy of the Mortgage securing the applicable Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and copies of the companion notes or (2) if the Custodian is also the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan Custodian, the preceding document delivery requirements shall be met by the delivery by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Custodian of only the original Mortgage Note and intervening endorsements evidencing such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan (and, if any document specified in Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement was not required to be delivered in connection with the related Other Securitization, a copy of such document); provided that with respect to

 

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such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if Wells Fargo Bank, National Association ceases to be Custodian with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, it shall, upon receipt of a request for release, provide the original note, allonge and intercreditor agreement and copies of all other Loan Documents specified above to the successor Custodian.

 

With respect to the Mortgage Loans, within 45 days after the Closing Date or, without limiting the requirements of the third paragraph of Section 2.01(b), after such later date on which the Mortgage Loan Seller has received all the missing recording/filing information, each Mortgage Loan Seller will, or will at the expense of such Mortgage Loan Seller retain a third party vendor to, except in the case of any Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, (1) complete (to the extent necessary) and submit for recording in favor of the Trustee in the following form: “Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6” (and with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders) in the appropriate public recording office (a) each Assignment of Mortgage referred to in Section 2.01(a)(iii) which has not yet been submitted for recording and (b) each Reassignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits referred to in Section 2.01(a)(viii)(B) (if not otherwise included in the related Assignment of Mortgage) which has not yet been submitted for recordation; and (2) complete (to the extent necessary) and file in the appropriate public filing office each UCC assignment of financing statement referred to in Section 2.01(a)(v)(B) and (xiii) which has not yet been submitted for filing or recording. Each such document shall reflect that the recorded original should be returned by the public recording office to the Custodian or its designee (or to the Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee as an alternative) following recording, and each such document shall reflect that the file copy thereof should be returned to the Custodian or its designee (or to the Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee as an alternative) following filing; provided that in those instances where the public recording office retains the original Assignment of Mortgage or Reassignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits, the Custodian shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain therefrom a certified copy of the recorded original, at the expense of the Depositor. In the event that any such document or instrument in respect of any Mortgage Loan is lost or returned unrecorded or unfiled, as the case may be, because of a defect therein, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall promptly prepare or cause the preparation of a substitute thereof or cure or cause the curing of such defect, as the case may be, and shall thereafter deliver the substitute or corrected document to or at the direction of the Custodian or such other third party vendor as retained by the Mortgage Loan Seller for recording or filing, as appropriate, at such Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense (as set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement). In the event that any Mortgage Loan Seller receives the original recorded or filed copy, each Mortgage Loan Seller will, promptly upon receipt of the original recorded or filed copy (and in no event later than five Business Days following such receipt) deliver such original to the Custodian, with evidence of filing or recording thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.01, in those instances where the public recording office retains the original Mortgage, Assignment of Mortgage, Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits or Reassignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits, if applicable, after any has been recorded, the obligations of the related Mortgage Loan Seller under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon delivery to the Custodian of a copy of

 

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the recorded original of such Mortgage, Assignment of Mortgage, Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits or Reassignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits, if applicable.

 

If a Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver, or cause to be delivered, as to any Mortgage Loan, the original or a copy of the related lender’s title insurance policy referred to in Section 2.01(a)(vii) solely because such policy has not yet been issued, the delivery requirements of this Section 2.01 will be deemed to be satisfied as to such missing item, and such missing item will be deemed to have been included in the related Mortgage File by delivery to the Custodian of a binder marked as binding and countersigned by the title insurer or its authorized agent (which may be a pro forma or specimen title insurance policy which has been accepted or approved as binding in writing by the related title insurance company) or an acknowledged closing instruction or escrow letter, and the Mortgage Loan Seller will be required to deliver to the Custodian, promptly following the receipt thereof, the original related lender’s title insurance policy (or a copy thereof). Copies of recorded or filed Assignments of Mortgage, Reassignments of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits and UCC assignments of financing statements shall be held by the Custodian.

 

Subject to the third preceding paragraph, all original documents relating to the Mortgage Loans which are not delivered to the Custodian are and shall be held by the Depositor or the Master Servicer (or a sub-servicer on its behalf), as the case may be, in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders and, insofar as they also relate to the Serviced Companion Loans, on behalf of and for the benefit of the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders. In the event that any such original document, or in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan, the original Mortgage Note, is required pursuant to the terms of this Section to be a part of a Mortgage File in order to effectuate the purposes of this Agreement, such document shall be delivered promptly to the Custodian.

 

(b)          In connection with the Depositor’s assignment pursuant to subsection (a) above, the Depositor shall direct, and hereby represents and warrants that it has directed, each of the Mortgage Loan Sellers pursuant to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to deliver to and deposit with or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, (i) the Custodian, on or before the Closing Date, subject to Section 2.01(a), for each Mortgage Loan so assigned the Mortgage Note (or a copy of the Mortgage Note evidencing each related Serviced Companion Loan), the original or a copy of the related Mortgage, the original or a copy of the title policy for each Mortgage Loan (subject to the second-to-last paragraph under Section 2.01(a)), a copy of the related ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest with respect to a space lease or air rights, a copy of the related space lease or air rights lease), if applicable, for each Mortgage Loan and an original (or copy, if the original is held by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 2.01(c) or the Mortgage Loan is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) of any letters of credit held by the lender as beneficiary or assigned as security for the Mortgage Loan, and, except as otherwise provided in the following paragraph, within 30 days following the Closing Date, the remaining applicable documents referred to in Section 2.01(a) for each such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, in each case, with copies to the Master Servicer and (ii) the Master Servicer, on or before the Closing Date, all documents and records that are part of each applicable Servicing File. If the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver, or cause to be

 

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delivered, as to any Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage Note, such Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver a copy or duplicate original of such Mortgage Note, together with an affidavit certifying that the original thereof has been lost or destroyed and an indemnification in favor of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Custodian.

 

If the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or the Depositor cannot deliver, or cause to be delivered, as to any Mortgage Loan (subject to any qualifications provided for herein or in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the original or a copy of any of the documents and/or instruments referred to in Section 2.01(a)(ii), Section 2.01(a)(iii), Section 2.01(a)(v), Section 2.01(a)(viii), Section 2.01(a)(xiv) and Section 2.01(a)(xvi) and the UCC financing statements and UCC assignments of financing statements referred to in Section 2.01(a)(xiii), with evidence of recording or filing thereon, solely because of a delay caused by the public recording or filing office where such document or instrument has been delivered for recordation or filing, or because such original recorded or filed document has been lost or returned from the recording or filing office and subsequently lost, as the case may be, the delivery requirements of Section 2.01 shall be deemed to have been satisfied as to such missing item, and such missing item shall be deemed to have been included in the related Mortgage File, provided that a copy of such document or instrument (without evidence of recording or filing thereon, but certified (which certificate may relate to multiple documents and/or instruments) by the applicable public recording or filing office, the applicable title insurance company or the related Mortgage Loan Seller to be a true and complete copy of the original thereof submitted for recording or filing, as the case may be) has been delivered to the Custodian within 60 days after the Closing Date, and either the original of such missing document or instrument, or a copy thereof, with evidence of recording or filing, as the case may be, thereon, is delivered to the Custodian within 180 days after the Closing Date (or within such longer period after the Closing Date so long as the related Mortgage Loan Seller has provided the Custodian with evidence of such recording or filing, as the case may be, or has certified to the Custodian as to the occurrence of such recording or filing, as the case may be, and is, as certified to the Custodian no less often than quarterly, in good faith attempting to obtain from the appropriate county recorder’s or filing office such original or copy, provided such extensions do not exceed 24 months in the aggregate).

 

(c)          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to the documents referred to in Section 2.01(a)(xix) and Section 2.01(a)(xx) of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall hold (or the applicable Other Servicer with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan will hold) the original of each such document in trust on behalf of the Trust (or the applicable Other Trust with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) in order to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trust (or the applicable Other Trust with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have satisfied the delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01 of this Agreement by delivering the original of each such document to the Master Servicer (or the applicable Other Servicer with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) who shall forward a copy of the applicable document to the Custodian (or the custodian in the applicable Other Securitization with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan). The applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay any costs of assignment or amendment of such letter

 

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of credit (which amendment shall change the beneficiary of the letter of credit to the Trust (or the applicable Other Trust with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) in care of the Master Servicer (or the applicable Other Servicer with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan)) required in order for the Master Servicer (or the applicable Other Servicer with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trust (or the applicable Other Trust with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan). In the event that the documents specified in Section 2.01(a)(xx) of this Agreement are missing with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan because the related assignment or amendment documents have not been completed, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall take all necessary steps to enable the Master Servicer to draw on the related letter of credit on behalf of the Trust including, if necessary, drawing on the letter of credit in its own name pursuant to written instructions from the Master Servicer and immediately remitting such funds (or causing such funds to be remitted) to the Master Servicer.

 

(d)          With respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans secured by the Mortgaged Properties identified with ID Nos. 4 (Homewood Suites Savannah), 6.01 (Hampton Inn & Suites Ft. Myers Beach), 6.02 (aLoft Rogers Bentonville), 6.03 (Residence Inn Baton Rouge Siegen Lane), 6.04 (Courtyard Baton Rouge Siegen Lane), 6.05 (TownePlace Suites New Orleans Metairie), 6.06 (Fairfield Inn & Suites Jonesboro), 6.06 (TownePlace Suite Fayetteville North Springdale), 12.01 (TownePlace Suites West Valley City), 12.02 (Staybridge Suites Midvale), 12.03 (Fairfield Inn & Suites Midvale), 20 (Hampton Inn Majestic Chicago), 30 (Hampton Inn & Suites Las Vegas), 41 (Hampton Inn Hilton Head) and 45 (Holiday Inn & Suites Albuquerque Airport) on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, each of which is subject to a franchise agreement with a related comfort letter in favor of the respective Mortgage Loan Seller that requires notice to or request of the related franchisor to transfer or assign any related comfort letter to the Trust or otherwise have a new comfort letter issued in the name of the Trust, the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee will be required to provide any such required notice or make any such required request to the related franchisor, with a copy of such notice or request to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, or take any such other required action, in any event, within 45 days of the Closing Date (or any shorter period if required by the applicable comfort letter), notify the related franchisor that such Mortgage Loan has been transferred to the Trust and request a replacement comfort letter (or any such new document or acknowledgement as may be contemplated under the existing comfort letter), and the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to acquire such replacement comfort letter, if necessary (or to acquire any such new document or acknowledgement as may be contemplated under the existing comfort letter).

 

(e)          Each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall provide that within 60 days after the Closing Date, each Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered an electronic copy of the Diligence File for each of its Mortgage Loans to (or as instructed by) the Depositor, together with an index identifying each such document delivered, each such Diligence File being organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall further provide that within 60 days after the Closing Date, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall provide to the Depositor (together with copies (which may be sent by

 

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electronic mail) to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Asset Representations Reviewer) with a certificate stating that (i) the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered or caused to be delivered an electronic copy of the Diligence File for each of its Mortgage Loans, (ii) the Diligence File contains all documents and information required under the definition of “Diligence File” and (iii) the Diligence File is organized and categorized in accordance with the electronic file structure reasonably agreed to by the Depositor and the related Mortgage Loan Seller (the “Diligence File Certification”).

 

(f)           Within 3 Business Days of the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver to the Master Servicer the Initial Schedule AL File, the Initial Schedule AL Additional File in XML Format and Excel format and the Annex A-1 to the Prospectus at the following email address: ssreports@wellsfargo.com.

 

Section 2.02        Acceptance by Custodian and the Trustee. By its execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans in good faith without notice of adverse claims and declares that the Custodian holds and will hold such documents and all others delivered to it constituting the Mortgage File (to the extent the documents constituting the Mortgage File are actually delivered to the Custodian) for any Mortgage Loan assigned to the Trustee hereunder in trust, upon the conditions herein set forth, for the use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders.

 

The Custodian hereby certifies to each of the Directing Holder, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and each Mortgage Loan Seller that except as identified in the Custodian’s closing date certification, which shall be delivered no later than two Business Days after the Closing Date substantially in the form attached as Exhibit N-1 to this Agreement, (i) each Mortgage Note (or copy thereof, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan) is in its possession and has been reviewed by the Custodian and (A) appears regular on its face (handwritten additions, changes or corrections shall not constitute irregularities if initialed by the Borrower), (B) appears to have been executed (where appropriate) and (C) purports to relate to such Mortgage Loan and (ii) each of the documents specified in Section 2.01(a)(ii)(A), Section 2.01(a)(vii), Section 2.01(a)(xi) and Section 2.01(a)(xix) of this Agreement have been received, have been executed, appear to be what they purport to be, purport to be recorded or filed (as applicable) and have not been torn in any materially adverse manner or mutilated or otherwise defaced, and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule. If the Custodian does not send a closing date certification on the Closing Date, it shall send an email confirmation to the Trustee that it has received all of the Mortgage Notes (or copies or lost note affidavits as permitted), subject to any exceptions noted therein, on the Closing Date.

 

On or about the 60th day following the Closing Date (and, if any exceptions are noted, again on or about the 90th day following the Closing Date and monthly thereafter until the earliest of (i) the second anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) the day on which all material exceptions have been removed and (iii) the day on which the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has repurchased or substituted for the last affected Mortgage Loan), the Custodian shall review

 

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each Mortgage File and shall certify to each of the Controlling Class Representative, any other related Directing Holder, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and each Mortgage Loan Seller in the form attached as Exhibit N-2 to this Agreement that all documents (other than documents referred to in clauses (xix) and (xx) of Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement, which shall be delivered to the Master Servicer, and the documents referred to in clauses (iii), (iv)(B), (v)(B) and (viii)(B) of Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement and the assignments of financing statements referred to in clause (xiii) of Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement, which shall be delivered for filing or recording by the related Mortgage Loan Seller as provided herein) referred to in Section 2.01(a) above (in the case of the documents referred to in Section 2.01(a)(iv), Section 2.01(a)(vi), Section 2.01(a)(viii), Section 2.01(a)(ix), Section 2.01(a)(x), Section 2.01(a)(xi), Section 2.01(a)(xii) through Section 2.01(a)(xvi) and Section 2.01(a)(xviii) through Section 2.01(a)(xx) of this Agreement, as identified to it in writing as a document required to be delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller) and any original recorded documents included in the delivery of a Mortgage File have been received, have been executed, appear to be what they purport to be, purport to be recorded or filed (as applicable) and have not been torn in any materially adverse manner or mutilated or otherwise defaced, and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule. In so doing, the Custodian may rely on the purported due execution and genuineness of any such document and on the purported genuineness of any signature thereon. With respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Custodian shall only be required to certify to each of the Controlling Class Representative, any other related Directing Holder, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and each Mortgage Loan Seller that the document set forth in Section 2.01(a)(i) has been received, subject to the preceding provisions of this Section 2.02.

 

If at the conclusion of such review any document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File have not been executed or received, have not been recorded or filed (if required), are unrelated to the Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, appear not to be what they purport to be or have been torn in any materially adverse manner or mutilated or otherwise defaced, the Custodian shall promptly so notify (in the form attached as Exhibit M to this Agreement) the Trustee, the Directing Holder (but only if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the related Mortgage Loan Seller by providing a written report, setting forth for each affected Mortgage Loan, with particularity, the nature of the defective or missing document. The Depositor shall or shall cause the related Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver to the Custodian an executed, recorded or undamaged document, as applicable, or, if the failure to deliver such document in such form constitutes a Material Defect, the Depositor shall cause the related Mortgage Loan Seller to cure, repurchase or substitute for the related Mortgage Loan in the manner provided in Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Trustee shall be responsible for any loss, cost, damage or expense to the Trust Fund resulting from any failure to receive any

 

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document constituting a portion of a Mortgage File noted on such a report or for any failure by the Depositor to use its best efforts to deliver any such document.

 

Contemporaneously with its execution of this Agreement, the Depositor shall cause each Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver a power of attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit C to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, that permits such parties to take such other action as is necessary to effect the delivery, assignment and/or recordation of any documents and/or instruments relating to any Mortgage Loan which have not been delivered, assigned or recorded at the time required for enforcement by the Trust Fund. Pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, each of the Mortgage Loan Sellers will be required to effect (at the expense of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller) the assignment and recordation of its respective Loan Documents until the assignment and recordation of all such Loan Documents has been completed.

 

In reviewing any Mortgage File pursuant to the third preceding paragraph or Section 2.01 of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall have no responsibility to cause the Custodian or Trustee to, and the Custodian or Trustee will have no responsibility to, examine any opinions or determine whether any document is legal, valid, binding, sufficient, duly authorized or enforceable, whether the text of any assignment or endorsement is in proper or recordable form (except, if applicable, to determine if the Trustee is the assignee or endorsee), whether any document has been recorded in accordance with the requirements of any applicable jurisdiction, whether a blanket assignment is permitted in any applicable jurisdiction, or whether any Person executing any document or rendering any opinion is authorized to do so or whether any signature thereon is genuine.

 

The Custodian shall hold that portion of the Trust Fund delivered to the Custodian consisting of “instruments” (as such term is defined in Section 9-102 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in Minnesota on the date hereof) in Minnesota and, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, shall not remove such instruments from Minnesota unless it receives an Opinion of Counsel (obtained and delivered at the expense of the Person requesting the removal of such instruments from Minnesota) that if the transfer of the Mortgage Loans to the Trustee is deemed not to be a sale, after such removal, the Trustee will possess a first priority perfected security interest in such instruments.

 

Section 2.03        Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor; Repurchase and Substitution of Mortgage Loans. (a)  The Depositor hereby represents and warrants that:

 

(i)           The Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;

 

(ii)          The Depositor has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it, and has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all the transactions contemplated hereby,

 

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including, but not limited to, the power and authority to sell, assign and transfer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement;

 

(iii)         This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Depositor and assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by each other party hereto, this Agreement and all of the obligations of the Depositor hereunder are the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Depositor, enforceable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, receivership, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, or by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

(iv)         The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder by the Depositor will not conflict with any provision of its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, or any law or regulation to which the Depositor is subject, or conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default under) any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound, or any law, order or decree applicable to the Depositor, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien on any of the Depositor’s assets or property, which would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Depositor to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(v)          The certificate of incorporation of the Depositor provides that the Depositor is permitted to engage in only the following activities:

 

(A)          to acquire, own, hold, sell, transfer, assign, pledge and otherwise deal with the following: (I) “fully-modified pass-through” certificates (“GNMA Certificates”) issued and guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by the Government National Mortgage Association (“GNMA”), a wholly-owned corporate instrumentality of the United States within the Department of Housing and Urban Development organized and existing under Title III of the National Housing Act of 1934; (II) Guaranteed Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates (“FNMA Certificates”) issued and guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by FNMA; (III) Mortgage Participation Certificates (“FHLMC Certificates”) issued and guaranteed as to timely payment of interest and ultimate or full payment of principal by FHLMC; (IV) any other participation certificates, pass-through certificates or other obligations or interests backed directly or indirectly by mortgage loans and issued or guaranteed by GNMA, FNMA or FHLMC (collectively with the GNMA Certificates, FNMA Certificates and FHLMC Certificates, the “Agency Securities”); (V) mortgage-backed securities, which securities need not be issued or guaranteed, in whole or in part, by any governmental entity, issued by one or more private entities (hereinafter referred to as “Private Securities”); (VI) mortgage loans secured by first, second or more

 

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junior liens on one-to-four family residential properties, multifamily properties that are either rental apartment buildings or projects containing five or more residential units or commercial properties, regardless of whether insured or guaranteed in whole or in part by any governmental entity, or participation interests or stripped interests in such mortgage loans (“Mortgage Loans”); (VII) conditional sales contracts and installment sales or loan agreements or participation interests therein secured by manufactured housing (“Contract”); and (VIII) receivables of third-parties or other financial assets of third-parties, either fixed or revolving, that by their terms convert into cash within a finite time period (“Other Assets”);

 

(B)          to loan its funds to any person under loan agreements and other arrangements which are secured by Agency Securities, Private Securities, Mortgage Loans, Contracts and/or Other Assets;

 

(C)          to authorize, issue, sell and deliver bonds or other evidences of indebtedness that are secured by Agency Securities, Private Securities, Mortgage Loans, Contracts and/or Other Assets;

 

(D)          to authorize, issue, sell and deliver certificates evidencing beneficial ownership interests in pools of Agency Securities, Private Securities, Mortgage Loans, Contracts and/or Other Assets; and

 

(E)           to engage in any activity and to exercise any powers permitted to corporations under the laws of the State of Delaware that are incident to the foregoing and necessary or convenient to accomplish the foregoing.

 

Capitalized terms defined in this clause (v) shall apply only to such clause;

 

(vi)         There is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the Depositor in any court or by or before any other governmental agency or instrumentality which would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Depositor to carry out its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(vii)        No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration or filing with, or notice to any court or governmental agency or body, is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of or compliance by the Depositor with this Agreement, or if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the Cut-off Date; and

 

(viii)       The Trustee, if not the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, will have a valid and perfected security interest of first priority in each of the Mortgage Loans and any proceeds thereof.

 

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(b)          The Depositor hereby represents and warrants with respect to each Mortgage Loan that:

 

(i)           Immediately prior to the transfer and assignment to the Trustee by the Depositor, the Mortgage Note and the Mortgage were not subject to an assignment or pledge, and the Depositor had good title to, and was the sole owner of, the Mortgage Loan and had full right to transfer and sell the Mortgage Loan to the Trustee free and clear of any encumbrance, equity, lien, pledge, charge, claim or security interest; provided, that, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage has been (or will be) assigned to the Other Trustee under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the benefit of the holders of securities issued in connection with the related Other Securitization, as applicable;

 

(ii)          The Depositor is transferring such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan;

 

(iii)         The related Assignment of Mortgage constitutes the legal, valid and binding assignment of such Mortgage from the Depositor to the Trustee, and any related Reassignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits constitutes the legal, valid and binding assignment from the Depositor to the Trustee; and

 

(iv)         No claims have been made by the Depositor under the lender’s title insurance policy, and the Depositor has not done anything which would impair the coverage of such lender’s title insurance policy.

 

(c)          It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03 shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Custodian until the termination of this Agreement, and shall inure to the benefit of the Certificateholders, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer.

 

(d)          If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (i) receives a Repurchase Communication of a request or demand for repurchase or replacement of a Mortgage Loan because of a Breach or a Defect (each as defined below) (any such request or demand, a “Repurchase Request”, and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to the extent it receives a Repurchase Request, the “Repurchase Request Recipient” with respect to such Repurchase Request); (ii) receives a Repurchase Communication of a withdrawal of a Repurchase Request by the Person making such Repurchase Request (a “Repurchase Request Withdrawal”), (iii) receives a Repurchase Communication that any Mortgage Loan that was subject to a Repurchase Request has been repurchased or replaced (a “Repurchase”), or (iv) receives a Repurchase Communication of the rejection of a Repurchase Request (a “Repurchase Request Rejection”), then such Person shall deliver written notice of such Repurchase Request, Repurchase Request Withdrawal, Repurchase or Repurchase Request Rejection (each such notice, a “Rule 15Ga-1 Notice”) to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and

 

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the related Mortgage Loan Seller, in each case within ten Business Days from such party’s receipt of a Repurchase Communication of such Repurchase Request, Repurchase Request Withdrawal, Repurchase or Repurchase Request Rejection, as applicable; provided, however, if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer receives notice of a Repurchase Request Withdrawal or Repurchase Request Rejection from the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, then such receiving party shall have no obligation to deliver such notice to any other party.

 

Each Rule 15Ga-1 Notice shall include (i) the identity of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the date the Repurchase Communication of the Repurchase Request, Repurchase Request Withdrawal, Repurchase or Repurchase Request Rejection, as applicable, was received and (iii) in the case of a Repurchase Request, (A) the identity of the Person making such Repurchase Request, (B) if known, the basis for the Repurchase Request (as asserted in the Repurchase Request) and (C) a statement from the Repurchase Request Recipient as to whether it currently plans to pursue such Repurchase Request.

 

No Person that is required to provide a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice pursuant to this Section 2.03(d) (a “Rule 15Ga-1 Notice Provider”) shall be required to provide any information in a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice protected by the attorney-client privilege or attorney work product doctrines. Each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement will provide that (i) any Rule 15Ga-1 Notice provided pursuant to this Section 2.03(d) is so provided only to assist the related Mortgage Loan Seller, the Depositor and its Affiliates to comply with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act, Items 1104 and 1121 of Regulation AB and any other requirement of law or regulation and (ii) (A) no action taken by, or inaction of, a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice Provider and (B) no information provided pursuant to this Section 2.03(d) by a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice Provider, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver or defense to the exercise of any legal right the Rule 15Ga-1 Notice Provider may have with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including with respect to any Repurchase Request that is the subject of a Rule 15Ga-1 Notice.

 

In the event that the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Custodian receives a Repurchase Communication of a Repurchase Request or a Repurchase Request Withdrawal, then such party shall promptly forward such Repurchase Communication of such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal to the Master Servicer, if relating to a Performing Loan, or to the Special Servicer, if relating to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property, and include the following statement in the related correspondence: “This is a “Repurchase Request [Withdrawal]” under Section 2.03(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 requiring action by you as the recipient of such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal thereunder”. Upon receipt of such Repurchase Communication of such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, such party shall be deemed to be the Repurchase Request Recipient of such Repurchase Communication of such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal, and such party shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.03(d) with respect to such Repurchase Request or Repurchase Request Withdrawal. In no event shall the Custodian,

 

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by virtue of this provision, be required to provide any notice other than as set forth in Section 2.02 of this Agreement in connection with its review of the Mortgage File.

 

(e)          A “Defect” shall exist with respect to a Mortgage Loan if any document constituting a part of the related Mortgage File has not been delivered within the time periods provided for in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, has not been properly executed, is missing, does not appear to be regular on its face or contains information that does not conform in any material respect with the corresponding information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule. A “Breach” shall mean a breach of any representation or warranty of any Mortgage Loan Seller made pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to any Mortgage Loan. If any party hereto discovers or receives notice of a Defect or a Breach, and if such Defect is a Material Defect or such Breach is a Material Breach, as applicable, then such party, on behalf of the Trust Fund, shall give prompt written notice thereof (which notice shall be accompanied by a written demand to cure, repurchase or substitute in accordance with the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) to the related Mortgage Loan Seller, the other parties hereto, the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and, for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder. If any such Defect or Breach materially and adversely affects the value of any Mortgage Loan, the value of the related Mortgaged Property or the interests of the Trustee in any Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property, or causes the related Mortgage Loan to be other than a Qualified Mortgage, then such Defect shall constitute a “Material Defect” or such Breach shall constitute a “Material Breach,” as the case may be; provided, that if any of the documents specified in Section 2.01(a)(i), Section 2.01(a)(ii), Section 2.01(a)(vii), Section 2.01(a)(xi) and Section 2.01(a)(xix) of this Agreement are not delivered as required in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, it shall be deemed a Material Defect. The Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall not be required to make any such determination. Promptly upon receiving written notice of any such Material Defect or Material Breach with respect to a Mortgage Loan, accompanied by a written demand to take the actions contemplated by this sentence from the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Custodian, on behalf of the Trust Fund, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall, not later than 90 days from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of such notice of such Material Defect or Material Breach, as the case may be (or, in the case of a Material Defect or Material Breach relating to a Mortgage Loan not being a Qualified Mortgage, not later than 90 days after the Mortgage Loan Seller or any party hereto discovering such Material Defect or Material Breach, provided that the related Mortgage Loan Seller has received notice in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) (any such 90-day period, the “Initial Resolution Period”), (i) cure the same in all material respects, (ii) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan at the applicable Purchase Price in conformity with the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or (iii) substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, as applicable, for which no substitution will be permitted) for such affected Mortgage Loan (provided that, in no event shall such substitution occur later than the second anniversary of the Closing Date) and pay to the Master Servicer for deposit into the

 

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Collection Account (or, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account) any Substitution Shortfall Amount in connection therewith; provided that if (i) such Material Defect or Material Breach is capable of being cured but not within the Initial Resolution Period or, with respect to the immediately preceding proviso, the time period set forth therein, (ii) such Material Defect or Material Breach is not related to any Mortgage Loan’s not being a Qualified Mortgage, (iii) the Mortgage Loan Seller has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such Material Defect or Material Breach within the Initial Resolution Period and (iv) the Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator (who will promptly deliver a copy of such officer’s certificate to the 17g-5 Information Provider), the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Holder, an officer’s certificate that describes the reason the cure was not effected within the initial 90-day period, then the Mortgage Loan Seller shall have an additional period equal to the applicable Resolution Extension Period to complete such cure or, failing such cure, to repurchase the Mortgage Loan or substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Mortgage Loan is not secured by a Mortgaged Property that is, in whole or in part, a hotel, restaurant (operated by a Borrower), healthcare facility, nursing home, assisted living facility, theatre or fitness center (operated by a Borrower), then the failure to deliver to the Custodian copies of the UCC financing statements with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not be a Material Defect. With respect to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgage Loan Seller agrees that any Defect as such term is defined in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement (other than a Defect related to the promissory note for the related Companion Loan) will constitute a Defect under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if there is a Material Breach or Material Defect with respect to one or more Mortgaged Properties with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller will not be obligated to repurchase the Mortgage Loan and such Material Breach or Material Defect will be considered Resolved if (i) the affected Mortgaged Property may be released pursuant to the terms of any partial release provisions in the related Loan Documents (and such Mortgaged Property is, in fact, released), (ii) the remaining Mortgaged Property(ies) satisfy the requirements, if any, set forth in the Loan Documents and the Mortgage Loan Seller provides an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such release would not cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur and (iii) each applicable Rating Agency has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

 

If a Mortgage Loan Seller, in connection with a Material Defect or a Material Breach (or an allegation of a Material Defect or a Material Breach) pertaining to a Mortgage Loan, makes a cash payment pursuant to an agreement or a settlement between the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust (and with the consent of the Directing Holder if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) (each such payment, a “Loss of Value Payment”) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be deposited into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to be applied in accordance with Section 3.06(e) of this Agreement. In connection with any such determination with respect to any Performing Loan, the Master Servicer shall promptly provide the Special

 

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Servicer, but in any event within the time frame and in the manner set forth in Section 3.23, with the Servicing File and all information, documents (but excluding the original documents constituting the Mortgage File) and records (including records stored electronically) relating to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03 in order to permit the Special Servicer to calculate the Loss of Value Payment. If such Loss of Value Payment is made, the Loss of Value Payment shall serve as the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders and the Trustee on their behalf regarding any such Material Breach or Material Defect in lieu of any obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller to otherwise cure such Material Breach or Material Defect or repurchase or substitute for the affected Mortgage Loan based on such Material Breach or Material Defect under any circumstances. This paragraph is intended to apply only to a mutual agreement or settlement between the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and the Trust, provided, that (i) prior to any such agreement or settlement nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Trustee from exercising any of its rights related to a Material Defect or a Material Breach in the manner and timing set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or this Section 2.03 (excluding this paragraph) (including any right to cure, repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan), (ii) such Loss of Value Payment shall not be greater than the Purchase Price of the affected Mortgage Loan, and (iii) a Material Defect or a Material Breach as a result of a Mortgage Loan not constituting a Qualified Mortgage may not be cured by a Loss of Value Payment.

 

If any Breach pertains to a representation or warranty to the effect that the related Mortgage Loan documents or any particular Mortgage Loan document requires the related Borrower to bear the costs and expenses associated with any particular action or matter under such Mortgage Loan document(s), then the related Mortgage Loan Seller may cure such Breach within the applicable cure period (as the same may be extended) by reimbursing the Trust Fund (by wire transfer of immediately available funds) the reasonable amount of any such costs and expenses incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Trust Fund that are incurred as a result of such Breach and have not been reimbursed by the related Borrower; provided, however, that in the event any such costs and expenses exceed $10,000, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the option to either repurchase or substitute for the related Mortgage Loan as provided above or pay such costs and expenses. Except as provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall remit the amount of such costs and expenses and upon its making such remittance, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have cured such Breach in all respects. To the extent any fees or expenses that are the subject of a cure by the related Mortgage Loan Seller are subsequently obtained from the related Borrower, the portion of the cure payment made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller equal to such fees or expenses obtained from the related Borrower shall promptly be returned to the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

(f)           In connection with any repurchase of or substitution for a Mortgage Loan contemplated by this Section 2.03, (A) the Custodian, the Master Servicer (with respect to any Performing Loan) and the Special Servicer (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan) shall each tender to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller all portions of the Mortgage File (in the case of the Custodian) and the Servicing File (in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special

 

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Servicer, as applicable) and other documents pertaining to such Mortgage Loan possessed by it, upon delivery (i) to each of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of a trust receipt and (ii) to the Custodian by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of a Request for Release and an acknowledgement by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, of its receipt of the Purchase Price or the Substitution Shortfall Amount from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, (B) each document that constitutes a part of the Mortgage File that was endorsed or assigned to the Trustee shall be endorsed or assigned without recourse in the form of endorsement or assignment provided to the Custodian by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, as the case may be, to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller as shall be necessary to vest in the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller the legal and beneficial ownership of such Mortgage Loan to the extent such ownership was transferred to the Trustee (provided, that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate in furnishing necessary information to the extent in its possession to the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with such Mortgage Loan Seller’s preparation of such endorsement or assignment) and (C) the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall release, or cause a release of, any escrow payments and reserve funds held by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, or on the Trustee’s, the Certificate Administrator’s, the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, behalf, in respect of such Mortgage Loan to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

(g)         The Enforcing Servicer shall, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, use reasonable efforts to enforce the obligations of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller under Section 6 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, shall be carried out in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall be reimbursed for the reasonable costs of such enforcement: first, pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement (with respect to the related Mortgage Loan), out of the related Purchase Price or Substitution Shortfall Amount, as applicable, to the extent that such expenses are a specific component thereof; and second, if at the conclusion of such enforcement action it is determined that the amounts described in clause first are insufficient, then pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement, out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans on deposit in the Collection Account in each case with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate from the time such expense was incurred to, but excluding, the date such expense was reimbursed. To the extent the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller prevails in such proceeding, such Mortgage Loan Seller shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Trust for all necessary and reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with such proceeding, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.

 

So long as document exceptions are outstanding, on each anniversary of the Closing Date, the Custodian shall prepare and forward to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Controlling Class Representative (as identified to the Custodian by the Certificate Administrator), any other related Directing Holder, and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, a document exception report setting forth the then current

 

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status of any Defects related to the Mortgage Files pertaining to the Mortgage Loans sold by such Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

As to any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties) shall direct the related Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver to the Custodian for such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (with a copy to the Master Servicer), the related Mortgage File with the related Mortgage Note endorsed as required by Section 2.01(a)(i) hereof. Periodic Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans in or prior to the month of substitution shall not be part of the Trust Fund and, if received by the Master Servicer, shall be remitted by the Master Servicer to the related Mortgage Loan Seller on the next succeeding Distribution Date. For the month of repurchase or substitution, distributions to Certificateholders will include the Periodic Payment(s) due on the related Removed Mortgage Loan, if and to the extent received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust on or prior to the related date of repurchase or substitution, as applicable, and such Mortgage Loan Seller shall be entitled to retain all amounts received thereafter in respect of such Removed Mortgage Loan.

 

In any month in which a Mortgage Loan Seller substitutes one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans for one or more Removed Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer will determine the applicable Substitution Shortfall Amount and promptly notify the Certificate Administrator thereof. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall direct such Mortgage Loan Seller to deposit into the Collection Account and/or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, cash equal to such amount concurrently with the delivery of the Mortgage Files for such Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans, without any reimbursement thereof. The Certificate Administrator shall also direct such Mortgage Loan Seller to give written notice to the Depositor, the Trustee and the Master Servicer of such deposit. The Certificate Administrator shall cause its Distribution Date Statement to reflect the removal of each Removed Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the substitution of the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan. Upon any such substitution, the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects.

 

It is understood and agreed that Section 6 of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements provides the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders and the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders respecting any Breach (including a Breach with respect to a Mortgage Loan failing to constitute a Qualified Mortgage) or any Defect.

 

(h)          In the event that any litigation is commenced which alleges facts which, in the judgment of the Depositor, could constitute a breach of any of the Depositor’s representations and warranties relating to the Mortgage Loans, the Depositor hereby reserves the right to conduct the defense of such litigation at its expense and shall not be required to obtain any consent from the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Directing Holder, unless such defense results in any liability of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Directing Holder, as applicable.

 

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(i)           If for any reason a Mortgage Loan Seller fails to fulfill its obligations under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) shall use reasonable efforts in enforcing any obligation of such Mortgage Loan Seller (including but not limited to) to cure, repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement all at the expense of such Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

(j)           [Reserved].

 

(k)          (i) In the event an Initial Requesting Certificateholder delivers a written request to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor (solely in its capacity as Operating Advisor) that a Mortgage Loan be repurchased by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller alleging the existence of a Material Breach or Material Defect with respect to such Mortgage Loan and setting forth the basis for such allegation (a “Certificateholder Repurchase Request”), such party shall promptly forward that Certificateholder Repurchase Request to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, and the Enforcing Servicer shall promptly forward that Repurchase Request to the related Mortgage Loan Seller and each other party to this Agreement and take the actions required under Section 2.03(e). Subject to Section 2.03(l), the Enforcing Servicer shall be the Enforcing Party with respect to the Certificateholder Repurchase Request. If a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to the Certificateholder Repurchase Request, the provisions described below under Section 2.03(l) shall apply.

 

(ii)          In the event that the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor (solely in its capacity as Operating Advisor) has knowledge of a Material Breach or Material Defect with respect to a Mortgage Loan, that party shall deliver prompt written notice of such Material Breach or Material Defect to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, and the Enforcing Servicer shall promptly forward to each other party to this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan Seller, identifying the applicable Mortgage Loan and setting forth the basis for such allegation (a “PSA Party Repurchase Request” and, each of a Certificateholder Repurchase Request or a PSA Party Repurchase Request, a “Repurchase Request”). Subject to Section 2.03(l), the Enforcing Servicer shall be the Enforcing Party with respect to the PSA Party Repurchase Request. If a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to the PSA Party Repurchase Request, the provisions described below under Section 2.03(l) shall apply.

 

(iii)         In the event the Repurchase Request is not Resolved within 180 days after the Mortgage Loan Seller receives the Repurchase Request (such event, a “Resolution Failure”), and for all purposes herein, such Resolution Failure shall be deemed to have occurred. Receipt of the Repurchase Request shall be deemed to occur two (2) Business Days after the Repurchase Request is sent to the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

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(iv)         Within two (2) Business Days after a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to a PSA Party Repurchase Request made by any party other than the Special Servicer or a Certificateholder Repurchase Request made by any Certificateholder other than the Directing Holder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, in each case, related to a Performing Loan, the Master Servicer shall send a written notice (a “Master Servicer Proposed Course of Action Notice”) to the Special Servicer, indicating the Master Servicer’s analysis and recommended course of action with respect to such Repurchase Request, along with the Servicing File and all information, documents (but excluding the original documents constituting the Mortgage File) and records (including records stored electronically on computer tapes, magnetic discs and the like) relating to such Performing Loan and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan, either in the Master Servicer’s possession or otherwise reasonably available to the Master Servicer, and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer to enable it to assume its duties hereunder to the extent set forth hereunder for such Performing Loan. Upon receipt of such Master Servicer Proposed Course of Action Notice and such Servicing File, the Special Servicer shall become the Enforcing Servicer with respect to such Repurchase Request.

 

(l)           (i) After a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to a Repurchase Request regarding a Mortgage Loan (whether the Repurchase Request was initiated by an Initial Requesting Certificateholder or by a party to this Agreement), the Enforcing Servicer shall send a notice (a “Proposed Course of Action Notice”) to the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, to the address specified in the Initial Requesting Certificateholder’s Repurchase Request, and to the Certificate Administrator, who shall make such notice available to all other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners (by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website) indicating the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action with respect to the Repurchase Request (the “Proposed Course of Action”). If the Master Servicer is the Enforcing Servicer, the Master Servicer may (but shall not be obligated to) consult with the Special Servicer and (for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) the Directing Holder regarding any Proposed Course of Action. Such notice shall include (a) a request to Certificateholders to indicate their agreement with or dissent from such Proposed Course of Action by clearly marking “agree” or “disagree” to the Proposed Course of Action on such notice within 30 days of the date of such notice and a disclaimer that responses received after such 30-day period will not be taken into consideration, (b) a statement that in the event any Certificateholder disagrees with the Proposed Course of Action, the Enforcing Servicer (either as the Enforcing Party or as the Enforcing Servicer in circumstances where a Certificateholder is acting as the Enforcing Party) shall be compelled to follow the course of action agreed to and/or proposed by the majority of the responding Certificateholders that involves referring the matter to mediation or arbitration, as the case may be, (c) a statement that responding Certificateholders will be required to certify their holdings in connection with such response, (d) a statement that only responses clearly marked “agree” or “disagree” with such Proposed Course of Action will be taken into consideration and (e) instructions for responding Certificateholders to send their responses to the applicable Enforcing Servicer and the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall within three (3) Business Days after the expiration of the 30-day response period, tabulate the responses received from the Certificateholders and share the results with the Enforcing Servicer. The Certificate

 

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Administrator shall only count responses timely received and clearly indicating agreement or dissent with the related Proposed Course of Action and additional verbiage or qualifying language shall not be taken into consideration for purposes of determining whether the related Certificateholder agrees or disagrees with the Proposed Course of Action. The Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to answer any questions from Certificateholders regarding such Proposed Course of Action. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator’s obligations in connection with this Section 2.03(l) shall be limited solely to tabulating Certificateholder responses of “agree” or “disagree” to the Proposed Course of Action, and such obligation shall not be construed to impose any enforcement obligation on the Certificate Administrator. The Enforcing Servicer may conclusively rely (without investigation) on the Certificate Administrator’s tabulation of the majority of the responding Certificateholders. If (a) the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action with respect to the Repurchase Request does not involve pursuing further action to exercise rights against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Repurchase Request and the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner wishes to exercise its right to refer the matter to mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration, or (b) the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action is to pursue further action to exercise rights against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Repurchase Request but the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner does not agree with the dispute resolution method selected by the Enforcing Servicer, then the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or such other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner may deliver to the Enforcing Servicer a written notice (a “Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice”) within 30 days from the date the Proposed Course of Action Notice is posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (the “Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date”) indicating its intent to exercise its right to refer the matter to either mediation or arbitration. In the event any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner entitled to do so delivers a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice, and the Enforcing Servicer has also received responses from other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners supporting the Enforcing Servicer’s initial Proposed Course of Action, such responses shall be considered Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notices supporting the Proposed Course of Action for purposes of determining the course of action proposed by the majority of Certificateholders.

 

(xxv)      If neither the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, nor any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner entitled to do so delivers a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice prior to the Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date, no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner otherwise entitled to do so shall have the right to refer the Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration, and the Enforcing Servicer shall be the sole party obligated and entitled to determine a course of action, including but not limited to, enforcing the Trust’s rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller, subject to any consent or consultation rights of the Directing Holder pursuant to Section 6.08.

 

(xxvi)     Promptly and in any event within 10 Business Days following receipt of a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice from (a) the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or (b) any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner (each of clauses (a) and (b), a “Requesting Certificateholder”), the Enforcing Servicer will be

 

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required to consult with each Requesting Certificateholder regarding such Requesting Certificateholder’s intention to elect either mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration as the dispute resolution method with respect to the Repurchase Request (the “Dispute Resolution Consultation”) so that such Requesting Certificateholder may consider the views of the Enforcing Servicer as to the claims underlying the Repurchase Request and possible dispute resolution methods, such discussions to occur and be completed no later than 10 Business Days following the Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date. The Enforcing Servicer shall be entitled to establish procedures the Enforcing Servicer deems to be in accordance with the Servicing Standard relating to the timing and extent of such consultations. No later than 5 Business Days after completion of the Dispute Resolution Consultation, a Requesting Certificateholder may provide a final notice to the Enforcing Servicer indicating its decision to exercise its right to refer the matter to either mediation or arbitration (“Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice”).

 

(xxvii)     If, following the Dispute Resolution Consultation, no Requesting Certificateholder timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then the Enforcing Servicer will continue to act as the Enforcing Party and will remain obligated under this Agreement to determine a course of action, including but not limited to, enforcing the rights of the Trust with respect to the Repurchase Request and no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner shall have any further right to elect to refer the matter to mediation or arbitration.

 

(xxviii)    If a Requesting Certificateholder timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then such Requesting Certificateholder shall become the Enforcing Party and must promptly submit the matter to mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration. If there is more than one Requesting Certificateholder that timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice, then such Requesting Certificateholders will collectively become the Enforcing Party, and the holder or holders of a majority of the Voting Rights among such Requesting Certificateholders will be entitled to make all decisions relating to such mediation or arbitration. If, however, no Requesting Certificateholder commences arbitration or mediation pursuant to the terms of this Agreement within 30 days after delivery of its Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then (i) the rights of a Requesting Certificateholder to act as the Enforcing Party shall terminate and no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner shall have any further right to elect to refer the matter to mediation or arbitration, (ii) if the Proposed Course of Action Notice indicated that the Enforcing Servicer shall take no further action with respect to the Repurchase Request, then the related Material Breach or Material Defect shall be deemed waived for all purposes under this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that such Material Breach or Material Defect shall not be deemed waived with respect a Requesting Certificateholder, any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner or the Enforcing Servicer to the extent there is a material change in the facts and circumstances known to such party at the time when the Proposed Course of Action Notice is posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and (iii) if the Proposed Course of Action Notice had indicated a course of action other

 

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than the course of action under clause (ii), then the Enforcing Servicer shall again become the Enforcing Party and, as such, shall be the sole party obligated and entitled to determine a course of action including, but not limited to, enforcing the Trust’s rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

(xxix)      Notwithstanding the foregoing, the dispute resolution provisions described above under this Section 2.03(l) will not apply, and the Enforcing Servicer shall remain the Enforcing Party, if the Enforcing Servicer has commenced litigation with respect to the Repurchase Request, or determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that it is in the best interest of Certificateholders to commence litigation with respect to the Repurchase Request to avoid the running of any applicable statute of limitations.

 

(xxx)       In the event a Requesting Certificateholder becomes the Enforcing Party, the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall remain a party to any proceedings against the related Mortgage Loan Seller; provided that the degree and extent to which the Enforcing Servicer actively prepares for and participates in such proceeding shall be determined by such Enforcing Servicer in consultation with the Directing Holder, provided that a Consultation Termination Event has not occurred and is continuing, and in accordance with the Servicing Standard. For the avoidance of doubt, the Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Sellers and any of their respective Affiliates shall not be entitled to be an Initial Requesting Certificateholder or a Requesting Certificateholder.

 

(xxxi)      The Requesting Certificateholder is entitled to elect either mediation or arbitration in its sole discretion; however, the Requesting Certificateholder may not elect to then utilize the alternative method in the event that the initial method is unsuccessful.

 

(xxxii)     If (i) a Repurchase Request is made with respect to any Mortgage Loan based on any particular alleged Material Breach or Material Defect, (ii) a Resolution Failure is deemed to occur with respect to such Repurchase Request, and (iii) if either (A) a mediation or arbitration is undertaken with respect to such Repurchase Request or (B) the Certificateholders and Certificate Owners cease to have a right to refer such Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration, in either case in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, then no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner may make any subsequent Repurchase Request with respect to such Mortgage Loan based on the same alleged Material Breach or Material Defect unless there is a material change in the facts and circumstances known to such party.

 

(xxxiii)    The Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Seller and any of their respective Affiliates shall not be entitled to be an Initial Requesting Certificateholder or a Requesting Certificateholder.

 

(m)          If the Enforcing Party selects mediation (including nonbinding arbitration), the following provisions shall apply:

 

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(i)           The mediation shall be administered by a nationally recognized mediation services provider selected by the related Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with published mediation procedures (the “Mediation Rules”) promulgated by a nationally recognized mediation services provider selected by the Mortgage Loan Seller (such provider, the “Meditation Services Provider”).

 

(ii)          The mediator shall be impartial, an attorney admitted to practice in the State of New York and have at least 15 years of experience in commercial litigation, and commercial real estate finance or commercial mortgage-backed securitization matters or other complex commercial transactions, and who will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the Mediation Services Provider. Upon being supplied a list of at least ten potential qualified mediators by the Mediation Services Provider each party will have the right to exercise two peremptory challenges within 14 days and to rank the remaining potential mediators in order of preference. The Mediation Services Provider shall select the mediator from the remaining attorneys on the list respecting the preference choices of the parties to the extent possible.

 

(iii)         The parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct an organizational conference to begin the mediation within 10 Business Days of the selection of the mediator and to conclude the mediation within 60 days thereafter.

 

(iv)         The expenses of any mediation shall be allocated among the parties to the mediation, including, if applicable, between the Enforcing Party and the Enforcing Servicer, as mutually agreed by the parties as part of the mediation.

 

(n)          If the Enforcing Party selects third-party arbitration, the following provisions will apply:

 

(i)           The arbitration shall be administered by a nationally recognized arbitration services provider selected by the related Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with published arbitration procedures (the “Arbitration Rules”) promulgated by a nationally recognized arbitration services provider selected by the Mortgage Loan Seller (such provider, the “Arbitration Services Provider”).

 

(ii)          The arbitrator shall be impartial, an attorney admitted to practice in the State of New York and have at least 15 years of experience in commercial litigation and commercial real estate finance or commercial mortgage-backed securitization matters or other complex commercial transactions, and who will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the Arbitration Services Provider. Upon being supplied a list of at least ten potential arbitrators by the Arbitration Services Provider each party will have the right to exercise two peremptory challenges within 14 days and to rank the remaining potential arbitrators in order of preference. The Arbitration Services Provider will select the arbitrator from the remaining attorneys on the list respecting the preference choices of the parties to the extent possible.

 

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(iii)         Prior to accepting an appointment, the arbitrator must promptly disclose any circumstances likely to create a reasonable inference of bias or conflict of interest or likely to preclude completion of the hearings within the prescribed time schedule.

 

(iv)         After consulting with the parties at an organizational conference held not later than 10 Business Days after its appointment, the arbitrator shall devise procedures and deadlines for the arbitration, to the extent not already agreed to by the parties, with the goal of expediting the proceeding and completing the arbitration within 120 days. The arbitrator shall have the authority to schedule, hear, and determine any and all motions, including dispositive and discovery motions, in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for non-jury matters (the “Rules”) (including summary judgment and other prehearing and post hearing motions), and will do so by reasoned decision on the motion of any party to the arbitration.

 

(v)          Notwithstanding whatever other discovery may be available under the Rules, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, each party to the arbitration will be presumptively limited to the following discovery in the arbitration: (A) the parties shall reasonably and in good faith voluntarily produce to all other parties all documents upon which they intend to rely and all documents they reasonably and in good faith believe to be relevant to the claims or defenses asserted by any of the parties, (B) party witness depositions (excluding Rule 30b-6 witnesses), and (C) expert witness depositions, provided, that the arbitrator shall have the ability to grant the parties, or either of them, additional discovery to the extent that the arbitrator determines good cause is shown that such additional discovery is reasonable and necessary.

 

(vi)         The arbitrator shall make its final determination no later than 30 days after the conclusion of the hearings and submission of any post-hearing submissions. The arbitrator shall resolve the dispute in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement, and may not modify or change those agreements in any way or award remedies not consistent with those agreements. The arbitrator will not have the power to award punitive damages or consequential damages in any arbitration conducted by them. Interest on any monetary award shall bear interest from the date of the Election Notice at the Prime Rate. In its final determination, the arbitrator shall determine and award the costs of the arbitration (including the fees of the arbitrator, cost of any record or transcript of the arbitration, and administrative fees) and shall award reasonable attorneys’ fees to the parties to the arbitration as determined by the arbitrator in its reasonable discretion. The determination of the arbitrator shall be by a reasoned decision in writing and counterpart copies will be promptly delivered to the parties. The final determination of the arbitrator shall be final and non-appealable, except for actions to confirm or vacate the determination permitted under federal or state law, and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(vii)        By selecting arbitration, the selecting party is giving up the right to sue in court, including the right to a trial by jury.

 

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(viii)       No person may bring a putative or certificated class action to arbitration.

 

(o)          The following provisions will apply to both mediation and third-party arbitration:

 

(i)           Any mediation or arbitration will be held in New York, New York unless another location is agreed by all parties.

 

(ii)          If the dispute involves a matter that cannot effectively be remedied by the payment of damages, or if there be any dispute relating to arbitration or the arbitrators that cannot be resolved promptly by the arbitrators or the Arbitration Services Provider, then any party in such instance may during the pendency of the arbitration proceedings seek temporary equitable remedies, pending the final decision of the arbitration panel, solely by application in the Southern District if such court shall have subject matter jurisdiction, or if the Southern District has no jurisdiction, then it the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York. The arbitration proceedings shall not be stayed unless so ordered by the court.

 

(iii)         The details and/or existence of any Repurchase Request, any informal meetings, mediations or arbitration proceedings conducted under this Section 2.03, including all offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or written, made in the course of the parties’ attempt to informally resolve any Repurchase Request, will be confidential, privileged and inadmissible for any purpose, including impeachment, in any mediation, arbitration or litigation, or other proceeding (including any proceeding under this Section 2.03). Such information will be kept strictly confidential and will not be disclosed or shared with any third party (other than a party’s attorneys, experts, accountants and other agents and representatives, as reasonably required in connection with any resolution procedure under this Section 2.03), except as otherwise required by law, regulatory requirement or court order. If any party to a resolution procedure receives a subpoena or other request for information from a third party (other than a governmental regulatory body) for such confidential information, the recipient will promptly notify the other party to the resolution procedure and will provide the other party with a reasonable opportunity to object to the production of its confidential information.

 

(iv)         In the event a Requesting Certificateholder is the Enforcing Party, the agreement with the arbitrator or mediator, as the case may be, shall be required contain an acknowledgment that the Trust, or the Enforcing Servicer on its behalf, shall be a party to any arbitration or mediation proceedings solely for the purpose of being the beneficiary of any award in favor of the Enforcing Party; provided that the degree and extent to which the Enforcing Servicer actively prepares for and participates in such proceedings shall be determined by such Enforcing Servicer in consultation with the Directing Holder, provided that a Consultation Termination Event has not occurred and is continuing, and in accordance with the Servicing Standard. All amounts recovered by the Enforcing Party shall be paid to the Trust, or the Enforcing Servicer on its behalf, and

 

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deposited in the Collection Account. The agreement with the arbitrator or mediation, as the case may be, will provide that in the event a Requesting Certificateholder is allocated any related costs and expenses pursuant to the terms of the arbitrator’s decision or the agreement reached in mediation, neither the Trust nor the Enforcing Servicer acting on its behalf shall be responsible for any such costs and expenses allocated to the Requesting Certificateholder.

 

(v)          In the event a Requesting Certificateholder is the Enforcing Party, the Requesting Certificateholder shall be required to pay any expenses allocated to the Enforcing Party in the arbitration proceedings or any expenses that the Enforcing Party agrees to bear in the mediation proceedings.

 

(vi)         The Trust (or the Trustee or the Enforcing Party acting on its behalf), the Depositor or any Mortgage Loan Seller shall be permitted to redact any personally identifiable customer information included in any information provided for purposes of any mediation or arbitration. Each party to the proceedings shall be required to agree to keep confidential the details related to the Repurchase Request and the dispute resolution identified in connection with such procedures; provided, however, that the Certificateholders shall be permitted to communicate prior to the commencement of any such proceedings to the extent provided in Section 5.06.

 

(vii)        For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the exercise of any right of a Requesting Certificateholder to refer a Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration or participation in such mediation or arbitration affect in any manner the ability of the Enforcing Servicer to perform its obligations with respect to a Mortgage Loan or the exercise of any rights of a Directing Holder (including without limitation, a liquidation, foreclosure, negotiation of a loan modification or workout, acceptance of a discounted pay off or deed-in-lieu, or bankruptcy or other litigation).

 

(viii)       For the avoidance of doubt, any expenses required to be borne by or allocated to the Enforcing Servicer in mediation or arbitration or related responsibilities under this Agreement shall be reimbursable as Additional Trust Fund Expenses.

 

Section 2.04        Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. (a) The Master Servicer, as Master Servicer, hereby represents and warrants with respect to itself to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, and to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as of the Closing Date, that:

 

(i)           The Master Servicer is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America, and the Master Servicer is in compliance with the laws of each state (within the United States

 

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of America) in which any related Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(ii)          The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Master Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Master Servicer, do not (A) violate the Master Servicer’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Master Servicer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

 

(iii)         The Master Servicer has the full corporate power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

 

(iv)         This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Special Servicer and the Depositor, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against the Master Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

 

(v)          The Master Servicer is not in default with respect to any law, any order or decree of any court, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency, which default, in the Master Servicer’s reasonable judgment is likely to materially and adversely affect the financial condition or operations of the Master Servicer or its properties taken as a whole or its ability to perform its duties and obligations hereunder;

 

(vi)         No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Master Servicer which would prohibit the Master Servicer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Master Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Master Servicer;

 

(vii)        No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Master Servicer of, or compliance by the Master Servicer with, this Agreement or the

 

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consummation of the transactions of the Master Servicer contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder;

 

(viii)       Each officer and employee of the Master Servicer that has responsibilities concerning the servicing and administration of Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans is covered by errors and omissions insurance and the fidelity bond in the amounts and with the coverage required by this Agreement or the Master Servicer self-insures for such risks in compliance with the requirements of Section 3.08(d) of this Agreement.

 

(b)          The Special Servicer, as Special Servicer, hereby represents and warrants to and covenants with the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, and to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as of the Closing Date, that:

 

(i)           The Special Servicer is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Florida, and the Special Servicer is in compliance with the laws of each state (within the United States of America) in which any related Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(ii)          The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Special Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Special Servicer, do not (A) violate the Special Servicer’s organizational documents or (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Special Servicer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

 

(iii)         The Special Servicer has the full limited liability company power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

 

(iv)         This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Depositor, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Special Servicer, enforceable against the Special Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,

 

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reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

 

(v)          The Special Servicer is not in default with respect to any law, any order or decree of any court, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency, which default, in the Special Servicer’s reasonable judgment is likely to materially and adversely affect the financial condition or operations of the Special Servicer or its properties taken as a whole or its ability to perform its duties and obligations hereunder;

 

(vi)         No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Special Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Special Servicer which would prohibit the Special Servicer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Special Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Special Servicer;

 

(vii)        No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Special Servicer of, or compliance by the Special Servicer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Special Servicer contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder; and

 

(viii)       Each officer and employee of the Special Servicer that has responsibilities concerning the servicing and administration of Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans is covered by errors and omissions insurance and the fidelity bond in the amounts and with the coverage required by this Agreement or the Special Servicer self-insures for such risks in compliance with the requirements of Section 3.08(d) of this Agreement.

 

(c)          [Reserved].

 

(d)          The Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders as of the Closing Date, that:

 

(i)           The Trustee is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America, and has full power, authority and legal right to own its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to execute, deliver and perform the terms of this Agreement.

 

(ii)          This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties

 

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hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

(iii)         Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Trustee nor the consummation by the Trustee of the transactions herein contemplated to be performed by the Trustee, nor compliance by the Trustee with the provisions hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any applicable law (subject to the appointment in accordance with such applicable law of any co-Trustee or separate Trustee required pursuant to this Agreement), governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Trustee or its properties or the organizational documents of the Trustee or the terms of any material agreement, instrument or indenture to which the Trustee is a party or by which it is bound which, in the Trustee’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Trustee to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(iv)         The Trustee is not in violation of, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Trustee and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation with respect to, any order or decree of any court binding on the Trustee or any law, order or regulation of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency having jurisdiction, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance which, in any such event, would have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the condition (financial or otherwise) or operation of the Trustee or its properties.

 

(v)          No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or registration or filing with, or notice to any court or governmental agency or body, is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Trustee of or compliance by the Trustee with this Agreement, or if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the Cut-off Date or which, if not obtained, would have a materially adverse effect on the Trustee’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

(vi)         To the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, no litigation is pending or threatened against the Trustee which would prohibit its entering into or materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Indemnification Agreement, dated and effective the Pricing Date, between the Trustee, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

 

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(e)          The Certificate Administrator hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as of the Closing Date, that:

 

(i)           The Certificate Administrator is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America and has full power, authority and legal right to own its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to execute, deliver and perform the terms of this Agreement.

 

(ii)          This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Certificate Administrator and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid and binding instrument enforceable against the Certificate Administrator in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights in general and by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

(iii)         Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator nor the consummation by the Certificate Administrator of the transactions herein contemplated to be performed by the Certificate Administrator, nor compliance by the Certificate Administrator with the provisions hereof, will conflict with or result in a breach of, or constitute a default under, any of the provisions of any applicable law, governmental rule, regulation, judgment, decree or order binding on the Certificate Administrator or its properties or the organizational documents of the Certificate Administrator or the terms of any material agreement, instrument or indenture to which the Certificate Administrator is a party or by which it is bound which, in the Certificate Administrator’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Certificate Administrator to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(iv)         The Certificate Administrator is not in violation of, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation with respect to, any order or decree of any court binding on the Certificate Administrator or any law, order or regulation of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency having jurisdiction, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance which, in any such event, would have consequences that are likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Certificate Administrator to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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Certificate Administrator with this Agreement, or if required, such approval has been obtained prior to the Cut-off Date or which, if not obtained, would have a materially adverse effect on the Certificate Administrator’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

(vi)         To the best of the Certificate Administrator’s knowledge, no litigation is pending or threatened against the Certificate Administrator which would prohibit its entering into or materially and adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Indemnification Agreement, dated and effective the Pricing Date, between the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

 

(f)           The Operating Advisor hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as of the Closing Date, that:

 

(i)           The Operating Advisor is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York and has full power, authority and legal right to own its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to execute, deliver and perform the terms of this Agreement;

 

(ii)          The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Operating Advisor, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Operating Advisor, do not (A) violate the Operating Advisor’s organizational documents or (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Operating Advisor or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

 

(iii)         The Operating Advisor has the full limited liability company power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

 

(iv)         This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, and the Depositor, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Operating Advisor, enforceable against the Operating Advisor in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and general principles of

 

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equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

 

(v)          The Operating Advisor is not in default with respect to any law, any order or decree of any court, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or governmental agency, which default, in the Operating Advisor’s reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the financial condition or operations of the Operating Advisor or its properties taken as a whole or its ability to perform its duties and obligations hereunder;

 

(vi)         No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Operating Advisor’s knowledge, threatened against the Operating Advisor which would prohibit the Operating Advisor from entering into this Agreement or, in the Operating Advisor’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Operating Advisor;

 

(vii)        No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Operating Advisor, or compliance by the Operating Advisor with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Operating Advisor contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations hereunder;

 

(viii)       The Operating Advisor has errors and omissions insurance which is in full force and effect and complies with the requirements of Section 3.08(e); and

 

(ix)         The Operating Advisor is an Eligible Operating Advisor.

 

(g)          The Asset Representations Reviewer hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, and to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator, as of the Closing Date, that:

 

(i)           The Asset Representations Reviewer is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, and the Asset Representations Reviewer is in compliance with the laws of each State in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(ii)          The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Asset Representations Reviewer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Asset Representations Reviewer, do not (A) violate the Asset Representations Reviewer’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or

 

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result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Asset Representations Reviewer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

 

(iii)         The Asset Representations Reviewer has the full limited liability company power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

 

(iv)         This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Asset Representations Reviewer, enforceable against the Asset Representations Reviewer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

 

(v)          The Asset Representations Reviewer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Asset Representations Reviewer;

 

(vi)         No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s knowledge, threatened against the Asset Representations Reviewer, which would prohibit the Asset Representations Reviewer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(vii)        No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of, or compliance by the Asset Representations Reviewer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Asset Representations Reviewer contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained or can be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of its obligations under this Agreement, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse

 

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effect on the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations hereunder; and

 

(viii)       The Asset Representations Reviewer is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

(h)          It is understood and agreed that the representations and warranties set forth in this Section shall survive delivery of the respective Mortgage Files to the Custodian on behalf of the Trustee until the termination of this Agreement, and shall inure to the benefit of the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be. Upon discovery by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee (or upon written notice thereof from any Certificateholder) of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section which materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders or the Trustee in any Mortgage Loan, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties hereto, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and the Mortgage Loan Sellers.

 

Section 2.05        Execution and Delivery of Certificates; Issuance of Lower-Tier Regular Interests. The Trustee acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans and the delivery of the Mortgage Files to the Custodian (to the extent the documents constituting the Mortgage Files are actually delivered to the Custodian), subject to the provisions of Section 2.01 and Section 2.02 of this Agreement and, concurrently with such delivery, (i) acknowledges and hereby declares that it holds the Mortgage Loans (excluding the Excess Interest) for the benefit of (y) the Holders of the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class LTR Interest) and (z) the Holders of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; (ii) acknowledges and hereby declares that it holds the Excess Interest for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates; (iii) in exchange for the Mortgage Loans, acknowledges the issuance of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Class LTR Interest represented by the Class R Certificates; (iv) acknowledges the contribution by the Depositor of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests to the Upper-Tier REMIC and hereby declares that it holds the Lower-Tier Regular Interests on behalf of the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Holders of the Certificates (other than the Excess Interest Certificates); and (v) in exchange for the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, has caused to be executed and caused to be authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, or as directed by the terms of this Agreement, the Regular Certificates (as further described below), the Excess Interest Certificates and the Class R Certificates, in authorized denominations; and the Depositor hereby acknowledges the receipt by it or its designees of the Regular Certificates, the Excess Interest Certificates and the Class R Certificates, which Certificates evidence ownership of the entire Trust Fund.

 

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the Depositor in and to the Excess Interest and any other property constituting the Grantor Trust to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Grantor Trust Certificates. The Trustee (i) acknowledges the assignment to it of the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets, (ii) declares that it holds and will hold the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Holders of the Grantor Trust Certificates, and (iii) has caused to be executed and caused to be authenticated and delivered to or upon the order of the Depositor, in exchange for the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets, and the Depositor hereby acknowledges the receipt by it or its designees of, the Grantor Trust Certificates in authorized Denominations.

 

Section 2.06        Miscellaneous REMIC and Grantor Trust Provisions. (a)  The Lower-Tier Regular Interests issued hereunder are hereby designated as the “regular interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code, and the Class LTR Interest, represented by the Class R Certificates, is hereby designated as the sole class of “residual interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.

 

The Regular Certificates are hereby designated as “regular interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(1) of the Code, and the Class UTR Interest, represented by the Class R Certificates is hereby designated as the sole Class of “residual interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(2) of the Code.

 

The Closing Date is hereby designated as the “Startup Day” of each Trust REMIC (other than the Gurnee Mills Loan REMIC) within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code. The “latest possible maturity date” of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Regular Certificates for purposes of Section 860G(a)(l) of the Code is the Rated Final Distribution Date.

 

(b)          None of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall enter into any arrangement by which the Trust Fund will receive a fee or other compensation for services other than as specifically contemplated herein.

 

(c)          The Class S Certificates shall represent undivided beneficial interests in the portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets, distributions thereon and proceeds thereof, which portion will be classified as a trust under Section 301.7701-4(c) of the Income Tax Regulations, the beneficial owners of which are treated as the owner of the trust’s assets under Section 671 of the Code.

 

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Article III

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING
OF THE TRUST FUND

 

Section 3.01        The Master Servicer To Act as Master Servicer; Special Servicer To Act as Special Servicer; Administration of the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans. (a) The Master Servicer (generally with respect to Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans that are not Specially Serviced Loans) and the Special Servicer (generally with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Loans), each as an independent contractor servicer, shall service and administer the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and the Trustee (as Trustee for the Certificateholders) and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s), (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s), as applicable, constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with any related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan(s), taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan(s))), in each case, in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

 

The Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s liability for actions and omissions in its capacity as Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, hereunder is limited as provided herein (including, without limitation, pursuant to Section 6.03 hereof). To the extent consistent with the foregoing and subject to any express limitations set forth in this Agreement, the Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as an express or implied guarantee by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer of the collectability of the Mortgage Loans or the Serviced Companion Loans. Subject only to the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone or through sub-servicers (subject to paragraph (c) of this Section 3.01, to the related sub-servicing agreement with each sub-servicer and to Section 3.02 of this Agreement), to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem consistent with the Servicing Standard and, in its reasonable judgment, in the best interests of the Certificateholders, including, without limitation, with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan (and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, in the best interests of the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and (with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan) Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s) constituted a single lender (and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with any related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan(s), taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan(s))) to prepare, execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and the Trustee or any of them: (i) any and all financing statements, continuation statements and other documents or instruments necessary to maintain the lien on each Mortgaged Property and related collateral; (ii) any modifications, waivers, consents or amendments to or with respect to any documents contained in the related Mortgage File; and (iii) any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other

 

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comparable instruments, with respect to such Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall modify, amend, waive or otherwise consent to any change of the terms of any Mortgage Loan except under the circumstances described in Section 3.03, Section 3.09, Section 3.10, Section 3.24, Section 3.25, Section 3.26 and Section 3.27 hereof. The Master Servicer (with respect to Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans that are non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Loans) shall provide to the Borrowers related to such Mortgage Loans that it is servicing any reports required to be provided to them pursuant to the related Loan Documents. Subject to Section 3.11 of this Agreement, the Trustee shall, upon the receipt of a written request of a Servicing Officer, execute and deliver to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, any powers of attorney (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit DD, or such other form as mutually agreed to by the Trustee and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable) and other documents (including but not limited to other powers of attorney) prepared by the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, and necessary or appropriate (as certified in such written request) to enable the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be held liable for any misuse of any such power of attorney or such other documents by the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, none of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall, without the Trustee’s written consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee’s name without indicating the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, representative capacity (unless prohibited by any requirement of the applicable jurisdiction in which any such action, suit or proceeding is brought and if so prohibited, in the manner required by such jurisdiction (provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall then provide five (5) Business Days’ written notice to the Trustee of the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding (or such shorter time period as is reasonably required in the judgment of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, made in accordance with the Servicing Standard) prior to filing such action, suit or proceeding), and shall not be required to obtain the Trustee’s consent or indicate the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, representative capacity); or (ii) take any action with the intent to cause, and that actually causes, the Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.

 

(b)          Unless otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Note or related Intercreditor Agreement, the Master Servicer shall apply any partial Principal Prepayment received on a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, on a date other than a Due Date to the Stated Principal Balance of such Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, as of the Due Date immediately following the date of receipt of such partial Principal Prepayment. Unless otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Note or related Intercreditor Agreement, the Master Servicer shall apply any amounts received on U.S. Treasury obligations in respect of a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, being defeased pursuant to its terms to the Stated Principal Balance of and interest on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, as of the Due Date immediately following the receipt of such amounts.

 

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(c)          The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, may enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements with third parties with respect to any of its respective obligations hereunder, provided that (i) any such agreement requires the Sub-Servicer to comply in all material respects with all of the applicable terms and conditions of this Agreement and shall be consistent with the provisions of this Agreement, the terms of the respective Loan Documents and, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan, the related Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) if such Sub-Servicer is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer, any such agreement provides that (x) the failure of such Sub-Servicer to comply with any of the requirements under Article X of this Agreement applicable to such Sub-Servicer, including the failure to deliver any reports or certificates at the time such report or certification is required under Article X and (y) the failure of such Sub-Servicer to comply with any requirements to deliver any items required by Items 1122 and 1123 of Regulation AB under any other pooling and servicing agreement relating to any other series of certificates offered by the Depositor shall constitute an event of default by such Sub-Servicer upon the occurrence of which (following the expiration of any applicable grace period) the Master Servicer shall (and the Depositor may) immediately terminate the related Sub-Servicer under the related Sub-Servicing Agreement, which termination shall be deemed for cause, (iii) no Sub-Servicer retained by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall grant any modification, waiver or amendment to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, or foreclose any Mortgage without the approval of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, which approval shall be given or withheld in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.09, Section 3.10, Section 3.24, Section 3.25, Section 3.26, Section 3.27, (as applicable), (iv) such agreement shall be consistent with the Servicing Standard, (v) such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be terminable if at any time the related Sub-Servicer is a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Successor Third-Party Purchaser and such Sub-Servicer is a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2) of Regulation AB, and (vi) with respect to any Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into after the Closing Date, if such Sub-Servicer is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer, such Sub-Servicer, at the time the related Sub-Servicing Agreement is entered into, is not a Prohibited Party. Any such Sub-Servicing Agreement may permit the Sub-Servicer to delegate its duties to agents or Subcontractors so long as the related agreements or arrangements with such agents or Subcontractors are consistent with the provisions of this Section 3.01(c) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, that no such agent or Subcontractor is a Prohibited Party, if such agent or Subcontractor would be a Servicing Function Participant, at the time the related sub-servicing agreement is entered into). Any monies received by a Sub-Servicer pursuant to a Sub-Servicing agreement (other than sub-servicing fees) shall be deemed to be received by the Master Servicer on the date received by such Sub-Servicer.

 

Any Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide that it may be assumed or terminated by the Trustee (in its sole discretion, but must be assumed with respect to any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer so long as such Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer is not in default under the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement) if the Trustee has assumed the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, respectively, or any successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, without cost or obligation to the assuming party or the Trust Fund, upon the assumption by such party of the obligations, except to the extent they arose prior to the date of assumption, of the

 

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Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, pursuant to Section 7.02 (it being understood that any such obligations shall be the obligations of the terminated Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, only).

 

Any Sub-Servicing Agreement, and any other transactions or services relating to the Mortgage Loans or the Serviced Companion Loans involving a Sub-Servicer, shall be deemed to be between the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and such Sub-Servicer alone, and the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Trust Fund, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders shall not be deemed parties thereto and shall have no claims, rights (except as specified below), obligations, duties or liabilities with respect to the Sub-Servicer, except as set forth in Section 3.01(c)(ii) and Section 3.01(d).

 

Any Sub-Servicing Agreement as to which a Mortgage Loan Seller required the Master Servicer to enter into shall provide that the Master Servicer (and any successor Master Servicer) or Trustee may only terminate the related Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer for cause pursuant to such Sub-Servicing Agreement and as otherwise specified in such Sub-Servicing Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall not enter into any Sub-Servicing Agreement which provides for the performance by third parties of any or all of its obligations herein, without the consent of the Directing Holder for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, except to the extent necessary for the Special Servicer to comply with applicable regulatory requirements.

 

The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall monitor the performance and enforce the obligations of each Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer and each Sub-Servicer that it retains under a related Sub-Servicing Agreement, except that the Master Servicer shall only be required to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer to comply with Article X hereof. However, no Sub-Servicer shall be permitted under any Sub-Servicing Agreement to take (or determine not to take) action with respect to Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions or Special Servicer Major Decisions without the consent of the Special Servicer (which consent may be obtained directly or through the Master Servicer) or Master Servicer Major Decisions without the consent of the Master Servicer.

 

Except with respect to the Special Servicer, no party shall enter into a Sub-Servicing Agreement with a Sub-Servicer that is a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Successor Third-Party Purchaser if such Sub-Servicer would be a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2) of Regulation AB. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the parties to this Agreement, absent actual knowledge to the contrary, may conclusively rely upon a representation of any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer that such Sub-Servicer is not, to its actual knowledge, a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Successor Third-Party Purchaser. If at any time a party to this transaction obtains actual knowledge that such Sub-Servicer is a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2) of Regulation AB and is a Risk Retention Affiliate of the

 

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Successor Third-Party Purchaser, such party shall terminate such Sub-Servicer in accordance with the related Sub-Servicing Agreement.

 

(d)          If the Trustee or any successor Master Servicer assumes the obligations of the Master Servicer, or if the Trustee or any successor Special Servicer assumes the obligations of the Special Servicer, in each case in accordance with Section 7.02, the Trustee, the successor Master Servicer or such successor Special Servicer, as applicable, to the extent necessary to permit the Trustee, the successor Master Servicer or such successor Special Servicer, as applicable, to carry out the provisions of Section 7.02, shall, without act or deed on the part of the Trustee, the successor Master Servicer or such successor Special Servicer, as applicable, succeed to all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, under any Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, pursuant to Section 3.01(c). In such event, such successor shall be deemed to have assumed all of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s interest, as applicable, therein (but not any liabilities or obligations in respect of acts or omissions of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, prior to such deemed assumption) and to have replaced the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as a party to such Sub-Servicing Agreement to the same extent as if such Sub-Servicing Agreement had been assigned to such successor, except that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not thereby be relieved of any liability or obligations under such Sub-Servicing Agreement that accrued prior to the succession of such successor.

 

If the Trustee or any successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, assumes the servicing obligations of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, then upon request of such successor, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall at its own expense (except (i) in the event that the Special Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section 3.22(b), at the expense of the Certificateholders effecting such termination, as applicable; or (ii) in the event that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is terminated pursuant to Section 6.04(c), at the expense of the Trust) deliver to such successor all documents and records relating to any Sub-Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and/or the Serviced Companion Loans, as applicable, then being serviced hereunder or thereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held by it, if any, and shall otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of any Sub-Servicing Agreement to such successor. The Master Servicer shall not be required to assume the obligations of the Special Servicer and nothing in this paragraph shall imply otherwise.

 

(e)          The parties hereto acknowledge that each Whole Loan is subject to the terms and conditions of the related Intercreditor Agreement and, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, further subject to the servicing under and all other terms and conditions of the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The parties hereto further recognize the respective rights and obligations of each Companion Loan Noteholder under the related Intercreditor Agreement, including, without limitation with respect to (A) the allocation of collections (and all other amounts received in connection with the related Whole Loan) on or in respect of the related Mortgage Loan and (B) the allocation of Default Interest on or in respect of the related Mortgage Loan.

 

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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s obligations and responsibilities hereunder and the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s authority with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans are limited by and subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the rights of the Other Servicer and the Other Special Servicer under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall, consistent with the applicable Servicing Standard, enforce the rights of the Trustee (as holder of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) under the related Intercreditor Agreement and the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The parties hereto acknowledge that each Non-Serviced Whole Loan and any related REO Property are being serviced and administered under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Other Servicer will make any Servicing Advances required thereunder in respect of such Non-Serviced Whole Loan and remit collections on the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan to or on behalf of the Trust. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall have any obligation or authority to supervise the related Other Servicer, the related Other Special Servicer or the related Other Trustee or to make Servicing Advances with respect to any such Non-Serviced Whole Loan. Although each Non-Serviced Whole Loan is being serviced under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Controlling Class Representative may have certain information and consultation rights relating to the servicing of the Non-Serviced Whole Loan pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any obligation of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, to provide information and collections to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Certificateholders with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be dependent on its receipt of the corresponding information and collections from the related Other Servicer or the related Other Special Servicer. Nothing herein shall be deemed to override the provisions of an Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the rights of the related noteholders thereunder and with respect to the servicing and administrative duties and obligations with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loans. In the event of any inconsistency or discrepancy between the provisions, terms or conditions of an Intercreditor Agreement related to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan and the provisions, terms or conditions of this Agreement, the related Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.

 

If any Mortgage Loan included in any Serviced Whole Loan is no longer part of the Trust Fund and the servicing and administration of such Serviced Whole Loan is to be governed by a separate servicing agreement and not by this Agreement, the Master Servicer and, if such Serviced Whole Loan is then being specially serviced hereunder, the Special Servicer, shall continue to act in such capacities under such separate servicing agreement, which agreement shall be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, and shall contain servicing and administration, limitation of liability, indemnification and servicing compensation provisions substantially similar to the corresponding provisions of this Agreement, except that such Serviced Whole Loan and the related Mortgaged Property shall be serviced as if they were the sole assets serviced and administered thereunder and the sole source of funds thereunder and except that there shall be no further obligation of any Person to make P&I Advances. All amounts due the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Special Servicer (including Advances and interest thereon) pursuant to this Agreement and the

 

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applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall be paid to the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Special Servicer by the successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, or as an Additional Trust Fund Expense on the first Master Servicer Remittance Date following termination. In addition, until such time as a separate servicing agreement with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan and any related Serviced REO Property has been entered into and, notwithstanding that neither such Mortgage Loan nor any related Serviced REO Property is part of the Trust Fund, the Custodian shall continue to hold the Mortgage File and the Master Servicer and, if applicable, the Special Servicer shall (subject to the preceding sentence) continue to service such Serviced Whole Loan or any related Serviced REO Property, as the case may be, under this Agreement as if it were a separate servicing agreement. Nothing herein shall be deemed to override the provisions of an Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the rights of the related noteholders thereunder and with respect to the servicing and administrative duties and obligations with respect to such Serviced Whole Loans. In the event of any inconsistency or discrepancy between the provisions, terms or conditions of an Intercreditor Agreement related to a Serviced Whole Loan and the provisions, terms or conditions of this Agreement, the related Intercreditor Agreement shall govern, and as to any matter on which such Intercreditor Agreement is silent or makes reference to this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern.

 

(f)           Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association acting in any particular capacity hereunder will not be deemed to be imputed with knowledge of (a) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting in a capacity that is unrelated to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (b) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting in any other capacity hereunder, except, in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), where some or all of the obligations performed in such capacities are performed by one or more employees within the same group or division of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or where the groups or divisions responsible for performing the obligations in such capacities have one or more of the same Responsible Officers, provided in any event, however, the knowledge of employees performing special servicing functions shall not be imputed to employees performing master servicing functions, and the knowledge of employees performing master servicing functions shall not be imputed to employees performing special servicing functions.

 

Section 3.02        Liability of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer When Sub-Servicing. Notwithstanding any Sub-Servicing Agreement, any of the provisions of this Agreement relating to agreements or arrangements between the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, and any Person acting as sub-servicer (or its agents or Subcontractors) or any reference to actions taken through any Person acting as sub-servicer or otherwise, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall remain obligated and primarily liable to the Trustee (on behalf of the Certificateholders), the Certificateholders the Certificateholders and, with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, for the servicing and administering of the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such sub-servicing agreements or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from the Depositor or any other Person acting as sub-servicer (or its agents or Subcontractors) to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Master

 

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Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans. Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to enter into an agreement with any sub-servicer providing for indemnification of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, by such sub-servicer, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification, but no such agreement for indemnification shall be deemed to limit or modify this Agreement.

 

Section 3.03        Collection of Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan Payments. The Master Servicer (with respect to all the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans (other than Specially Serviced Loans) that the Master Servicer is servicing) and the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) shall use reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans each is obligated to service hereunder, and shall follow the Servicing Standard with respect to such collection procedures; provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed as an express or implied guarantee by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of the collectability of the Mortgage Loans or the Serviced Companion Loans; provided, further, that with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans, as applicable, that have Anticipated Repayment Dates, so long as the related Borrower is in compliance with each provision of the related Loan Documents, the Master Servicer and Special Servicer (including the Special Servicer in its capacity as a Certificateholder, if applicable) shall not take any enforcement action with respect to the failure of the related Borrower to make any payment of Excess Interest, other than requests for collection, until the final maturity date of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, or the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, has been paid in full, however, consistent with the applicable Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer, or the Special Servicer each may in its discretion waive the Excess Interest (even at the final maturity date) in connection with any Mortgage Loan it is obligated to service hereunder if taking such action is in the best interest of the Certificateholders as a collective whole. With respect to each Performing Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts, consistent with the Servicing Standard, to collect income statements and rent rolls from Borrowers as required by the Loan Documents and the terms hereof. The Master Servicer shall provide at least 90 days’ notice (with a copy to the Special Servicer) to the Borrowers of Balloon Payments coming due on Performing Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan). Consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (with respect to each Performing Loan) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) may in their discretion waive any late payment charge or Default Interest it is entitled to receive in connection with any delinquent Periodic Payment or Balloon Payment with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan that it is servicing. In addition, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to take such actions with respect to the collection of payments on the Mortgage Loans and the Serviced Companion Loans as are permitted or required under this Agreement.

 

Section 3.04        Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Escrow Accounts. (a)  The Master Servicer, in the case of all Serviced Mortgage Loans that it is

 

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servicing, shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums payable with respect thereto. With respect to each Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts, consistent with the Servicing Standard, to collect income statements and rent rolls from Borrowers as required by the Loan Documents, and shall deliver all such items to the Master Servicer within five (5) Business Days of receipt. The Special Servicer, in the case of Serviced REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all Serviced Mortgage Loans that it is servicing, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to, from time to time, (i) obtain all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums), and (ii) effect, or, if the Special Servicer, to use reasonable efforts to cause the Master Servicer to effect, payment of all such bills with respect to such Mortgaged Properties prior to the applicable penalty or termination date, in each case employing for such purpose Escrow Payments as allowed under the terms of the related Loan Documents for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan. If a Borrower under a Serviced Mortgage Loan fails to make any such payment on a timely basis or collections from the Borrower are insufficient to pay any such item before the applicable penalty or termination date, the Master Servicer shall advance the amount of any shortfall as a Servicing Advance unless the Master Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance (provided that with respect to advancing insurance premiums or delinquent tax assessments the Master Servicer shall comply with the provisions of the second to last paragraph in Section 3.21(d) of this Agreement). The Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of Servicing Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, that it makes pursuant to this Section 3.04 of this Agreement from amounts received on or in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan respecting which such Advance was made or if such Advance has become a Nonrecoverable Advance, to the extent permitted by Section 3.06 of this Agreement. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans or Serviced Companion Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or Serviced Companion Loans so permit.

 

The parties acknowledge that with respect to Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Other Servicer is obligated to make (or any other service provider provided for in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement may make) Servicing Advances with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Other Servicer (or other service provider) shall be entitled to reimbursement for nonrecoverable Servicing Advances (as such term or similar term may be defined in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) with, in each case, any accrued and unpaid interest thereon provided for under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement in the manner set forth in such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the related Intercreditor Agreement and Section 3.06(a)(v) of this Agreement.

 

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servicing constituting Escrow Payments separate and apart from any of its own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain one or more segregated custodial accounts (each, an “Escrow Account”) into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited within two (2) Business Days after receipt of properly identified funds and maintained in accordance with the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The Master Servicer shall also deposit into each Escrow Account any amounts representing losses on Permitted Investments to the extent required pursuant to Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement and any Insurance Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds which are required to be applied to the restoration or repair of any Mortgaged Property pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. Escrow Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts (except to the extent the related Loan Documents require it to be held in an account that is not an Eligible Account); provided, if the ratings of the financial institution holding such account are downgraded to a ratings level below that of an Eligible Account (except to the extent the related Loan Documents require it to be held in an account that is not an Eligible Account), the Master Servicer shall have 30 days (or such longer time as confirmed by a Rating Agency Confirmation, obtained at the expense of the Master Servicer relating to the Certificates and any related Serviced Companion Loan Securities) to transfer such account to an Eligible Account. Escrow Accounts shall be entitled, “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 and Various Borrowers and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders”. Withdrawals from an Escrow Account may be made by the Master Servicer only:

 

(i)           to effect timely payments of items constituting Escrow Payments for the related Mortgage;

 

(ii)          to transfer funds to the Collection Account and/or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account (or any sub-account thereof) to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Trustee for any Servicing Advance (with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate) relating to Escrow Payments, but only from amounts received with respect to the related Mortgage Loan and/or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, which represent late collections of Escrow Payments thereunder;

 

(iii)         for application to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan and/or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and the Servicing Standard;

 

(iv)         to clear and terminate such Escrow Account upon the termination of this Agreement or pay-off of the related Mortgage Loan and/or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable;

 

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paid to the related Borrower under law or by the terms of the Loan Documents for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, or otherwise to the Master Servicer; or

 

(vi)         to remove any funds deposited in an Escrow Account that were not required to be deposited therein or to refund amounts to Borrowers determined to be overages.

 

(c)          The Master Servicer shall, as to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and each Serviced Companion Loan that it is servicing, (i) maintain accurate records with respect to the related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof and (ii) use reasonable efforts to obtain, from time to time, all bills for (or otherwise confirm) the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and, for such Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans that require the related Borrower to escrow for such items, shall effect payment thereof prior to the applicable penalty or termination date. For purposes of effecting any such payment for which it is responsible, the Master Servicer shall apply Escrow Payments as allowed under the terms of the related Loan Documents for such Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan (or, if such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan does not require the related Borrower to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the related Borrower to comply with the requirement of the related Loan Documents that the Borrower make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items). Subject to Section 3.21 of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall timely make a Servicing Advance with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans that it is servicing, if any, to cover any such item which is not so paid, including any penalties or other charges arising from the Borrower’s failure to timely pay such items.

 

Section 3.05        Collection Accounts; Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account; Distribution Accounts; Interest Reserve Account and Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts. (a)  The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain a Collection Account, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Trustee as the Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests with respect to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing. The Collection Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account. Amounts attributable to Excess Interest will be assets of the Grantor Trust. Amounts attributable to the Companion Loans will not be assets of the Trust Fund.

 

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Within two Business Days following receipt of properly identified funds, the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Collection Account the following payments and collections received or made by or on behalf of it on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans subsequent to the Cut-off Date:

 

(i)           all payments on account of principal on the Mortgage Loans (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan), including the principal component of all Unscheduled Payments;

 

(ii)          all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan) (net of the related Servicing Fees), including Prepayment Premiums, Default Interest, Yield Maintenance Charges, Excess Interest and the interest component of all Unscheduled Payments;

 

(iii)         any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement, in connection with net losses realized on Permitted Investments with respect to funds held in the Collection Account;

 

(iv)         all Net REO Proceeds withdrawn from the related REO Account (other than the Serviced Whole Loan REO Account) pursuant to Section 3.15(b) of this Agreement;

 

(v)          any amounts received from Borrowers which represent recoveries of Property Protection Expenses and are allocable to the Mortgage Loans (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan), to the extent not permitted to be retained by the Master Servicer as provided herein;

 

(vi)         all Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received in respect of any Mortgage Loan (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan) or any REO Property (other than a Serviced REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan), other than Gain-on-Sale Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds that are received in connection with a purchase of all the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties in the Trust Fund and that are to be deposited in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement, together with any amounts representing recoveries of Nonrecoverable Advances, including any recovery of Unliquidated Advances, in respect of the related Mortgage Loans (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan); provided that any Liquidation Proceeds related to a sale, pursuant to Section 3.16 hereof or pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, of a Mortgage Loan included in a Serviced Whole Loan shall be deposited directly into the Collection Account and applied solely to pay expenses relating to that Mortgage Loan and to Available Funds;

 

(vii)        Penalty Charges on the Mortgage Loans (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan) to the extent required to offset interest on Advances and Additional Trust Fund Expenses pursuant to Section 3.12(d) of this Agreement;

 

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(viii)       any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.08(b) of this Agreement in connection with losses resulting from a deductible clause in a blanket or master force-placed policy in respect of the Mortgage Loans (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan);

 

(ix)          any other amounts required by the provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation any amounts to be transferred from the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(b)(i)(B) and, with respect to the Companion Loans or any mezzanine indebtedness that may exist on a future date, all amounts received pursuant to the cure and purchase rights or reimbursement obligations set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement or mezzanine intercreditor agreement, as applicable, other than in respect of a Serviced Whole Loan) to be deposited into the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer;

 

(x)           any Compensating Interest Payments in respect of the Mortgage Loans that the Master Servicer is servicing (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan) pursuant to Section 3.17(c) of this Agreement;

 

(xi)          any Loss of Value Payments, as set forth in Section 3.06(e) of this Agreement; and

 

(xii)         in the case of any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, the amounts to be withdrawn from the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and deposited into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(b)(i).

 

In the case of Gain-on-Sale Proceeds, the Master Servicer shall make appropriate ledger entries received with respect thereto, which the Master Servicer shall hold for (i) the Trustee for the benefit of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, (ii) for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Class S Certificates) and the Trustee as the Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and (iii) for the benefit of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder entitled thereto. Any Gain-on-Sale Proceeds shall be identified separately from any other amounts held in the Collection Account (with amounts attributable to each Class or Classes and any Serviced Companion Loan also identified separately).

 

The foregoing requirements for deposits in the Collection Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges (subject to Section 3.12 and the related Intercreditor Agreement), Assumption Fees, assumption application fees, Modification Fees and consent fees, loan service transaction fees, extension fees, demand fees, beneficiary statement charges and similar fees need not be deposited in the Collection Account by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable in accordance with Section 3.12 hereof, shall be entitled to retain any such charges and fees received with respect to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing as additional compensation.

 

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If the Master Servicer deposits in the Collection Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from the Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

 

Upon receipt of any of the amounts described in clauses (i), (ii), (v) and (vi) above with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan which is not a Serviced REO Loan, the Special Servicer shall remit such amounts within one Business Day after receipt thereof (except, if such amounts are not properly identified, the Special Servicer shall promptly identify such amounts and shall remit such amounts within one Business Day after such identification) to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account in accordance with the second paragraph of this Section 3.05, unless the Special Servicer determines, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that a particular item should not be deposited because of a restrictive endorsement or other appropriate reason. Any such amounts received by the Special Servicer with respect to a Serviced REO Property (other than any Serviced REO Property related to the Serviced Whole Loans) shall be deposited by the Special Servicer into the REO Account and remitted to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.15(b) of this Agreement. With respect to any related Serviced Whole Loan, the Special Servicer shall comply with Section 3.05(g) of this Agreement. With respect to any such amounts paid by check to the order of the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer shall endorse without recourse or warranty such check to the order of the Master Servicer and shall promptly deliver any such check to the Master Servicer by overnight courier.

 

(b)          The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Lower-Tier Distribution Account in its own name for the benefit of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Class S Certificates) and the Trustee as the Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests. The Lower-Tier Distribution Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account or as a sub-account of an Eligible Account.

 

(c)          With respect to each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator on or before the Master Servicer Remittance Date the funds then on deposit in the Collection Account after giving effect to withdrawals of funds pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement and deposits from the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement. Upon receipt from the Master Servicer of such amounts held in the Collection Account, the Certificate Administrator shall deposit in (A) the Lower-Tier Distribution Account (i) the amount of Available Funds to be distributed pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement on such Distribution Date and (ii) the amount of Gain-on-Sale Proceeds allocable to any Mortgage Loan to be deposited into the Lower-Tier Distribution Account (which the Certificate Administrator shall then deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account) pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement, (B) the Interest Reserve Account as part of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the amount of any Withheld Amounts to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.05(e) of this Agreement and (C) in the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Excess Interest to be distributed to the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates.

 

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of this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more non-interest bearing accounts (collectively, the “Loss of Value Reserve Fund”) to be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders, for purposes of holding such Loss of Value Payments. Each account that constitutes the Loss of Value Reserve Fund shall be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. The Special Servicer shall, upon receipt, deposit in the Loss of Value Reserve Fund all Loss of Value Payments received by it. The Certificate Administrator shall account for the Loss of Value Reserve Fund as an outside reserve fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(h) and not an asset of any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust. Furthermore, for all federal tax purposes, the Certificate Administrator shall (i) treat amounts paid out of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund through the Collection Account to the Certificateholders as contributed to and distributed by the Trust REMICs and (ii) treat any amounts paid out of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund through the Collection Account to a Mortgage Loan Seller as distributions by the Trust Fund to such Mortgage Loan Seller as beneficial owner of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund. The applicable Mortgage Loan Seller will be the beneficial owner of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund for all federal income tax purposes, and shall be taxable on all income earned thereon.

 

(e)          The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Interest Reserve Account in its own name for the benefit of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Class S Certificates) and the Trustee as the Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests. The Interest Reserve Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account or as a sub-account of an Eligible Account.

 

On each Master Servicer Remittance Date occurring in (i) January of each calendar year that is not a leap year and (ii) February of each calendar year, unless in either case such Master Servicer Remittance Date is the final Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Certificate Administrator shall calculate the Withheld Amounts. On each such Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Certificate Administrator shall, with respect to each Mortgage Loan that does not accrue interest on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, withdraw or be deemed to withdraw from the Lower-Tier Distribution Account and deposit or be deemed to deposit in the Interest Reserve Account an amount equal to the aggregate of the Withheld Amounts calculated in accordance with the previous sentence. If the Certificate Administrator shall deposit in the Interest Reserve Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from the Interest Reserve Account any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. On or prior to the Master Servicer Remittance Date in March of each calendar year (or in February if the final Distribution Date will occur in such month), the Certificate Administrator shall transfer to the Lower-Tier Distribution Account the aggregate of all Withheld Amounts on deposit in the Interest Reserve Account.

 

(f)           The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Upper-Tier Distribution Account in its own name for the benefit of the Trustee and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Class S Certificates). The Upper-Tier Distribution Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. Promptly on each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw or be deemed to withdraw from the Lower-Tier Distribution

 

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Account and deposit or be deemed to deposit in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account on or before such date the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount and the amount of any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges for such Distribution Date to be distributed in respect of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests pursuant to Section 4.01(a) and Section 4.01(d) of this Agreement on such date.

 

(g)          With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan or any related Serviced REO Property, the Master Servicer shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, a Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account in which the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited within two Business Days following receipt of properly identified funds the following payments and collections received or made by or on behalf of it on such Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced REO Property subsequent to the Cut-off Date:

 

(i)           all payments on account of principal on such Serviced Whole Loan, including the principal component of Unscheduled Payments;

 

(ii)          all payments on account of interest on such Serviced Whole Loan (net of the related Servicing Fees), including Prepayment Premiums, Default Interest, Yield Maintenance Charges and the interest component of all Unscheduled Payments;

 

(iii)         any amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.07(b), in connection with net losses realized on Permitted Investments with respect to funds held in such Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account;

 

(iv)         all Net REO Proceeds withdrawn from the related REO Account in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan pursuant to Section 3.15(b);

 

(v)          any amounts received from Borrowers which represent recoveries of Property Protection Expenses and are allocable to such Serviced Whole Loan, to the extent not permitted to be retained by the Master Servicer as provided herein;

 

(vi)         all Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan or any related Serviced REO Property (other than Gain-on-Sale Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds that are received in connection with a purchase of all the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties in the Trust Fund and that are to be deposited in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account pursuant to Section 9.01), together with any amounts representing recoveries of Nonrecoverable Advances, including any recovery of Unliquidated Advances, in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan; provided, that any Liquidation Proceeds related to a sale pursuant to Section 3.16 hereof or pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement of a Mortgage Loan included in a Serviced Whole Loan shall be deposited directly into the Collection Account and applied solely to pay expenses relating to that Mortgage Loan and to Available Funds and any Liquidation Proceeds related to a sale of a related Serviced Companion Loan included in a Serviced Whole Loan shall be deposited into the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and applied solely to pay expenses relating to that Serviced

 

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Companion Loan and to pay amounts due to the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder;

 

(vii)        Penalty Charges on such Serviced Whole Loan to the extent required to offset interest on Advances and debt service advances made by a Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider and Additional Trust Fund Expenses pursuant to Section 3.12(d);

 

(viii)       any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.08(b) in connection with losses resulting from a deductible clause in a blanket or master force placed policy in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(ix)         any other amounts required by the provisions of this Agreement (including with respect to the Companion Loans or any mezzanine indebtedness that may exist on a future date, all amounts received pursuant to the cure and purchase rights or reimbursement obligations set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement or mezzanine intercreditor agreement, as applicable) to be deposited into the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer;

 

(x)          any cure payments remitted by any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement; and

 

(xi)         any Compensating Interest Payments in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan pursuant to Section 3.17(c).

 

The foregoing requirements for deposits into the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, payments in the nature of late payment charges (subject to Section 3.12 hereof), Assumption Fees, assumption application fees, Modification Fees, consent fees, loan service transaction fees, extension fees, demand fees, beneficiary statement charges and similar fees need not be deposited into the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable in accordance with Section 3.12 hereof, shall be entitled to retain any such charges and fees received with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans as additional compensation. If the Master Servicer deposits in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from such Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

 

Each Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account shall be maintained as a segregated account, separate and apart from any trust fund created for mortgage backed securities of other series and the other accounts of the Master Servicer; provided, that such Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account may be a sub-account of the Master Servicer’s Collection Account or may be maintained on a ledger basis but shall, for purposes of this Agreement, be treated as a separate account. Each Serviced Whole Loan

 

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Collection Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account or as a sub-account of an Eligible Account.

 

Upon receipt of any of the foregoing amounts described in clauses (i), (ii), (v) and (vi) above with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan for so long as it is a Specially Serviced Loan but is not a Serviced REO Loan, the Special Servicer shall remit within one Business Day (except, if such amounts are not properly identified, the Special Servicer shall promptly identify such amounts and shall remit such amounts within one Business Day after such identification) such amounts to the Master Servicer for deposit into the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account in accordance with the first paragraph of this Section 3.05(g), unless the Special Servicer determines, consistent with the applicable Servicing Standard, that a particular item should not be deposited because of a restrictive endorsement or other appropriate reason. Any such amounts received by the Special Servicer with respect to a Serviced REO Property related to any Serviced Whole Loan shall initially be deposited by the Special Servicer into the related Serviced Whole Loan REO Account and remitted to the Master Servicer for deposit into the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.15(b). With respect to any such amounts paid by check to the order of the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer (A) with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan shall endorse without recourse or warranty such check to the order of the Master Servicer and shall promptly deliver any such check to the Master Servicer by overnight courier and (B) with respect to any REO Loan shall deposit such check into the applicable Whole Loan REO Account.

 

(h)          Except as otherwise set forth in Section 3.06(b), with respect to each Due Date and any related Serviced Companion Loan, on each Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall remit, from amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.06(b)(i)(A), to the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account of such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or an agent therefor appearing on the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder Register on the related date such amounts as are required to be remitted (or, if no such account so appears or information relating thereto is not provided at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date such amounts are required to be remitted, by check sent by first class mail to the address of such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or its agent appearing on the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder Register) the portion of the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Amount allocable to such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder.

 

(i)           Prior to the Master Servicer Remittance Date relating to any Collection Period in which Gain-on-Sale Proceeds are received, the Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, which may have one or more sub-accounts, to be held in its own name for the benefit of the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Class S Certificates), and with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, and the Trustee as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests. Each account that constitutes a Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account shall be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. On each Master Servicer

 

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Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account or, if allocable to any Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, and remit to the Certificate Administrator (i) in the case of the Mortgage Loans (other than the Serviced Whole Loans), for deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, as applicable (which the Certificate Administrator shall then deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account), and (ii) in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, for deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, all Gain-on-Sale Proceeds received during the Collection Period ending on the Determination Date immediately prior to such Master Servicer Remittance Date which are allocable to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan; provided that on the Business Day prior to the final Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account (after allocation to any related Serviced Companion Loan as provided in Section 4.01(e)), for distribution on such Distribution Date, any and all amounts then on deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account attributable to the Mortgage Loans.

 

(j)           Funds in the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.07 of this Agreement; provided, however, that for so long as Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is the Certificate Administrator, funds on deposit in the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account and the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account shall not be invested.

 

The Master Servicer shall give written notice to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Special Servicer of the location and account number of the Collection Account and, if applicable, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts as of the Closing Date and shall notify the Depositor, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, as applicable, in writing on or prior to the Closing Date and prior to any subsequent change thereof. In addition, the Master Servicer shall provide notice to each affected holder of a Serviced Companion Loan of the location and account number of the relevant Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account as well as notice in writing on or prior to the Closing Date and prior to any subsequent change thereof. The Certificate Administrator shall give written notice to the Depositor, the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer of the location and account number of the Interest Reserve Account and the Distribution Accounts as of the Closing Date and shall notify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer, as applicable, in writing prior to any subsequent change thereof.

 

(k)          The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Excess Interest Distribution Account, in its own name, for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates, with respect to the Excess Interest, which shall be an asset of the Grantor Trust and beneficially owned by the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates and shall not be an asset of any Trust REMIC. The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account or as a subaccount of an Eligible Account. Following the distribution of the applicable portions of Excess Interest to the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates, as applicable, on the first Distribution Date after which there are no longer any

 

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Mortgage Loans outstanding which pursuant to their terms could pay Excess Interest, the Certificate Administrator shall terminate the Excess Interest Distribution Account.

 

(l)           The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Legal Fee Reserve Account. On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deposit $250,000.00 with the Certificate Administrator, to be credited to the Legal Fee Reserve Account.  Funds held in the Legal Fee Reserve Account shall remain uninvested.  Annually, on or about April 1st beginning 2018, upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator from the Depositor of a legal invoice related to Commission compliance matters, the Certificate Administrator shall pay such legal invoice from and solely to the extent of funds then on deposit in the Legal Fee Reserve Account.  Any such instruction shall be sent by email to cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, along with a copy of the invoice, and a subject line reference of “CD 2017-CD6 - Legal Fee Reserve Account”. The Legal Fee Reserve Account will not be a part of the Trust Fund, either Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust. The Depositor will be the beneficial owner of the Legal Fee Reserve Account for all federal income tax purposes, and shall be taxable on all income earned therefrom.

 

Upon the depletion of the Legal Fee Reserve Account, or if there are insufficient funds to pay any invoice, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Depositor, and thereafter the Depositor shall pay any additional legal invoices from its own funds and the Certificate Administrator shall have no responsibility in connection therewith.

 

The Certificate Administrator shall have no responsibility for verifying the accuracy, reasonableness, or appropriateness of any invoice received.  On the final Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall pay to the Depositor any funds then remaining in the Legal Fee Reserve Account in accordance with directions provided by the Depositor.

 

Section 3.06        Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Accounts, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts; Trust Ledger. (a)  The Master Servicer shall maintain a separate Trust Ledger with respect to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing on which it shall make ledger entries as to amounts deposited (or credited) or withdrawn (or debited) with respect thereto. On each Master Servicer Remittance Date (or such other date as may be specified below or on which funds are available for such purpose as specified below), with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than any Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan unless otherwise specified in clauses (i), (ii), (v), (vi), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xv), (xvi) and (xvii) of this Section 3.06(a)), the Master Servicer shall make withdrawals from amounts allocated thereto in the Collection Account (and may debit the Trust Ledger) for the purposes listed below (the order set forth below not constituting an order of priority for such withdrawals):

 

(i)           on or before 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, to remit to the Certificate Administrator the amounts to be deposited into the Lower-Tier Distribution Account (including any amount transferred from the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account in respect of each Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan) (including without limitation the aggregate of the Available

 

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Funds, Prepayment Premiums, Yield Maintenance Charges and Gain-on-Sale Proceeds) which the Certificate Administrator shall then deposit into the Upper-Tier Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, pursuant to Section 3.05(f), Section 3.05(e) and Section 3.05(i) of this Agreement, respectively;

 

(ii)          to pay (A) itself unpaid Servicing Fees (or, with respect to any Excess Servicing Fee Rights, to pay any Excess Servicing Fees to the holder of such Excess Servicing Fee Rights pursuant to Section 3.12(a) of this Agreement); the Operating Advisor, unpaid Operating Advisor Fees; and the Special Servicer, unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees in respect of each Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Loan (exclusive of each Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan included in a Serviced Whole Loan), as applicable, the Master Servicer’s, the Operating Advisor’s or Special Servicer’s, as applicable, rights to payment of Servicing Fees, Operating Advisor Fees and Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees pursuant to this clause (ii)(A) with respect to any Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan (exclusive of each Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan included in a Serviced Whole Loan), as applicable, being limited to amounts received on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan, as applicable (whether in the form of payments, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds), that are allocable as recovery of interest thereon, (B) the Special Servicer, any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees in respect of each Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan, as applicable, remaining unpaid out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans, Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties, but in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, only to the extent that amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account are insufficient therefor (provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders), (C) each month to the Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer (or Other Indemnified Party under Section 1.04 of this Agreement), as applicable, the Trust’s pro rata portion (based on the related Mortgage Loan’s unpaid principal balance) of any unpaid special servicing fees, liquidation fees, workout fees and additional trust expenses in respect of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan remaining unpaid (including amounts payable to such parties and Other Indemnified Parties under Section 1.04 of this Agreement), out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans, Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties, (D) the Operating Advisor, any unpaid Operating Advisor Consulting Fees (but only to the extent such Operating Advisor Consulting Fees were received from the related Borrower) and (E) the Asset Representations Reviewer, the unpaid Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee (to the extent such fee is to be paid by the Trust Fund) payable in connection with any Asset Review that was performed as a result of an Affirmative Asset Review Vote;

 

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(iii)         to reimburse the Trustee or itself, in that order, for unreimbursed P&I Advances (other than Nonrecoverable Advances, which are reimbursable pursuant to clause (v) below, and exclusive of the Mortgage Loans or Serviced REO Loans included in the Serviced Whole Loans) the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (iii) being limited to amounts received which represent Late Collections for the applicable Mortgage Loan (exclusive of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan included in the Serviced Whole Loan; provided, that to the extent such amounts are insufficient to repay such P&I Advances on any Mortgage Loan as to which there is a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, such P&I Advances may be reimbursed, on a pro rata basis with any reimbursement to the related Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider for unreimbursed principal and/or interest advances with respect to any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, from collections on the related Serviced Whole Loan allocable to such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan) during the applicable period; provided, further, that if such P&I Advance becomes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, then such P&I Advance shall thereafter be reimbursed from amounts recovered on the related Mortgage Loan intended by the modified loan documents to be applied to reimburse such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount and then from the portion of general collections and recoveries on or in respect of all of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties on deposit in the Collection Account from time to time that represent collections or recoveries of principal to the extent provided in clause (v) below;

 

(iv)         to reimburse the Trustee, the Special Servicer or itself, in that order, (with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property) (exclusive of the Mortgage Loans or Serviced REO Loans included in the Serviced Whole Loans or any Serviced REO Property securing any Serviced Whole Loan), for unreimbursed Servicing Advances, the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s respective rights to receive payment pursuant to this clause (iv) with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property being limited to, as applicable, payments received from the related Borrower which represent reimbursements of such Servicing Advances, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and REO Proceeds with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property; provided, that if such Servicing Advance becomes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, then such Servicing Advance shall thereafter be reimbursed from amounts recovered on the related Mortgage Loan intended by the modified loan documents to be applied to reimburse such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount and then from the portion of general collections and recoveries on or in respect of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties on deposit in the Collection Account from time to time that represent collections or recoveries of principal to the extent provided in clause (v) below;

 

(v)          (A) to reimburse the Trustee, the Special Servicer or itself, in that order (with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property), (1) with respect to Nonrecoverable Advances, first, out of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and REO Proceeds, if any, received on the related Mortgage Loan and related REO Properties, second, out of the principal portion of general

 

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collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, and then, to the extent the principal portion of general collections is insufficient and with respect to such deficiency only, subject to any election at its sole discretion (or at the Trustee’s sole discretion for the reimbursement of the Trustee) to defer reimbursement thereof pursuant to this Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement, out of other collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and (2) with respect to the Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, out of the principal portion of the general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, net of such amounts being reimbursed pursuant to the preceding clause (1) above, but in the case of either clause (1) or (2) above with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, only to the extent that amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account are insufficient therefor after taking into account any allocation set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement (provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion (or such other amount as may be set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement) of such amount representing Servicing Advances allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders), and (B) to pay itself or the Special Servicer out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property any related earned Servicing Fee, Special Servicing Fee, Liquidation Fee or Workout Fee, as applicable, that remained unpaid in accordance with clause (ii) above following a Final Recovery Determination made with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property and the deposit into the Collection Account of all amounts received in connection therewith, but in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, only to the extent that amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account are insufficient therefor (provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders) and (C) to reimburse the related Other Servicer, the related Other Special Servicer, the related Other Trustee, the related Other Operating Advisor and the trust of the related Other Securitization, as applicable, out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties for the Trust’s pro rata portion (based on the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan’s unpaid principal balance) of nonrecoverable servicing advances (and interest thereon at the reimbursement rate) and any additional trust fund expenses previously made or incurred with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans;

 

(vi)         (A) at such time as it reimburses the Trustee or itself, in that order (with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property), for (1) any unreimbursed P&I Advance (including any such P&I Advance that constitutes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) made with respect to a Mortgage Loan pursuant to clause (iii)

 

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above, to pay itself or the Trustee, as applicable, any Advance Interest Amounts accrued and payable thereon, (2) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances (including any such Advance that constitutes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) made with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property pursuant to clause (iv) above, to pay itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, any Advance Interest Amounts accrued and payable thereon or (3) any Nonrecoverable P&I Advances made with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property and any Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances made with respect to a Mortgage Loan or REO Property or any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts pursuant to clause (v) above, to pay itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, any Advance Interest Amounts accrued and payable thereon, in each case, first, from Penalty Charges as provided in Section 3.12(d) and then, from general collections, but in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan only to the extent that such Nonrecoverable Advance has been reimbursed and only to the extent that amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account are insufficient therefor after taking into account any allocation set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement (provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount representing Advance Interest Amounts on Servicing Advances allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders) and (B) at such time as it reimburses the related Other Servicer, the related Other Special Servicer and the related Other Trustee, as applicable, for any nonrecoverable servicing advances made with respect to any related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or the related REO Property pursuant to clause (v) above, to pay the related Other Servicer, the related Other Special Servicer and the related Other Trustee, as applicable, any interest accrued and payable thereon;

 

(vii)        to reimburse itself, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any unreimbursed expenses reasonably incurred by such Person in respect of any Breach or Defect giving rise to a repurchase or substitution obligation of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or any other obligation of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller under Section 6 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, any expenses arising out of the performance of its duties under Section 2.03 of this Agreement or out of the enforcement of the repurchase or substitution obligation of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or any other obligation of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller under Section 6 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, together with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, each such Person’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (vii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan exclusive of any Mortgage Loan included in the Serviced Whole Loan) subject to the following: (a) if the Purchase Price is paid for such Mortgage Loan, then such Person’s right to reimbursement shall be limited to that portion of the Purchase Price that represents such expense in accordance with clause (f) of the definition of Purchase Price, or (b) if no Purchase Price is paid or if an amount less than the Purchase Price is paid and proceedings are instituted to enforce the related

 

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Mortgage Loan Seller’s payment or performance pursuant to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or if a Loss of Value Payment is made, then such Person shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Trust following the adjudication of such proceedings in favor of such Mortgage Loan Seller, settlement of the Breach or Defect claim, or payment of such Loss of Value Payment, as the case may be;

 

(viii)       to pay itself all Prepayment Interest Excesses on the Mortgage Pool (exclusive of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan included in the Serviced Whole Loan) not required to be used pursuant to Section 3.17(c) of this Agreement;

 

(ix)         (A) to pay itself, as additional servicing compensation in accordance with Section 3.12(a) of this Agreement, (1) interest and investment income earned in respect of amounts relating to the Trust Fund held in the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.12(b) of this Agreement (but only to the extent of the net investment earnings with respect to such Collection Account for any period from any Distribution Date to the immediately succeeding Master Servicer Remittance Date) and (2) Penalty Charges on the Mortgage Loans that are non-Specially Serviced Loans (exclusive of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan included in a Serviced Whole Loan), but only to the extent collected from the related Borrower and only to the extent that all amounts then due and payable with respect to the related Mortgage Loan have been paid and are not needed to pay interest on Advances in accordance with Section 3.12 and/or pay or reimburse the Trust for Additional Trust Fund Expenses incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan during or prior to the related Collection Period (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees); and (B) to pay the Special Servicer, as additional servicing compensation in accordance with Section 3.12(b), Net Default Interest and any other Penalty Charges on Specially Serviced Loans (exclusive of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan included in the Serviced Whole Loan), but only to the extent collected from the related Borrower and only to the extent that all amounts then due and payable with respect to the related Specially Serviced Loan have been paid and are not needed to pay interest on Advances or Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees), all in accordance with Section 3.12;

 

(x)          to pay itself, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor or any of their respective directors, officers, members, managers, employees and agents, as the case may be, any amounts payable to any such Person pursuant to Section 6.03(a) of this Agreement (and in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, only to the extent that such amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account are insufficient therefor after taking into account any allocation set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement (provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders)); provided, that for the purposes of allocating Additional Trust Fund Expenses, (i) any amounts so paid shall be

 

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deemed allocated, (a) if relating to a particular Mortgage Loan, to such Mortgage Loan and (b) if not related to any particular Mortgage Loan, pro rata, among all Mortgage Loans based on the respective Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans;

 

(xi)         to pay for the cost of the Opinions of Counsel contemplated by Sections 3.10(d), 3.10(e), 3.15(a), 3.15(b) and 12.08 of this Agreement (and in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, only to the extent that such amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account are insufficient therefor after taking into account any allocation set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement (provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders)); provided, that for the purposes of allocating Additional Trust Fund Expenses, (i) any amounts so paid shall be deemed allocated, (a) if relating to a particular Mortgage Loan, to such Mortgage Loan and (b) if not related to any particular Mortgage Loan, pro rata, among all Mortgage Loans based on the respective Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans;

 

(xii)        to pay out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties any and all federal, state and local taxes imposed on the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Single Loan REMICs or any of their assets or transactions, together with all incidental costs and expenses, to the extent that none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee is liable therefor pursuant to this Agreement, except to the extent such amounts relate solely to the Serviced Whole Loans, in which case, such amounts will be reimbursed, first, out of the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account from collections on the related Serviced Companion Loan and the related Mortgage Loan on a pro rata basis by principal balance, and second, to the extent any such costs and expenses remain unreimbursed, out of the Collection Account; provided, that for the purposes of allocating Additional Trust Fund Expenses, (i) any amounts so paid shall be deemed allocated, (a) if relating to a particular Mortgage Loan, to such Mortgage Loan and (b) if not related to any particular Mortgage Loan, pro rata, among all Mortgage Loans based on the respective Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans;

 

(xiii)       to reimburse the Trustee, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties for expenses incurred by and reimbursable to it by the Trust Fund, except to the extent such amounts relate solely to a Serviced Whole Loan, in which case, such amounts will be reimbursed first, from the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account(s) in accordance with Section 3.06(b) and then, out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans; provided, that for the purposes of allocating Additional Trust Fund Expenses, (i) any amounts so paid shall be deemed allocated, (a) if relating to a particular Mortgage Loan, to such Mortgage

 

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Loan and (b) if not related to any particular Mortgage Loan, pro rata, among all Mortgage Loans based on the respective Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans;

 

(xiv)       to pay any Person permitted to purchase a Mortgage Loan under Section 3.16 of this Agreement with respect to each Mortgage Loan (exclusive of any Mortgage Loan included in the Serviced Whole Loan), if any, previously purchased by such Person pursuant to this Agreement, all amounts received thereon subsequent to the date of purchase relating to periods after the date of purchase;

 

(xv)        (A) to pay to itself, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor, as the case may be, any amount specifically required to be paid to such Person at the expense of the Trust Fund under any provision of this Agreement to which reference is not made in any other clause of this Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement and (B) to reimburse or pay any party to this Agreement any unpaid expenses specifically reimbursable from the Collection Account under this Agreement (and, in the case of an amount specifically related to a Serviced Whole Loan, only to the extent that such amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account are insufficient therefor after taking into account any allocation set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement (provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders)), it being acknowledged that this clause (xv) shall not be construed to modify any limitation or requirement otherwise set forth in this Agreement as to the time at which any Person is entitled to payment or reimbursement of any amount or as to the funds from which any such payment or reimbursement is permitted to be made; provided, that (i) any amounts so paid shall be deemed allocated, (a) if relating to a particular Mortgage Loan, to such Mortgage Loan and (b) if not related to any particular Mortgage Loan, pro rata, among all Mortgage Loans based on the respective Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans;

 

(xvi)       to withdraw from the Collection Account any sums deposited therein in error and pay such sums to the Persons entitled thereto (including any amounts relating to a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan);

 

(xvii)      to pay from time to time to itself in accordance with Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement any interest or investment income earned on funds deposited in the Collection Account;

 

(xviii)     to transfer Gain-on-Sale Proceeds allocable to Mortgage Loans to the Lower-Tier Distribution Account for deposit by the Certificate Administrator into the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account in accordance with Section 3.05(i) of this Agreement;

 

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(xix)        to pay itself, the Special Servicer or the related Mortgage Loan Seller, as the case may be, with respect to each Mortgage Loan, if any, previously purchased or substituted (i.e., replaced) by such Person pursuant to or as contemplated by this Agreement, all amounts received on such Mortgage Loan subsequent to the date of purchase or substitution, and, in the case of a substitution, with respect to the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s), all Periodic Payments due thereon during or prior to the month of substitution, in accordance with the third paragraph of Section 2.03(g) of this Agreement;

 

(xx)         to pay to the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Custodian or any of their directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents, as the case may be, any amounts payable or reimbursable to any such Person pursuant to Section 8.05(d) of this Agreement; provided, that any amounts so paid shall be deemed allocated, (a) if relating to a particular Mortgage Loan, to such Mortgage Loan and (b) if not related to any particular Mortgage Loan, pro rata, among all Mortgage Loans based on the respective Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans;

 

(xxi)        pursuant to the CREFC® License Agreement, to pay the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee to CREFC® on a monthly basis; and

 

(xxii)       to clear and terminate the Collection Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement.

 

The Master Servicer shall also be entitled to make withdrawals from time to time, from the Collection Account of amounts necessary for the payments or reimbursement of amounts required to be paid to the applicable Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers and the related trust of the applicable Other Securitization by the holder of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Master Servicer shall pay to the Special Servicer from the Collection Account amounts permitted to be paid to it therefrom promptly upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer of the Special Servicer describing the item and amount to which the Special Servicer is entitled. The Master Servicer may rely conclusively on any such certificate and shall have no duty to re-calculate the amounts stated therein. The Special Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting for each Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, on a loan-by-loan and, when appropriate, property-by-property basis, for the purpose of justifying any request for withdrawal from the Collection Account.

 

The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting records, on a Mortgage Loan by Mortgage Loan basis, reflecting amounts allocable to each Mortgage Loan, and on a property-by-property basis when appropriate, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal, debit or credit from the Collection Account or the Trust Ledger. Upon written request, the Master Servicer shall provide to the Certificate Administrator such records and any other information in the possession of the Master Servicer to enable the Certificate Administrator

 

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to determine the amounts attributable to (i) the Lower-Tier REMIC with respect to the Mortgage Loans, (ii) the Excess Interest and (iii) the Companion Loans.

 

The Master Servicer shall pay to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Special Servicer, the Other Trustee, the Other Servicer or the Other Special Servicer, from the Collection Account amounts permitted to be paid to such Person therefrom, promptly upon receipt of a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a responsible officer of the Other Trustee, a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Administrator, a certificate of an officer of the Operating Advisor, a certificate of an officer of the Asset Representations Reviewer, a certificate of a Servicing Officer or a certificate of the Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer, as applicable, describing the item and amount to which such Person is entitled (unless such payment to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Special Servicer, the Other Trustee, the Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer, as the case may be, is specifically required pursuant to this Agreement and the timing and the amount of payment is specified in, or calculable pursuant to, this Agreement, in which case a certificate is not required). The Master Servicer may rely conclusively on any such certificate and shall have no duty to recalculate the amounts stated therein.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, CREFC®, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers (to the extent specified in Section 12.12) shall in all cases have a right prior to the Certificateholders to any funds on deposit in the Collection Account from time to time for the reimbursement or payment of the Servicing Compensation (including investment income), Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, Special Servicing Compensation (including investment income), the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee, Operating Advisor Fees, Operating Advisor Consulting Fees (but only to the extent such Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are actually received from the Borrowers), the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee (to the extent owed by the Trust pursuant to Section 11.02(c) of this Agreement), Advances, Advance Interest Amounts (for each of such Persons other than CREFC®), their respective indemnification payments (if any) pursuant to Section 6.03, Section 8.05 or Section 12.02 of this Agreement (for each of such Persons other than CREFC®), their respective expenses hereunder to the extent such fees and expenses are to be reimbursed or paid from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, any fees or expenses (including legal fees) for which a party is to be indemnified pursuant to Section 6.03 herein may be submitted directly to the Trust Fund and paid from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account on behalf of such party pursuant to this Agreement. In addition, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall in all cases have a right prior to the Certificateholders to any funds on deposit in the Collection Account from time to time for the reimbursement and payment of any federal, state or local taxes imposed on any Trust REMIC.

 

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principal portion of general collections on the Mortgage Loans (or with respect to Servicing Advances, the Serviced Whole Loans) deposited in the Collection Account and available for distribution on the next Distribution Date, the Master Servicer or the Trustee, each at its own option and in its sole discretion, as applicable, instead of obtaining reimbursement for the remaining amount of such Nonrecoverable Advance pursuant to Section 3.06(a) or Section 3.06(b) of this Agreement immediately, may elect to refrain from obtaining such reimbursement for such portion of the Nonrecoverable Advance during the Collection Period ending on the then-current Determination Date for successive one-month periods for a total period not to exceed 12 months (with the consent of the Directing Holder, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, for any deferral in excess of 6 months). If the Master Servicer or the Trustee makes such an election at its sole option and in its sole discretion to defer reimbursement with respect to all or a portion of a Nonrecoverable Advance (together with interest thereon), then such Nonrecoverable Advance (together with interest thereon) or portion thereof shall continue to be fully reimbursable in the subsequent Collection Period (subject, again, to the same sole discretion to elect to defer; it is acknowledged that, in such a subsequent period, such Nonrecoverable Advance shall again be payable first from principal collections as described above prior to payment from other collections). In connection with a potential election by the Master Servicer or the Trustee to refrain from the reimbursement of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof during the one-month Collection Period ending on the related Determination Date for any Distribution Date, the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall further be authorized (in its sole discretion) to wait for principal collections on the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans to be received before making its determination of whether to refrain from the reimbursement of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance (or portion thereof) until the end of such Collection Period; provided, the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts to give notice of its election to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), at least 15 days prior to any reimbursement to it of Nonrecoverable Advances from amounts in the Collection Account allocable to interest on the Mortgage Loans unless (1) the Master Servicer or the Trustee determines in its sole discretion that waiting 15 days after such a notice could jeopardize its ability to recover Nonrecoverable Advances, (2) changed circumstances or new or different information becomes known to the Master Servicer or the Trustee that could affect or cause a determination of whether any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, whether to defer reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance or the determination in clause (1) above, or (3) the Master Servicer or the Trustee has not timely received from the Certificate Administrator information requested by the Master Servicer or the Trustee to consider in determining whether to defer reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance; provided that, if clause (1), (2) or (3) apply, the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall give notice of an anticipated reimbursement to it of Nonrecoverable Advances from amounts in the Collection Account allocable to interest on the Mortgage Loans as soon as reasonably practicable in such circumstances to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement). Neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall have any liability for any loss, liability or expense resulting from any notice provided to each Rating Agency contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence.

 

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The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to limit any liability that may otherwise be imposed on such Person for any failure by such Person to comply with the conditions to making such an election under this Section 3.06(a) or to comply with the terms of this Section 3.06(a) and the other provisions of this Agreement that apply once such an election, if any, has been made. If the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines, in its sole discretion, that it should recover the Nonrecoverable Advances without deferral as described above, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to immediate reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate from all amounts in the Collection Accounts for such Distribution Date. Any such election by any such party to refrain from reimbursing itself or obtaining reimbursement for any Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof with respect to any one or more Collection Periods shall not limit the accrual of interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such Nonrecoverable Advance for the period prior to the actual reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advance. The Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s, as applicable, election to defer reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advances as set forth above is an accommodation to the Certificateholders and, as applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, or a right of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders. Nothing herein shall be deemed to create in the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders a right to prior payment of distributions over the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s, as applicable, right to reimbursement for Advances (deferred or otherwise). In all events, the decision to defer reimbursement or to seek immediate reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances shall be deemed to be in accordance with the Servicing Standard and neither the Master Servicer, the Trustee nor the other parties to this Agreement shall have any liability to one another or to any of the Certificateholders or any of the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders for any such election that such party makes as contemplated by this Section 3.06(a) or for any losses, damages or other adverse economic or other effects that may arise from such an election.

 

None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall be permitted to reverse any other Person’s determination, or to prohibit any such other authorized Person from making a determination, that an Advance constitutes, or would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance.

 

If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Provider, as applicable, is reimbursed out of general collections for any unreimbursed Advances that are determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances (together with any Advance Interest Amount), then (for purposes of calculating distributions on the Certificates) such reimbursement and payment of interest shall be deemed to have been made: first, out of the Principal Distribution Amount, which, but for its application to reimburse a Nonrecoverable Advance and/or to pay the Advance Interest Amount, would be included in Available Funds for any subsequent Distribution Date and, second, out of other amounts which, but for their application to reimburse a Nonrecoverable Advance and/or to pay the Advance Interest Amount, would be included in Available Funds for any subsequent Distribution Date.

 

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If and to the extent that any payment is deemed to be applied as contemplated in the paragraph above to reimburse a Nonrecoverable Advance or to pay the Advance Interest Amount, then the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date shall be reduced, to not less than zero, by the amount of such reimbursement. If and to the extent (i) any Advance is determined to be a Nonrecoverable Advance, (ii) such Advance and/or the Advance Interest Amount is reimbursed out of the Principal Distribution Amount as contemplated above and (iii) the particular item for which such Advance was originally made is subsequently collected out of payments or other collections in respect of the related Mortgage Loan, then the Principal Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date that corresponds to the Collection Period in which such item was recovered shall be increased by an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the amount of such item and (B) any previous reduction in the Principal Distribution Amount for a prior Distribution Date as contemplated in the paragraph above resulting from the reimbursement of the subject Advance and/or the payment of the Advance Interest Amount.

 

(b)          The Master Servicer shall maintain a separate Trust Ledger with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan that it is servicing on which it shall make ledger entries as to amounts deposited (or credited) or withdrawn (or debited) with respect thereto. On each Master Servicer Remittance Date (or such other date as may be specified below or on which funds are available for such purpose as specified below), with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer shall make withdrawals from amounts allocated thereto in the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account (and may debit the Trust Ledger) for any of the following purposes (the order set forth below not constituting an order of priority for such withdrawals):

 

(i)           to make remittances each month in an aggregate amount of immediately available funds equal to the allocable portion of the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Amount (A) to the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders within the time frame specified in, and otherwise in accordance with Section 3.05(h) and (B) to the Collection Account for the benefit of the Trust in respect of amounts allocable to the related Mortgage Loan, in each case in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement (after taking into account the amounts permitted to be withdrawn from the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account pursuant to this Section 3.06(b)) provided, that Liquidation Proceeds relating to the repurchase of any Serviced Companion Loan by the related seller thereof shall be remitted solely to the holder of such Serviced Companion Loan, as the case may be, and Liquidation Proceeds relating to the repurchase of a Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan by the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be remitted solely to the Collection Account;

 

(ii)          to pay (A) to itself unpaid Servicing Fees (or, with respect to any Excess Servicing Fee Rights, to pay any Excess Servicing Fees to the holder of such Excess Servicing Fee Rights pursuant to Section 3.12(a) of this Agreement) and to the Special Servicer unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan or related Serviced REO Loan, as applicable, the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, rights to payment of Servicing Fees, Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees, as applicable, pursuant to this clause (ii)(A) with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan or related Serviced REO Loan, as

 

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applicable, being limited to amounts received on or in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan (whether in the form of payments, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds), or such Serviced REO Loan (whether in the form of REO Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds), that are allocable as recovery of interest thereon and (B) to the Special Servicer, each month to the extent not covered by clause (ii)(A) above, any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees in respect of such Serviced Whole Loan or related Serviced REO Loan, as applicable, remaining unpaid out of general collections in the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.06(a)(ii) of this Agreement;

 

(iii)         to reimburse the Trustee or itself, in that order, for unreimbursed P&I Advances with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan and to reimburse the related Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider for unreimbursed principal and/or interest advances with respect to the applicable Serviced Companion Loan, the Master Servicer’s, the Trustee’s and the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (iii) being limited to amounts received in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account which represent Late Collections received in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable (as allocable thereto pursuant to the related Loan Documents and the related Intercreditor Agreement), during the applicable period; provided, that to the extent such amounts are insufficient to repay such P&I Advances on any Mortgage Loan as to which there is a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, such P&I Advances may be reimbursed, from collections on the related Serviced Whole Loan allocable to such Subordinate Companion Loan; provided, further, that if such P&I Advance on the applicable Mortgage Loan becomes a Nonrecoverable Advance or a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, then such P&I Advance shall thereafter be reimbursed in accordance with clause (v) below;

 

(iv)         to reimburse the Trustee, the Special Servicer or itself, in that order, as applicable (with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced REO Property), for unreimbursed Servicing Advances with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan or related Serviced REO Property, the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s respective rights to receive payment pursuant to this clause (iv) being limited to, as applicable, related payments by the applicable Borrower with respect to such Servicing Advance, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds and REO Proceeds with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan; provided, that if such Servicing Advance becomes a Nonrecoverable Advance or a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, then such Servicing Advance shall thereafter be reimbursed in accordance with clause (v) below;

 

(v)          (A) to reimburse the Trustee, the Special Servicer or itself, in that order, (with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan or related REO Property), as applicable (x) with respect to Nonrecoverable Advances, first, out of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and REO Proceeds received on the related Serviced Whole Loan and related REO Properties, and second, out of general collections in the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.06(a) and (y) with respect to the

 

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Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, first, out of the principal portion of the general collections on the Serviced Whole Loan and related REO Properties, net of such amounts being reimbursed pursuant to the subclause first in the preceding clause (x) above and second out of general collections in the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.06(a); provided that in the case of both clause (x) and clause (y) of this clause (v), prior to making any reimbursement from general collections, such reimbursements shall be made first, from collections on, and proceeds of the applicable Subordinate Companion Loan, if any, and then from collections on, and proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan, or in the case of a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan with a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, on a pro rata basis as between the Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans (based on the Mortgage Loan’s unpaid principal balance or related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan’s principal balance) and then from general collections of the Trust (provided that, in the case of a Servicing Advance that is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders) or (B) to pay itself or the Special Servicer out of general collections on such Serviced Whole Loan and related REO Properties, any related earned Servicing Fee, Special Servicing Fee, Liquidation Fee or Workout Fee, as applicable, that remained unpaid in accordance with clause (ii) above following a Final Recovery Determination made with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan or related REO Property and the deposit into the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account of all amounts received in connection therewith; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, such party’s rights to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (v) with respect to any such Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount that is a P&I Advance, being limited (except to the extent set forth in Section 3.06(a)) to amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account that were received in respect of the particular Mortgage Loan (as allocable thereto pursuant to the related Loan Documents and the related Intercreditor Agreement) in the related Serviced Whole Loan as to which such Nonrecoverable Advance or such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount were incurred (provided, that to the extent such amounts are insufficient to repay such Advances on any Mortgage Loan as to which there is a related Subordinate Companion Loan, such P&I Advances may be reimbursed from collections on the related Serviced Whole Loan allocable to such Subordinate Companion Loan);

 

(vi)         at such time as it reimburses the Trustee or itself, in that order, as applicable, for (A) any unreimbursed P&I Advance with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan (including any such Advance that constitutes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) or any unreimbursed principal and/or interest advance with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to clause (iii) above, to pay itself, the Trustee or such Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider, as applicable, any Advance Interest Amounts accrued and payable thereon, (B) any unreimbursed Servicing

 

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Advances (including any such Advance that constitutes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) pursuant to clause (iv) above, to pay itself, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, any Advance Interest Amounts accrued and payable thereon or (C) any Nonrecoverable Advances pursuant to clause (v) above, to pay itself, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or any Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider, as the case may be, any Advance Interest Amounts accrued and payable thereon, with such amounts payable in the case of clauses (A), (B) and (C) above, first, from Penalty Charges pursuant to Section 3.12(d), then, from collections on, and proceeds of the applicable Subordinate Companion Loan, if any, and then, from collections on, and proceeds of on a pro rata basis as between the Mortgage Loan and any related other Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans (based on the Mortgage Loan’s unpaid principal balance or related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan’s principal balance), provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, such party’s rights to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (vi) with respect to any such interest on P&I Advances (including any such P&I Advance that is a Nonrecoverable Advance or a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) being limited to amounts on deposit in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account that were received in respect of the particular Mortgage Loan (as allocable thereto pursuant to the related Loan Documents and the related Intercreditor Agreement) in the related Serviced Whole Loan as to which such advance relates (provided, that any Mortgage Loan as to which there is a related Subordinate Companion Loan, such interest on P&I Advances may be reimbursed from collections on the related Serviced Whole Loan allocable to such Subordinate Companion Loan);

 

(vii)        to reimburse itself, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, as applicable, for any unreimbursed expenses reasonably incurred by such Person in respect of any Breach or Defect with respect to the Mortgage Loan giving rise to a repurchase obligation of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller under Section 6 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or, with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, under the related mortgage loan purchase agreement, including, without limitation, any expenses arising out of the enforcement of the repurchase obligation, each such Person’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (vii) with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan being limited to that portion of the Purchase Price paid for the related Mortgage Loan that represents such expense in accordance with clause (e) of the definition of Purchase Price (or, with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, a comparable expense);

 

(viii)       to pay itself all Prepayment Interest Excesses on any related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan included in the Serviced Whole Loans not required to be used pursuant to Section 3.17(c) of this Agreement;

 

(ix)         (A) to pay itself, as additional servicing compensation in accordance with Section 3.12(a), (1) interest and investment income earned in respect of amounts relating to such Serviced Whole Loan held in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account as provided in Section 3.07(b) (but only to the extent of the net investment earnings with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account for any period

 

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from any Distribution Date to the immediately succeeding Master Servicer Remittance Date) and (2) any Penalty Charges on the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan (except to the extent prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement and other than Specially Serviced Loans) but only to the extent collected from the related Borrower and to the extent that all amounts then due and payable with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans have been paid and are not needed to pay Advance Interest Amounts, interest on debt service advances made by the related Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider and/or Additional Trust Fund Expenses in accordance with Section 3.12 and the related Intercreditor Agreement; and (B) to pay the Special Servicer, as additional servicing compensation in accordance with the second paragraph of Section 3.12, the portion of any Penalty Charges on the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan (except to the extent prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement), during the period it is a Specially Serviced Loan (but only to the extent collected from the related Borrower and to the extent that all amounts then due and payable with respect to the related Specially Serviced Loan have been paid and are not needed to pay interest on Advances, interest on debt service advances made by the related Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider and/or Additional Trust Fund Expenses in accordance with Section 3.12 and the related Intercreditor Agreement);

 

(x)          to recoup any amounts deposited in such Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account in error;

 

(xi)         to pay itself, the Special Servicer, the Depositor or any of their respective directors, officers, members, managers, employees and agents, as the case may be, any amounts payable to any such Person pursuant to Section 6.03(a) or 6.03(b), to the extent that such amounts relate to such Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xii)        to pay for the cost of the Opinions of Counsel contemplated by Section 3.10(d), 3.10(e), 3.15(a), 3.15(b) and 12.08 to the extent that such opinions specifically relate to such Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xiii)       to pay out of general collections on such Serviced Whole Loan and related Serviced REO Property any and all federal, state and local taxes imposed on the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Lower-Tier REMIC or any of their assets or transactions, together with all incidental costs and expenses, in each case to the extent that neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator nor the Trustee is liable therefor pursuant to this Agreement and only to the extent that such amounts relate to the related Mortgage Loan or to the related Serviced Companion Loans (but only to the extent that any related Serviced Companion Loan is included in a REMIC);

 

(xiv)       to reimburse the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator out of general collections on such Serviced Whole Loan and related REO Properties for expenses incurred by and reimbursable to it by the Trust Fund specifically related to such Serviced Whole Loan;

 

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(xv)        to pay any Person permitted to purchase a Mortgage Loan under Section 3.16 with respect to the Mortgage Loan included in such Serviced Whole Loan, if any, previously purchased by such Person pursuant to this Agreement, all amounts received thereon subsequent to the date of purchase relating to periods after the date of purchase;

 

(xvi)       to deposit in the Interest Reserve Account the amounts with respect to the Mortgage Loan included in such Serviced Whole Loan required to be deposited in the Interest Reserve Account pursuant to Section 3.05(e);

 

(xvii)      to pay to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Depositor, as the case may be, to the extent that such amounts relate to the Mortgage Loan included in such Serviced Whole Loan, any amount specifically required to be paid to such Person at the expense of the Trust Fund under any provision of this Agreement to which reference is not made in any other clause of this Section 3.06(b), it being acknowledged that this clause (xvii) shall not be construed to modify any limitation or requirement otherwise set forth in this Agreement or in the related Intercreditor Agreement as to the time at which any Person is entitled to payment or reimbursement of any amount or as to the funds from which any such payment or reimbursement is permitted to be made;

 

(xviii)     to pay the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan included in such Serviced Whole Loan, if any, previously purchased or substituted (i.e., replaced) by such Person pursuant to or as contemplated by this Agreement, all amounts received on such Mortgage Loan subsequent to the date of purchase or substitution, and, in the case of a substitution, with respect to the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s), all Periodic Payments due thereon during or prior to the month of substitution, in accordance with the third paragraph of Section 2.03(g); and

 

(xix)        to clear and terminate such Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.

 

In the case of the amounts payable as set forth above in this Section 3.06(b) with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, if such amount is not specifically payable, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the related Intercreditor Agreement, out of collections or proceeds allocable to any particular note that is a part of such Serviced Whole Loan, such amount shall be paid from collections on, and proceeds of the related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, if any, and then, from collections on, and proceeds of, on a pro rata basis as between, the related Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans (based on the related Mortgage Loan’s principal balance or the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan’s principal balance), and then, to the extent provided for in this Agreement, from general collections.

 

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withdrawal from any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account. All withdrawals with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan shall be made first, from the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and then, from the Master Servicer’s Collection Account to the extent permitted by Section 3.06(a). Upon request, the Master Servicer shall provide to the Certificate Administrator such records and any other information in the possession of the Master Servicer to enable the Certificate Administrator to determine the amounts attributable to the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Companion Loans.

 

The Master Servicer shall pay to the Special Servicer from the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts amounts permitted to be paid to it therefrom promptly upon receipt of a certificate of a Servicing Officer of such Special Servicer describing the item and amount to which the Special Servicer is entitled. The Master Servicer may rely conclusively on any such certificate and shall have no duty to recalculate the amounts stated therein. The Special Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting for each Specially Serviced Loan included in the Serviced Whole Loan and related REO Loan, on a loan by loan and, when appropriate, property by property basis, for the purpose of justifying any request for withdrawal from any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account.

 

Any permitted withdrawals under this Section 3.06(b) with respect to reimbursement for advances or other amounts payable to an Other Trustee shall, if applicable, also be deemed to be a permitted withdrawal for similar amounts owed to the fiscal agent of the Other Trustee, if any.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, with respect to each Serviced Companion Loan, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and remit to the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, within (x) with respect to any Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, if required pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified funds and (y) with respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified funds, any amounts that represent Late Collections or Principal Prepayments on such Serviced Companion Loan or any successor REO Loan with respect thereto, that are received by the Master Servicer prior to 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any given Business Day (and to the extent any such amounts are received after 3:00 p.m. Eastern time on any given Business Day, the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to remit such Late Collections or Principal Prepayments to the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders within one (1) Business Day of receipt of properly identified funds but, in any event, the Master Servicer shall remit such amounts within two (2) Business Days of receipt of properly identified funds) (exclusive of any portion of such amount payable or reimbursable to any third party in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement), unless such amount would otherwise be included in the monthly remittance to the holder of such Serviced Companion Loan for such month.

 

If the Master Servicer fails, as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Master Servicer Remittance Date, any related Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date or any other date a remittance is required to be made, as applicable, to remit to the Certificate Administrator (in

 

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respect of the related Mortgage Loan) or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (in respect of any related Serviced Companion Loan) any amounts required to be so remitted hereunder by such date (including any P&I Advance pursuant to Section 4.07 and any Gain-on-Sale Proceeds allocable to the Serviced Companion Loans pursuant to Section 4.01(d)(i)), the Master Servicer shall pay to the Certificate Administrator (in respect of the Mortgage Loan) or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (in respect of the Serviced Companion Loan), for the account of the Certificate Administrator (in respect of the Mortgage Loan) or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (in respect of the Serviced Companion Loans), interest, calculated at the Prime Rate, on such amount(s) not timely remitted, from the time such payment was required to be made (without regard to any grace period) until (but not including) the date such late payment is received by the Certificate Administrator or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as applicable.

 

(c)          On each Master Servicer Remittance Date, all net income and gain realized from investment of funds to which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is entitled pursuant to Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement shall be subject to withdrawal by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable.

 

(d)          With respect to the Serviced Whole Loans, if amounts required to pay the expenses allocable to any related Serviced Companion Loan exceed amounts on deposit in the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, may seek reimbursement from the Trust Fund with respect to such expenses allocable to such Serviced Companion Loan. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall seek (on behalf of the Trust Fund, subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement) payment or reimbursement from the holder of the related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, if any, and then for the pro rata portion of such expenses allocable to a related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan from the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or, if such Serviced Companion Loan has been deposited into a securitization, out of general collections in the collection account established pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

(e)          If any Loss of Value Payments are deposited into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund with respect to any Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property, then the Special Servicer shall upon written direction from the Master Servicer (provided that, (1) with respect to clause (iv) below, the Special Servicer shall have provided notice to the Master Servicer of the occurrence of such liquidation event and (2) with respect to clause (v) below, the Certificate Administrator shall have provided the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with five Business Days’ prior notice of such final Distribution Date), transfer such Loss of Value Payments (up to the remaining portion thereof) from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account for the following purposes:

 

(i)           to reimburse the Master Servicer or the Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement, for any Nonrecoverable Advance made by such party with respect to such Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property (together with the Advance Interest Amount);

 

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(ii)          to pay, in accordance with Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement, or to reimburse the Trust for the prior payment of, any expense relating to such Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property that constitutes or, if not paid out of such Loss of Value Payments, would constitute an Additional Trust Fund Expense;

 

(iii)         to offset any portion of Realized Losses that are attributable to such Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, as the case may be (as calculated without regard to the application of such Loss of Value Payments), incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan or any related successor REO Loan;

 

(iv)         following the occurrence of a liquidation event with respect to such Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property and any related transfers from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund with respect to the items contemplated by the immediately preceding clauses (i)-(iii) as to such Mortgage Loan, to cover the items contemplated by the immediately preceding clauses (i)-(iii) in respect of any other Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan; and

 

(v)          On the final Distribution Date after all distributions have been made as set forth in clauses (i)-(iv) above, to each Mortgage Loan Seller, its pro rata share, based on the amount that it contributed, net of any amount contributed by such Mortgage Loan Seller that was used pursuant to clauses (i)-(iii) to offset any portion of Realized Losses, that are attributable to such Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, Additional Trust Fund Expenses or any Nonrecoverable Advances incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan related to such contribution.

 

Any Loss of Value Payments transferred to the Collection Account pursuant to clauses (i)-(iii) of the prior paragraph shall be treated as Liquidation Proceeds received by the Trust in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or any successor REO Loan with respect thereto for which such Loss of Value Payments were received; and any Loss of Value Payments transferred to the Collection Account pursuant to clause (iv) of the prior paragraph shall be treated as Liquidation Proceeds received by the Trust in respect of the Mortgage Loan or REO Loan for which such Loss of Value Payments are being transferred to the Collection Account to cover an item contemplated by clauses (i)-(iv) of the prior paragraph.

 

(f)           The Certificate Administrator may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Lower-Tier Distribution Account for any of the following purposes (the order set forth below shall not indicate any order of priority), in each case to the extent not previously paid from the Collection Account:

 

(i)           to make deposits of the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount and the amount of any Prepayment Premium and Yield Maintenance Charges distributable pursuant to Section 4.01(a) of this Agreement in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account, and to make distributions on the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LTR Interest pursuant to Section 4.01(a) of this Agreement;

 

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(ii)          to pay itself, the Trustee and the Custodian respective portions of any accrued but unpaid Trustee/Certificate Administrator Fees;

 

(iii)         to pay itself an amount equal to all net income and gain realized from investment of funds in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement;

 

(iv)         to pay to itself, the Trustee, the Custodian or any of their directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents, as the case may be, any amounts payable or reimbursable to any such Person pursuant to Section 8.05(b), Section 8.05(c) and Section 8.05(d) of this Agreement;

 

(v)          to recoup any amounts deposited in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account in error; and

 

(vi)         to clear and terminate the Lower-Tier Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement.

 

(g)          The Certificate Administrator may make withdrawals from the Upper-Tier Distribution Account for any of the following purposes:

 

(i)           to make distributions to Certificateholders (other than Holders of the Class S Certificates) on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(b) or Section 9.01 of this Agreement (in the case of Holders of the Class R Certificates, in respect of the Class UTR Interest), as applicable;

 

(ii)          to make distributions to Holders of the Class R Certificates, in respect of the Class UTR Interest, pursuant to Section 4.01(b) or Section 9.01 of this Agreement;

 

(iii)         to recoup any amounts deposited in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account in error; and

 

(iv)         to clear and terminate the Upper-Tier Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.07        Investment of Funds in the Collection Accounts, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the REO Account, the Lock-Box Accounts, the Cash Collateral Accounts and the Reserve Accounts. (a)  The Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account, and any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and any Borrower Accounts (as defined below and subject to the second succeeding sentence)), the Special Servicer (with respect to any REO Account and any Loss of Value Reserve Fund) and the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account and the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account) may direct any depository institution maintaining the Collection Account, any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, any Borrower Accounts, any REO Account, any Loss of Value Reserve Fund, the Interest Reserve Account and

 

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the Distribution Accounts (each such account, for purposes of this Section 3.07, an “Investment Account”), to invest the funds in such Investment Account in one or more Permitted Investments that bear interest or are sold at a discount, and that mature, unless payable on demand, no later than the Business Day preceding the date on which such funds are required to be withdrawn from such Investment Account pursuant to this Agreement. Any investment of funds on deposit in an Investment Account by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator shall be documented in writing and shall provide evidence that such investment is a Permitted Investment which matures at or prior to the time required hereby or is payable on demand. In the case of any Escrow Account, Lock-Box Account, Cash Collateral Account or Reserve Account (the “Borrower Accounts”), the Master Servicer shall act upon the written request of the related Borrower or Manager to the extent that the Master Servicer is required to do so under the terms of the respective Loan Documents, provided that in the absence of appropriate written instructions from the related Borrower or Manager meeting the requirements of this Section 3.07, the Master Servicer shall have no obligation to, but will be entitled to, direct the investment of funds in such accounts in Permitted Investments. All such Permitted Investments shall be held to maturity, unless payable on demand. Any investment of funds in an Investment Account shall be made in the name of the Trustee (in its capacity as such) or in the name of a nominee of the Trustee. The Certificate Administrator shall have sole control (except with respect to investment direction which shall be in the control of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, with respect to any REO Accounts, as an independent contractor to the Trust Fund) over each such investment and any certificate or other instrument evidencing any such investment shall be delivered directly to the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which shall initially be the Master Servicer), together with any document of transfer, if any, necessary to transfer title to such investment to the Trustee or its nominee. Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability with respect to the investment directions of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Borrower or Manager or any losses resulting therefrom, whether from Permitted Investments or otherwise. The Master Servicer shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to the investment directions of the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, any Borrower or Manager or any losses resulting therefrom, whether from Permitted Investments or otherwise. The Special Servicer shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to the investment directions of the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, any Borrower or Manager or any losses resulting therefrom, whether from Permitted Investments or otherwise. In the event amounts on deposit in an Investment Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment payable on demand, the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable) shall:

 

(x)          consistent with any notice required to be given thereunder, demand that payment thereon be made on the last day such Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) all amounts then payable thereunder and (2) the amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and

 

(y)          demand payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly upon determination by the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable) that such Permitted Investment would not constitute a

 

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Permitted Investment in respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the related Investment Account.

 

(b)          All income and gain realized from investment of funds deposited in any Investment Account shall be for the benefit of the Master Servicer (except with respect to the investment of funds deposited in (i) any Borrower Account, which shall be for the benefit of the related Borrower to the extent required under the related Loan Documents for the Mortgage Loan or applicable law, (ii) any REO Account and the Loss of Value Reserve Fund, which shall be for the benefit of the Special Servicer or (iii) the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Distribution Accounts, which shall be for the benefit of the Certificate Administrator) and, if held in the Collection Account, any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, REO Account or Distribution Account shall be subject to withdrawal by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, in accordance with Section 3.06 or Section 3.15(b) of this Agreement, as applicable. The Master Servicer, or with respect to any REO Account or Loss of Value Reserve Fund, the Special Servicer, or with respect to the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account or the Distribution Accounts, the Certificate Administrator, shall deposit from its own funds into the Collection Account, applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, any REO Account or Loss of Value Reserve Fund, the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account or the Distribution Accounts, as applicable, the amount of any loss incurred in respect of any such Permitted Investment immediately upon realization of such loss; provided, that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, may reduce the amount of such payment to the extent it forgoes any investment income in such Investment Account otherwise payable to it. The Master Servicer shall also deposit from its own funds in any Borrower Account immediately upon realization of such loss the amount of any loss incurred in respect of Permitted Investments, except to the extent that amounts are invested at the direction of or for the benefit of the Borrower under the terms of the related Loan Documents for the Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or applicable law; provided that neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be required to deposit any loss on an investment of funds in an Investment Account if such loss is incurred solely as a result of the insolvency of the federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company that holds such Investment Account, so long as such depository institution or trust company has satisfied the qualifications set forth in the definition of Eligible Account both (x) at the time the investment was made and (y) 30 days prior to such insolvency.

 

(c)          Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance required under any Permitted Investment, in either case as a result of an action or inaction of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, the Trustee may, and upon the request of Holders of Certificates entitled to a majority of the Voting Rights allocated to any Class shall, take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings. If the Trustee takes any such action, (i) the Master Servicer, if such Permitted Investment was for the benefit of the Master Servicer, (ii) the Special Servicer, if such Permitted Investment was for the benefit of the Special Servicer or (iii) the Certificate Administrator, if such Permitted Investment was for the benefit of the Certificate Administrator, shall pay or

 

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reimburse the Trustee for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in connection therewith.

 

Section 3.08        Maintenance of Insurance Policies and Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage. (a)  In the case of each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loans (but excluding any REO Loan), the Master Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the related Borrower, with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans that it is servicing, to maintain the following insurance coverage (including identifying the extent to which such Borrower is maintaining insurance coverage and, if such Borrower does not so maintain, the Master Servicer will itself cause to be maintained with Qualified Insurers) for the related Mortgaged Property: (x) except where the Loan Documents permit a Borrower to rely on self-insurance provided by a tenant, a fire and casualty extended coverage insurance policy, which does not provide for reduction due to depreciation, in an amount that is at least equal to the lesser of (i) the full replacement cost of improvements securing such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and (ii) the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, but, in any event, in an amount sufficient to avoid the application of any co-insurance clause and (y) all other insurance coverage (including, but not limited to, coverage for acts of terrorism) that is required, subject to applicable law, under the related Loan Documents; provided, that:

 

(i)           the Master Servicer shall not be required to maintain any earthquake or environmental insurance policy on any Mortgaged Property unless the Trustee has an insurable interest and (x) such insurance policy was in effect at the time of the origination of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, or (y) such insurance policy was required by the related Loan Documents and is available at commercially reasonable rates, provided that the Master Servicer shall require the related Borrower to maintain such insurance in the amount, in the case of clause (x), maintained at origination, and in the case of clause (y), required by such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, in each case, to the extent such amounts are available at commercially reasonable rates and to the extent the Trustee has an insurable interest;

 

(ii)          if and to the extent that any Loan Document grants the lender thereunder any discretion (by way of consent, approval or otherwise) as to the insurance provider from whom the related Borrower is to obtain the requisite insurance coverage, the Master Servicer shall (to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard) require the related Borrower to obtain the requisite insurance coverage from Qualified Insurers;

 

(iii)         the Master Servicer shall have no obligation beyond using its reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause any Borrower to maintain the insurance required to be maintained under the Loan Documents; provided, that this clause shall not limit the Master Servicer’s obligation to obtain and maintain a force-placed insurance policy, as provided herein;

 

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(iv)         except as provided below (including under clause (vi) below), in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to cause the Borrower to maintain, or itself obtain, insurance coverage to the extent that the failure of such Borrower to maintain insurance coverage is an Acceptable Insurance Default (as determined by the Special Servicer);

 

(v)          to the extent that the Master Servicer itself is required to maintain insurance that the Borrower does not maintain, the Master Servicer will not be required to maintain insurance other than what is available to the Master Servicer on a force-placed basis at commercially reasonable rates, and only to the extent the Trust as lender has an insurable interest thereon; and

 

(vi)         any explicit terrorism insurance requirements contained in the related Loan Documents shall be enforced by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard (unless the Special Servicer with the consent of, if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder, and after consultation with the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 6.07, has consented to a waiver (including a waiver to permit the Master Servicer to accept insurance that does not comply with specific requirements contained in the Loan Documents) in writing of that provision in accordance with the Servicing Standard); provided that the Special Servicer shall promptly notify the Master Servicer in writing of such waiver.

 

The Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Directing Holder if the Master Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that a Borrower under a Serviced Mortgage Loan has failed to maintain insurance required under the Loan Documents and such failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders or if a Borrower under a Serviced Mortgage Loan has notified the Master Servicer in writing that the Borrower does not intend to maintain such insurance and that the Master Servicer has determined in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such failure materially and adversely affects the interests of the Certificateholders.

 

Subject to Section 3.15(b) of this Agreement, with respect to each Serviced REO Property, the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts and only if the Trustee has an insurable interest, consistent with the Servicing Standard, to maintain (subject to the right of the Special Servicer to direct the Master Servicer to make a Servicing Advance for the costs associated with coverage that the Special Servicer determines to maintain, in which case the Master Servicer shall make such Servicing Advance) with Qualified Insurers to the extent reasonably available at commercially reasonable rates and to the extent the Trustee has an insurable interest, (a) a fire and casualty extended coverage insurance policy, which does not provide for reduction due to depreciation, in an amount that is at least equal to the lesser of the full replacement value of the Mortgaged Property or the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan, Serviced REO Loan or the Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable (or such greater amount of coverage required by the related Loan Documents (unless such amount is not available or, if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder has consented to a lower amount)), but, in any event, in an amount sufficient to avoid the

 

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application of any co-insurance clause, (b) a comprehensive general liability insurance policy with coverage comparable to that which would be required under prudent lending requirements and in an amount not less than $1.0 million per occurrence, and (c) to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, a business interruption or rental loss insurance covering revenues or rents for a period of at least 12 months; provided, that the Special Servicer shall not be required in any event to maintain or obtain insurance coverage described in this paragraph beyond what is reasonably available at a commercially reasonable rate and consistent with the Servicing Standard.

 

All such insurance policies maintained as described above shall contain (if they insure against loss to property) a “standard” mortgagee clause, with loss payable to the Master Servicer (on behalf of the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders and, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), or shall name the Trustee as the insured, with loss payable to the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trustee (on behalf of Certificateholders and, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders) (in the case of insurance maintained in respect of an REO Property). Any amounts collected by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, under any such policies (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property or amounts to be released to the related Borrower, in each case in accordance with the Servicing Standard) shall be deposited in the Collection Account (or, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account), subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement, in the case of amounts received in respect of a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, or in the applicable REO Account of the Special Servicer, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.15 of this Agreement, in the case of amounts received in respect of a Serviced REO Property. Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in maintaining any such insurance shall not, for purposes hereof, including calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan so permit; provided, that this sentence shall not limit the rights of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust Fund to enforce any obligations of the related Borrower under such Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan. Any costs incurred by the Master Servicer in maintaining any such insurance policies in respect of the Mortgage Loans or Specially Serviced Loans (other than REO Properties) (i) if the Borrower defaults on its obligation to do so, shall be advanced by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance and will be charged to the related Borrower and (ii) shall not, for purposes of calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan so permit. Any cost incurred by the Special Servicer in maintaining any such insurance policies with respect to Serviced REO Properties shall be an expense of the Trust Fund (and in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement) payable out of the related REO Account (or Serviced Whole Loan REO Account, as applicable) or, if the amount on deposit therein is insufficient therefor, advanced by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance (or paid

 

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from the Collection Account if the Master Servicer determines such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, subject to Section 3.21(d) of this Agreement).

 

(b)          If either:

 

(x) the Master Servicer or Special Servicer obtains and maintains, or causes to be obtained and maintained, a blanket policy or master force-placed policy insuring against hazard losses on all of the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Mortgage Loans or Serviced REO Properties, as applicable, then, to the extent such policy

 

(i)            is obtained from a Qualified Insurer, and

 

(ii)           provides protection equivalent to the individual policies otherwise required, or

 

(y) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (or, in each case, its corporate parent), as applicable, has long-term unsecured debt obligations or deposit accounts that are rated not lower than “A2” by Moody’s, “A-” by Fitch and “A (low)” by DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by at least any one other NRSRO (which may include Moody’s and/or Fitch)), and the Master Servicer or Special Servicer self-insures for its obligation to maintain the individual policies otherwise required,

 

then the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to cause hazard insurance to be maintained on the related Mortgaged Properties or Serviced REO Properties, as applicable.

 

Such a blanket or master force-placed policy may contain a deductible clause (not in excess of a customary amount), in which case the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, that maintains such policy shall, if there shall not have been maintained on any Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property thereunder a hazard insurance policy complying with the requirements of Section 3.08(a) of this Agreement, and there shall have been one or more losses that would have been covered by such an individual policy, promptly deposit into the Collection Account (or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, in the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account), from its own funds, the amount not otherwise payable under the blanket or master force-placed policy in connection with such loss or losses because of such deductible clause to the extent that any such deductible exceeds the deductible limitation that pertained to the related Mortgage Loan or the related Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable (or, in the absence of any such deductible limitation, the deductible limitation for an individual policy which is consistent with the Servicing Standard). The Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall prepare and present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee, Certificateholders and, if applicable the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, claims under any such blanket or master force-placed policy maintained by it in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such policy. If the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, causes any Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property to be

 

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covered by such “force-placed” insurance policy, the incremental costs of such insurance applicable to such Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property (i.e., other than any minimum or standby premium payable for such policy whether or not any Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property is covered thereby) shall be paid as a Servicing Advance.

 

(c)          With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan that is subject to an Environmental Insurance Policy, if the Master Servicer has actual knowledge of any event giving rise to a claim under an Environmental Insurance Policy, the Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer to such effect and the Master Servicer shall take reasonable actions as are in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the terms and conditions of such Environmental Insurance Policy to make a claim thereunder and achieve the payment of all amounts to which the Trust is entitled thereunder. With respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Property that is subject to an Environmental Insurance Policy, if the Special Servicer has actual knowledge of any event giving rise to a claim under an Environmental Insurance Policy, such Special Servicer shall take reasonable actions as are in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the terms and conditions of such Environmental Insurance Policy to make a claim thereunder and achieve the payment of all amounts to which the Trust, on behalf of the Certificateholders and, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (giving due regard to the junior nature of the related Subordinate Companion Loan, if any), is entitled thereunder. Any legal fees or other out-of-pocket costs incurred in accordance with the Servicing Standard in connection with any claim under an Environmental Insurance Policy described above (whether by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer) shall be paid by, and reimbursable to, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as a Servicing Advance.

 

(d)          The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall at all times during the term of this Agreement (or, in the case of the Special Servicer, at all times during the term of this Agreement during which Specially Serviced Loans and/or Serviced REO Properties as to which it is the Special Servicer are included in the Trust Fund) keep in force with a Qualified Insurer, a fidelity bond in such form and amount as are consistent with the Servicing Standard. The Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be deemed to have complied with the foregoing provision if an Affiliate thereof has such fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such fidelity bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as the case may be. Such fidelity bond shall provide that it may not be canceled without ten days’ prior written notice to the Trustee. So long as the long-term unsecured debt obligations or deposit accounts of the Master Servicer (or its corporate parent if such insurance is guaranteed by its parent) or the Special Servicer (or its corporate parent), as applicable, are rated not lower than “A2” by Moody’s, “A-” by Fitch and “A (low)” by DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by at least any one other NRSRO (which may include Moody’s and/or Fitch)), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may self-insure with respect to the fidelity bond coverage required as described above, in which case it shall not be required to maintain an insurance policy with respect to such coverage.

 

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this Agreement during which Specially Serviced Loans and/or Serviced REO Properties exist as part of the Trust Fund) also keep in force with a Qualified Insurer a policy or policies of insurance covering loss occasioned by the errors and omissions of its officers and employees in connection with their servicing obligations hereunder, which policy or policies shall be in such form and amount as are consistent with the Servicing Standard. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be deemed to have complied with the foregoing provisions if an Affiliate thereof has such insurance and, by the terms of such policy or policies, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be. Any such errors and omissions policy shall provide that it may not be canceled without ten days’ prior written notice to the Trustee. So long as the long-term unsecured debt obligations or deposit accounts of the Master Servicer (or its corporate parent if such insurance is guaranteed by its parent) or the Special Servicer (or its corporate parent), as applicable, are rated not lower than “A2” by Moody’s, “A-” by Fitch and “A (low)” by DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by (A) at least any two other NRSROs (which may include Moody’s and/or Fitch), or (B) one NRSRO (which may include Moody’s and/or Fitch) and A.M. Best Company), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may self-insure with respect to the errors and omissions coverage required as described above, in which case it shall not be required to maintain an insurance policy with respect to such coverage.

 

(e)          The Operating Advisor shall obtain and maintain at its own expense and keep in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement an “errors and omissions” insurance policy, with a Qualified Insurer, covering losses that may be sustained as a result of an officer’s or employee’s errors or omissions.

 

Section 3.09        Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements; Defeasance Provisions. (a) If any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan contains a provision in the nature of a “due-on-sale” clause (including, without limitation, sales or transfers of Mortgaged Properties (in full or part) or the sale, transfer, pledge or hypothecation of direct or indirect interests in the Borrower or its owners), which by its terms:

 

(i)           provides that such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan will (or may at the mortgagee’s option) become due and payable upon the sale or other transfer of an interest in the related Mortgaged Property (including, without limitation, the sale, transfer, pledge or hypothecation of direct or indirect interests in the Borrower or its owners),

 

(ii)          provides that such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan may not be assumed without the consent of the related mortgagee in connection with any such sale or other transfer, or

 

(iii)         provides that such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan may be assumed or transferred without the consent of the mortgagee, provided certain conditions set forth in the Loan Documents are satisfied,

 

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then, for so long as such Serviced Mortgage Loan is included in the Trust Fund, subject to the rights of the Directing Holder and Section 3.25, the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund, shall not be required to enforce any such due-on-sale clauses and in connection therewith shall not be required to (x) accelerate payments thereon or (y) withhold its consent to such an assumption if (1) such provision is not exercisable under applicable law or if the Special Servicer determines, subject to the rights of the Directing Holder, that the enforcement of such provision is reasonably likely to result in meritorious legal action by the Borrower or (2) the Special Servicer determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard and subject to the rights of the Directing Holder, that granting such consent would be likely to result in a greater recovery, on a present value basis (discounting at the related Calculation Rate), than would enforcement of such clause. The Special Servicer (other than with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan involving a Master Servicer Non-Major Decision or a Master Servicer Major Decision) shall be responsible for determining whether (i) to enforce any such due-on-sale clauses or (ii) to provide its consent to such an assumption, and for the handling of all related processing and documentation, or, if mutually agreed to by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (or if the related Mortgage Loan is a PrinREI Serviced Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer shall process such request subject to the consent of the Special Servicer. If the Special Servicer determines that (A) granting such consent would be likely to result in a greater recovery, (B) such provision is not legally enforceable, or (C) that the conditions described in clause (a)(iii) above relating to the assumption or transfer of a related Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan have been satisfied, the Special Servicer is authorized to take or enter into an assumption agreement from or with the Person to whom the related Mortgaged Property has been or is about to be conveyed, and to release the original Borrower from liability upon such Mortgage Loan and substitute the new Borrower as obligor thereon, provided that (a) the credit status of the prospective new Borrower is in compliance with the Servicing Standard and the terms of the related Mortgage and (b) the Special Servicer has obtained (in accordance with Section 3.30) a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any, in the case of any such Mortgage Loan that (1) represents more than 5% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then outstanding and has a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000, (2) has a Stated Principal Balance that is more than $35,000,000, (3) represents one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans or groups of cross-collateralized Mortgage Loans based on Stated Principal Balance and has a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000 or (4) is a Mortgage Loan as to which the related Serviced Companion Loan (A) represents one of the ten largest mortgage loans in the related Other Securitization based on outstanding principal balance and has an outstanding principal balance of at least $10,000,000, (B) represents more than 5% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loans then outstanding in the related Other Securitization and has an outstanding principal balance of at least $10,000,000 or (C) has an outstanding principal balance that is more than $35,000,000 (provided, that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be entitled to request and reasonably rely upon the written notification provided by the master servicer, special servicer, trustee or certificate administrator of the applicable Other Securitization as to whether any condition in clause (4)(A) or (B) is met, or if no timely response is received, entitled to reasonably rely on the most recent CREFC® reports related to the

 

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applicable Other Securitization); and provided, further that no such Rating Agency Confirmation will be required if such Mortgage Loan does not meet any of the criteria set forth in subclauses (1), (2), (3) or (4). In addition, with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, the Special Servicer shall not waive any rights under a due on sale clause unless it first obtains a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan Securities. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to rely on the master servicer and/or the special servicer of the Other Securitization to determine whether a Rating Agency Confirmation is required with respect to the Serviced Companion Loans under the Other Securitization. In connection with each such assumption or substitution entered into by the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer shall give prior notice thereof to the Master Servicer. The Special Servicer shall notify the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Holder and the Master Servicer that any such assumption or substitution agreement has been completed by forwarding to the Custodian (with a copy to the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Directing Holder, as applicable) the original copy of such agreement, which copies shall be added to the related Mortgage File and shall, for all purposes, be considered a part of such Mortgage File to the same extent as all other documents and instruments constituting a part thereof. To the extent not precluded by the Loan Documents, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not approve an assumption or substitution without requiring the related Borrower to pay any fees owed to the Rating Agencies associated with the approval of such assumption or substitution. However, if the related Borrower is required but fails to pay such fees, such fees shall be an expense of the Trust Fund (and in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement); provided that in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan the Master Servicer (if such Serviced Whole Loan is a Performing Loan) or the Special Servicer (if such Serviced Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan) shall be required, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, to (i) promptly notify the holder of the related Companion Loan and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust Fund the rights of the Trust Fund under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loan from the holders of such Serviced Companion Loan.

 

The Master Servicer (with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan involving a Master Servicer Non-Major Decision or a Master Servicer Major Decision) shall be responsible for processing any such transaction without the consent or approval of the Special Servicer; provided, however, if such transaction is a Master Servicer Major Decision, the Master Servicer shall be required to obtain the consent of the Directing Holder pursuant to Section 6.07(a) of this Agreement and consult with the Operating Advisor to the extent required by Section 6.07(b) of this Agreement. In connection with such processing, the Master Servicer will be required to receive a Rating Agency Confirmation (and, if the affected Mortgage Loan is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any commercial mortgage pass-through certificates backed by any related Serviced Companion Loan) from each Rating Agency with respect to any Mortgage Loan that (A) represents more than 5% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then outstanding and has a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000, (B) has a Stated Principal Balance that is more than $35,000,000, (C) represents one of the 10 largest Mortgage Loans based on Stated Principal Balance and has a

 

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Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000 or (D) is a Mortgage Loan as to which the related Serviced Companion Loan (1) represents one of the 10 largest mortgage loans in the related Other Securitization based on outstanding principal balance and has an outstanding principal balance of at least $10,000,000, (2) represents more than 5% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loans then outstanding in the related Other Securitization and has an outstanding principal balance of at least $10,000,000 or (3) has an outstanding principal balance that is more than $35,000,000 (provided, that the Master Servicer shall be entitled to request and reasonably rely upon the written notification provided by master servicer, special servicer, trustee or certificate administrator of the applicable Other Securitization as to whether any condition in clause (D)(1) or (2) is met, or if no timely response is received, entitled to reasonably rely on the most recent CREFC® reports related to the applicable Other Securitization).

 

(b)          If any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan contains a provision in the nature of a “due-on-encumbrance” clause, which by its terms:

 

(i)           provides that such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan shall (or may at the mortgagee’s option) become due and payable upon the creation of any lien or other encumbrance on the related Mortgaged Property or any direct or indirect ownership interest in the borrower (including, unless specifically permitted, any mezzanine financing of the Borrower or the Mortgaged Property or any sale or transfer of preferred equity in the Borrower or its owners),

 

(ii)          requires the consent of the related mortgagee to the creation of any such lien or other encumbrance on the related Mortgaged Property (including, without limitation, any mezzanine financing of the Borrower or the Mortgaged Property or any sale or transfer of preferred equity in the Borrower or its owners), or

 

(iii)           provides that such Mortgaged Property may be further encumbered without the consent of the mortgagee (including, without limitation, any mezzanine financing of the Borrower or the Mortgaged Property or any sale or transfer of preferred equity in the Borrower or its owners), provided certain conditions set forth in the Loan Documents are satisfied,

 

then, subject to Section 3.25, the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund, shall not be required to enforce such due-on-encumbrance clauses and in connection therewith, will not be required to (i) accelerate the payments on the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or (ii) withhold its consent to such lien or encumbrance, if the Special Servicer, subject to the rights of the Directing Holder, (x) determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such enforcement would not be in the best interests of the Trust Fund or the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable (giving due regard to the junior nature of the related Subordinate Companion Loan, if any), or that in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan described in clause (b)(iii) above that the conditions to further encumbrance have been satisfied and (y) as to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, has obtained (in accordance with Section 3.30) a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating

 

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Agency in the case of any such Mortgage Loan that (1) represents more than 2% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then outstanding, (2) has a Stated Principal Balance that is more than $20,000,000, (3) represents one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans or groups of cross-collateralized Mortgage Loans based on Stated Principal Balance, (4) has an aggregate loan-to-value ratio (including any existing and proposed additional debt) that is equal to or greater than 85%, (5) has an aggregate Debt Service Coverage Ratio (in each case, determined based upon the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan, any existing additional debt and the principal amount of the proposed additional lien) that is less than 1.20x or (6) is a Mortgage Loan as to which the related Serviced Companion Loan (A) represents one of the ten largest mortgage loans in the related Other Securitization based on outstanding principal balance, (B) represents more than 2% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loans then outstanding in the related Other Securitization or (C) has an outstanding principal balance that is more than $20,000,000 (provided, that the Special Servicer shall be entitled to request and reasonably rely upon the written notification provided by the master servicer, special servicer, trustee or certificate administrator of the applicable Other Securitization as to whether any condition in clause (6)(A) or (B) is met, or if no timely response is received, entitled to reasonably rely on the most recent CREFC® reports related to the applicable Other Securitization); provided that with respect to clauses (1), (3), (4) and (5), such Mortgage Loan shall have a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000 for the requirement of a Rating Agency Confirmation to apply; and provided, further that no such Rating Agency Confirmation will be required if such Mortgage Loan does not meet any of the criteria set forth in subclauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6). In addition, with respect to each Serviced Companion Loan, the Special Servicer shall not waive any rights under a due-on-encumbrance clause unless it first obtains a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan Securities. To the extent not precluded by the Loan Documents, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not approve an assumption or substitution without requiring the related Borrower to pay any fees owed to the Rating Agencies associated with the approval of such lien or encumbrance. However, if the related Borrower is required but fails to pay such fees, such fees shall be an expense of the Trust Fund; provided that in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan the Master Servicer (if such Serviced Whole Loan is a Performing Loan) or the Special Servicer (if such Serviced Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan) shall be required, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, to (i) promptly notify the holder of the related Companion Loan and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust Fund the rights of the Trust Fund under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the holders of such Serviced Companion Loans. The Special Servicer (other than with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan involving a Master Servicer Non-Major Decision or a Master Servicer Major Decision) shall be responsible for determining whether (i) to enforce any such due-on-encumbrance clauses or (ii) to provide its consent to such a lien or due-on-encumbrance, and for the handling of all related processing and documentation or, if mutually agreed to by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (or if the related Mortgage Loan is a PrinREI Serviced Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer shall be required to process such request subject to the consent of the Special Servicer.

 

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The Master Servicer (with respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan involving a Master Servicer Non-Major Decision or a Master Servicer Major Decision) shall be responsible for processing any such transaction without the consent or approval of the Special Servicer; provided, however, if such transaction is a Master Servicer Major Decision, the Master Servicer shall be required to obtain the consent of the Directing Holder pursuant to Section 6.07(a) of this Agreement and consult with the Operating Advisor to the extent required by Section 6.07(b) of this Agreement. In connection with such action, the Master Servicer will be required to receive a prior Rating Agency Confirmation (including a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any commercial mortgage pass-through certificates backed by any related Serviced Companion Loan) from each Rating Agency with respect to any Mortgage Loan that (A) represents more than 2% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then outstanding and has a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000, (B) has a Stated Principal Balance that is more than $20,000,000, (C) represents one of the 10 largest Mortgage Loans based on Stated Principal Balance and has a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000, (D) has an aggregate loan-to-value ratio (including any existing and proposed additional debt) that is equal to or greater than 85%, (E) has an aggregate Debt Service Coverage Ratio (in each case, determined based upon the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan, any existing additional debt and the principal amount of the proposed additional lien) that is less than 1.20x, or (F) is a Mortgage Loan as to which the related Serviced Companion Loan (1) represents one of the 10 largest mortgage loans in the related Other Securitization, (2) represents more than 2% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the mortgage loans then outstanding in the related Other Securitization or (3) has an outstanding principal balance that is more than $20,000,000 (provided, that the Master Servicer shall be entitled to request and reasonably rely upon the written notification provided by the master servicer, special servicer, trustee or certificate administrator of the applicable Other Securitization as to whether any condition in clause (F)(1) or (2) is met, or if no timely response is received, entitled to reasonably rely on the most recent CREFC® reports related to the applicable Other Securitization); provided that with respect to clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E), such Mortgage Loan must also have a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000 for the requirement of a Rating Agency Confirmation to apply.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to other conditions contained in this Agreement regarding Rating Agency Confirmations, without any other approval, consent or consultation, (i) the Master Servicer may grant and process a Borrower’s request for any Master Servicer Non-Major Decision relating to a non-Specially Serviced Loan and (ii) the Special Servicer may grant and process a Borrower’s request for any matter relating to a Specially Serviced Loan that is not a Major Decision.

 

(c)          Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Special Servicer may not waive its rights or grant its consent under any “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause relating to any Mortgage Loan without, if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the consent of the Directing Holder. The Directing Holder shall have 10 Business Days (or longer period provided by the related Intercreditor Agreement) after receipt of notice along with the Special Servicer’s recommendation and analysis with respect to such waiver and any additional information the Directing Holder may reasonably request from

 

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the Special Servicer of a proposed waiver or consent under any “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause in which to grant or withhold its consent (provided that if the Special Servicer fails to receive a response to such notice from the Directing Holder in writing within such period, then the Directing Holder shall be deemed to have consented to such proposed waiver or consent).

 

(d)          The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide copies of any waivers it effects pursuant to Section 3.09(a) or (b) of this Agreement to the other party, the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such waivers to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement) and the related Other 17g-5 Information Provider (if any) with respect to each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan.

 

(e)          Nothing in this Section 3.09 shall constitute a waiver of the Trustee’s right, as the mortgagee of record, to receive notice of any assumption of a Mortgage Loan, any sale or other transfer of the related Mortgaged Property or the creation of any lien or other encumbrance with respect to such Mortgaged Property.

 

(f)           In connection with the taking of, or the failure to take, any action pursuant to this Section 3.09, the Special Servicer shall not agree to modify, waive or amend, and no assumption or substitution agreement entered into pursuant to Section 3.09(a) of this Agreement shall contain any terms that are different from, any term of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan or the related Mortgage Note, other than pursuant to Section 3.26 hereof, as applicable.

 

(g)          With respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan which permits release of Mortgaged Properties through defeasance:

 

(i)           Subject to the consent rights and processes set forth in Section 6.07 with respect to Major Decisions and Section 3.26(m) with respect to actions that are Special Servicer Major Decisions and Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions, the Master Servicer shall process all defeasances of Serviced Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans in accordance with the terms of the related Loan Documents, and shall be entitled to any defeasance fees paid relating thereto (provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any such defeasance fee shall not include the Special Servicer’s portion of any Modification Fees or waiver fees in connection with a defeasance that the Special Servicer is entitled to under this Agreement). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Master Servicer shall process such defeasances without the consent of the Special Servicer (or Directing Holder, if applicable), subject only to the Special Servicer’s consent rights (including any required Directing Holder approval of Special Servicer actions) with respect to any modification, waiver or amendment that constitutes a Special Servicer Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision.

 

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Servicer shall purchase, or shall cause the purchase of, such obligations on behalf of the Trust, at the related Borrower’s expense, in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan; provided that the Master Servicer shall not accept the amounts paid by the related Borrower to effect defeasance until acceptable government securities have been identified.

 

(iii)         To the extent not inconsistent with such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer shall require the related Borrower to provide an Opinion of Counsel (which shall be an expense of the related Borrower) to the effect that the Trustee has a first priority perfected security interest in the defeasance collateral (including the government securities) and the assignment of the defeasance collateral is valid and enforceable; such opinion, together with any other certificates or documents to be required in connection with such defeasance shall be in form and substance acceptable to each Rating Agency.

 

(iv)          To the extent not inconsistent with such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer shall require a certificate at the related Borrower’s expense from an Independent certified public accountant certifying to the effect that the government securities will provide cash flows sufficient to meet all payments of interest and principal (including payments at maturity) on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in compliance with the requirements of the terms of the related Loan Documents.

 

(v)          Prior to permitting the release of any Mortgaged Property through defeasance, the Master Servicer shall obtain, at the related Borrower’s expense, a Rating Agency Confirmation; provided, the Master Servicer shall not be required to obtain such Rating Agency Confirmation from any Rating Agency if such Mortgage Loan at the time of such defeasance is not (x) a Mortgage Loan that (together with any Mortgage Loans cross-collateralized with such Mortgage Loan) is one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans by Stated Principal Balance, (y) a Mortgage Loan with a Stated Principal Balance equal to or greater than $20,000,000 or (z) a Mortgage Loan that represents 5% or more of the Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans.

 

(vi)         Prior to permitting release of any Mortgaged Property through defeasance, the Master Servicer shall require an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such release will not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding or cause a tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund under the REMIC Provisions; provided that to the extent not inconsistent with the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the related Borrower shall pay the cost related to the Opinion of Counsel (and shall otherwise be a Servicing Advance).

 

(vii)        No defeasance shall occur on or prior to the second anniversary of the Startup Day of the Trust REMICs or in the case of any Companion Loan, the later of the second anniversary of the Startup Day of the Trust REMICs and the second anniversary of the startup day of any REMIC holding such Companion Loan.

 

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(viii)        The Trustee shall at the expense of the related Borrower (to the extent not inconsistent with the related Loan Documents) hold the U.S. government securities as pledgee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, and the Certificate Administrator shall apply payments of principal and interest received on the government obligations to the Collection Account (or Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account) in respect of the defeased Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan according to the payment schedule existing immediately prior to the defeasance.

 

(ix)          The Master Servicer shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, enforce provisions in the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing requiring Borrowers to pay all reasonable expenses associated with a defeasance.

 

(x)           To the extent not inconsistent with such Mortgage Loan, or to the extent the related Loan Documents provide the lender with discretion, the Master Servicer shall require a single purpose entity, formed solely for the purpose of owning and pledging the government securities related to one or more of the Mortgage Loans, to act as a successor borrower.

 

(xi)          The Master Servicer may accept as defeasance collateral of any “government security,” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation’s Section 1.860G-(2)(a)(8)(ii), notwithstanding any more restrictive requirements in the Loan Documents; provided, that the Master Servicer has received an Opinion of Counsel that acceptance of such defeasance collateral will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event.

 

(xii)         Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall charge a fee for defeasance in excess of that permitted under the Loan Documents in the event that the Loan Documents provide for such a fee limitation.

 

(h)           When the Special Servicer’s consent is requested under this Section 3.09, such consent shall be deemed given 15 Business Days (or such longer time period pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement but not less than five (5) Business Days after the time period set forth therein for Directing Holder approval) after receipt (unless earlier objected to) by the Special Servicer from the Master Servicer of the Master Servicer’s written analysis and recommendation with respect to such proposed action together with such other information reasonably requested by the Special Servicer.

 

Section 3.10        Appraisals; Realization upon Defaulted Loans. (a) Other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, contemporaneously with the earliest of (i) the effective date of any (A) modification of the Maturity Date or extended Maturity Date, a Mortgage Rate, principal balance or amortization terms of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any other term of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, (B) extension of the Maturity Date or extended Maturity Date of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as described below in Section 3.26 of this Agreement, or (C) consent to the release of any Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage other than pursuant to the terms

 

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of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, (ii) the occurrence of an Appraisal Reduction Event, (iii) a default in the payment of a Balloon Payment for which an extension is not granted, or (iv) the date on which the Special Servicer, consistent with the Servicing Standard, requests an Updated Valuation, the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an Updated Valuation (or a letter update for an existing appraisal which is less than two years old) within 60 days of such request, the cost of which shall constitute a Servicing Advance; provided, that the Special Servicer shall not be required to obtain an Updated Valuation pursuant to clauses (i) through (iv) above with respect to any Mortgaged Property for which there exists an Appraisal, Updated Appraisal or Small Loan Appraisal Estimate which is less than nine months old unless the Special Servicer has actual knowledge of a material adverse change in circumstances that, consistent with the Servicing Standard, would call into question the validity of such Appraisal, Updated Appraisal or Small Loan Appraisal Estimate. For so long as such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, (i) the Special Servicer shall, within 30 days of the end of each 9-month period following the related Appraisal Reduction Event, use commercially reasonable efforts to order an Appraisal (which may be an update of a prior Appraisal), the cost of which shall constitute a Servicing Advance and (ii) the Master Servicer shall recalculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount prior to the Special Servicer granting extensions beyond one year or any subsequent extension after granting a one year extension with respect to the same Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. Subject to any required consent from the Directing Holder and consultation with the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 6.07, nothing herein is intended to limit the Special Servicer’s ability to pursue multiple strategies contemporaneously if the Special Servicer deems such actions appropriate under the Servicing Standard. The Special Servicer shall update, in accordance with the timing described above, each Small Loan Appraisal Estimate or Updated Appraisal for so long as an Appraisal Reduction Event exists with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and the Master Servicer shall recalculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount based on such updated Small Loan Appraisal Estimate or Updated Appraisal and receipt of information reasonably requested by the Master Servicer from the Special Servicer to the extent such information is in the possession of the Special Servicer, reasonably necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount. The Special Servicer shall send all such letter updates and Updated Valuations to the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such materials to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and, for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder.

 

The Special Servicer shall monitor each Specially Serviced Loan, evaluate whether the causes of the default can be corrected over a reasonable period without significant impairment of the value of the related Mortgaged Property, initiate corrective action in cooperation with the Borrower if, in the Special Servicer’s judgment, cure is likely, and take such other actions (including without limitation, negotiating and accepting a discounted payoff of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan) as are consistent with the Servicing Standard. If, in the Special Servicer’s judgment, such corrective action has been unsuccessful, no satisfactory arrangement can be made for collection of delinquent payments, and the Specially Serviced Loan has not been released from the Trust Fund pursuant to any provision hereof, and except as

 

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otherwise specifically provided in Section 3.09(a) and 3.09(b) of this Agreement, the Special Servicer may, to the extent consistent with the Asset Status Report (and with the consent of the Directing Holder, if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) and with the Servicing Standard, accelerate such Specially Serviced Loan and commence a foreclosure or other acquisition with respect to the related Mortgaged Property or Properties, provided that the Special Servicer determines that such acceleration and foreclosure are more likely to produce a greater recovery to Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, constituted a single lender) (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan) on a present value basis (discounting at the related Calculation Rate) than would a waiver of such default or an extension or modification in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.26 hereof. In connection with causing the Trust to foreclose on collateral that consists of multiple properties held for sale to customers by the related Borrower (such as unsold condominium units in a single project), the Special Servicer directing such foreclosure shall consider the effect of the bidding price for the properties on the tax basis of such properties if such properties are likely to be treated in the hands of the Trust as properties held for sale to customers. The Master Servicer shall pay the costs and expenses in any such proceedings as a Servicing Advance unless the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines, in its good faith judgment, that such Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance; provided, if such Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance but the Special Servicer determines that such payment would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, as applicable, constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan) (with the Master Servicer required to conclusively rely upon any such determination by the Special Servicer), the Special Servicer shall direct the Master Servicer to make such payment from the Collection Account (or, if applicable, the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account), which payment shall be an Additional Trust Fund Expense. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely (and with respect to the Special Servicer, required to rely) upon any determination of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer that a Servicing Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Master Servicer does not make such Servicing Advance in violation of the second preceding sentence, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance, unless the Trustee determines that such Servicing Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. The Master Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement of Servicing Advances (with interest at the Reimbursement Rate) made pursuant to this paragraph to the extent permitted by Section 3.06 of this Agreement.

 

(b)          If the Special Servicer elects to proceed with a non-judicial foreclosure in accordance with the laws of the state where the Mortgaged Property is located, the Special Servicer shall not be required to pursue a deficiency judgment against the related Borrower or any other liable party if (i) the laws of the state do not permit such a deficiency judgment after a non-judicial foreclosure or (ii) if the Special Servicer determines, in its best judgment, that the

 

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likely recovery if a deficiency judgment is obtained will not be sufficient to warrant the cost, time, expense and/or exposure of pursuing the deficiency judgment and such determination is evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.

 

(c)          In the event that title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued to the Trustee (on behalf of the Trust Fund), or to its nominee (which shall not include the Special Servicer) or a separate Trustee or co-Trustee on behalf of the Trustee as Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, and the Certificateholders and, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders. Notwithstanding any such acquisition of title and cancellation of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, shall (except for purposes of Section 9.01 of this Agreement) be considered to be a Serviced REO Loan until such time as the related Serviced REO Property shall be sold by the Trust Fund and shall be reduced only by collections net of expenses. Consistent with the foregoing, for purposes of all calculations hereunder, so long as such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, shall be considered to be an outstanding Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable:

 

(i)           it shall be assumed that, notwithstanding that the indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage Note shall have been discharged, such Mortgage Note and, for purposes of determining the Stated Principal Balance thereof, the related amortization schedule in effect at the time of any such acquisition of title shall remain in effect; and

 

(ii)          subject to Section 1.02(g) of this Agreement, Net REO Proceeds received in any month shall be applied to amounts that would have been payable under the related Mortgage Note(s) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Note(s) and any applicable Intercreditor Agreement. In the absence of such terms, Net REO Proceeds shall, subject to Section 1.02(g) of this Agreement, be deemed to have been received first, in payment of the accrued interest that remained unpaid on the date that the related Serviced REO Property was acquired by the Trust Fund; second, in respect of the delinquent principal installments that remained unpaid on such date; and thereafter, Net REO Proceeds received in any month shall be applied to the payment of installments of principal and accrued interest on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, deemed to be due and payable in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Note(s) and such amortization schedule until such principal has been paid in full and then to other amounts due under such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable. If such Net REO Proceeds exceed the Periodic Payment then payable, the excess shall be treated as a Principal Prepayment received in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable.

 

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(d)          Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, the Special Servicer shall not acquire for the benefit of the Trust Fund any personal property pursuant to this Section 3.10 unless either:

 

(i)           such personal property is incident to real property (within the meaning of Section 856(e)(l) of the Code) so acquired by the Special Servicer for the benefit of the Trust Fund; or

 

(ii)          the Special Servicer shall have requested and received an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion shall be an expense of the Lower-Tier REMIC or Single Loan REMIC, if applicable) to the effect that the holding of such personal property by the Lower-Tier REMIC or Single Loan REMIC, if applicable, will not cause the imposition of a tax on any Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding (and such Opinion of Counsel may be premised on the designation hereby of any such personal property as being deemed part of an “outside reserve fund” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(h)) with the owner of such personal property for federal income tax purposes to be designated at such time).

 

(e)          Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall not, on behalf of the Trust Fund, obtain title to any direct or indirect partnership interest or other equity interest in any Borrower pledged pursuant to any pledge agreement unless the Special Servicer shall have requested and received an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion shall be an expense of the Trust Fund (and in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement)) to the effect that the holding of such partnership interest or other equity interest by the Trust Fund will not cause the imposition of a tax on any Trust REMIC under the REMIC Provisions or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificate is outstanding.

 

(f)          Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall not cause the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, to obtain title to a Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, to obtain title to any direct or indirect partnership interest in any Borrower pledged pursuant to a pledge agreement and thereby be the beneficial owner of a Mortgaged Property, have a receiver of rents appointed with respect to, and shall not otherwise cause the Trustee to acquire possession of, or take any other action with respect to, any Mortgaged Property if, as a result of any such action, the Trustee, for the Trust Fund, the Certificateholders or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, if applicable, would be considered to hold title to, to be a “mortgagee-in-possession” of, or to be an “owner” or “operator” of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time, or any comparable law, unless the Special Servicer has previously determined in accordance with the Servicing Standard, based on an updated environmental assessment report prepared by an Independent Person who regularly conducts environmental audits (which report

 

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shall be an expense of the Trust), performed within six months prior to any such acquisition of title or other action that:

 

(i)          such Mortgaged Property is in compliance with applicable environmental laws or, if not, after consultation with an environmental consultant, that it would be in the best economic interest of the Certificateholders (and with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan), to take such actions as are necessary to bring such Mortgaged Property in compliance therewith, and

 

(ii)         there are no circumstances present at such Mortgaged Property relating to the use, management or disposal of any Hazardous Materials for which investigation, testing, monitoring, containment, clean-up or remediation could be required under any currently effective federal, state or local law or regulation, or that, if any such Hazardous Materials are present for which such action could be required, after consultation with an environmental consultant, it would be in the best economic interest of the Certificateholders (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the Serviced Companion Loan holders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan holders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan), to take such actions with respect to the affected Mortgaged Property.

 

In the event that the environmental assessment first obtained by the Special Servicer with respect to a Mortgaged Property indicates that such Mortgaged Property may not be in compliance with applicable environmental laws or that Hazardous Materials may be present but does not definitively establish such fact, the Special Servicer shall cause such further environmental tests to be conducted by an Independent Person who regularly conducts such tests as the Special Servicer shall deem prudent to protect the interests of Certificateholders and, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders. Any such tests shall be deemed part of the environmental assessment obtained by the Special Servicer for purposes of this Section 3.10.

 

(g)         The environmental assessment contemplated by Section 3.10(f) of this Agreement shall be prepared within three months (or as soon thereafter as practicable) of the determination that such assessment is required by any Independent Person who regularly conducts environmental audits for purchasers of commercial property where the Mortgaged Property is located, as determined by the Special Servicer in a manner consistent with the Servicing Standard. Upon the written direction of the Special Servicer and delivery by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer of pertinent back-up information the Master Servicer shall advance the cost of preparation of such environmental assessments as a Servicing Advance unless the Master Servicer determines, in its good faith judgment, that such Servicing Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement of

 

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Servicing Advances (with interest at the Reimbursement Rate) made pursuant to the preceding sentence to the extent permitted by Section 3.06. The Special Servicer shall provide written reports and a copy of any environmental assessments in electronic format to the Directing Holder (if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such materials to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), monthly regarding any actions taken by the Special Servicer with respect to any Mortgaged Property securing a Defaulted Loan or defaulted Serviced Companion Loan as to which the environmental testing contemplated by Section 3.10(f) of this Agreement has revealed that either of the conditions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence thereof has not been satisfied, in each case until the earlier to occur of (i) satisfaction of both such conditions, (ii) repurchase of the related Mortgage Loan by the Mortgage Loan Seller or (iii) release of the lien of the related Mortgage on such Mortgaged Property.

 

(h)          If the Special Servicer determines pursuant to Section 3.10(f)(i) of this Agreement that a Mortgaged Property is not in compliance with applicable environmental laws but that it is in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund (and with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan), to take such actions as are necessary to bring such Mortgaged Property in compliance therewith, or if the Special Servicer determines pursuant to Section 3.10(f)(ii) of this Agreement that the circumstances referred to therein relating to Hazardous Materials are present but that it is in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund (and with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan), to take such action with respect to the containment, clean-up or remediation of Hazardous Materials affecting such Mortgaged Property as is required by law or regulation, the Special Servicer shall (with the consent of the Directing Holder (if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) take such action as it deems to be in the best economic interest of the Trust Fund (and with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan), but only if the Certificate Administrator has mailed notice to the Holders of the Regular Certificates and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of such proposed action, which notice shall be prepared by the Special Servicer at the reasonable and customary expense of the Trust Fund, and only if the Certificate Administrator does not receive, within 30 days of such notification, instructions from the Holders of Regular Certificates entitled to a majority of the Voting Rights and, with respect to Serviced Whole Loans, the applicable Serviced Companion Loan

 

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Noteholders directing the Special Servicer not to take such action. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Special Servicer reasonably determines that it is likely that within such 30-day period irreparable environmental harm to such Mortgaged Property would result from the presence of such Hazardous Materials and provides a prior written statement to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator setting forth the basis for such determination, then the Special Servicer may take or cause to be taken such action to remedy such condition as may be consistent with the Servicing Standard. None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall be obligated to take any action or not take any action pursuant to this Section 3.10(h) at the direction of the Certificateholders or with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, at the direction of the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders unless the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders agree to indemnify the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with respect to such action or inaction. The Master Servicer shall advance the cost of any such compliance, containment, clean-up or remediation as a Servicing Advance unless the Master Servicer determines, in its good faith judgment, that such Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. In the event that the Special Servicer seeks to obtain title to a Mortgaged Property on behalf of the Trust Fund and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder, the Special Servicer may, in its discretion, establish a single member limited liability company with the Trust Fund as the sole owner to hold title to such Mortgaged Property on behalf of the Trust Fund and any related Serviced Companion Loan Holder.

 

(i)          The Special Servicer shall notify the Master Servicer of any Mortgaged Property (other than a Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) which is abandoned or foreclosed that requires reporting to the IRS and shall provide the Master Servicer with all information regarding forgiveness of indebtedness and required to be reported with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan which is abandoned or foreclosed and the Master Servicer shall report to the IRS and the related Borrower, in the manner required by applicable law, such information and the Master Servicer shall report, via Form 1099C or Form 1099A, all forgiveness of indebtedness to the extent such information has been provided to the Master Servicer by the Special Servicer. The Master Servicer shall deliver a copy of any such report to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.

 

(j)          The costs of any Updated Valuation obtained pursuant to this Section 3.10 shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance and shall be reimbursable from the Collection Account or, with respect to the Serviced Whole Loans, first, from the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and second, to the extent amounts in the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts are insufficient therefor, from the Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.06(a); provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders.

 

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Section 3.11     Custodian to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files. Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, or the receipt by the Master Servicer of a notification that payment in full has been escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer shall immediately notify the Custodian by a certification (which certification shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, pursuant to Section 3.05 of this Agreement have been or will be so deposited) of a Servicing Officer and shall request delivery to it of the related Mortgage File. Any expense incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance that is not paid by the related Borrower shall be chargeable to the Trust Fund. The Master Servicer agrees to use reasonable efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to enforce any provision in the relevant Loan Documents that require the Borrower to pay such amounts. No expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be an expense of the Custodian.

 

From time to time upon request of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and delivery to the Custodian of a Request for Release, the Custodian shall promptly release the Mortgage File (or any portion thereof) designated in such Request for Release to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable. Upon return of the foregoing to the Custodian, or in the event of a liquidation or conversion of the Mortgage Loan or the Serviced Whole Loan into a Serviced REO Property, or in the event of a substitution of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03 of this Agreement, or receipt by the Custodian of a certificate of a Servicing Officer stating that such Mortgaged Property was liquidated and that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such liquidation which are required to be deposited into the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, have been so deposited, or that such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan has become a Serviced REO Property, or that the Master Servicer has received a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan and the applicable Substitution Shortfall Amount, the Custodian shall deliver a copy of the Request for Release to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable. If from time to time, pursuant to the terms of the applicable Intercreditor Agreement or Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and as appropriate for enforcing the terms of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Other Servicer or the Other Special Servicer requests delivery to it of the original Mortgage Note by providing the Trustee and the Custodian a Request for Release, then the Custodian shall release or cause the release of such original Mortgage Note to the Other Servicer or the Other Special Servicer or its designee.

 

Within five (5) Business Days (or, in case of an emergency, within such shorter period as is reasonable under the circumstances) after receipt of a written certification of a Servicing Officer, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Loans) any court pleadings, requests for a trustee’s sale or other documents prepared by the Special Servicer, its agents or attorneys, necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Borrower on the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or

 

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in equity. Each such certification shall include a request that such pleadings or documents be executed by the Trustee and a statement as to the reason such documents or pleadings are required, that the proposed action is consistent with the Servicing Standard and that the execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee will not invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except for the termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or trustee’s sale.

 

With respect to each Servicing Shift Whole Loan, on and after the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, if pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement and the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and as appropriate for enforcing the terms of such Servicing Shift Whole Loan, as applicable, the related Other Servicer requests in writing delivery to it of the original Note, then the Custodian shall release or cause the release of such original Note to the related Other Servicer or its designee.

 

Section 3.12        Servicing Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees and Special Servicing Compensation. (a) As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan. The Master Servicer’s rights to the Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of the Master Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement or as provided in the second succeeding paragraph with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee.

 

In addition, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive, as additional Servicing Compensation, to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Loan Documents and any related Intercreditor Agreement, (i) all investment income earned on amounts on deposit in the Collection Account (and with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account) and certain Reserve Accounts (to the extent consistent with the related Loan Documents), (ii) any Net Default Interest and any other Penalty Charges collected by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer during a Collection Period accrued on any Performing Loan (and the related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable), in each case, remaining after application thereof during such Collection Period to pay the Advance Interest Amount relating to such Performing Loan and to pay or reimburse the Trust for any unreimbursed Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) relating to such Performing Loan incurred during or prior to such Collection Period, and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, to the extent allocated to the related Mortgage Loan in the related Intercreditor Agreement and as further described in Section 3.12(d), (iii)  to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Loan Documents, (A) with respect to any Mortgage Loan (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that is a non-Specially Serviced Loan, (1) 100% of any Modification Fees and consent fees (or similar fees) which do not involve a Special Servicer Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision and (2) 50% of any Modification Fees and consent fees (or similar fees) which involve one or more Special Servicer Major Decisions or Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions (whether or not processed by the Special Servicer) and (B) with respect to any Specially Serviced Loans, 0% of any Modification Fees and consent fees (or similar fees), (iv) 100% of any defeasance fees provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any such defeasance fee shall not

 

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include the Special Servicer’s portion of any Modification Fees or waiver fees in connection with a defeasance that the Special Servicer is entitled to hereunder, (v) (A) with respect to any Mortgage Loan (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that is a non-Specially Serviced Loan, (1) 100% of Assumption Fees and consent fees which do not involve a Special Servicer Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision and (2) 50% of Assumption Fees and consent fees which involve a Special Servicer Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision (whether or not processed by the Special Servicer) and (B) with respect to Specially Serviced Loans, 0% of Assumption Fees and consent fees, (vi) 100% of beneficiary statement charges, demand fees or similar items (but not including Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges) on all Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that are non-Specially Serviced Loans, (vii) 100% of assumption application fees with respect to Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) for which the Master Servicer is processing the underlying assumption related transaction (whether or not the consent of the Special Servicer is required), (viii) any amounts collected for checks returned for insufficient funds (with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Specially Serviced Loan) and (ix) 0% of any fee paid in connection with any Special Servicer Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision for a Specially Serviced Loan. The Master Servicer shall also be entitled pursuant to, and to the extent provided in, Section 3.06(a)(viii) or 3.07(b) of this Agreement, as applicable, to withdraw from the Collection Account and to receive from any Borrower Accounts (to the extent not payable to the related Borrower under the Mortgage Loan or applicable law), Net Prepayment Interest Excess, if any, that accrue on the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing and any interest or other income earned on deposits therein. In addition, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to the portion of Net Default Interest and any late payment fees or penalty charges collected by the Other Servicer servicing a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan that are allocated to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan remaining after application thereof to reimburse interest on related P&I Advances and to reimburse the Trust for certain expenses of the Trust, if applicable, as provided in this Agreement. Except as specified in the preceding sentence and except with respect to clause (i) in this paragraph, the Master Servicer will not be entitled to the compensation set forth in clauses (iii) and (iv) in this paragraph with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer will each be entitled to charge the related Borrower reasonable review fees in connection with any borrower request to the extent such fees are not prohibited under the related Mortgage Loan Documents and are actually paid by or on behalf of the related Borrower.

 

With respect to any of the preceding fees as to which both the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer are entitled to receive a portion thereof, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each have the right, but not any obligation, to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion of such fee; provided that (A) neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have the right to reduce or elect not to charge the portion of any such fee due to the other and (B) to the extent either the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer exercises its right to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion in any such fee, the party that reduced or elected not to charge its respective portion of such fee shall not have any right to share in any part of the other party’s portion of such fee. If the Master Servicer decides not to charge any fee,

 

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the Special Servicer shall nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which the Special Servicer would have been entitled if the Master Servicer had charged a fee and the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to any of such fee charged by the Special Servicer.

 

The Master Servicer and any successor holder of the Excess Servicing Fee Rights that relate to the Mortgage Loans (and any successor REO Loans with respect to such Mortgage Loans) shall be entitled, at any time, at its own expense, to transfer, sell, pledge or otherwise assign such Excess Servicing Fee Rights in whole (but not in part), in either case, to any Qualified Institutional Buyer or Institutional Accredited Investor (other than a Plan); provided that no such transfer, sale, pledge or other assignment shall be made unless (i) that transfer, sale, pledge or other assignment is exempt from the registration and/or qualification requirements of the Act and any applicable state securities laws and is otherwise made in accordance with the Act and such state securities laws, (ii) the prospective transferor shall have delivered to the Depositor a certificate substantially in the form attached as Exhibit AA-1 hereto and (iii) the prospective transferee shall have delivered to the Master Servicer and the Depositor a certificate substantially in the form attached as Exhibit AA-2 hereto. None of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Certificate Registrar is obligated to register or qualify an Excess Servicing Fee Right under the Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer, sale, pledge or assignment of an Excess Servicing Fee Right without registration or qualification. The Master Servicer and each holder of an Excess Servicing Fee Right desiring to effect a transfer, sale, pledge or other assignment of such Excess Servicing Fee Right shall, and the Master Servicer hereby agrees, and each such holder of an Excess Servicing Fee Right by its acceptance of such Excess Servicing Fee Right shall be deemed to have agreed, in connection with any transfer of such Excess Servicing Fee Right effected by such Person, to indemnify the Certificateholders, the Trust, the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Registrar, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Special Servicer against any liability that may result if such transfer is not exempt from registration and/or qualification under the Act or other applicable federal and state securities laws or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws or in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph. By its acceptance of an Excess Servicing Fee Right, the holder thereof shall be deemed to have agreed not to use or disclose such information in any manner that could result in a violation of any provision of the Act or other applicable securities laws or that would require registration of such Excess Servicing Fee Right or any Certificate pursuant to the Act. From time to time following any transfer, sale, pledge or assignment of an Excess Servicing Fee Right, the Master Servicer with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or successor REO Loan with respect thereto to which the Excess Servicing Fee Right relates, shall pay, out of each amount paid to the Master Servicer as Servicing Fee with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, the related Excess Servicing Fees to the holder of such Excess Servicing Fee Right within one Business Day following the payment of such Servicing Fee to the Master Servicer, in each case in accordance with payment instructions provided by such holder in writing to the Master Servicer. The holder of an Excess Servicing Fee Right shall not have any rights under this Agreement except as set forth in the preceding sentences of this paragraph. None of the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Depositor,

 

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the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall have any obligation whatsoever regarding payment of the Excess Servicing Fee or the assignment or transfer of the Excess Servicing Fee Right.

 

As compensation for its activities hereunder on each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled with respect to each Mortgage Loan to its portion of the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee, which shall be payable from amounts on deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account. The Certificate Administrator shall pay the Trustee the Trustee’s portion of the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee. The Certificate Administrator’s rights to the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of its responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement.

 

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Master Servicer shall pay all of its overhead expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder, including all fees of any sub-servicers retained by it (but excluding Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicers). Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall each pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its activities hereunder.

 

(b)          As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Special Servicer shall be entitled with respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Loan to the Special Servicing Compensation, which shall be payable from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, as set forth in Section 3.06 of this Agreement. The Special Servicer’s rights to the Special Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of the Special Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement is intended to prohibit the Special Servicer from sharing any fee it receives with another party. In addition, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to receive, as Special Servicing Compensation, to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Loan Documents, (i) any Net Default Interest and any other Penalty Charges collected by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer during a Collection Period accrued on any Specially Serviced Loan remaining after application thereof during such Collection Period (and in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, as set forth in and subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and Section 3.12(d) herein) to pay the Advance Interest Amount relating to such Specially Serviced Loan and any unreimbursed Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) incurred during or prior to such Collection Period on such related Specially Serviced Loan (but not NSF check fees and the like, which shall be paid to the Master Servicer) as further described below in this subsection (b), (ii) (A) 100% of any Modification Fees and consent fees (or similar fees) related to the Specially Serviced Loans, (B) 50% of any Modification Fees and consent fees (or similar fees) on Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that are non-Specially Serviced Loans which involve one or more Special Servicer Major Decisions or Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions (whether or not processed by the Special Servicer) and (C) 0% of any Modification Fees and consent fees (or similar fees) on Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that are non-Specially Serviced Loans which do not involve a Special Servicer Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision, (iii) (A) 100% of any Assumption Fees and consent fees on

 

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Specially Serviced Loans, (B) 50% of any Assumption Fees and consent fees on Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that are non-Specially Serviced Loans which involve a Special Servicer Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision (whether or not processed by the Special Servicer) and (C) 0% of any Assumption Fees and consent fees on Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) that are non-Specially Serviced Loans which do not involve a Special Servicer Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision, (iv) 100% of assumption application fees received with respect to the Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loans) for which the Special Servicer is processing the underlying assumption related transaction, (v) 100% of beneficiary statement charges, demand fees or similar items (but not including Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges) on Specially Serviced Loans, and (vi) any interest or other income earned on deposits in the REO Accounts or in the Loss of Value Reserve Fund.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer will each be entitled to charge the related Borrower reasonable review fees in connection with any borrower request.

 

With respect to any of the preceding fees as to which both the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer are entitled to receive a portion thereof, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each have the right, but not any obligation, to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion of such fee; provided that (A) neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have the right to reduce or elect not to charge the portion of any such fee due to the other and (B) to the extent either the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer exercises its right to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion in any such fee, the party that reduced or elected not to charge its respective portion of such fee shall not have any right to share in any part of the other party’s portion of such fee. If the Master Servicer decides not to charge any fee, the Special Servicer shall nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which the Special Servicer would have been entitled if the Master Servicer had charged a fee and the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to any of such fee charged by the Special Servicer.

 

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Special Servicer shall pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder, including all fees of any sub-servicers retained by it.

 

In addition, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to the portion of Net Default Interest and any other Penalty Charges collected by the Other Special Servicer servicing the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and that are allocated to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan remaining after application thereof during such Collection Period to pay the Advance Interest Amount relating to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any unreimbursed Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) incurred during or prior to such Collection Period on such related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan (but not NSF check fees and similar fees, which shall be paid to the Master Servicer) as provided in this Agreement. Except as specified in the preceding sentence, the Special Servicer will not be entitled to the compensation set forth in this Section 3.12(b) with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan.

 

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(c)           In addition, a Workout Fee will be payable to the Special Servicer with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan that ceases to be a Specially Serviced Loan pursuant to the definition thereof. As to each such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the Workout Fee will be payable out of each collection of interest and principal (including scheduled payments, prepayments, Balloon Payments and payments at maturity) received on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan for so long as it remains a Corrected Mortgage Loan. The Workout Fee with respect to any such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan will cease to be payable if such loan again becomes a Specially Serviced Loan or if the related Mortgaged Property becomes a Serviced REO Property; provided that a new Workout Fee will become payable if and when such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loans again ceases to be a Specially Serviced Loan. If the Special Servicer is terminated (other than for cause) or is forced to resign with respect to any or all of its servicing duties, it shall retain the right to receive any and all Workout Fees payable with respect to the Mortgage Loans that cease to be a Specially Serviced Loan during the period that it had responsibility for servicing such Specially Serviced Loan (or for any Specially Serviced Loan that had not yet become a Corrected Mortgage Loan because as of the time that the Special Servicer is terminated the borrower has not made three consecutive monthly debt service payments and subsequently the Specially Serviced Loan becomes a Corrected Mortgage Loan) at the time of such termination or resignation (and the successor Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any portion of such Workout Fees), in each case until the Workout Fee for any such loan ceases to be payable in accordance with the preceding sentence.

 

A Liquidation Fee will be payable to the Special Servicer, except as described below, with respect to (i) each Mortgage Loan repurchased by a Mortgage Loan Seller, (ii) each Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan or (iii) each Defaulted Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan sold by the Special Servicer in accordance with the proviso in Section 3.16(b) of this Agreement, in each case, as to which the Special Servicer obtains a full, partial or discounted payoff from the related Borrower, a loan purchaser or Mortgage Loan Seller, as applicable, and, except as otherwise described below, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property as to which the Special Servicer recovered any Liquidation Proceeds; provided, however, for clarification, in the case of clause (iii), should the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan be sold by the Other Special Servicer, then the Liquidation Fee shall be paid to such Other Special Servicer. As to each such Mortgage Loan repurchased by a Mortgage Loan Seller after the Initial Resolution Period (and giving effect to any Resolution Extension Period) in accordance with Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement or Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Property, the Liquidation Fee will be payable from the related payment or proceeds. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary described above, no Liquidation Fee will be payable based on, or out of, Liquidation Proceeds to the extent set forth in the definition of “Liquidation Fee” herein. With respect to any future mezzanine debt, to the extent not prohibited by the Loan Documents, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall require that the related mezzanine intercreditor agreement provide that if a Mortgage Loan is purchased by the related mezzanine lender on a date that is more than 90 days following the date that the related option first becomes exercisable, such mezzanine lender shall be required to pay a Liquidation Fee equal to the amount that the Special Servicer would otherwise be entitled to under this Agreement with respect to a liquidation of such Mortgage Loan (provided, that such

 

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Liquidation Fee shall in all circumstances be payable by the related mezzanine lender and shall not, under any circumstances, be payable out of the Trust unless the Master Servicer fails to require the related mezzanine intercreditor agreement to require the mezzanine lender to pay such amounts in breach of its obligation to do so under this paragraph). If Liquidation Proceeds are received with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan as to which the Special Servicer is properly entitled to a Workout Fee, such Workout Fee will be payable based on and out of the portion of such Liquidation Proceeds that constitute principal and/or interest. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Special Servicer shall only be entitled to receive a Liquidation Fee or a Workout Fee, but not both, with respect to Liquidation Proceeds received on any Mortgage Loan or any Specially Serviced Loan. If (i) the Special Servicer is terminated or is forced to resign, and (ii) prior to or subsequent to such resignation or termination, either (A) a Specially Serviced Loan was liquidated (to the extent the initial Special Servicer performed substantially all of the work necessary for such liquidation to occur) or is modified pursuant to an action plan submitted by the initial Special Servicer and approved (or deemed approved) by the Directing Holder or the Special Servicer has determined to grant a forbearance, or (B) a Specially Serviced Loan being monitored by the Special Servicer subsequently became a Corrected Mortgage Loan, then in either such event the Special Servicer shall be paid the related Liquidation Fee or Workout Fee, as applicable.

 

The total amount of Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees that are payable by the Trust with respect to each Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced REO Loan through the period such Mortgage Loan is an asset of the Trust shall be subject to an aggregate cap of $1,000,000. For the purposes of determining whether any such cap has been reached with respect to a Special Servicer and a Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced REO Loan, only the Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees paid to such Special Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Serviced REO Loan shall be taken into account, and any Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees for any other Mortgage Loans, Serviced Whole Loans or Serviced REO Loans shall not be taken into account (and any Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees paid to a predecessor or successor special servicer or Other Special Servicer shall also not be taken into account).

 

The Special Servicer shall be required to pay out of its own funds all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including, without limitation, any amounts, other than management fees in respect of REO Properties, due and owing to any of its sub-servicers, any amounts due and owing to any of its Affiliates, and the premiums for any blanket insurance policy obtained by it insuring against hazard losses pursuant to Section 3.08 of this Agreement, except to the extent such premiums are reimbursable pursuant to Section 3.08 of this Agreement), if and to the extent such expenses are not expressly payable directly out of the Collection Account or if a Serviced Whole Loan is involved, the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account or the applicable REO Account or as a Servicing Advance, and the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

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of commissions, brokerage fees, rebates, or as a result of any other fee-sharing arrangement) from any Person (including, without limitation, the Trust, any Borrower, any Manager, any guarantor or indemnitor in respect of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and any purchaser of any Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Property) in connection with the disposition, workout or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the management or disposition of any REO Property, or the performance of any other special servicing duties under this Agreement, other than as expressly provided in this Section 3.12; provided that such prohibition shall not apply to Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees.

 

(d)          In determining the compensation of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, with respect to Penalty Charges, on any Distribution Date, the aggregate Penalty Charges collected on any Mortgage Loan or, unless prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement to be so applied, any Serviced Companion Loan, during the related Collection Period shall be applied (as between Default Interest and late payment charges, in the priority set forth in the definition of “Advance Interest Amount”) to reimburse (i) the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee for interest on Advances at the Reimbursement Rate with respect to such Mortgage Loan that accrued in the period that such Penalty Charges were collected and advance interest to any related Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider for any debt service advance made by such party with respect to any related Serviced Companion Loan that accrued in the period that such Penalty Charges were collected, (ii) the Trust Fund for all interest on Advances with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan previously paid to the Master Servicer, the Trustee or to any Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider pursuant to Section 3.06(a)(vi) or Section 3.06(b)(vi) of this Agreement and (iii) the Trust Fund for any Additional Trust Fund Expenses (including Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan paid in the Collection Period that such Penalty Charges were collected and not previously paid out of Penalty Charges, and any Penalty Charges remaining thereafter shall be distributed pro rata to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer based upon the amount of Penalty Charges the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer would otherwise have been entitled to receive during such period with respect to such Mortgage Loan without any such application. Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or any related REO Property. For the avoidance of doubt, the portion of Penalty Charges allocated to a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan (in accordance with the applicable Intercreditor Agreement and, if applicable, the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall be allocated in accordance with clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above (except that, Advances in clauses (i) and (ii) shall mean P&I Advances).

 

If a Servicing Shift Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan prior to the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Special Servicer shall service and administer such Servicing Shift Whole Loan and any related REO Property in the same manner as any other Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property and shall be entitled to all rights and compensation earned with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan as Special Servicer of such Serviced Whole Loan. With respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, prior to the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, no other special servicer will be entitled to any such

 

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compensation or have such rights and obligations. If a Servicing Shift Whole Loan is still a Specially Serviced Loan on the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Other Special Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to compensation with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan as if the Special Servicer were being terminated as the Special Servicer with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan and the Other Special Servicer were replacing the Special Servicer as the successor Special Servicer with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan.

 

If a Servicing Shift Whole Loan is being specially serviced on the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to compensation for the period during which it acted as Special Servicer with respect to such Whole Loan, including its share of any liquidation or workout fees and any additional servicing compensation as well as all surviving indemnity and other rights in respect of such special servicing role under this Agreement.

 

(e)         The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Trust Fund (and, prior to recovery from the Trust Fund, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loans, subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement, first, from the related Subordinate Companion Loan up to the full principal balance thereof, if any, and second, to the extent any such costs and expenses remain unreimbursed, from the related Mortgage Loan and the Collection Account, or in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan with a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, first, out of the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account from collections on the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan and the related Mortgage Loan on a pro rata basis by principal balance, and second, to the extent any such costs and expenses remain unreimbursed, out of the Collection Account) for the costs and expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties under this Agreement which are “unanticipated expenses incurred by the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(iii). Such expenses shall include, by way of example and not by way of limitation, environmental assessments, Updated Appraisals and appraisals in connection with foreclosure, the fees and expenses of any administrative or judicial proceeding and expenses expressly identified as reimbursable in Section 3.06(a)(xv) of this Agreement. All such costs and expenses shall be treated as costs and expenses of the Lower-Tier REMIC and the related Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable.

 

(f)          No provision of this Agreement or of the Certificates shall require the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee to expend or risk their own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of their duties hereunder or thereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers, if, in the good faith business judgment of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, repayment of such funds would not be ultimately recoverable from late payments, Net Insurance Proceeds, Net Liquidation Proceeds and other collections on or in respect of the Mortgage Loans, or from adequate indemnity from other assets comprising the Trust Fund against such risk or liability.

 

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If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee receives a request or inquiry from a Borrower, any Certificateholder or any other Person the response to which would, in the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s, the Certificate Administrator’s, the Operating Advisor’s, the Asset Representations Reviewer’s or the Trustee’s good faith business judgment require the assistance of Independent legal counsel or other consultant to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee, the cost of which would not be an expense of the Trust Fund or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder hereunder, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall not be required to take any action in response to such request or inquiry unless such Borrower, such Certificateholder, or such other Person, as applicable, makes arrangements for the payment of the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s, the Certificate Administrator’s, the Operating Advisor’s, the Asset Representations Reviewer’s or the Trustee’s reasonable expenses associated with such counsel (including, without limitation, posting an advance payment for such expenses) satisfactory to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee, as the case may be, in its sole discretion. Unless such arrangements have been made, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall have no liability to any Person for the failure to respond to such request or inquiry.

 

Section 3.13     Reports to the Certificate Administrator; Collection Account Statements. (a) The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) one Business Day prior to the Master Servicer Remittance Date prior to each Distribution Date (beginning December 2017), the CREFC® Appraisal Reduction Template, if any for such Distribution Date, and the CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File with respect to all of the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing for the related Distribution Date (which shall include, without limitation, the amount of Available Funds allocable to the Mortgage Loans) including information therein that states the anticipated P&I Advances for the related Distribution Date. The Master Servicer’s responsibilities under this Section 3.13(a) with respect to Serviced REO Loans shall be subject to the satisfaction of the Special Servicer’s obligations under Section 3.23 of this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall make available to each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder with respect to the related Whole Loan or, if such Serviced Companion Loan is securitized, the respective Other Servicer and Other Trustee, the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC® IRP) (excluding any templates) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on a monthly basis.

 

Not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Master Servicer Remittance Date beginning December 2017, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator the CREFC® Schedule AL File in EDGAR-Compatible Format and Excel format; provided, that the Master Servicer shall have no obligation to prepare or deliver any such CREFC® Schedule AL File unless the Depositor has delivered the items required by Section 2.01(f); and provided, further, that, if the Master Servicer has not received the items required pursuant to Section 2.01(f) from the Depositor prior to the time it would need such items in order

 

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for the Master Servicer to prepare the CREFC® Schedule AL File with respect to the first Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall request such items from the Depositor, including by email to the email addresses for the Depositor set forth in Section 12.05. If the CREFC® Schedule AL File is not provided by the date specified in the immediately preceding sentence, the Certificate Administrator shall request such CREFC® Schedule AL File from the Master Servicer via email at ssreports@wellsfargo.com, with a copy to the Depositor to the email addresses for the Depositor set forth in Section 12.05. In preparing the CREFC® Schedule AL File and any Schedule AL Additional File for any given Distribution Date, and without any due diligence, investigation or verification, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely, absent manifest error, on the content, completeness, accuracy and compliance with any applicable requirements of Items 1111(h) and 1125 of Regulation AB and Item 601(b) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act as in effect on the Closing Date of the Initial Schedule AL File, Initial Schedule AL Additional File and the Annex A-1 to the Prospectus. The Master Servicer may concurrently with the delivery of the related CREFC® Schedule AL File, deliver any related Schedule AL Additional File in EDGAR-Compatible Format to the Certificate Administrator. The CREFC® Schedule AL File and the Schedule AL Additional File shall each be a single file. Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Master Servicer shall be required to combine multiple CREFC® Schedule AL Files or Schedule AL Additional Files, unless, solely with respect to the Master Servicer, multiple Sub-Servicers prepare and submit such CREFC® Schedule AL Files or Schedule AL Additional Files to the Master Servicer. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to review, redact, reconcile, edit or verify the content, completeness or accuracy of the information contained in any CREFC® Schedule AL File or any Schedule AL Additional File.

 

In the absence of manifest error, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, without investigation or inquiry, any information and reports delivered to it by any third party, and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the Master Servicer’s reports and any information provided by the Trustee, without any duty or obligation to recompute, verify or recalculate any of the amounts and other information stated therein.

 

(b)         For so long as the Master Servicer makes deposits into or credits to and withdrawals or debits from the Collection Account or any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, not later than 15 days after each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall forward to the Certificate Administrator and, upon request (but not more frequently than once per month), each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder with respect to the related Whole Loan and related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account (or, if such Serviced Companion Loan is securitized, the respective Other Servicer and Other Trustee) a statement prepared by the Master Servicer setting forth the status of each of the Collection Account and each Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account as of the close of business on the last Business Day of the prior Collection Period and showing the aggregate amount of deposits into and withdrawals from the Collection Account and each Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account of each category of deposit (or credit) specified in Section 3.05 of this Agreement and each category of withdrawal (or debit) specified in Section 3.06 of this Agreement for the related Collection Period, in each case for the Mortgage Loans (including the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans). The Trustee and the Certificate

 

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Administrator and its agents and attorneys may at any time during normal business hours, upon reasonable notice, inspect and copy the books, records and accounts of the Master Servicer solely relating to the Mortgage Loans and the performance of its duties hereunder.

 

(c)          Beginning in December 2017, no later than 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Certificate Administrator (who shall promptly post such reports to the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 4.02(b)(iii)(B) of this Agreement) and the Operating Advisor the following reports (in electronic form) with respect to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing (and, if applicable, the related REO Properties), providing the required information as of the immediately preceding Determination Date: (i) to the extent the Master Servicer has received the most recent CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File from the Special Servicer at the time required, the most recent CREFC® Delinquent Loan Status Report, CREFC® Historical Loan Modification and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report, the CREFC® Loan Setup File (with respect to the first Distribution Date) and CREFC® REO Status Report received from such Special Servicer, (ii) the most recent CREFC® Property File, CREFC® Financial File, CREFC® Comparative Financial Status Report and the CREFC® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report (in each case incorporating the data required to be included in the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File), (iii) the CREFC® Servicer Watch List with information that is current as of such Determination Date and (iv) the CREFC® Advance Recovery Report.

 

The information that pertains to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties reflected in such reports shall be based solely upon the reports delivered by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer (other than information as to which the Master Servicer has the primary responsibility to generate) no later than the related Determination Date in the form required by Section 3.13(g) of this Agreement or shall be provided by means of such reports so delivered by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer in the form so required. In the absence of manifest error, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, without investigation or inquiry, the information and reports delivered to it by the Special Servicer, and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the Master Servicer’s reports and the Special Servicer’s reports and any information provided by the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee without any duty or obligation to recompute, verify or recalculate any of the amounts and other information stated therein.

 

(d)         The Master Servicer (with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties) shall deliver or cause to be delivered (1) in the case of the Master Servicer, to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Operating Advisor and, upon the request of any Rating Agency, the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such items to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), and (2) in the case of the Special Servicer, to the Master Servicer and, upon request, to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Operating Advisor and, upon the request of any Rating Agency, the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such items to the 17g-5 Information

 

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Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), the following materials, in each case to the extent that such materials or the information on which they are based have been received by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, with respect to the Mortgage Loans or REO Properties, as applicable, that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, is servicing:

 

(i)          Within 30 days after receipt of any quarterly operating statement, if any, commencing within 30 days of receipt of such quarterly operating statement for the quarter ending March 31, 2018, with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Loan (to the extent prepared by and received from the Special Servicer (in written format or in electronic media) in the case of any Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan), a CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report for the related Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property as of the end of the preceding calendar quarter, together with copies of the related operating statements and rent rolls (but, with respect to such operating statements and rent rolls, (a) only to the extent the related Borrower is required by the Mortgage to deliver, or otherwise agrees to provide such information, (b) with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties, only to the extent received by the Special Servicer and (c) only upon request); provided that, to the extent the annual CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report is delivered as described under clause (b) below, then such delivery shall satisfy the requirement under this clause (a) to deliver a quarterly CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report for the quarter ending June 30 of each year, commencing in 2018. The Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer in the case of Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Properties) shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain said quarterly and other periodic operating statements and related rent rolls, which efforts shall include a letter sent to the related Borrower (except with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) (followed up with telephone calls), requesting such quarterly and other periodic operating statements and related rent rolls until they are received to the extent such action is consistent with applicable law and the terms of the related Loan Documents; provided, however, that any analysis or update with respect to the first calendar quarter of each year shall not be required to the extent such analysis or update is not required to be provided under the then current applicable CREFC® guidelines.

 

(ii)          At least annually, on or before June 30 of each year, beginning with June 30, 2019, with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Loan (to the extent prepared by and received from the Special Servicer (in written format or in electronic media) in the case of any Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan), a CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report for the related Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property as of the end of the preceding calendar year (initially, year-end 2018), together with copies of the related operating statements and related rent rolls (but, with respect to such operating statements and rent rolls, (a) only to the extent the related Borrower is required by the Mortgage to deliver, or otherwise agrees to provide such information, (b) with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties, only to the extent received by the Special Servicer, and (c) only upon request) for the current trailing 12 months, if available, or year-to-date, provided, however, that

 

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with respect to any obligation of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, to provide a year-end analysis or update, such analysis or update shall not be required to the extent such analysis or update is not required to be provided under the then current applicable CREFC® guidelines. The Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer in the case of Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Properties) shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain said annual and other periodic operating statements and related rent rolls, which efforts shall include a letter sent to the related Borrower (except with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) (followed up with telephone calls), requesting such annual and other periodic operating statements and related rent rolls until they are received to the extent such action is consistent with applicable law and the terms of the related Loan Documents. Upon receipt of such annual and other periodic operating statements (including year-to-date statements) and related rent rolls, the Master Servicer shall promptly update the CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report (commencing with the quarter ending March 31, 2018).

 

(iii)         Within 45 days after receipt by the Master Servicer (or within 60 days of receipt by the Special Servicer in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property) of any annual year-end operating statements and related rent rolls with respect to any Mortgaged Property (except with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced REO Property (to the extent prepared by and received from the Special Servicer in the case of any Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property), commencing within 45 or 60 days, as applicable, of receipt of such statements for year-end 2018, a CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet for such Mortgaged Property (with the annual year-end operating statements attached thereto as an exhibit). The Master Servicer will use the “Normalized” column from the CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet to update the full year-end data on any CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report and will use any operating statements received with respect to any Mortgaged Property (other than any Mortgaged Property which is a Serviced REO Property or constitutes security for a Specially Serviced Loan or a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) to update the CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report for such Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that any analysis or update with respect to the year-end or first quarter of each year shall not be required to the extent such analysis or update is not required to be provided under the then current applicable CREFC® guidelines.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon request by a Rating Agency, shall forward such items to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such items to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement).

 

The Master Servicer shall maintain one CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report for each Mortgaged Property (and shall not be required to maintain any such report for a Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and Serviced REO Property (to the extent prepared by and received from the Special Servicer in the case of any Serviced REO Property or any Mortgaged Property constituting security for a Specially Serviced Loan) relating to a Mortgage Loan that it is servicing. The CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report for

 

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each Mortgaged Property (other than any such Mortgaged Property that secures a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or that is a Serviced REO Property or constitutes security for a Specially Serviced Loan) is to be updated with trailing 12-month information, as available, or year-to-date information until 12-month trailing information (commencing with the quarter ending March 31, 2018) is available by the Master Servicer and such updated report shall be delivered to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Directing Holder and any related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder in the calendar month following receipt by the Master Servicer of such updated trailing or year-to-date operating statements and related rent rolls for such Mortgaged Property.

 

The Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to REO Properties and Specially Serviced Loans) shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and (solely with respect to the related Mortgaged Property) each holder of a Serviced Companion Loan by electronic means the CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report for each Mortgaged Property upon request.

 

The Special Servicer shall pursuant to Section 3.13(h) of this Agreement, deliver to the Master Servicer the information required of it pursuant to this Section 3.13(d) with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Loans.

 

(e)          In connection with their servicing of the Serviced Mortgage Loans and Serviced REO Properties, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to each other and to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, written notice of any event that comes to their knowledge with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, respectively, determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, would have a material adverse effect on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Property, which notice shall include an explanation as to the reason for such material adverse effect.

 

(f)          The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall make available to the Controlling Class Representative copies of all rent rolls, operating statements and financial statements actually provided by each Borrower, including any monthly or quarterly statements or rent rolls, within 15 Business Days of receipt.

 

(g)         On or before 2:00 p.m. Central Time on each Determination Date, the Special Servicer shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Master Servicer and, upon the request of any of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Depositor, the Controlling Class Representative or any Rating Agency, to such requesting party, the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File with respect to the Specially Serviced Loans (and, if applicable, the related Serviced REO Properties), providing the required information as of the Determination Date (or, upon the reasonable request of any Master Servicer, data files in a form acceptable to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer), which CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File shall include data, to enable the Master Servicer to produce the CREFC® Supplemental Servicer Reports. Such reports or data shall be presented in writing and in an electronic format acceptable to the Master Servicer.

 

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(h)         The Special Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master Servicer and, upon the request of any of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Depositor, the Controlling Class, any Rating Agency or the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such items to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), to such requesting party, without charge, the following materials for Specially Serviced Loans or Serviced REO Properties, as applicable, in each case to the extent that such materials or the information on which they are based have been received by the Special Servicer:

 

(i)           At least annually, on or before June 1 of each year, commencing in 2019, with respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and Serviced REO Loan, a CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report for the related Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property as of the end of the preceding calendar year (initially year-end December 31, 2018) together with copies of the operating statements and related rent rolls for the related Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property as of the end of the preceding calendar year (but, with respect to such operating statements and rent rolls, (a) only to the extent the related Borrower is required by the Mortgage to deliver, or otherwise agrees to provide such information, (b) with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties, only to the extent received by the Special Servicer, and (c) in the case of any party other than the Master Servicer and the 17g-5 Information Provider, only upon request) and for the current trailing 12 months, if available, or year-to-date. The Special Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain said annual and other periodic operating statements and related rent rolls with respect to each Mortgaged Property constituting security for a Specially Serviced Loan and each Serviced REO Property.

 

(ii)          Within 60 days of receipt by the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties) or within 45 days of receipt by the Master Servicer (with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan) of any annual operating statements with respect to any Mortgaged Property relating to a Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property, a CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet for such Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property (with the annual operating statements attached thereto as an exhibit); provided, that, with the consent of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer may instead provide data files in a form acceptable to the Master Servicer. The Special Servicer will use the “Normalized” column from the CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet to update the full year-end data on any CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report and will use any operating statements received with respect to any Mortgaged Property relating to a Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property to update the CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report for such Mortgaged Property.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall forward such items to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such items to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement).

 

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The Special Servicer shall maintain one CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report for each Mortgaged Property securing a Specially Serviced Loan and each Serviced REO Property. The CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report for each Mortgaged Property securing a Specially Serviced Loan and each Serviced REO Property is to be updated by the Special Servicer and such updated report delivered to the Master Servicer within 45 days after receipt by the Special Servicer of updated operating statements for each such Mortgaged Property; provided, that, the Special Servicer may instead provide data files in an electronic form acceptable to the Special Servicer. The Special Servicer shall provide each such report to the Master Servicer in the then applicable CREFC® format.

 

(i)           If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, is required to deliver any statement, report or information under any provision of this Agreement (including Section 3.14), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may satisfy such obligation by (x) delivering such statement, report or information in a commonly used electronic format or (y) making such statement, report or information available on the Master Servicer’s website, unless this Agreement expressly specifies a particular method of delivery or such statement, report or information must be filed with the Commission as contemplated in Article X; provided that all reports required to be delivered to the Certificate Administrator shall be delivered in accordance with clause (x).

 

(j)           The Master Servicer may, but is not required to, make any of the reports or files it delivers pursuant to this Section 3.13 available each month on the Master Servicer’s website only with the use of a password, in which case the Master Servicer shall provide such password to (i) the other parties to this Agreement, who by their acceptance of such password shall be deemed to have agreed not to disclose such password to any other Person and (ii) each Certificateholder and prospective Certificateholder who requests such password, and has delivered an Investor Certification to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer. In connection with providing access to the Master Servicer’s website, the Master Servicer may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer and otherwise (subject to the preceding sentence) adopt reasonable rules and procedures, which may include, to the extent the Master Servicer deems necessary or appropriate, conditioning access on execution of an agreement governing the availability, use and disclosure of such information, and which may provide indemnification to the Master Servicer for any liability or damage that may arise therefrom.

 

(k)          With respect to each Collection Period, the Special Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master Servicer within two Business Days following the Determination Date and the Master Servicer shall, to the extent it has received, deliver to the Certificate Administrator, without charge and on the same day as the Master Servicer is required to deliver the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package, an electronic report which may include html, word or excel compatible format, clean and searchable pdf. format or such other format as mutually agreeable between the Certificate Administrator and the Special Servicer (or Master Servicer on its behalf) that discloses and contains an itemized listing of any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees received by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates during the related Collection Period; provided that no report regarding Disclosable Special Servicer Fees shall be

 

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required to be delivered if there are no Disclosable Special Servicer Fees for the related Collection Period.

 

Section 3.14     Access to Certain Documentation. (a) The Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to any Certificateholders and any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders that are federally insured financial institutions, the Operating Advisor (but only if an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing), the Directing Holder (but only if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Federal Reserve Board, the FDIC and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the supervisory agents and examiners of such boards and such corporations, and any other federal or state banking or insurance regulatory authority that may exercise authority over any Certificateholder or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder is subject, access to the documentation regarding the Mortgage Loans or the Whole Loans, as applicable, that it is servicing required by applicable regulations of the Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency or any such federal or state banking or regulatory authority, such access being afforded without charge but only upon reasonable written request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. At the election of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, such access may be afforded to such Person identified above by the delivery of copies of information as requested by such Person and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator shall be permitted to require payment (other than from the Directing Holder and the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator on its own behalf or on behalf of the Certificateholders, as applicable) of a sum sufficient to cover the reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by it in making such copies. Such access shall (except as described in the preceding sentence) be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Certificate Administrator or the Custodian. In addition, upon reasonable prior written notice to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor (but only if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Depositor or their accountants or other representatives shall have reasonable access to review the documents, correspondence and records in the possession of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, as they relate to a Mortgaged Property and any Serviced REO Property during normal business hours at the offices of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be. Nothing in this Section 3.14 shall detract from the obligation of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer to observe any applicable law prohibiting disclosure of information with respect to the Borrowers, and the failure of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section 3.14 as a result of such obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 3.14.

 

(b)          In connection with providing or granting any information or access pursuant to the prior paragraph to a Certificateholder, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or any regulatory authority that may exercise authority over a Certificateholder or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may each require payment from such Certificateholder or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (to the extent permitted in the related Intercreditor Agreement) of a sum sufficient to cover the reasonable

 

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costs and expenses of providing such information or access, including copy charges and reasonable fees for employee time and for space; provided that no charge may be made if such information or access was required to be given or made available under applicable law. In connection with providing Certificateholders or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders access to the information described in the preceding paragraph the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, may require (prior to affording such access) a written confirmation executed by the requesting Person substantially in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, generally to the effect that such Person is a Holder of Certificates or a beneficial holder of Book-Entry Certificates or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or a regulator or governmental body and will keep such information confidential.

 

(c)           Upon the reasonable request of (1) any Certificateholder identified to the Master Servicer to the Master Servicer’s reasonable satisfaction (or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, the request of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder), the Master Servicer may provide (or forward electronically) (at the expense of such Certificateholder, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder) copies of any appraisals, operating statements, rent rolls and financial statements obtained by the Master Servicer, or (2) any Controlling Class Certificateholder identified to the Master Servicer (in the case of a Performing Loan) or the Special Servicer (in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan) to the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s reasonable satisfaction, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide (or forward electronically) (at the expense of such Controlling Class Certificateholder) any Conflicted Information in the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s, as applicable, possession (available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website but not accessible to such Controlling Class Certificateholder through the Certificate Administrator’s Website on account of it constituting Conflicted Information) relating to any Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan in which such Controlling Class Certificateholder is not a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder; provided that, in connection therewith, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may require a written confirmation executed by the requesting Person substantially in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, generally to the effect that such Person is a Holder of Certificates or a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or a beneficial holder of Book-Entry Certificates or a regulator or a governmental body and will keep such information confidential and will use such information only for the purpose of analyzing asset performance and evaluating any continuing rights the Certificateholder may have under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Master Servicer shall not make any Asset Status Reports available to any Certificateholders on its website. None of the parties to this Agreement shall provide any Asset Status Report or any Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator.

 

(d)          The 17g-5 Information Provider shall make available solely to the Depositor and to any NRSRO that delivers an NRSRO Certification to the 17g-5 Information Provider the following items to the extent such items are delivered to it via electronic mail at 17g5informationprovider@wellsfargo.com (or such other address as the 17g-5 Information Provider shall specify by written notice to the other parties hereto) in an electronic format readable and uploadable (that is not locked or corrupted) on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s

 

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system, specifically with a subject reference of “CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-CD6” and an identification of the type of information being provided in the body of such electronic mail; or via any alternative electronic mail address following notice to the parties hereto or any other delivery method established or approved by the 17g-5 Information Provider if or as may be necessary or beneficial (provided, if such information is not in electronic format readable and uploadable (that is not locked or corrupted), then the 17g-5 Information Provider shall immediately notify the applicable delivering party thereof, whereupon such party shall promptly deliver the subject information in such format):

 

(i)          any waivers delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.09 of this Agreement;

 

(ii)         any Officer’s Certificate supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.21(d) or Section 4.07(c) of this Agreement and notice of determination not to refrain from reimbursement of all Nonrecoverable Advances;

 

(iii)        any Asset Status Report delivered by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.23(e) of this Agreement;

 

(iv)        any environmental reports delivered by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10(g) of this Agreement;

 

(v)         any annual statements as to compliance and related Officer’s Certificates delivered pursuant to Section 10.11 and Section 10.12 of this Agreement;

 

(vi)        any annual independent public accountants’ attestation reports delivered pursuant to Section 10.13 of this Agreement;

 

(vii)       any Appraisals delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.10 of this Agreement;

 

(viii)      any notice to the Rating Agencies relating to the Special Servicer’s determination to take action without receiving a Rating Agency Confirmation from any Rating Agency as set forth in the definition of “Rating Agency Confirmation” pursuant to Section 3.30 of this Agreement;

 

(ix)        copies of any questions or requests submitted by the Rating Agencies directed toward the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator or Trustee;

 

(x)          any requests for a Rating Agency Confirmation that are delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.30 of this Agreement;

 

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(xi)         any notice of resignation of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator and any notice of the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee or successor Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 8.07 or Section 8.08 of this Agreement;

 

(xii)        any notice of resignation or assignment of the rights of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 6.04 of this Agreement;

 

(xiii)       any notice of Servicer Termination Event or termination of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer delivered pursuant to Section 7.03 of this Agreement;

 

(xiv)       any notice of the merger or consolidation of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.09 of this Agreement;

 

(xv)        any notice of the merger or consolidation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 6.02 of this Agreement;

 

(xvi)       any notice of any amendment that modifies the procedures herein relating to Exchange Act Rule 17g-5 pursuant to Section 12.08 of this Agreement;

 

(xvii)      any notice or other information provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 12.07 of this Agreement;

 

(xviii)     any summary of oral communication with the Rating Agencies delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.14(f) of this Agreement; provided that the summary of such oral communication shall not attribute which Rating Agency the communication was with;

 

(xix)       the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool; and

 

(xx)        such information as is delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider by the Depositor in mutually agreeable electronic format within fifteen (15) days of the Closing Date.

 

The foregoing information shall be made available by the 17g-5 Information Provider on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website (a link to which shall be provided on the Depositor’s website at www.intralinks.com or such other website as the Depositor may notify the parties hereto in writing). Information will be posted on the same Business Day of receipt provided that such information is received by 2:00 p.m. (eastern time) or, if received after 2:00 p.m., on the next Business Day by 12:00 p.m. New York City time. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall have no obligation or duty to verify, confirm or otherwise determine whether the information being delivered is accurate, complete, conforms to the transaction, or otherwise is or is not anything other than what it purports to be or whether such information (other than (solely with respect to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s obligation to post such information) the information set forth in clauses (i) through (xix) above) is required to be posted on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to this Agreement or Rule 17g-5. If any information is

 

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delivered or posted in error, the 17g-5 Information Provider may remove it from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. The Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider have not obtained and shall not be deemed to have obtained actual knowledge of any information only by receipt and posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. Access will be provided by the 17g-5 Information Provider to the Rating Agencies, and to the NRSROs upon receipt of an NRSRO Certification in the form of Exhibit Z hereto (which certification may be submitted electronically via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website). If a Rating Agency requests access to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, access will be provided by the 17g-5 Information Provider on the same Business Day provided such request is made prior to 2:00 p.m., on such Business Day, or, if received after 2:00 p.m., on the following Business Day. Questions regarding delivery of information to the 17g-5 Information Provider may be directed to 17g5informationprovider@wellsfargo.com (or such other address as the 17g-5 Information Provider shall specify by written notice to the other parties hereto).

 

Upon delivery by the Depositor to the 17g-5 Information Provider (in an electronic format mutually agreed upon by the Depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider) of information designated by the Depositor as having been previously made available to NRSROs by the Depositor (the “Pre-Closing 17g-5 Information”), the 17g-5 Information Provider shall make such Pre-Closing 17g-5 Information available only to the Depositor and to NRSROs via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant this Section 3.14(b) The Depositor shall not be entitled to direct the 17g-5 Information Provider to provide access to the Pre-Closing 17g-5 Information or any other information on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website to any designee or other third party.

 

The 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify any party that delivers information to the 17g-5 Information Provider under this Agreement that such information was received and that it has been posted. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify each NRSRO that has provided a NRSRO Certification each time a document is posted to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and such notice shall specifically identify such document. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall send such notice to such Persons to the email address that has been provided by and is used by such Person for the purpose of accessing the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, including a general email address if such general email address has been provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider in connection with a completed NRSRO Certification in the form of Exhibit Z hereto.

 

The 17g-5 Information Provider shall make available, only to NRSROs, the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool. The “Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool” shall be a service available on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, where Rating Agencies and NRSROs may (i) submit Inquiries to the Certificate Administrator relating to the Distribution Date Statement, submit Inquiries to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, relating to the reports being made available pursuant to this Section 4.02(d), the Serviced Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Properties or submit inquiries to the Operating Advisor relating to the Operating Advisor Annual Reports or actions by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer as to which the Operating Advisor has consultation rights pursuant to Section 3.31, whether or not referenced in such Operating

 

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Advisor Annual Report, (ii) view Inquiries that have been previously submitted and answered, together with the answers thereto and (iii) submit requests for loan-level reports and information. Upon receipt of an Inquiry for the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall forward the Inquiry to the Certificate Administrator, Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and in the case of an inquiry relating to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the applicable party under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, in each case within a commercially reasonable period following receipt thereof. Following receipt of an Inquiry or request relating to the subject matters described in clauses (i) or (iii) above, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, unless it determines not to answer such Inquiry as provided below, shall reply to the Inquiry, which reply of the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall be by email to the 17g-5 Information Provider. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post (within a commercially reasonable period following preparation or receipt of such answer, as the case may be) such Inquiry and the related answer (or reports, as applicable) to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. Any report posted by the 17g-5 Information Provider in response to a request may be posted on a page accessible by a link on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. If the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer determines, in its respective sole discretion, that (i) the question is beyond the scope outlined above, (ii) answering any Inquiry would not be in the best interests of the Trust and/or the Certificateholders or would be in violation of applicable law, the Servicing Standard, this Agreement or the applicable Loan Documents, (iii) answering any Inquiry would or is reasonably expected to result in a waiver of an attorney-client privilege or the disclosure of attorney work product or answering such inquiry is otherwise not advisable or (iv) (A) answering any Inquiry would materially increase the duties of, or result in significant additional cost or expense to, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and (B) the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard (or in good faith, in the case of the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor) that the performance of such duties or the payment of such costs and expenses is beyond the scope of its duties in its capacity as Certificate Administrator, Operating Advisor, Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, under this Agreement, it shall not be required to answer such Inquiry and, in the case of the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, shall promptly notify the 17g-5 Information Provider, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such Inquiry on the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool together with a statement that such Inquiry was not answered. Answers posted on the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool will be attributable only to the respondent, and shall not be deemed to be answers from any of the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee or any of their respective Affiliates and no such party shall have any responsibility or liability for the content of any such information. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be required to post to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website any Inquiry or answer thereto that the 17g-5 Information Provider determines, in its sole discretion, is administrative or ministerial in nature. The Rating

 

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Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool will not reflect questions, answers and other communications between the 17g-5 Information Provider and any Person which are not submitted via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website.

 

In connection with providing access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website and the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, the Certificate Administrator and/or the 17g-5 Information Provider may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider, as the case may be, shall not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, make no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of such information being made available, and assume no responsibility for such information; provided that it is acknowledged and agreed that the 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be charged with knowledge of any of the contents of such information solely by virtue of its compliance with its obligations to post such information to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be liable for its failure to make any information available to the NRSROs unless such information was delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider at the email address set forth herein in an electronic format readable and uploadable (that is not locked or corrupted) on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s system, with a subject heading of “CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-CD6” and sufficient detail to indicate that such information is required to be posted on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website; provided, if such information is not in electronic format readable and uploadable (that is not locked or corrupted), then the 17g-5 Information Provider shall immediately notify the applicable delivering party thereof, whereupon such party shall promptly deliver the subject information in such format.

 

The 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be responsible or have any liability for any act, omission or delay attributable to the failure of any other party to this Agreement to timely deliver information to be posted on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website or for any errors or defects in the information supplied by any such party.

 

The 17g-5 Information Provider’s obligations in respect of Rule 17g-5 or any other law or regulation related thereto shall be limited to the specific obligations contained in this Agreement and the 17g-5 Information Provider makes no representations or warranties as to the compliance of the Depositor with Rule 17g-5 or any other law or regulation related thereto.

 

With respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall provide to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, promptly upon receipt from a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Provider, all reports, statements, documents, notices and other information it receives in respect of such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan that such party would otherwise have been required to be submitted to the 17g-5 Information Provider under this Agreement for posting had such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan been a Serviced Mortgage Loan. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website all such information it receives in accordance with this Agreement.

 

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(e)          Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may, in accordance with such reasonable rules and procedures as it may adopt, also deliver, produce or otherwise make available through its website or otherwise, any additional information identified in Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement relating to the Mortgage Loans or Whole Loans, the Mortgaged Properties or the related Borrowers, for review by the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and any other Persons who deliver an Investor Certification in accordance with this Section 3.14, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any), the Directing Holder and the Rating Agencies (collectively, the “Disclosure Parties”) (only to the extent such additional information is simultaneously or previously delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement, who shall post such additional information on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), in each case, except to the extent doing so is prohibited by this Agreement, applicable law or by the related Loan Documents. Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to (i) indicate the source of such information and affix thereto any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its discretion and/or (ii) require that the recipient of such information (A) except for the Depositor, enter into an Investor Certification or other confidentiality agreement acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, and (B) acknowledge that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may contemporaneously provide such information to any other Disclosure Party. In addition, to the extent access to such information is provided via the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s website, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may require registration and the acceptance of a reasonable and customary disclaimer and/or an additional or alternative agreement as to the confidential nature of such information. In connection with providing access to or copies of the information described in this Section 3.14(e) to current or prospective Certificateholders the form of confidentiality agreement used by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be: (i) in the case of a Certificateholder (or a licensed or registered investment advisor acting on behalf of such Certificateholder), an Investor Certification executed by the requesting Person indicating that such Person is a Holder of Certificates and will keep such information confidential (except that such Certificateholder may provide such information (x) to its auditors, legal counsel and regulators and (y) to any other Person that holds or is contemplating the purchase of any Certificate or interest therein (provided that such other Person confirms in writing such ownership interest or prospective ownership interest and agrees to keep such information confidential)); and (ii) in the case of a prospective purchaser of Certificates or interests therein (or a licensed or registered investment advisor acting on behalf of such prospective purchaser), an Investor Certification indicating that such Person is a prospective purchaser of a Certificate or an interest therein and is requesting the information for use in evaluating a possible investment in Certificates and will otherwise keep such information confidential with no further dissemination (except that such Certificateholder may provide such information to its auditors, legal counsel and regulators). In the case of a licensed or registered investment advisor acting on behalf of a current or prospective Certificateholder, the Investor Certification shall be executed and delivered by both the investment advisor and such current or prospective Certificateholder.

 

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terms of this Agreement. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be responsible or have any liability for the completeness or accuracy of the information delivered, produced or otherwise made available pursuant to this Section 3.14 unless (i) the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, is the original source for such information and (ii) such failure to deliver complete and accurate information is by reason of such party’s willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud and/or negligence.

 

In connection with the delivery by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to the 17g-5 Information Provider of any information, report, notice or document for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of when such information, report, notice or document has been posted to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may, but is not obligated to, send such information report, notice or other document to the applicable Rating Agency or Rating Agencies following the earlier of (a) receipt of notification from the 17g-5 Information Provider that such information, report, notice or other document has been posted to the Rule 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and (b) 12:00 p.m. on the first Business Day following the date the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has provided such information, report, notice or other document to the 17g-5 Information Provider.

 

(f)          The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee shall be permitted (but shall not be required) to orally communicate with the Rating Agencies regarding any Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan, any Certificateholder, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, any Mortgaged Property or any REO Property; provided that such party summarizes the information provided to the Rating Agencies in such communication and provides the 17g-5 Information Provider and the related Other 17g-5 Information Provider (if any) with such summary in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement the same day such communication takes place; provided that the summary of such oral communications shall not attribute which Rating Agency the communication was with. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such summary on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement.

 

(g)         None of the foregoing restrictions in this Section 3.14 or otherwise in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict oral or written communications, or providing information, between the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer, on the one hand, and any Rating Agency or NRSRO, on the other hand, with regard to (i) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s review of the ratings it assigns to the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, (ii) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s approval of the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as a commercial mortgage master, special or primary servicer or (iii) such Rating Agency's or NRSRO’s evaluation of the Master Servicer's, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer's, as applicable, servicing operations in general; provided, that the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special

 

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Servicer, as applicable, shall not provide any information relating to the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans to any Rating Agency or NRSRO in connection with such review and evaluation by such Rating Agency or NRSRO unless (x) Borrower, property and other deal specific identifiers are redacted; (y) such information has already been provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider and has been uploaded on to the 17g-5 Information Provider's Website or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, has in fact provided such information to such Rating Agency in accordance with Section 3.14(e); or (z) the Rating Agency confirms in writing that it does not intend to use such information in undertaking credit rating surveillance with respect to the Certificates; provided, however, that the Rating Agencies may use information delivered under this clause (z) for any purpose to the extent it is publicly available (unless the availability results from a breach of this Agreement or any other confidentiality agreement to which such Rating Agency is subject) or comprised of information collected by the applicable Rating Agency from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website (or another 17g-5 information provider’s website that they have access to) other than pursuant to this Section 3.14(g).

 

(h)          The costs and expenses of compliance with this Section 3.14 by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and any other party hereto shall not be Additional Trust Fund Expenses.

 

Section 3.15     Title and Management of REO Properties and REO Accounts. (a) If title to any Mortgaged Property (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) is acquired for the benefit of Certificateholders (and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders) in foreclosure, by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure or upon abandonment or reclamation from bankruptcy, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trust where permitted by applicable law or regulation and consistent with customary servicing procedures, and otherwise in the name of the Trustee, or its nominee (which shall not include the Master Servicer), or a separate Trustee or co-Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders). The Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), shall dispose of any Serviced REO Property prior to the close of the third calendar year following the year in which the Trust Fund acquires ownership of such Serviced REO Property for purposes of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code, unless (i) the Special Servicer on behalf of the Lower-Tier REMIC (or Single Loan REMIC, if applicable) has applied for an extension of such period pursuant to Sections 856(e)(3) and 860G(a)(8)(A) of the Code, in which case the Special Servicer shall sell such Serviced REO Property within the applicable extension period or if the Special Servicer has applied for extension as provided in this clause (i) but such request has not yet been granted or denied, the additional time specified in such request, or (ii) the Special Servicer seeks and subsequently receives an Opinion of Counsel (which opinion shall be an expense of the Trust Fund and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, such expenses shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement), addressed to the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Serviced REO Property for an additional specified period will not cause such Serviced REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure

 

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property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (determined without regard to the exception applicable for purposes of Section 860D(a) of the Code) at any time that any Certificate is outstanding, in which event such period shall be extended by such additional specified period subject to any conditions set forth in such Opinion of Counsel. The Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders), shall dispose of any Serviced REO Property held by the Trust Fund prior to the last day of such period (taking into account extensions) by which such Serviced REO Property is required to be disposed of pursuant to the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence in a manner provided under Section 3.16 hereof. In the case of the Trust Fund’s beneficial interest in any REO Property acquired by the Other Trustee pursuant to an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Special Servicer shall coordinate with the Other Special Servicer with respect to any REO extension on behalf of the Trust Fund. The Special Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate each Serviced REO Property for the Certificateholders (and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders) solely for the purpose of its prompt disposition and sale in a manner which does not cause such Serviced REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (determined without regard to the exception applicable for purposes of Section 860D(a) of the Code) and such that income from the operation or sale of such property does not result in receipt by the Trust Fund of any income from non-permitted assets as described in Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code with respect to such property.

 

(b)         The Special Servicer shall have full power and authority, subject only to the Servicing Standard and the specific requirements and prohibitions of this Agreement, to do any and all things in connection with any Serviced REO Property as are consistent with the manner in which the Special Servicer manages and operates similar property owned or managed by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates, all on such terms and for such period as the Special Servicer deems to be in the best interests of Certificateholders and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and, in connection therewith, the Special Servicer shall agree to the payment of management fees that are consistent with general market standards. Consistent with the foregoing, the Special Servicer shall cause or permit to be earned with respect to such Serviced REO Property any “net income from foreclosure property,” within the meaning of Section 860G(c) of the Code, which is subject to tax under the REMIC Provisions, only if it has determined, and has so advised the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator in writing, that the earning of such income on a net after-tax basis could reasonably be expected to result in a greater recovery on behalf of Certificateholders (and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders) than an alternative method of operation or rental of such Serviced REO Property that would not be subject to such a tax.

 

The Special Servicer shall segregate and hold all revenues received by it with respect to any Serviced REO Property separate and apart from its own funds and general assets and shall establish and maintain with respect to any Serviced REO Property a segregated custodial account (each, an “REO Account”), each of which shall be an Eligible Account and shall be entitled “LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, on behalf of Wilmington Trust,

 

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National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders REO Account,” to be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders. The Special Servicer shall be entitled to withdraw for its account any interest or investment income earned on funds deposited in an REO Account to the extent provided in Section 3.07(b) of this Agreement. The Special Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited REO Proceeds in the REO Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan REO Account within two Business Days after receipt of such properly identified and available REO Proceeds, and shall withdraw therefrom funds necessary for the proper operation, management and maintenance of such Serviced REO Property and for other Property Protection Expenses with respect to such Serviced REO Property, including:

 

(i)          all insurance premiums due and payable in respect of any Serviced REO Property;

 

(ii)         all real estate taxes and assessments in respect of any Serviced REO Property that may result in the imposition of a lien thereon;

 

(iii)        all costs and expenses reasonable and necessary to protect, maintain, manage, operate, repair and restore any Serviced REO Property including, if applicable, the payments of any ground rents in respect of such Serviced REO Property; and

 

(iv)        any taxes imposed on the Lower-Tier REMIC or any Single Loan REMIC, as applicable, in respect of net income from foreclosure property in accordance with Section 4.05, and with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, such expenses shall be allocated pro rata to the Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loans based on each loan’s unpaid principal balance and only to the extent any such Serviced Companion Loan is included in a REMIC.

 

To the extent that such REO Proceeds are insufficient for the purposes set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) above, the Master Servicer shall make such Advance unless the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that such Servicing Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance (provided that with respect to advancing insurance premiums or delinquent tax assessments the Master Servicer shall comply with the provisions of the second to last paragraph in Section 3.21(d) of this Agreement) and if the Master Servicer does not make any such Advance, the Trustee, to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of the Master Servicer’s failure to make such Advance, shall make such Advance, unless in each case, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines that such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely, conclusively, on any determination by the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, that an Advance, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, and in the case of such determination by the Special Servicer, shall be bound by such determination. The Trustee, when making an independent determination whether or not a proposed Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall use its good faith business judgment. The Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to reimbursement of such Advances (with

 

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interest at the Reimbursement Rate) made pursuant to the preceding sentence, to the extent permitted by Section 3.06 of this Agreement. The Special Servicer shall withdraw from each REO Account or Serviced Whole Loan REO Account, as applicable, and remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, on a monthly basis on the later of the date that is (x) on or prior to the related Determination Date or (y) two (2) Business Days after such amounts are received and properly identified and determined to be available, the Net REO Proceeds received or collected from each Serviced REO Property, except that in determining the amount of such Net REO Proceeds, the Special Servicer may retain in each REO Account reasonable reserves for repairs, replacements and necessary capital improvements and other related expenses.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer shall not:

 

(i)           permit any New Lease to be entered into, renewed or extended, if the New Lease by its terms will give rise to any income that does not constitute Rents from Real Property;

 

(ii)          permit any amount to be received or accrued under any New Lease, other than amounts that will constitute Rents from Real Property;

 

(iii)         authorize or permit any construction on any Serviced REO Property, other than the repair or maintenance thereof or the completion of a building or other improvement thereon, and then only if more than ten percent of the construction of such building or other improvement was completed before default on the related Mortgage Loan became imminent, all within the meaning of Section 856(e)(4)(B) of the Code; or

 

(iv)         Directly Operate or allow any Person to Directly Operate any Serviced REO Property on any date more than 90 days after its date of acquisition by the Trust Fund, unless such Person is an Independent Contractor;

 

unless, in any such case, the Special Servicer has requested and received an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee (which opinion shall be an expense of the Trust Fund and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan with a Serviced Companion Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement) to the effect that such action will not cause such Serviced REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code (determined without regard to the exception applicable for purposes of Section 860D(a) of the Code) at any time that it is held by the Trust Fund, in which case the Special Servicer may take such actions as are specified in such Opinion of Counsel.

 

The Special Servicer shall be required to contract with an Independent Contractor, the fees and expenses of which shall be an expense of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of the Serviced Whole Loans, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement) and payable out of REO Proceeds, for the operation and management of any Serviced REO Property, within 90 days of the Trust Fund’s

 

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acquisition thereof (unless the Special Servicer shall have provided the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator with an Opinion of Counsel that the operation and management of any Serviced REO Property other than through an Independent Contractor shall not cause such Serviced REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code) (which opinion shall be an expense of the Trust Fund, and in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement), provided that:

 

(i)           the terms and conditions of any such contract shall be reasonable and customary for the area and type of property and shall not be inconsistent herewith;

 

(ii)         any such contract shall require, or shall be administered to require, that the Independent Contractor pay all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the operation and management of such Serviced REO Property, including those listed above, and remit all related revenues (net of such costs and expenses) to the Special Servicer as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days following the receipt thereof by such Independent Contractor;

 

(iii)        none of the provisions of this Section 3.15(b) relating to any such contract or to actions taken through any such Independent Contractor shall be deemed to relieve the Special Servicer of any of its duties and obligations to the Trust Fund, the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan Noteholders, with respect to the operation and management of any such Serviced REO Property; and

 

(iv)        the Special Servicer shall be obligated with respect thereto to the same extent as if it alone were performing all duties and obligations in connection with the operation and management of such Serviced REO Property.

 

The Special Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with any Independent Contractor performing services for it related to its duties and obligations hereunder for indemnification of the Special Servicer by such Independent Contractor, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

 

(c)         Promptly following any acquisition by the Special Servicer of a Serviced REO Property on behalf of the Trust Fund, the Special Servicer shall notify the Master Servicer thereof, and, upon delivery of such notice, the Special Servicer shall obtain an Updated Valuation thereof, but only if any Updated Valuation with respect thereto is more than 9 months old and the Special Servicer has no actual knowledge of any material adverse change in circumstances that, consistent with the Servicing Standard, would call into question the validity of such Updated Valuation, in order to determine the fair market value of such Serviced REO Property and shall notify the Depositor and the Master Servicer and with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the holder of the related Companion Loan, if any, and of the results of such Updated Valuation. Any such Updated Appraisal shall be conducted in accordance with Appraisal Institute standards and the cost thereof shall be an expense of the Trust Fund and

 

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allocated to Classes of Principal Balance Certificates (in the same manner as Realized Losses as set forth in Section 4.01(e) of this Agreement). In the case of any Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan such expenses shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Special Servicer shall obtain a new Updated Valuation or a letter update every 9 months thereafter until the Serviced REO Property is sold.

 

(d)         When and as necessary, the Special Servicer shall send to the Certificate Administrator a statement prepared by the Special Servicer setting forth the amount of net income or net loss, as determined for federal income tax purposes, resulting from the operation and management of a trade or business on, the furnishing or rendering of a non-customary service to the tenants of, or the receipt of any other amount not constituting Rents from Real Property in respect of, any Serviced REO Property in accordance with Sections 3.15(a) and 3.15(b) of this Agreement.

 

(e)         Upon the disposition of any Serviced REO Property in accordance with this Section 3.15, the Special Servicer shall calculate the Gain-on-Sale Proceeds allocable to a Mortgage Loan or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan, if any, realized in connection with such sale.

 

Section 3.16    Sale of Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties. (a) The parties hereto may sell or purchase, or permit the sale or purchase of, a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan only on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 3.16 or as otherwise expressly provided in or contemplated by Section 2.03(e) and Section 9.01 of this Agreement or in an applicable Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(b)          If the Special Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that it would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan) to attempt to sell a Defaulted Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any related Serviced Companion Loan, the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to solicit offers for each such Defaulted Loan on behalf of the Certificateholders and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders in such manner as will be reasonably likely to realize a fair price. In the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the extent that such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is not sold together with the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan by the Other Special Servicer for the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan and, if permitted under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to sell (with the consent of the Directing Holder (if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing)) such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan if it determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such action would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders (and shall be entitled to a Liquidation Fee in connection with such sale). The Special Servicer shall accept the first cash offer received from any Person that constitutes a fair price for such Defaulted Loan. Subject to Section 3.16(k), if the Special

 

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Servicer receives more than one cash offer that constitutes a fair price for such Defaulted Loan during the period designated by the Special Servicer for receipt of offers, the Special Servicer shall accept the highest price.

 

The Special Servicer shall give the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor and (other than in respect of any applicable Conflicted Loan) the Directing Holder not less than ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to sell any such Defaulted Loan, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Trustee, in its individual capacity, nor any of its Affiliates may make an offer for or purchase any such Defaulted Loan pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(c)          Whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for such Defaulted Loan, as the case may be, shall be determined by the Special Servicer, if the highest offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person, and by the Trustee, if the highest offeror is an Interested Person; provided, that no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (i) if the offer is equal to or greater than the applicable Purchase Price, then the offer is the highest offer received, or (ii) if the offer is less than the applicable Purchase Price, then (a) the offer is the highest offer received and (b) at least two other offers are received from independent third parties. In determining whether any offer received from an Interested Person represents a fair price for any such Defaulted Loan, the Trustee shall be supplied with and shall rely on the most recent Appraisal or Updated Appraisal conducted in accordance with this Agreement within the preceding 9-month period or in the absence of any such Appraisal, on a narrative appraisal prepared by an Independent MAI appraiser selected by (i) the Special Servicer if the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Special Servicer is not making an offer with respect to such Defaulted Loan, (ii) by the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer is making such an offer unless the Master Servicer and Special Servicer are Affiliates or (iii) the Operating Advisor if the Master Servicer and Special Servicer are Affiliates and the Special Servicer is making an offer. The cost of any such Updated Appraisal or narrative appraisal shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable as, a Servicing Advance. In addition, the Trustee shall be permitted to retain, at the expense of the related Interested Person, an independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least 5 years’ experience in valuing or investing in loans similar to the subject Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be, that has been selected with reasonable care by the trustee to determine such fair price and will be permitted to conclusively rely on the opinion of such third party’s determination. Any costs and fees of the Trustee in connection with an offer by an Interested Person and the Trustee’s duties therewith shall be reimbursable by such Interested Person.

 

In determining whether any offer from a Person other than an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for any such Defaulted Loan, the Special Servicer shall take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal, Updated Appraisal or narrative appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to this Agreement within the prior 9 months), and in determining whether any offer from an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for any such Defaulted Loan, any appraiser shall be instructed to take into account, as applicable, among other factors, the period and amount of the Delinquency on such Defaulted Loan, the period and amount of the occupancy level and physical condition of the related Mortgaged Property, the state of the local economy in

 

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the area where the Mortgaged Property is located, the expected recovery from such Defaulted Loan if the Special Servicer were to pursue a workout strategy, and the time and expense associated with a purchaser’s foreclosing on the related Mortgaged Property.

 

In addition, the Special Servicer shall refer to all other relevant information obtained by it or otherwise contained in the Mortgage File; provided that the Special Servicer shall take account of any change in circumstances regarding the related Mortgaged Property known to the Special Servicer that has occurred subsequent to, and that would, in the Special Servicer’s reasonable judgment, materially affect the value of the related Mortgaged Property reflected in the most recent related Appraisal. Furthermore, the Special Servicer may consider available objective third party information obtained from generally available sources, as well as information obtained from vendors providing real estate services to the Special Servicer, concerning the market for distressed real estate loans and the real estate market for the subject property type in the area where the related Mortgaged Property is located. The Special Servicer may, to the extent it is reasonable to do so in accordance with the Servicing Standard, conclusively rely on any opinions or reports of qualified Independent experts in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five years’ experience in valuing or investing in loans similar to the subject Specially Serviced Loan, selected with reasonable care by the Special Servicer, in making such determination. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Special Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.16(c) shall constitute, and be reimbursable as, Servicing Advances. The other parties to this Agreement shall cooperate with all reasonable requests for information made by the Special Servicer in order to allow the Special Servicer to perform its duties pursuant to this Section 3.16(c).

 

The Purchase Price (which, in connection with the administration of a Defaulted Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan, shall be construed and calculated as if the loans in such Serviced Whole Loan together constitute a single Mortgage Loan thereunder) for any such Defaulted Loan shall in all cases be deemed a fair price.

 

(d)         Subject to subsection (c) above, the Special Servicer shall act on behalf of the Trustee (for the benefit of the Certificateholders and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders) in negotiating and taking any other action necessary or appropriate in connection with the sale of any such Defaulted Loan, and the applicable collection of all amounts payable in connection therewith. In connection therewith, the Special Servicer may charge for its own account prospective offerors, and may retain, fees that approximate the Special Servicer’s actual costs in the preparation and delivery of information pertaining to such sales or exchanging offers without obligation to deposit such amounts into the REO Account the Collection Account or, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account. Any sale of such Defaulted Loan shall be final and without recourse to the Trustee or the Trust Fund (except such recourse to the Trust Fund imposed by those representations and warranties typically given in such transactions, any prorations applied thereto and any customary closing matters), and if such sale is consummated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, none of the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee shall have any liability to any Certificateholder or

 

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Companion Loan Noteholder with respect to the purchase price therefor accepted by the Special Servicer or the Trustee.

 

(e)          Any sale of such Defaulted Loan shall be for cash only.

 

(f)          The parties hereto may sell or purchase, or permit the sale or purchase of, a Serviced REO Property only on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 3.16 or as otherwise expressly provided in an applicable Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(g)         The Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to solicit offers for each Serviced REO Property on behalf of the Certificateholders and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders in such manner as will be reasonably likely to realize a fair price within the time period provided for by Section 3.15(a) of this Agreement. The Special Servicer (with the consent of the Directing Holder) shall accept the first cash offer received from any Person that constitutes a fair price for such Serviced REO Property. Subject to Section 3.16(k), if the Special Servicer receives more than one cash offer that constitutes a fair price for such Serviced REO Property during the period designated by the Special Servicer for receipt of offers, the Special Servicer shall accept the highest price. If the Special Servicer determines, in its good faith and reasonable judgment, that it will be unable to realize a fair price for any Serviced REO Property within the time constraints imposed by Section 3.15(a) of this Agreement, then the Special Servicer (with the consent of the Directing Holder) shall dispose of such Serviced REO Property upon such terms and conditions as the Special Servicer shall deem necessary and desirable to maximize the recovery thereon under the circumstances and, in connection therewith, shall accept the highest outstanding cash offer, regardless of from whom received.

 

The Special Servicer shall give the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Directing Holder, not less than ten Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to sell any Serviced REO Property, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Trustee, in its individual capacity, nor any of its Affiliates may make an offer for or purchase any Serviced REO Property pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(h)         Whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for any Serviced REO Property, as the case may be, shall be determined by the Special Servicer, if the highest offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person, and by the Trustee, if the highest offeror is an Interested Person; provided, that no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless it is the highest offer received. In determining whether any offer received from an Interested Person represents a fair price for any such Serviced REO Property, the Trustee shall be supplied with and shall rely on the most recent appraisal or Updated Appraisal conducted in accordance with this Agreement within the preceding 9-month period or in the absence of any such appraisal, on a narrative appraisal prepared by an Independent MAI appraiser selected by the Special Servicer if the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Special Servicer is not making an offer with respect to a Serviced REO Property (or by the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer is making such an offer). The cost of any such Updated Appraisal or narrative appraisal

 

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and any related costs and fees of the Trustee shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable as, a Servicing Advance. In determining whether any offer from a Person other than an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for any such Serviced REO Property, the Special Servicer shall take into account (in addition to the results of any appraisal, updated appraisal or narrative appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to this Agreement within the prior 9 months), and in determining whether any offer from an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for any such Serviced REO Property, any appraiser shall be instructed to take into account, as applicable, among other factors, the period and amount of the occupancy level and physical condition of the Mortgaged Property or Serviced REO Property, the state of the local economy and the obligation to dispose of any Serviced REO Property within the time period specified in Section 3.15(a) of this Agreement. The Purchase Price (which, in connection with the administration of a Serviced REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, shall be construed and calculated as if the loans in such Serviced Whole Loan together constitute a single Mortgage Loan thereunder) for any Serviced REO Property shall in all cases be deemed a fair price. In addition, the Trustee shall be permitted to retain, at the expense of the related Interested Person, an independent third party to determine such fair price and will be permitted to conclusively rely on the opinion of such third party’s determination. Any costs and fees of the Trustee in connection with an offer by an Interested Person and the Trustee’s duties therewith shall be reimbursable by such Interested Person.

 

(i)           Subject to subsections (g) and (h) above, the Special Servicer shall act on behalf of the Trustee (for the benefit of the Certificateholders and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders) in negotiating and taking any other action necessary or appropriate in connection with the sale of any Serviced REO Property, and the applicable collection of all amounts payable in connection therewith. In connection therewith, the Special Servicer may charge for its own account prospective offerors, and may retain, fees that approximate the Special Servicer’s actual costs in the preparation and delivery of information pertaining to such sales or exchanging offers without obligation to deposit such amounts into the Collection Account or, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account. Any sale of a Serviced REO Property shall be final and without recourse to the Trustee or the Trust Fund (except such recourse to the Trust Fund imposed by those representations and warranties typically given in such transactions, any prorations applied thereto and any customary closing matters), and if such sale is consummated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, none of the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Depositor or the Trustee shall have any liability to any Certificateholder or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder with respect to the purchase price therefor accepted by the Special Servicer or the Trustee.

 

(j)           Any sale of a Serviced REO Property shall be for cash only.

 

(k)          Notwithstanding any of the foregoing paragraphs of this Section 3.16, the Special Servicer shall not be obligated to accept the highest cash offer if the Special Servicer determines (in consultation with the Directing Holder (other than with respect to any applicable Conflicted Loan or unless a Consultation Termination Event exists) and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan

 

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Noteholders), in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that rejection of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, in the case of a sale of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan), and the Special Servicer may accept a lower cash offer (from any Person other than itself or its Affiliate) if it determines, in its reasonable and good faith judgment, that acceptance of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders (for example, if the prospective buyer making the lower offer is more likely to perform its obligations or the terms offered by the prospective buyer making the lower offer are more favorable) and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender) (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan).

 

(l)           With respect to each defaulted Serviced Companion Loan, the Special Servicer shall sell such defaulted Serviced Companion Loan together with the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement as if such Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loans were one whole loan on behalf of the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders. The Special Servicer shall provide notice and other information required under the related Intercreditor Agreement to the applicable Other Special Servicer as soon as practicable following its decision to attempt to sell, and prior to commencement or marketing of, any Serviced Companion Loan. With respect to Serviced Whole Loans, the Special Servicer shall be required to obtain the consent of any holder of a related Serviced Companion Loan prior to a sale of such Serviced Whole Loan, unless (i) such holder is the related Borrower or an Affiliate or agent of the related Borrower or (ii) the Special Servicer delivers to such holders of the related Serviced Companion Loans: (A) at least fifteen (15) Business Days’ prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell the related Serviced Whole Loan; (B) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any material amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale; (C) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for such Serviced Whole Loan, and any documents in the servicing file reasonably requested by the holders of the applicable Serviced Companion Loans that are material to the sale price of such Serviced Whole Loan; and (D) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but not less time than is afforded to other offerors and the Directing Holder) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale. The holders of the Serviced Companion Loans (or, in any case, their respective representatives) shall be permitted to submit an offer at any sale of such related Serviced Whole Loan; however, the related Borrower and its agents and Affiliates shall not be permitted to submit an offer at such sale.

 

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(m)         With respect to any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, if the Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan becomes a Defaulted Loan, the Special Servicer (or, on or after the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Other Special Servicer under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) will be required to sell such Mortgage Loan together with the related Companion Loan(s) as notes evidencing one whole loan, in accordance with the provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement or the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as the case may be.

 

Section 3.17     Additional Obligations of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer; Inspections. (a) The Master Servicer (at its own expense) (or, with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Properties, the Special Servicer) shall inspect or cause to be inspected each Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Mortgage Loan that it is servicing at such times and in such manner as is consistent with the Servicing Standard, but in any event shall inspect each Mortgaged Property with a Stated Principal Balance (or in the case of a Mortgage Loan secured by more than one Mortgaged Property, having an Allocated Loan Amount) of (A) $2,000,000 or more at least once every 12 months and (B) less than $2,000,000 at least once every 24 months (in the case of each of clauses (A) and (B), commencing in 2019), (or, in each case, at such decreased frequency as each Rating Agency shall have provided a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any); provided, that if a physical inspection has been performed by the Special Servicer in the previous twelve (12) months and the Master Servicer has no knowledge of a material change in the Mortgaged Property since such physical inspection, the Master Servicer will not be required to perform or cause to be performed, such physical inspection; provided, further, that if any scheduled payment becomes more than sixty (60) days delinquent on the related Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall inspect or cause to be inspected the related Mortgaged Property as soon as practicable after such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan and annually thereafter for so long as such Mortgage Loan remains a Specially Serviced Loan. The reasonable cost of each such inspection performed in accordance with the Servicing Standard by the Special Servicer shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance; provided, that if such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, then the cost of such inspections shall be an expense of the Trust payable out of general collections. With respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the costs described in the preceding sentence above that relate to the applicable Serviced Whole Loan shall be paid out of amounts on deposit in the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account related to such Serviced Whole Loan (allocated in accordance with the expense allocation provision of the related Intercreditor Agreement). If funds in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account relating to a Serviced Whole Loan are insufficient, then any deficiency shall be paid from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account; provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall prepare a written report of the inspection describing, among other things, the condition of and any damage to the Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan that it is servicing and specifying the existence of any material

 

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vacancies in such Mortgaged Property, any sale, transfer or abandonment of such Mortgaged Property of which it has actual knowledge, any material adverse change in the condition of the Mortgaged Property, or any visible material waste committed on applicable Mortgaged Property. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall send such reports to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such reports to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), the related Other 17g-5 Information Provider (if any) and, upon request, to the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers within 35 days of completion and receipt (by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, or, if earlier, any sub-servicer on their behalf) of the inspection report, each inspection report.

 

(b)         With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer, in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan) shall exercise the Trustee’s rights, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, with respect to the Manager under the related Loan Documents and Management Agreement, if any.

 

(c)          The Master Servicer shall deliver all Compensating Interest Payments (other than the portion of any Compensating Interest Payment allocated to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, without any right of reimbursement therefor. The Master Servicer shall deliver the portion of any Compensating Interest Payment allocated to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan to the holder of the Serviced Companion Loan on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, without any right of reimbursement therefor.

 

(d)         The Master Servicer shall, as to each Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan that is secured by the interest of the related Borrower under a ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest that is a space lease or an air rights lease, such space lease or air rights lease), promptly (and in any event within 60 days) after the Closing Date notify the related ground lessor of the transfer of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the Trust pursuant to this Agreement and inform such ground lessor that any notices of default under the related ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest that is a space lease or an air rights lease, the related space lease or air rights lease) should thereafter be forwarded to the Master Servicer.

 

(e)          The Master Servicer shall, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard and permitted by the related Loan Documents, not apply any funds with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (whether arising in the form of a holdback, earnout reserve, cash trap or other similar feature) to the prepayment of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan prior to an event of default or reasonably foreseeable event of default with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. Prior to an event of default or reasonably foreseeable event of default any such amounts described in the immediately preceding sentence shall be held by the Master Servicer as additional collateral for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan.

 

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Section 3.18     Authenticating Agent. The Certificate Administrator may appoint an Authenticating Agent to execute and to authenticate Certificates. The Authenticating Agent must be acceptable to the Depositor and must be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state, having a principal office and place of business in a state and city acceptable to the Depositor, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $15,000,000, authorized under such laws to do a trust business and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. The Certificate Administrator shall serve as the initial Authenticating Agent.

 

Any corporation into which the Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Authenticating Agent shall be party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency business of the Authenticating Agent, shall be the Authenticating Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent.

 

The Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving at least 30 days’ advance written notice of resignation to the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Depositor and the Master Servicer. The Certificate Administrator may at any time terminate the agency of the Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to the Authenticating Agent, the Depositor and the Master Servicer. Upon receiving a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time the Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.18, the Certificate Administrator may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent, which shall be acceptable to the Depositor, and shall mail notice of such appointment to all Certificateholders. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Authenticating Agent herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 3.18.

 

The Authenticating Agent shall have no responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such at the direction of the Certificate Administrator. Any compensation paid to the Authenticating Agent shall be an unreimbursable expense of the Certificate Administrator, as applicable.

 

Section 3.19     Appointment of Custodians. The Certificate Administrator shall be the initial Custodian hereunder. The Certificate Administrator may appoint one or more additional Custodians to hold all or a portion of the Mortgage Files on behalf of the Trustee and otherwise perform the duties set forth in Article II, by entering into a Custodial Agreement with any Custodian who is not the Depositor. The Certificate Administrator agrees to comply with the terms of each Custodial Agreement and to enforce the terms and provisions thereof against the Custodian for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for any act or omission of the Custodian under the Custodial Agreement. Each Custodian shall be a depository institution subject to supervision by federal or state authority, shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000, shall have a long-term debt rating of at

 

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least “Baa2” from Moody’s, “BBB” from Fitch and “A (low)” by DBRS. Each Custodial Agreement may be amended only as provided in Section 12.08 of this Agreement. Any compensation paid to the Custodian shall be an unreimbursable expense of the Certificate Administrator. If the Custodian is an entity other than the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian shall maintain a fidelity bond in the form and amount that are customary for securitizations similar to the securitization evidenced by this Agreement. The Custodian shall be deemed to have complied with this provision if one of its Affiliates has such fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such fidelity bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Custodian. In addition, the Custodian shall keep in force during the term of this Agreement a policy or policies of insurance covering loss occasioned by the errors and omissions of its officers and employees in connection with its obligations hereunder in the form and amount that are customary for securitizations similar to the securitization evidenced by this Agreement. All fidelity bonds and policies of errors and omissions insurance obtained under this Section 3.19 shall be issued by a Qualified Insurer.

 

Section 3.20     Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and Reserve Accounts. The Master Servicer shall administer each Lock-Box Account, Cash Collateral Account, Escrow Account and Reserve Account in accordance with the related Mortgage or Loan Agreement, Cash Collateral Account Agreement or Lock-Box Agreement, if any relating to the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans it is servicing.

 

Section 3.21     Servicing Advances. (a) The Master Servicer (or, to the extent provided in Section 3.21(c) of this Agreement, the Trustee) to the extent specifically provided for in this Agreement, shall make any Servicing Advances as and to the extent otherwise required pursuant to the terms hereof with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans that it is servicing. For purposes of distributions to Certificateholders and compensation to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, Servicing Advances shall not be considered to increase the Stated Principal Balance of any such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loans so provide.

 

The Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Servicing Advances. However, in an urgent or emergency situation requiring the making of a Servicing Advance, the Special Servicer may make such Servicing Advance in its sole discretion, and the Master Servicer shall be required to reimburse the Special Servicer for such Advance (with interest on that Advance) within five Business Days of its receipt of such request and any information it reasonably requests in order to make a recoverability determination, unless such Advance is determined to be a Nonrecoverable Advance by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment (in which case it will be reimbursed out of the Collection Account). Once the Special Servicer is reimbursed by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have made any such advance reimbursed by it as of the date made by the special servicer, and will be entitled to reimbursement with interest on that Advance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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(b)         Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer not less than five Business Days’ written notice with respect to any Servicing Advance to be made on any Specially Serviced Loan, before the date on which the Master Servicer is required to make such Servicing Advance with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan; provided, that the Special Servicer shall be required to provide the Master Servicer with only two Business Days’ written notice in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis (which may include, without limitation, Servicing Advances required to make tax or insurance payments). If the Master Servicer or the Trustee makes a Servicing Advance with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan then it shall provide written notice to the related Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and Other Trustee of the amount of such Servicing Advance with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan as part of its monthly report following the making of such Servicing Advance.

 

(c)         The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator in writing promptly upon, and in any event within one Business Day after, becoming aware that it will be unable to make any Servicing Advance required to be made pursuant to the terms hereof, and in connection therewith, shall set forth in such notice the amount of such Servicing Advance, the Person to whom it is to be paid, and the circumstances and purpose of such Servicing Advance, and shall set forth therein information and instructions for the payment of such Servicing Advance, and, on the date specified in such notice for the payment of such Servicing Advance, or, if the date for payment has passed or if no such date is specified, then within five Business Days following such notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 3.21(d) of this Agreement, shall pay the amount of such Servicing Advance in accordance with such information and instructions.

 

(d)         The Special Servicer shall promptly furnish any party required to make Servicing Advances hereunder with any information in its possession regarding the Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as such party required to make Servicing Advances may reasonably request for purposes of making recoverability determinations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make an affirmative determination that any Advance is, or would be, a Nonrecoverable Advance, and in the absence of a determination by the Special Servicer that such an Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, then all such decisions shall remain with the Master Servicer or Trustee, as applicable.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if the Person otherwise required to make such Servicing Advance determines that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall make any Servicing Advance to the extent that it has received written notice that the Special Servicer has determined that such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In making such recoverability determination, such Person will be entitled to (i) give due regard to the existence of any Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount with respect to other Mortgage Loans, the recovery of which, at the time of such consideration, is being deferred or delayed by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, in light of the fact

 

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that proceeds on the related Mortgage Loan (or the related Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable) are a source of recovery not only for the Servicing Advance under consideration, but also as a potential source of recovery of such Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount which is being or may be deferred or delayed and (ii) consider (among other things) the obligations of the Borrower under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan (or the related Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable) as it may have been modified, (iii) consider (among other things) the related Mortgaged Properties in their “as is” or then current conditions and occupancies, as modified by such party’s assumptions (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) regarding the possibility and effects of future adverse changes with respect to such Mortgaged Properties, (iv) estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) (among other things) future expenses and (v) estimate and consider (among other things) the timing of recoveries.

 

The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverability determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed Servicing Advances. If an Appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property shall not have been obtained within the prior 9 month period (and the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall each request any such appraisal from the Special Servicer prior to ordering an Appraisal pursuant to this sentence) or if such an Appraisal shall have been obtained but as a result of unforeseen occurrences, such Appraisal does not, in the good faith determination of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reflect current market conditions, and the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, and the Special Servicer cannot agree on the appropriate downward adjustment to such Appraisal, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, may, subject to its reasonable and good faith determination that such Appraisal will demonstrate the nonrecoverability of the related Advance, obtain an Appraisal for such purpose at the expense of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement).

 

Any determination by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or the Trustee that the Master Servicer or Trustee, as the case may be, has made a Servicing Advance that is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance or any determination by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee that any proposed Servicing Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance shall be evidenced in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer by a certificate of a Servicing Officer delivered to the other, to the Trustee, the Directing Holder (but only if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, any related Companion Loan holder(s) and the Depositor and, in the case of the Trustee, by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, delivered to the Depositor, the Directing Holder (but only if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, any related Companion Loan holder(s), the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, which in each case sets forth such nonrecoverability determination and the considerations of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, forming the basis of such determination (such certificate accompanied by, to the extent available, income

 

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and expense statements, rent rolls, occupancy status, property inspections and other information used by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to make such determination, together with any existing Appraisal or any Updated Appraisal); provided, that the Special Servicer may, at its option, make a determination in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that any Servicing Advance previously made or proposed to be made is nonrecoverable and shall deliver to the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Holder (but only if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), notice of such determination. Any such determination may be relied upon by but shall not be binding on the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee. Any such determination by the Special Servicer may be relied upon and shall be binding on the Master Servicer and the Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make an affirmative determination that any Advance is, or would be, a Nonrecoverable Advance, and in the absence of a determination by the Special Servicer that such an Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, then all such decisions shall remain with the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable. If the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion, and not all, of any previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall each have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance.

 

Any such Person may update or change its recoverability determinations at any time (but not reverse any other Person’s determination or prohibit any such other authorized Person from making a determination, that a Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance) and (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) may obtain, at the expense of the Trust (and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement), any analysis, Appraisals or market value estimates or other information for such purposes. Absent bad faith, any such determination as to the recoverability of any Servicing Advance shall be conclusive and binding on the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders.

 

The Trustee, in determining whether or not a Servicing Advance previously made is, or a proposed Servicing Advance, if made, would be, a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance shall use its reasonable judgment.

 

With respect to the payment of insurance premiums and delinquent tax assessments, in the event that the Master Servicer determines that a Servicing Advance of such amounts would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall deliver notice of such determination to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Special Servicer. Upon receipt of such notice, the Master Servicer (with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan that is a Performing Loan) and the Special Servicer (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property) shall determine (with the reasonable assistance of the Master Servicer) whether the payment of such amount (i) is necessary to

 

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preserve the related Mortgaged Property and (ii) would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, in the case of any Serviced Companion Loans, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)). If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer determines that the payment of such amount (i) is necessary to preserve the related Mortgaged Property and (ii) would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, in the case of any Serviced Companion Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, the Special Servicer (in the case of a determination by the Special Servicer) shall direct the Master Servicer in writing to make such payment and the Master Servicer shall make such payment, to the extent of available funds, from amounts in the Collection Account or, if a Serviced Whole Loan is involved, from amounts in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.21, the Master Servicer may elect (but shall not be required) to make a payment out of the Collection Account to pay for certain expenses specified in this sentence notwithstanding that the Master Servicer has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Loans or Serviced REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan; provided that in each instance, the Master Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard (as evidenced by a certificate of a Servicing Officer delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) that making such expenditure is in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)). The Master Servicer may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 3.06 of this Agreement.

 

(e)         The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and/or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to the reimbursement of Servicing Advances made by any of them to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement, if applicable, together with any related Advance Interest Amount in respect of such Servicing Advances, and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee each hereby covenants and agrees to promptly seek and effect the reimbursement of such Servicing Advances from the related Borrowers to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Loan Documents.

 

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with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. The Other Servicer, the Other Special Servicer (to the extent it has made an advance), the Other Trustee or fiscal agent or other Persons making advances under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be entitled to reimbursement in accordance with Section 3.06(b) of this Agreement for the pro rata portion (based on unpaid principal balance) of the related Mortgage Loan (after amounts allocated to the related Subordinate Companion Loan, if any) with respect to any Servicing Advance that is nonrecoverable (with, in each case, any pro rata portion of accrued and unpaid interest thereon provided for under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) in the manner set forth in the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable.

 

With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or Trustee, as applicable, determines that a proposed Servicing Advance with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan, if made, or any outstanding Servicing Advance with respect to any such Mortgage Loan previously made, would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer or Trustee, as applicable, shall provide the Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and the Other Trustee under each related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement with written notice of such determination, together with supporting evidence for such determination within two (2) Business Days after such determination or such longer time period permitted by the applicable Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Section 3.22     Appointment and Replacement of Special Servicer. (a) LNR Partners, LLC, is hereby appointed as the initial Special Servicer to service each Specially Serviced Loan and related REO Property.

 

(b)         For so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder shall be entitled to terminate the rights (subject to Section 3.05, Section 3.12 and Section 6.03(a) of this Agreement) and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement, with or without cause, and appoint a successor Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement, upon ten (10) Business Days’ notice to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee; provided that, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Directing Holder’s right to terminate the rights and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan shall be subject to the limitations set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement; provided, further that with respect to a Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the limitations on termination without cause set forth in clause (b) shall not apply to the related Loan-Specific Directing Holder’s right to terminate the Special Servicer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement without cause with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement. For the sake of clarity, the recommendation of replacement of the Special Servicer by the Operating Advisor and the approval of the Certificateholders of a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer shall not preclude the Directing Holder from appointing a replacement special servicer, provided that such replacement may not be the removed Special Servicer or its Affiliate

 

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hereunder or is otherwise not acting in accordance with the Servicing Standard, and (ii) the replacement of the Special Servicer would be in the best interest of the Certificateholders as a collective whole, then the Operating Advisor shall deliver to the Trustee and to the Certificate Administrator, with a copy to the Special Servicer, a written report setting forth the reasons supporting its recommendation (along with any information the Operating Advisor considered relevant to its recommendation) and recommending a replacement special servicer; provided, that in no event shall the information or any other content included in such written recommendation contravene any provision of this Agreement. In such event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post notice to all Certificateholders of such recommendation and the related report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and by mail (or through the DTC system, as applicable), and shall conduct the solicitation of votes of all Certificates in such regard, which requisite affirmative votes must be received within one hundred eighty (180) days of the posting of such notice, and if not so received, such votes shall be null and void ab initio. Upon (i) the written direction of Holders of Sequential Pay Certificates evidencing at least a majority of a quorum of Certificateholders (which, for this purpose, is the Holders of Certificates that (A) evidence at least 20% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Realized Losses and Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the respective Certificate Balances) of all Sequential Pay Certificates on an aggregate basis and (B) consist of at least three Certificateholders or Certificate Owners that are not Risk Retention Affiliated with each other) and (ii) receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to the Certificates and, if such successor Special Servicer shall also specially service a Serviced Whole Loan, any class of related Serviced Companion Loan Securities, by the Trustee following satisfaction of the foregoing clause (i), the Trustee (upon receipt of written confirmation from the Certificate Administrator, if the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee are different entities) shall (x) terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement and appoint such successor Special Servicer; provided such termination is subject to the terminated Special Servicer's rights to indemnification, payment of outstanding fees and other compensation, reimbursement of advances and other rights set forth in this Agreement which survive termination and (y) promptly notify such outgoing Special Servicer of the effective date of such termination. The reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses associated with administering such vote shall be an Additional Trust Fund Expense. If the Trustee does not receive the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the quorum described in clause (i) of the preceding sentence within 180 days of after the notice is posted to the Certificate Administrator’s Website, then the Trustee shall not remove the Special Servicer. Prior to the appointment of any replacement special servicer, such replacement special servicer shall have agreed to succeed to the obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement and to act as the Special Servicer’s successor hereunder. In the event the Special Servicer is terminated pursuant to this Section 3.22(c), the Directing Holder may not subsequently reappoint such terminated Special Servicer or any Risk Retention Affiliate thereof. No penalty or fee shall be payable to the terminated Special Servicer with respect to any termination pursuant to this Section 3.22(c).

 

(d)         If a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and upon (a) the written direction of holders of Certificates (other than the Class X, Class S and Class R Certificates) evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the

 

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application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of the Certificates pursuant to Section 4.08 of this Agreement) of the Certificates (other than the Class X, Class S and Class R Certificates) requesting a vote to replace the Special Servicer (other than with respect to a Servicing Shift Whole Loan) with a new special servicer designated in such written direction, (b) payment by such holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses (including any legal fees and expenses and any Rating Agency fees and expenses) to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote and (c) delivery by such holders to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to the Certificates and, if such successor Special Servicer shall also specially service a Serviced Whole Loan, any related Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders of such request by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and by mail (or through the DTC system, as applicable), and conduct the solicitation of votes of all Certificates in such regard. Subsequently, if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, upon the written direction of (i) holders of Certificates (other than the Class X, Class S and Class R Certificates) evidencing at least 66-2/3% of a Certificateholder Quorum of Certificates or (ii) holders of Corresponding Certificates evidencing more than 50% of the Voting Rights of each Class of Non-Reduced Certificates, the Trustee shall (x) terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement and appoint the successor Special Servicer designated by such Certificateholders (other than with respect to a Servicing Shift Whole Loan), provided such termination is subject to the terminated Special Servicer's rights to indemnification, payment of outstanding fees and other compensation, reimbursement of advances and other rights set forth in this Agreement which survive termination and (y) promptly notify such outgoing Special Servicer of the effective date of such termination; provided that if such written direction is not provided within 180 days of the notice from the Certificate Administrator of the request for a vote to terminate and replace the Special Servicer, then such written direction shall have no force and effect. The reasonable fees and out-of-pocket costs associated with administering such vote shall be an Additional Trust Fund Expense. The Certificate Administrator shall include on each Distribution Date Statement a statement that each Certificateholder and Certificate Owner may access notices on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and each Certificateholder and Certificate Owner may register to receive email notifications when such notices are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to reimbursement from the requesting Certificateholders for the reasonable expenses of posting such notices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Certificateholders’ direction to replace a special servicer shall not apply to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan unless an Arizona Retail Portfolio Control Appraisal Period has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Whole Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement. The related Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan Noteholder shall have the right, prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Arizona Retail Portfolio Control Appraisal Period to replace the Special Servicer solely with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan.

 

(e)         The Trustee shall, promptly after receiving any removal notice pursuant to Section 3.22(b) of this Agreement or direction to terminate pursuant to Section 3.22(c) or Section 3.22(d) of this Agreement, so notify the Certificate Administrator, the related Serviced

 

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Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement). The termination of the Special Servicer and appointment of a successor Special Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.22 shall not be effective until (i) the Trustee receives from each Rating Agency a Rating Agency Confirmation and, if such successor Special Servicer shall also specially service a Serviced Whole Loan, a Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation, (ii) the successor special servicer has assumed all of its responsibilities, duties and liabilities hereunder pursuant to a writing reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, (iii) receipt by the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (x) the designation of such replacement to serve as Special Servicer is in compliance with this Agreement, (y) such replacement will be bound by the terms of this Agreement and (z) this Agreement will be enforceable against such replacement in accordance with its terms, (iv) the replacement Special Servicer certifies that such replacement special servicer satisfies all related qualifications set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement relating to such Serviced Companion Loan and (v) receipt by the Certificate Administrator (with a confirmation of such receipt delivered to the Trustee) of notice and information required to be delivered by the successor Special Servicer under Section 10.03 of this Agreement. Any successor Special Servicer shall make the representations and warranties provided for in Section 2.04(b) of this Agreement mutatis mutandis. Further, such successor Special Servicer shall be a Person that (i) satisfies all of the eligibility requirements applicable to the special servicer contained in this Agreement, (ii) is not the Operating Advisor or former operating advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or former asset representations reviewer, or an affiliate of any of the foregoing, (iii) is not obligated or allowed to pay the Operating Advisor any fees or otherwise compensate the Operating Advisor (x) in respect of its obligations under this Agreement or (y) for the appointment of the successor Special Servicer or the recommendation by the Operating Advisor for the replacement Special Servicer to become the Special Servicer, (iv) is not entitled to receive any compensation from the Operating Advisor other than compensation that is not material and is unrelated to the Operating Advisor’s recommendation that such party be appointed as the replacement special servicer, (v) is not entitled to receive any fee from the Operating Advisor for its appointment as successor Special Servicer, in each case, unless expressly approved by 100% of the Certificateholders, (vi) is not a special servicer that has been cited by Moody’s as having servicing concerns as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination, (vii) currently has a special servicer rating of at least “CSS3” from Fitch and (viii) is currently acting as a special servicer in a transaction rated by DBRS and has not been cited by DBRS as having servicing concerns as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination. In addition, any replacement Special Servicer that will service any Serviced Whole Loan shall meet any requirements specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement or, if applicable, the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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provided, that the Special Servicer removed pursuant to this Section shall be entitled to receive, and shall have received, all amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement on or prior to the effective date of such resignation and it shall continue to be entitled to any rights that accrued prior to the date of such resignation (including the right to receive all fees, expenses and other amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement, plus the right to receive any Workout Fee specified in Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement if the Special Servicer is terminated and any indemnification rights that the Special Servicer is entitled to pursuant to Section 6.03(a) of this Agreement) notwithstanding any such removal. Such removed Special Servicer shall cooperate with the Trustee and the replacement Special Servicer in effecting the termination of the resigning Special Servicer’s responsibilities and rights hereunder, including without limitation the transfer within two Business Days to the successor Special Servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts that are thereafter received with respect to the Mortgage Loans and, if applicable, Whole Loans.

 

(f)          The appointment of any such successor Special Servicer shall not relieve the Master Servicer or the Trustee of their respective obligations to make Advances as set forth herein; provided, that neither the Trustee nor the Master Servicer shall be liable for any actions or any inaction of such successor Special Servicer. Any termination fee payable to the terminated Special Servicer (and it is acknowledged that there is no such fee payable in the event of a termination for breach of this Agreement) shall be paid by the Certificateholders or the Directing Holder, as applicable, so terminating the Special Servicer and shall not in any event be an expense of the Trust Fund or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (unless such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder is the Directing Holder).

 

(g)         If a replacement special servicer is appointed with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan or any related Serviced REO Property in accordance with this Section 3.22 such that there are multiple parties acting as Special Servicer hereunder, then, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (i) when used in the context of imposing duties and obligations on the Special Servicer hereunder or the performance of such duties and obligations, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicer, insofar as such duties and obligations relate to the subject Serviced Whole Loan or any related Serviced REO Property, and shall mean the General Special Servicer (as defined below in clause (h)), in all other cases (provided, that in Section 3.14 and Article VII of this Agreement, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean each of the Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicers and the General Special Servicer); (ii) when used in the context of identifying the recipient of any information, funds, documents, instruments and/or other items, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicer, insofar as such information, funds, documents, instruments and/or other items relate to the subject Serviced Whole Loan or any related Serviced REO Property, and shall mean the General Special Servicer, in all other cases; (iii) when used in the context of granting the Special Servicer the right to purchase Defaulted Loans pursuant to Section 3.16 of this Agreement, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the General Special Servicer only; (iv) when used in the context of granting the Special Servicer the right to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01 of this Agreement, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the General Special Servicer only; (v) when used in the context of the Special Servicer being replaced pursuant to this Section 3.22

 

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by the applicable Directing Holder, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the General Special Servicer or the Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicer, if applicable; (vi) when used in the context of granting the Special Servicer any protections, limitations on liability, immunities and/or indemnities hereunder, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean each of the Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicers and the General Special Servicer; and (vii) when used in the context of requiring indemnification from, imposing liability on, or exercising any remedies against, the Special Servicer for any breach of a representation, warranty or covenant hereunder or for any negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the performance of duties and obligations hereunder or any negligent disregard of such duties and obligations or otherwise holding the Special Servicer responsible for any of the foregoing, the term “Special Servicer” shall mean the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicer or the General Special Servicer, as applicable.

 

(h)         References in this Section 3.22 to “General Special Servicer” mean the Person performing the duties and obligations of special servicer with respect to the Mortgage Pool (exclusive of any Whole Loan or related REO Property as to which a different Serviced Whole Loan Special Servicer has been appointed with respect thereto).

 

(i)           No penalty or fee shall be payable to the terminated Special Servicer with respect to any termination pursuant to this Section 3.22. All costs and expenses of any such termination made without cause shall be paid by the Controlling Class Certificateholders.

 

(j)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.22, with respect to any Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, if any, the Special Servicer shall resign with respect to such Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan.

 

In the event the Special Servicer is required to resign as Special Servicer with respect to any Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan because it obtains knowledge that it is a Borrower Party prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, then (i) the Directing Holder (in the case of the Controlling Class Representative, only if the Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan is not also a Conflicted Loan) shall appoint (and replace with or without cause) the Non-Conflicted Special Servicer, as successor to the resigning Special Servicer, in accordance with this Agreement for the Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, (ii) if the Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan is also a Conflicted Loan relating to the Controlling Class Representative (but not a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan), then the largest Controlling Class Certificateholder (by Certificate Balance) that is not a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder shall appoint (and replace with or without cause) the Non-Conflicted Special Servicer for the Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, and (iii) if there is no Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not a Conflicted Controlling Class Certificateholder, then the Non-Conflicted Special Servicer shall be appointed as described in the following paragraph.

 

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or (ii) there is no Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder, then, at the expense of the Trust Fund, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice of such resignation to all Certificateholders by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and the Non-Conflicted Special Servicer shall be appointed upon the written direction of more than 50% of the Voting Rights of the Certificates that exercise their right to vote (provided that holders of at least 20% of the Voting Rights of the Certificates exercise their right to vote). If such Non-Conflicted Special Servicer has not been appointed pursuant to the preceding sentence within 30 days after the Special Servicer has provided its written notice of resignation, the Certificate Administrator shall provide written notice to the resigning Special Servicer that such Non-Conflicted Special Servicer has not been appointed and such resigning Special Servicer shall appoint such Non-Conflicted Special Servicer. The Special Servicer shall not have any liability with respect to the actions or inactions of the applicable Non-Conflicted Special Servicer or with respect to the identity of the applicable Non-Conflicted Special Servicer.

 

If at any time the Special Servicer that had acted as the Special Servicer for a Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan prior to it becoming a Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan is no longer a Borrower Party (including, without limitation, as a result of the related Mortgaged Property becoming REO Property) with respect to a Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, (1) the related Non-Conflicted Special Servicer shall resign, (2) the related Mortgage Loan shall no longer be a Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, (3) such Special Servicer shall become the Special Servicer again for such related Mortgage Loan and (4) such original Special Servicer shall be entitled to all special servicing compensation with respect to such Mortgage Loan earned during such time on and after such Mortgage Loan is no longer a Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan.

 

The Non-Conflicted Special Servicer shall perform all of the obligations of the Special Servicer for the related Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan and will be entitled to all special servicing compensation with respect to such Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan earned during such time as the related Mortgage Loan is a Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan (provided that the Special Servicer shall remain entitled to all other special servicing compensation with respect all Mortgage Loans and Serviced Whole Loans that are not Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loans during such time).

 

If a Servicing Officer or Special Servicing Officer, as applicable, of the Master Servicer, a related Non-Conflicted Special Servicer, or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has actual knowledge that a Mortgage Loan is no longer a Conflicted Loan, a Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan or a Conflicted Special Servicer Mortgage Loan, as applicable, the Master Servicer, the related Non-Conflicted Special Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide prompt written notice thereof to each of the other parties to this Agreement.

 

(k)         No removal or replacement of the Special Servicer as contemplated by this Agreement shall become effective until (i) a successor Special Servicer shall have assumed the resigning or terminated Special Servicer’s responsibilities, duties, liabilities and obligations hereunder, (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to

 

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Section 10.09, (iii) any other information required under Section 10.03 or Section 10.09 has been delivered to any applicable Other Depositor with respect to any related Companion Loan, and (iv) as to any resignation, removal, succession, merger or consolidation of the Special Servicer that would constitute a Reportable Event, upon at least 4 Business Days prior notice of the anticipated effective date of such event, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor shall cooperate in a timely manner with the Special Servicer or any other Person pursuing such resignation, removal, succession, merger or consolidation, as applicable, in connection with the Depositor’s or the Certificate Administrator’s obligation to file any related required Form 8-K relating to this Trust on the anticipated effective date of such event.

 

Section 3.23     Transfer of Servicing Between the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer; Record Keeping; Asset Status Report. (a) Upon the occurrence of any event specified in the definition of Specially Serviced Loan with respect to any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan of which the Master Servicer may have notice, the Master Servicer shall promptly give notice thereof to the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the related Mortgage Loan Seller, if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and shall use efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to provide the Special Servicer with the Servicing File and all other information, documents (but excluding the original documents constituting the Mortgage File) and records (including records stored electronically) relating to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer to enable it to assume its duties hereunder with respect thereto without acting through a sub-servicer. The Master Servicer shall use efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to comply with the preceding sentence within five Business Days of the date it has notice of the occurrence of any event specified in the definition of Specially Serviced Loan and in any event shall continue to act as Master Servicer and administrator of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, until the Special Servicer has commenced the servicing of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, which shall occur upon the receipt by the Special Servicer of the information, documents and records referred to in the preceding sentence. With respect to each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, the Master Servicer shall instruct the related Borrower to continue to remit all payments in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall forward any notices it would otherwise send to the Borrower of a Specially Serviced Loan to the Special Servicer, who shall send such notice to the related Borrower.

 

Upon determining that a Specially Serviced Loan has become a Corrected Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall immediately give notice thereof to the Master Servicer, and upon giving such notice, such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan shall cease to be a Specially Serviced Loan in accordance with the first proviso of the definition of Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer’s obligation to service such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan shall terminate and the obligations of the Master Servicer to service and administer such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan as a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that is a Performing Loan shall resume.

 

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(b)          In servicing any Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer shall provide to the Custodian originals of documents included within the definition of “Mortgage File” for inclusion in the related Mortgage File (to the extent such documents are in the possession of the Special Servicer) and copies of any additional related Mortgage Loan information, including correspondence with the related Borrower, and the Special Servicer shall promptly provide copies of all of the foregoing to the Master Servicer as well as copies of any analysis or internal review prepared by or for the benefit of the Special Servicer.

 

(c)         Not later than two Business Days preceding each date on which the Master Servicer is required to furnish a report under Section 3.13(a) of this Agreement to the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer shall deliver to the Master Servicer and, upon request, the Operating Advisor, a written statement describing, on a loan by loan basis, (i) the amount of all payments on account of interest received on each Specially Serviced Loan, the amount of all payments on account of principal, including Principal Prepayments, on each Specially Serviced Loan, the amount of Net Insurance Proceeds and Net Liquidation Proceeds received with respect to each Specially Serviced Loan, and with respect to REO Properties, the amount of net income or net loss, as determined from management of a trade or business on, the furnishing or rendering of a non-customary service to the tenants of, or the receipt of any rental income that does not constitute Rents from Real Property with respect to the Serviced REO Property relating to each applicable Specially Serviced Loan, in each case in accordance with Section 3.15 of this Agreement (it being understood and agreed that to the extent this information is provided in accordance with Section 3.13(g) of this Agreement, this Section 3.23(c) shall be deemed to be satisfied) and (ii) such additional information relating to the Specially Serviced Loans as the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee reasonably request, to enable it to perform its duties under this Agreement. Such statement and information shall be furnished to the Master Servicer in writing and/or in such electronic media as is acceptable to the Master Servicer.

 

(d)         Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding Section 3.23(c), the Master Servicer shall maintain ongoing payment records with respect to each of the Specially Serviced Loans relating to a Mortgage Loan that it is servicing and shall provide the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor with any information reasonably required by the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor to perform its duties under this Agreement. Upon request, the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer with any information reasonably required by the Master Servicer to perform its duties under this Agreement with respect to any Mortgage Loan relating to the period such Mortgage Loan is or was a Specially Serviced Loan.

 

(e)          No later than 30 days after a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan (the “Initial Delivery Date”), the Special Servicer shall deliver a report (the “Asset Status Report”) with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and the related Mortgaged Property. Subsequent to the issuance of a Final Asset Status Report, the Special Servicer shall prepare one or more additional Asset Status Reports with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan (each such report a “Subsequent Asset Status Report”) to the extent that during the course of the resolution of such Specially Serviced Loan material changes in the strategy reflected in the initial Final Asset Status Report (or Subsequent

 

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Asset Status Reports) are necessary to reflect the then current circumstances and recommendation as to how the Specially Serviced Loan might be returned to performing status or otherwise liquidated in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The Special Servicer shall deliver each Final Asset Status Report and Subsequent Asset Status Report to the Master Servicer, the Directing Holder (but (i) only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, and (ii) not with respect to any applicable Conflicted Loan), with respect to any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in a securitization transaction, to the master servicer of such securitization into which the related Serviced Companion Loan has been sold or to the holder of the related Serviced Companion Loan, the Operating Advisor (but only if an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing), the Controlling Class Representative (so long as such Mortgage Loan is not a Conflicted Loan), the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such report to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), each related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, and upon request, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers; provided, the Special Servicer shall not be required to deliver an Asset Status Report to the Directing Holder if the Special Servicer and the Directing Holder are the same entity. A summary of each Final Asset Status Report shall be provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee. Such Asset Status Report shall set forth the following information to the extent reasonably determinable:

 

(i)          summary of the status of such Specially Serviced Loan and any negotiations with the related Borrower;

 

(ii)          a discussion of the legal and environmental considerations reasonably known to the Special Servicer, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that are applicable to the exercise of remedies as aforesaid and to the enforcement of any related guaranties or other collateral for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and whether outside legal counsel has been retained;

 

(iii)         the most current rent roll and income or operating statement available for the related Mortgaged Property;

 

(iv)        (A) the Special Servicer’s recommendations on how such Specially Serviced Loan might be returned to performing status (including the modification of a monetary term, and any workout, restructure or debt forgiveness) and returned to the Master Servicer for regular servicing or foreclosed or otherwise realized upon (including any proposed sale of a Defaulted Loan or Serviced REO Property), (B) a description of any such proposed or taken actions, and (C) the alternative courses of action that were or are being considered by the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed or taken actions;

 

(v)         the status of any foreclosure actions or other proceedings undertaken with respect to the Specially Serviced Loan, any proposed workouts and the status of any negotiations with respect to such workouts, and an assessment of the likelihood of additional defaults under the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

 

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(vi)         a description of any amendment, modification or waiver of a material term of any ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest that is a space lease or an air rights lease, any such space lease or air rights lease) or franchise agreement;

 

(vii)        the decision that the Special Servicer made, or intends or proposes to make, including a narrative analysis setting forth the Special Servicer’s rationale for its proposed decision, including its rejection of the alternatives;

 

(viii)       an analysis of whether or not taking such proposed action is reasonably likely to produce a greater recovery on a present value basis than not taking such action, setting forth (x) the basis on which the Special Servicer made such determination and (y) the net present value calculation (including the applicable Calculation Rate used) and all related assumptions;

 

(ix)         the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property (and a copy of the last obtained Appraisal of such Mortgaged Property) together with a description of any adjustments to the valuation of such Mortgaged Property made by the Special Servicer together with an explanation of those adjustments; and

 

(x)          such other information as the Special Servicer deems relevant in light of the Servicing Standard.

 

As provided in Section 3.12(d), if a Servicing Shift Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan prior to the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Special Servicer shall service and administer such Servicing Shift Whole Loan and related REO Property in the same manner as any other Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property, shall be entitled to all Special Servicing Compensation earned with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan and shall have all the rights and obligations with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan as Special Servicer of such Serviced Whole Loan.

 

If the Loan-Specific Directing Holder (with respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan only) or the Controlling Class Representative, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (and other than with respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan), within 10 Business Days of receiving an Asset Status Report, does not disapprove such Asset Status Report in writing, the Loan-Specific Directing Holder or the Controlling Class Representative will be deemed to have approved such Asset Status Report and the Special Servicer shall implement the recommended action as outlined in such Asset Status Report; provided, that such Special Servicer may not take any action that is contrary to applicable law, this Agreement, the Servicing Standard (taking into consideration the best interests of all the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender) (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)), the terms of the applicable Loan Documents or any related Intercreditor Agreement. If the Loan-Specific Directing Holder (with

 

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respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan only) or the Controlling Class Representative, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, disapproves such Asset Status Report within such 10 Business Day period, the Special Servicer will revise such Asset Status Report and deliver to the Loan-Specific Directing Holder, the Controlling Class Representative, as applicable, and the Master Servicer a new Asset Status Report as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days after such disapproval. The Special Servicer shall revise such Asset Status Report as described above in this Section 3.23(e) until the Loan-Specific Directing Holder or the Controlling Class Representative fails to disapprove such revised Asset Status Report in writing within such 10-Business Day period of receiving such revised Asset Status Report or until the Special Servicer makes a determination consistent with the Servicing Standard, that such objection is not in the best interests of all the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)). In any event, if the Loan-Specific Directing Holder (with respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan only) or the Controlling Class Representative, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, does not approve an Asset Status Report within 60 Business Days from the first submission of an Asset Status Report, the Special Servicer may act upon the most recently submitted form of Asset Status Report if consistent with the Servicing Standard. The procedures described in this paragraph are collectively referred to as the “Directing Holder Asset Status Report Review Process”. Prior to an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the Special Servicer shall promptly deliver each Final Asset Status Report to the Operating Advisor following the completion of the Directing Holder Asset Status Report Review Process. The Special Servicer may, from time to time, modify any Asset Status Report it has previously delivered and implement such report, provided such report shall have been prepared, reviewed and not rejected pursuant to the terms of this Section, and in particular, shall modify and resubmit such Asset Status Report to the Loan-Specific Directing Holder (with respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan only) and the Controlling Class Representative (other than with respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan) (with a copy to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) if (i) the estimated sales proceeds, foreclosure proceeds, workout or restructure terms or anticipated debt forgiveness varies materially from the amount on which the original report was based or (ii) the related Borrower becomes the subject of bankruptcy proceedings. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer (i) may, following the occurrence of an extraordinary event with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, take any action set forth in such Asset Status Report before the expiration of such 10-Business Day period if the Special Servicer has reasonably determined that failure to take such action would materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)), and it has made a reasonable effort to contact the Loan-Specific Directing Holder (with respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan only), the Controlling Class

 

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Representative (other than with respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan) and, if any Serviced Whole Loan is involved, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and (ii) in any case, shall determine whether such affirmative disapproval is not in the best interests of all the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)) pursuant to the Servicing Standard, and, upon making such determination, shall implement the recommended action outlined in the Asset Status Report. The Asset Status Report is not intended to replace or satisfy any specific consent or approval right which the Directing Holder may have. If the Special Servicer has received the applicable Investor Certification that a Mortgage Loan has become a Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan, any Asset Status Report delivered with respect to such Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan shall be sent via email (or such other electronic means mutually acceptable to the parties) in one or more separate files labeled by the Special Servicer “Conflicted Information” followed by the applicable loan number and loan name to cmbsexcludedinformation@wellsfargo.com.

 

The Special Servicer shall have the authority to meet with the Borrower for any Specially Serviced Loan and take such actions consistent with the Servicing Standard and the related Asset Status Report. The Special Servicer shall not take any action inconsistent with the related Asset Status Report, unless such action would be required in order to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, this Agreement, applicable law or the related Loan Documents.

 

During the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the Special Servicer shall promptly deliver each Asset Status Report prepared in connection with a Specially Serviced Loan to the Operating Advisor (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not a Conflicted Loan applicable to the Directing Holder and only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder). During the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the Operating Advisor shall provide comments to the Special Servicer in respect of each Asset Status Report, if any, within ten (10) Business Days following the later of (i) receipt of such Asset Status Report or (ii) receipt of such additional information reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor and in the possession of the Special Servicer related thereto, and propose possible alternative courses of action to the extent it determines such alternatives to be in the best interest of the Certificateholders (including any Certificateholders that are holders of the Control Eligible Certificates), as a collective whole. The Special Servicer shall consider such alternative courses of action, if any, and any other feedback provided by the Operating Advisor (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not a Conflicted Loan applicable to the Directing Certificateholder and only for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder) in connection with the Special Servicer’s preparation of any Asset Status Report that is provided while an Operating Advisor Consultation Event is continuing. The Special Servicer may revise the Asset Status Report as it deems necessary to take into account any input and/or comments from the Operating Advisor (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not a Conflicted Loan applicable to the Directing Holder and only for so long as no Consultation Termination

 

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Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder), to the extent the Special Servicer determines that the Operating Advisor’s and/or Directing Holder’s input and/or recommendations are consistent with the Servicing Standard and in the best interest of the Certificateholders as a collective whole (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the best interest of the Certificateholders and the holders of the related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of such Companion Loan)). Promptly upon determining whether or not to revise any Asset Status Report to take into account any input and/or comments from the Operating Advisor or the Directing Holder, the Special Servicer shall revise the Asset Status Report, if applicable, and deliver to the Operating Advisor and the Directing Holder either the revised Asset Status Report (until a Final Asset Status Report is issued). The procedures described in this paragraph are collectively referred to as the “ASR Consultation Process”.

 

After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Holder (and at any time with respect to any applicable Conflicted Loan) shall have no right to consent to any Asset Status Report under this Section 3.23. After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event but prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Holder (except with respect to any applicable Conflicted Loan), and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event (or with respect to a Conflicted Loan applicable to the Directing Holder), the Operating Advisor, shall consult with the Special Servicer (in person or remotely via electronic, telephonic or other mutually agreeable communication) and may propose alternative courses of action and provide such other feedback as the Operating Advisor determines in respect of any Asset Status Report. During the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event (and at any time with respect to any applicable Conflicted Loan), the Directing Holder (other than in its capacity as a Certificateholder) shall have no right to receive any Asset Status Report or otherwise consult with the Special Servicer with respect to Asset Status Reports and the Special Servicer shall only be obligated to consult with the Operating Advisor with respect to any Asset Status Report as described above. The Special Servicer may choose to revise the Asset Status Report as it deems reasonably necessary in accordance with the Servicing Standard to take into account any input and/or recommendations of the Operating Advisor or the Directing Holder during the applicable periods described above, but is under no obligation to follow any particular recommendation of the Operating Advisor or the Directing Holder. The Special Servicer shall implement the Final Asset Status Report.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Whole Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Arizona Retail Portfolio Control Appraisal Period, the Arizona Retail Portfolio Directing Holder rather than the Controlling Class Representative, will have certain approval rights over any related Asset Status Report.

 

If neither the Operating Advisor nor the Directing Holder proposes alternative courses of action within 10 Business Days after receipt of such Asset Status Report, the Special Servicer shall implement the Asset Status Report as proposed by the Special Servicer.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if a Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder shall have no right to receive any Asset Status Report or otherwise consult with the Special Servicer with respect to any matter set forth therein. If a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder shall have no right to consent to any Asset Status Report under this Section 3.23.

 

No direction, advice, consent, approval or disapproval of the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor shall (a) require, permit or cause the Special Servicer to violate the terms of a Specially Serviced Loan, any related Intercreditor Agreement, applicable law or any provision of this Agreement, including, but not limited to, Section 3.09, Section 3.16, Section 3.18 and Section 3.25 and the Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard and to maintain the REMIC status of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Single Loan REMICs and the grantor trust status of the Grantor Trust, or (b) result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions, or (c) expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trust Fund, the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee or their respective officers, directors, employees or agents to any claim, suit or liability or (d) materially expand the scope of the Special Servicer’s, Certificate Administrator’s, Trustee’s or the Master Servicer’s responsibilities under this Agreement. The Special Servicer shall not be required to follow any direction of the Directing Holder described in this paragraph.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, only the related Loan-Specific Directing Holder (without regard to whether a Control Termination Event, a Consultation Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred) may exercise the rights of the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor described in this Section 3.23, and neither the Controlling Class Representative nor the Operating Advisor will have any of the above described consent or (in the case of the Operating Advisor) consultation rights, as applicable, unless permitted under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(f)           Unless a Control Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing, the Special Servicer shall deliver to the Operating Advisor only each Final Asset Status Report.

 

Section 3.24     Special Instructions for the Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer. (a) Prior to taking any action with respect to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan secured by Mortgaged Properties located in a “one-action” state, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult with legal counsel, the fees and expenses of which shall be an expense of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement).

 

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relating to a Serviced Mortgage Loan that it is servicing that, if applicable, it and/or the Trustee has been appointed as the “Designee” of the “Lender” under any related Lock-Box Agreement.

 

(c)          Without limiting the obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder with respect to the enforcement of a Borrower’s obligations under the related Loan Documents, the Master Servicer agrees that it shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, enforce the provisions of the Loan Documents relating to the Serviced Mortgage Loans that it is servicing with respect to the collection of Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges.

 

(d)         If a Rating Agency shall charge a fee in connection with providing a Rating Agency Confirmation, the Master Servicer shall require the related Borrower (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) to pay such fee to the extent not inconsistent with the applicable Loan Documents. If such fee remains unpaid, such fee shall be an expense of the Trust Fund (allocated as an Additional Trust Fund Expense in the same manner as Realized Losses as set forth in Section 4.01(e) of this Agreement) and, (1) in the case of a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan with a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (but not a Subordinate Companion Loan), allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement, the costs of which may be advanced as a Servicing Advance.

 

(e)         The Master Servicer shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any right of the Trust to recover any amounts owed by the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders to the Trust Fund pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement (but in the case of any Serviced Subordinate Companion Loan, subject to Section 1.02). The cost of such enforcement on behalf of the Trust shall be paid and reimbursable as a Servicing Advance.

 

(f)          With respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan with a Stated Principal Balance equal to or greater than the lesser of 5% of the Stated Principal Balance of all Mortgage Loans held by the Trust Fund and $35,000,000, or with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans based on Stated Principal Balance, to the extent not inconsistent with the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer shall not consent to a change of franchise affiliation with respect to a Mortgaged Property (other than a Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) serviced hereunder or the property manager with respect to a Mortgaged Property (other than a Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) serviced hereunder unless the Master Servicer obtains a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any.

 

Section 3.25     Certain Rights and Obligations of the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer. (a) In addition to its rights and obligations with respect to Specially Serviced Loans, the Special Servicer has the right, whether or not the applicable Serviced Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, to process or approve (i) certain modifications to the extent described under Section 3.26 of this Agreement and (ii) certain waivers of due-on-sale or due-on-encumbrance clauses as described above under Section 3.09 of this Agreement. With respect to Performing Loans (other than Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans), the Master Servicer shall notify

 

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the Special Servicer of any request for approval if it recommends approval of such request for approval (a “Request for Approval”) received relating to the Special Servicer’s above-referenced processing or approval rights and, unless the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer shall process such request, the Master Servicer shall take no further action, and shall have no obligation to take any further action other than to cooperate with the Special Servicer to the extent required pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, with respect to such borrower request. If the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer shall process such borrower request (or if the related Mortgage Loan is a PrinREI Serviced Mortgage Loan, as to which the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer have so agreed), the Master Servicer shall prepare and forward to the Special Servicer its written recommendation and analysis and any other information or documents reasonably requested by the Special Servicer (to the extent such information or documents are in the Master Servicer’s possession). Subject to Section 3.09(h) of this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall have 15 Business Days (from the date that the Special Servicer receives the information it requested from the Master Servicer) to analyze and make a recommendation with respect to a Request for Approval with respect to a Performing Loan and, prior to the end of such 15 Business Day period, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, is required to notify the Directing Holder and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder of such Request for Approval relating to a Special Servicer Major Decision and its recommendation with respect thereto. Following such notice, the Directing Holder shall have 10 Business Days from the date it receives the Special Servicer recommendation and any other information it may reasonably request to approve any recommendation of the Special Servicer relating to any Request for Approval. In any event, if the Directing Holder does not respond to a Request for Approval by 5 p.m. on the 10th Business Day after such request, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, may deem such Request for Approval or recommendation, as the case may be, approved by the Directing Holder and if the Special Servicer does not respond to a Request for Approval within the required 15 Business Days (or such longer period as provided under a related Intercreditor Agreement but not less than five (5) Business Days after the time period set forth therein for Directing Holder approval), the Master Servicer may deem its recommendation approved by the Special Servicer. With respect to a Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer must notify the Directing Holder of any Request for Approval received relating to the Directing Holder’s above-referenced approval rights and its recommendation with respect thereto. The Directing Holder shall have 10 Business Days (after receipt of all information reasonably requested) to approve any recommendation of the Special Servicer relating to any such Request for Approval. In any event, if the Directing Holder does not respond to any such Request for Approval by 5 p.m. on the 10th Business Day after such request, the Special Servicer may deem its recommendation approved by the Directing Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) with respect to any Whole Loan, the procedure and timing for approval by the Directing Holder (to the extent it is the related Companion Loan Noteholder) of the related Request for Approval shall be governed by the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) if the Special Servicer determines that immediate action is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single

 

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lender) (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan) and the Special Servicer has made a reasonable effort to contact the Directing Holder, it need not wait for a response from the Directing Holder.

 

(b)         Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be required to take or refrain from taking any action pursuant to instructions from the Directing Holder or a Non-Controlling Note Holder, or due to any failure to approve an action by the Directing Holder, or due to any objection by the Directing Holder or a Non-Controlling Note Holder that would (i) cause any one of them to violate applicable law, the terms of any Loan Documents, any Intercreditor Agreement, this Agreement, including the Servicing Standard, or the REMIC Provisions of the Code, (ii) expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Paying Agent, a Mortgage Loan Seller, the Trust Fund, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (in any of its capacities), or the Custodian or their respective Affiliates, officers, directors, employees or agents to any claim, suit or liability, (iii) materially expand the scope of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s responsibilities, or (iv) cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to act, or fail to act, in a manner that is not in the best interests of the Certificateholders.

 

Section 3.26      Modification, Waiver, Amendment and Consents. (a) Subject to Sections 3.25, 3.26(f) and 3.27, and, if applicable, each Intercreditor Agreement, (i) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan and actions that do not involve Special Servicer Major Decisions or Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions (other than the items listed in clauses (c)(i) and (c)(ii) of Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions, which the Master Servicer shall process, subject to the Special Servicer’s consent or deemed consent as set forth in Section 3.09 and Section 3.26(m)), the Master Servicer, or (ii)(A) with respect to any Specially Serviced Loans or (B) as to Special Servicer Major Decisions or Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions (other than the items listed in clauses (c)(i) and (c)(ii) of Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions, which the Master Servicer shall process, subject to the Special Servicer’s consent or deemed consent as set forth in Section 3.09 and Section 3.26(m)) irrespective of whether such Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer, in each case subject to the rights of the Directing Holder and, in the case of the Special Servicer, consultation with the Operating Advisor (if an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing and to the extent the Operating Advisor has consultation rights pursuant to Section 3.23(e), Section 3.31 and Section 6.07 of this Agreement), may modify, waive, amend, consent or take such other action with respect to any term of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan if such modification, waiver, amendment, consent or other action (A) is consistent with the Servicing Standard and (B) would not constitute a “significant modification” of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and would not otherwise cause an Adverse REMIC Event; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer and Special Servicer may (and, with respect to the PrinREI Serviced Mortgage Loans, hereby do) mutually agree as set forth in Section 3.25 that the Master Servicer (or the primary servicer on behalf of the Master Servicer, in the case of the PrinREI Serviced Mortgage Loans) will process any of the foregoing matters that

 

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are Special Servicer Major Decisions or Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan, provided that the consent of the Special Servicer will nonetheless be required regarding any Special Servicer Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision that is processed by the Master Servicer or any primary servicer on behalf of the Master Servicer. Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may conclusively rely on an Opinion of Counsel in meeting this requirement. In order to meet the foregoing requirements, in the case of a release of real property collateral securing a Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall observe the REMIC requirements of the Code with respect to a required payment of principal if the loan-to-value ratio immediately after the release exceeds 125% with respect to the related real property collateral. In connection with (i) the release of a Mortgaged Property or any portion of a Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage or (ii) the taking of a Mortgaged Property or any portion of a Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, if the Loan Documents require the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to calculate (or to approve the calculation of the related Borrower of) the loan-to-value ratio of the remaining Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties or the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, for purposes of REMIC qualification of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, then such calculation shall, unless permitted by the REMIC provisions, exclude the value of any personal property and going concern value, if any as determined by an appropriate third party. If, following any such release or taking, the loan-to-value ratio as so calculated is greater than 125%, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall require payment of principal by a “qualified amount” as determined under Revenue Procedure 2010-30 or successor provisions, unless the related Borrower provides an Opinion of Counsel that if such amount is not paid the related Mortgage Loan will not fail to be a Qualified Mortgage.

 

(b)         Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer may extend the Maturity Date of any Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Specially Serviced Loan beyond the date that is the date occurring later than the earlier of (1) five years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date and (2) in the case of a Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or Specially Serviced Loan secured solely or primarily by the related Borrower’s interest in a ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest where the Borrower is the lessee and that is a space lease or an air rights lease, such space lease or air rights lease), the date that is 20 years prior to the expiration date of such ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest where the Borrower is the lessee and that is a space lease or an air rights lease, such space lease or air rights lease) (or 10 years prior to the expiration date of such lease if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable gives due consideration to the remaining term of such ground lease (or, with respect to a leasehold interest where the Borrower is the lessee and that is a space lease or an air rights lease, such space lease or air rights lease) and such extension is in the best interest of the Certificateholders and, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and (with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan) Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder constituted a single lender (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan)) and, if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, with the consent of the Directing Holder.

 

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(c)          Except as specifically provided by the applicable Loan Documents, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall permit any Borrower to add or substitute any collateral for an outstanding Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, which collateral constitutes real property, unless the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have obtained a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any.

 

(d)         Any payment of interest, which is deferred pursuant to any modification, waiver or amendment permitted hereunder, shall not, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders or, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or such modification, waiver or amendment so permit.

 

(e)          Except for waivers of Penalty Charges and waivers of notice periods, all material modifications, waivers and amendments of the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans in accordance with this Section 3.26 or Section 3.27 of this Agreement (with respect to Serviced Whole Loans) shall be in writing.

 

(f)           The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall notify the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Holder (other than if a Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Operating Advisor (only if an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing), the Depositor, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), in writing, of any modification, waiver, material consent or amendment of any term of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan and the date thereof, and shall deliver to the Custodian for deposit in the related Mortgage File, an original counterpart of the agreement relating to such modification, waiver, material consent or amendment, promptly (and in any event within 10 Business Days) following the execution thereof.

 

(g)         The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may (subject to the Servicing Standard), as a condition to granting any request by a Borrower for consent, modification, waiver or indulgence or any other matter or thing, the granting of which is within its discretion pursuant to the terms of the instruments evidencing or securing the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and is permitted by the terms of this Agreement and applicable law, require that such Borrower pay to it (i) as additional servicing compensation, a reasonable and customary fee for the additional services performed in connection with such request (provided that the charging of such fee would not constitute a “significant modification” of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b)), and (ii) any related costs and expenses incurred by it. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be entitled to payment for such fees or expenses unless such payment is collected from the related Borrower.

 

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(h)         Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall not permit the substitution of any Mortgaged Property pursuant to the defeasance provisions of any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan (or any portion thereof), if any, unless such defeasance complies with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8) and satisfies the conditions set forth in Section 3.09(g) of this Agreement.

 

(i)           Notwithstanding anything herein or in the related Loan Documents to the contrary (but subject to the consent rights of the Special Servicer and Directing Holder, as applicable, and process set forth in Section 6.07 with respect to Special Servicer Major Decisions or Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions), the Master Servicer may permit the substitution of direct, non-callable “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any other securities that comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii) (including U.S. government agency securities if such securities are eligible defeasance collateral under then current guidelines of the Rating Agencies) for any Mortgaged Property pursuant to the defeasance provisions of any Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan (or any portion thereof) in lieu of the defeasance collateral specified in the related Loan Documents; provided that, the Master Servicer reasonably determines that allowing their use would not cause a default or event of default under the related Loan Documents to become reasonably foreseeable and the Master Servicer receives an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the Borrower to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents) to the effect that such use would not be and would not constitute a “significant modification” of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and would not otherwise cause an Adverse REMIC Event and provided, that the requirements set forth in Section 3.09(g) of this Agreement are satisfied.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to (i) all of the Mortgage Loans originated or acquired by GACC that are subject to defeasance, (ii) all of the Mortgage Loans originated or acquired by CREFI that are subject to defeasance and (iii) all of the Mortgage Loans originated or acquired by Argentic that are subject to defeasance, each of GACC, CREFI and Argentic, as applicable, has transferred to a third party or has retained on behalf of itself or an Affiliate the right to establish or designate the successor borrower and/or to purchase or cause to be purchased the related defeasance collateral (any such right or obligation, the “Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations”). In the event the Master Servicer receives notice of a defeasance request with respect to a Mortgage Loan for which GACC, CREFI or Argentic, as applicable, is the related Mortgage Loan Seller, which such Mortgage Loan provides for Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations in the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Master Servicer shall provide, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such notice, written notice of such defeasance request to GACC, CREFI or Argentic, as applicable, in the case of any such Mortgage Loan for which GACC, CREFI or Argentic, as applicable, is the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Until such time as GACC, CREFI or Argentic, as applicable, provides the Master Servicer with written notice to the contrary, the notice of a defeasance of a Mortgage Loan with Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations as to which (i) GACC is the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be delivered to German American Capital Corporation, 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Lainie Kaye with copies via email to lainie.kaye@db.com and cmbs.requests@db.com, (ii) CREFI is the related Mortgage Loan Seller

 

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shall be delivered to Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., 390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Paul Vanderslice, Facsimile: (212) 723-8599, with a copy to Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., 390 Greenwich Street, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Richard Simpson, Facsimile: (646) 328-2943, and with copies by electronic mail to richard.simpson@citi.com and ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com and (iii) as to which Argentic is the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be delivered to Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, 40 West 57th Street, 29th Floor, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Mike Schulte, Facsimile: (646) 560-1745. With respect to any Mortgage Loan originated or acquired by GACC, CREFI or Argentic, as applicable, that is subject to defeasance, if the successor borrower is not designated or formed by GACC, CREFI or Argentic, as the case may be, or any Affiliate or successor thereto, the successor borrower shall be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

 

(j)           If required under the related Loan Documents or if otherwise consistent with the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts, which may be sub-accounts of the Collection Account (the “Defeasance Accounts”), into which all payments received by the Master Servicer from any defeasance collateral substituted for any Mortgaged Property shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Defeasance Accounts in accordance with the Loan Documents. Each Defeasance Account shall at all times be an Eligible Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Master Servicer permit such amounts to be maintained in the Defeasance Account for a period in excess of 12 months, unless such amounts are reinvested by the Master Servicer in “government securities” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any other securities that comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii). To the extent not required or permitted to be placed in a separate account, the Master Servicer shall deposit all payments received by it from defeasance collateral substituted for any Mortgaged Property into the Collection Account or, if a Serviced Whole Loan is involved, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and treat any such payments as payments made on the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, in advance of its Due Date in accordance with clause (a) of the definition of Principal Distribution Amount, and not as a prepayment of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Master Servicer permit such amounts to be maintained in the Collection Account or, if a Serviced Whole Loan is involved, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account for a period in excess of 365 days.

 

(k)         Any right to take any action, grant or withhold any consent or otherwise exercise any right, election or remedy afforded the Directing Holder under this Agreement may, unless otherwise expressly provided herein to the contrary, be affirmatively waived by the Directing Holder by written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable. Upon delivery of any such notice of waiver given by the Directing Holder, any time period (exclusive or otherwise) afforded the Directing Holder to exercise any such right, make any such election or grant or withhold any such consent shall thereupon be deemed to have expired with the same force and effect as if the specific time period set forth in this Agreement applicable thereto had itself expired. If the Master Servicer or Special Servicer determines that a refusal to consent by the Directing Holder or any advice from

 

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the Directing Holder would cause the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate applicable law, the terms of the applicable Loan Documents, any related Intercreditor Agreements, the REMIC Provisions or the terms of this Agreement, including without limitation, the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall disregard such refusal to consent or advice and notify the Directing Holder, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement) of its determination, including a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis therefor.

 

(l)           Any modification, waiver or amendment of or consents or approvals relating to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that is a Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Loan (i) shall be performed by the Special Servicer and not the Master Servicer, (ii) to the extent provided in this Agreement and/or the applicable Intercreditor Agreement, shall be subject to the consent of the related Directing Holder and (iii) shall be structured so as to be consistent with the allocation and payment priorities in the related Loan Documents and Intercreditor Agreement, if any, such that neither the Trust as holder of the Mortgage Loan nor a holder of any related Serviced Companion Loan gains a priority over the other such holder that is not reflected in the related Loan Documents and Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(m)         In addition, with respect to a Performing Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer, prior to taking action with respect to any Special Servicer Major Decision (or making a determination not to take action with respect to a Special Servicer Major Decision) or any Special Servicer Non-Major Decision, shall refer the request to the Special Servicer, which shall process the request directly or, if mutually agreed to by the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer (or if the related Mortgage Loan is a PrinREI Serviced Mortgage Loan, as to which the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer have so agreed), the Master Servicer shall (subject to the consent of the Special Servicer) process such request (other than the items listed in clauses (c)(i) and (c)(ii) of Special Servicer Non-Major Decisions, which the Master Servicer shall process, subject to the Special Servicer’s consent or deemed consent as set forth in Section 3.09 and Section 3.26(m)). If the Master Servicer processes such request, the Master Servicer shall prepare and submit its written recommendation and analysis to the Special Servicer with all information in the Master Servicer’s possession that the Special Servicer may reasonably request in order to withhold or grant its consent, and in all cases the Special Servicer shall be entitled (subject to the consultation rights of the Operating Advisor or the consent or consultation rights of the Directing Holder) to approve or disapprove any modification, waiver or amendment that constitutes a Special Servicer Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision. When the Special Servicer’s consent is required hereunder, such consent shall be deemed given 15 Business Days, or such longer time period pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement but not less than five (5) Business Days after the time period set forth therein for Directing Holder approval, (or in connection with an Acceptable Insurance Default, 90 days) after receipt (unless earlier objected to) by the Special Servicer from the Master Servicer of the Master Servicer’s written analysis and recommendation with respect to such proposed Special Servicer Major Decision or Special Servicer Non-Major Decision together with such other information reasonably required by the Special Servicer and reasonably available to

 

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the Master Servicer. Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, neither the Master Servicer (with respect to any Major Decision processed by the Master Servicer) nor the Special Servicer (with respect to any Major Decision processed by the Special Servicer) will be permitted to take any action constituting a Major Decision, as to which the Directing Holder has objected in writing within 10 Business Days (or, in connection with an Acceptable Insurance Default, 30 days) after receipt by the Directing Holder of the Master Servicer’s and/or Special Servicer’s, as applicable, written analysis and recommendation together with such other information reasonably requested by the Directing Holder (provided that if such written objection has not been received by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, within such 10-Business Day (or 30-day) period, the Directing Holder will be deemed to have approved such action).

 

(n)         For the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any request for the disbursement of earnouts or holdback amounts with respect to (i) any Specially Serviced Loan shall be processed by the Special Servicer and (ii) certain Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement shall be processed by the Master Servicer (with regard to a Master Servicer Non-Major Decision or a Master Servicer Major Decisions) or by the Special Servicer (with regard to a Special Servicer Non-Major Decision or a Special Servicer Major Decision). For purposes of this Agreement, “disbursement of earnouts or holdback amounts” shall mean the disbursement or funding to a Borrower of previously unfunded, escrowed or otherwise reserved portions of the loan proceeds of the applicable Mortgage Loan until certain conditions precedent thereto relating to the satisfaction of performance-related criteria (i.e., project reserve thresholds, lease-up requirements, sales requirements, etc.), as set forth in the applicable Loan Documents, have been satisfied.

 

(o)         The Master Servicer shall provide the Special Servicer with any notice that it receives relating to a default by the borrower under a ground lease where the collateral for the Mortgage Loan is the ground lease, and the Special Servicer will determine in accordance with the Servicing Standard whether to cure any borrower defaults relating to ground leases.

 

Section 3.27      Certain Intercreditor Matters Relating to the Whole Loans. (a) With respect to Serviced Whole Loans, except for those duties to be performed by, and notices to be furnished by, the Trustee under this Agreement, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall perform such duties and furnish such notices, reports and information on behalf of the Trust Fund as may be the obligation of the Trust, or the obligation of the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, following securitization, under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(b)         The Master Servicer shall maintain a register (the “Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder Register”) on which the Master Servicer shall record the names and addresses of the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and wire transfer instructions for such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders from time to time, to the extent such information is provided in writing to the Master Servicer by a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder. Each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder has agreed to inform the Master Servicer of its name, address, taxpayer identification number and wiring instructions (to the extent the foregoing information is

 

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not already contained in the related Intercreditor Agreement) and of any transfer thereof (together with any instruments of transfer). The name and address of each initial Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder as of the Closing Date is set forth on Schedule VII hereto. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the information delivered by any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder until it receives notice of transfer or of any change in information.

 

In no event shall the Master Servicer be obligated to pay any party the amounts payable to a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder hereunder other than the Person listed as the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder on the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder Register. In the event that a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder transfers the related Serviced Companion Loan without notice to the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall have no liability whatsoever for any misdirected payment on such Serviced Companion Loan and shall have no obligation to recover and redirect such payment.

 

The Master Servicer shall promptly provide the names and addresses of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder to any party hereto, any related Companion Loan Noteholder or any successor thereto upon written request, and any such party or successor may, without further investigation, conclusively rely upon such information. The Master Servicer shall have no liability to any Person for the provision of any such names and addresses.

 

(c)          The Directing Holder shall not owe any fiduciary duty to the Trustee, any Master Servicer, any Special Servicer, any Certificateholder (including the Controlling Class Representative, if applicable) or any noteholder of a Serviced Whole Loan. The Directing Holder will not have any liability to the Certificateholders (including the Controlling Class Representative, if applicable) or any other noteholder of a Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action or the giving of any consent, pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment.

 

(d)         With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the Directing Holder shall be entitled to exercise the consent rights, cure rights and purchase rights, as applicable, to the extent set forth in the applicable Intercreditor Agreement, in accordance with the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement.

 

(e)          The Special Servicer (if any Serviced Companion Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan or has become a Serviced REO Loan) or the Master Servicer (otherwise), as applicable, shall take all actions relating to the servicing and/or administration of, and (subject to Section 3.13 and Section 3.17 of this Agreement and the following paragraph) the preparation and delivery of reports and other information with respect to, the Serviced Whole Loan related to any Serviced Companion Loan or any related Serviced REO Property required to be performed by the holder of the related Mortgage Loan or contemplated to be performed by a servicer, in any case pursuant to and as required by each related Intercreditor Agreement and/or any related mezzanine intercreditor agreement existing on the Closing Date and any related Intercreditor Agreement or mezzanine intercreditor agreement not existing on the Closing Date that is provided to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. In addition notwithstanding

 

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anything herein to the contrary, the following considerations shall apply with respect to the servicing of a Serviced Companion Loan:

 

(i)           none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall make any P&I Advance with respect to the Serviced Companion Loan; and

 

(ii)          the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each consult with and obtain the consent of the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder(s) to the extent required by the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall timely provide to each related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder any reports or notices required to be delivered to such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, and the Special Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Master Servicer and the Master Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Special Servicer in preparing/delivering any such report or notice with respect to special servicing matters.

 

If any Serviced Companion Loan or any portion thereof or any particular payments thereon are included in a REMIC or a “grantor trust” (within the meaning of the Grantor Trust Provisions), then neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall knowingly take any action that would result in the equivalent of an Adverse REMIC Event with respect to such REMIC or adversely affect the tax status of such grantor trust as a grantor trust.

 

The parties hereto acknowledge that a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder shall not (1) owe any fiduciary duty to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Certificateholder or (2) have any liability to the Trustee or the Certificateholders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement or the giving of any consent or for errors in judgment. Each Certificateholder, by its acceptance of a Certificate, shall be deemed to have confirmed its understanding that a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (i) may take or refrain from taking actions that favor its interests or the interests of its affiliates over the Certificateholders, (ii) may have special relationships and interests that conflict with the interests of the Certificateholders and shall be deemed to have agreed to take no action against a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or any of its officers, directors, employees, principals or agents as a result of such special relationships or conflicts and (iii) shall not be liable by reason of its having acted or refrained from acting solely in its interest or in the interest of its affiliates.

 

The parties hereto recognize and acknowledge the respective rights of each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder under the related Intercreditor Agreement. Each of the rights of a Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder under or contemplated by this Section 3.27(e) may be exercisable by a designee thereof on its behalf; provided that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee are provided with written notice by the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder of such designation (upon which such party may conclusively rely) and the contact details of the designee.

 

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Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Intercreditor Agreement to the contrary, no direction or objection by the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder may require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of any Mortgage Loan, applicable law, this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement or the REMIC Provisions, including without limitation the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer's obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, or expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, a Mortgage Loan Seller, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Paying Agent, the Trust Fund, the Certificate Administrator (in any of its capacities) or the Trustee to liability, or materially expand the scope of the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer's responsibilities hereunder.

 

Any reference to servicing any of the Mortgage Loans in accordance with any of the related Loan Documents (including the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage) shall also mean, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

To the extent not otherwise expressly included herein, any provisions required to be included herein pursuant to any Intercreditor Agreement for a Serviced Whole Loan or a Non-Serviced Whole Loan are deemed incorporated herein by reference, and the parties hereto shall comply with those provisions as if set forth herein in full.

 

For purposes of exercising any rights that the Directing Holder of the Mortgage Note for any Mortgage Loan in a Serviced Whole Loan may have under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the Directing Holder shall be the designee of the Trust, as such noteholder, and the Trustee shall, upon request, take such actions as may be necessary under the related Intercreditor Agreement to effect such designation. The Certificate Administrator shall provide notice of the identity of the Controlling Class Representative (to the extent the Certificate Administrator has received notice of a change in the identity of the Controlling Class Representative), upon request, to the other parties to the related Intercreditor Agreement, to the extent the identity and contact information of such parties to such Intercreditor Agreement are actually known to the Certificate Administrator.

 

(f)          With respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall deliver information comparable to the above described information in Section 3.13(c) and Section 3.13(d) hereof to the same Persons as described above in Section 3.13(c) and Section 3.13(d) and according to the same time frames as described above in Section 3.13(c) and Section 3.13(d), to the extent such Master Servicer has timely received such information from the Other Servicer under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Promptly following the Closing Date or, as applicable, upon the receipt of notice by the Certificate Administrator of a Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Certificate Administrator shall send written notice (which notice may be by email) substantially in the form of Exhibit EE hereto, accompanied by a copy of an executed version of this Agreement, with respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan to each applicable Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee, Other Operating Advisor and Other Asset Representations

 

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Reviewer stating that, as of the Closing Date, the Trustee is the holder of the applicable Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and directing each such recipient to remit to the Master Servicer no later than one (1) Business Day after each Determination Date all amounts payable to, and to forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to the Master Servicer no later than one (1) Business Day after each Determination Date all reports, statements, documents, communications and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to, the holder of the applicable Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement and Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Such notice shall also provide contact information for the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Holder, the 17g-5 Information Provider and the Rating Agencies.

 

With respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if the applicable Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer or Other Trustee shall be replaced in accordance with the terms of the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, promptly upon notice thereof, the applicable party to this Agreement that receives such notice shall, upon request, acknowledge such successor as the successor to the Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer or Other Trustee, as the case may be.

 

With respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, upon its receipt of written notice of the replacement of the Master Servicer or the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator shall give prompt written notice thereof to each related Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee and Other Operating Advisor, together with relevant contact information of the successor Master Servicer or Trustee, as applicable.

 

With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide each Companion Loan Noteholder and, if applicable, related Non-Directing Holder (or its designee or representative), within the same time frame and to the same extent it is required to provide such information and materials to the Certificateholders or the Directing Holder, as applicable (but without regard to whether or not the Directing Holder actually has lost any rights to receive such information as a result of a Consultation Termination Event), hereunder with (1) copies of each financial statement received by the Master Servicer pursuant to the terms of the related Loan Documents, (2) copies of any notice of default sent to the Borrower and (3) subject to the terms of the Loan Documents, copies of any other documents or information relating to the Serviced Whole Loan (including, without limitation, property inspection reports, loan servicing statements, Borrower requests and asset status reports) that the Master Servicer delivers to the related Directing Holder and copies of any other notice, information or report that it is required to provide to the Directing Holder pursuant to this Agreement with respect to any Major Decision or with respect to any “major decisions” or “major actions” as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to such Serviced Whole Loan. Any copies to be furnished by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may be furnished by hard copy or electronic means.

 

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(g)         With respect to each Whole Loan, if any Serviced Companion Loan becomes the subject of an “asset review” (or such analogous term defined in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian shall reasonably cooperate with the Other Asset Representations Reviewer or any other party to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement in connection with such asset review by providing the Other Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party with any documents reasonably requested by the Other Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party (not at its own expense or the expense of the Trust but at the expense of the related mortgage loan seller, such Other Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement), but only to the extent that (i) Other Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party has not been able to obtain such documents from the related mortgage loan seller or any party to the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and (ii) such documents are in the possession of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian, as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian (i) shall have any further obligations with respect to any such asset review nor shall any such party be bound by the results of any such asset review, or (ii) shall be obligated to provide such documents if providing such documents, in its reasonable determination, would be a violation of this Agreement or any related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(h)         To the extent that the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement or Intercreditor Agreement relating to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan permits the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan to terminate the related Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer or appoint a sub-servicer or replacement therefor, the Trustee may, and at the written direction of the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights of all Certificates (or the Depositor with respect to any such right arising from such Other Servicer’s or Other Special Servicer’s failure to comply with Exchange Act reporting obligations) upon five (5) Business Days’ notice, shall, exercise the right to terminate the related Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer or appoint a sub-servicer or replacement therefor, as applicable.

 

(i)           With respect to any Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to a Serviced Companion Loan that satisfies Regulation RR in whole or in part through the purchase by a third party purchaser of an eligible horizontal residual interest pursuant to Rule 7 of Regulation RR (a “Regulation RR Other PSA”), at any time that the Special Servicer has received written notice of such Regulation RR Other PSA and that an Other Operating Advisor Consultation Trigger Event has occurred under such Regulation RR Other PSA because such eligible horizontal residual interest has been reduced as set forth under Rule 7(b)(6)(iv) of Regulation RR, the Special Servicer shall consult with the related Other Operating Advisor under such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to any decisions that are Major Decisions with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan. Such consultation shall be on a non-binding basis and shall be performed in accordance with the same process for consultations between the Special Servicer and Operating Advisor with respect to Major Decisions under this Agreement.

 

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(j)           To the extent of any conflict between this Agreement and any Intercreditor Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall control.

 

Section 3.28        Directing Holder Contact with the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, not more frequently than once per month, without charge, make a knowledgeable Servicing Officer via telephone available during normal business hours to verbally answer questions from the Directing Holder (for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) and the Operating Advisor regarding the performance and servicing of the Mortgage Loans and/or REO Properties for which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, is responsible.

 

Section 3.29        Controlling Class Certificateholders and the Controlling Class Representative; Certain Rights and Powers of the Directing Holder. (a) Each Certificateholder and Certificate Owner of a Control Eligible Certificate is hereby deemed to have agreed by virtue of its purchase of such Certificate (or beneficial ownership interest in such Certificate) to provide its name and address to the Certificate Registrar and to notify the Certificate Registrar of the transfer of any Control Eligible Certificate (or the beneficial ownership of any Control Eligible Certificate), the selection of a Controlling Class Representative or the resignation or removal thereof. Any such Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) or its designee at any time appointed Controlling Class Representative is hereby deemed to have agreed by virtue of its purchase of a Control Eligible Certificate (or the beneficial ownership interest in a Control Eligible Certificate) to notify the Certificate Registrar when such Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner) or designee is appointed Controlling Class Representative and when it is removed or resigns. Upon receipt of such notice, the Certificate Registrar shall notify the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder of the identity of the Controlling Class Representative, any resignation or removal thereof and/or any new Holder or Certificate Owner of a Control Eligible Certificate.

 

On the Closing Date, the initial Controlling Class Representative shall execute and deliver a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1G to this Agreement. Upon the resignation or removal of the existing Controlling Class Representative, any successor Controlling Class Representative shall also execute and deliver a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1G to this Agreement prior to being recognized as the new Controlling Class Representative.

 

In addition, upon the request of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or, for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder, the Certificate Registrar shall promptly (but no later than five (5) Business Days after such request) provide to the requesting party the identity of the then-current Controlling Class and a list of the Holders of Certificates of the Controlling Class. However, if any Certificate of the Controlling Class is a Global Certificate, then the Certificate Administrator shall promptly (but in no event more than five (5) Business Days following such request) request from the Depository, with the assistance

 

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of the Trustee, the list of Depository Participants for the Controlling Class and make reasonable efforts to obtain a list of Certificate Owners from such Depository Participants, and the Certificate Administrator shall provide such list of Depository Participants and such list of Certificate Owners (to the extent the Certificate Administrator obtains such list of Certificate Owners), to the requesting party promptly upon receipt. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the list of Depository Participants for the Controlling Class provided by the Depository and the list of Certificate Owners provided by any Depository Participant and shall not have any liability for such reliance; provided that, if any Certificate of the Controlling Class is a Global Certificate and the Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge of the identity of the related Certificate Owners, then the Certificate Administrator shall include such Certificate Owner in the list provided to any requesting party pursuant to first sentence of this paragraph. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Directing Holder shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such information so provided. Any expenses incurred in connection with obtaining such information shall be at the expense of the requesting party, except that if (i) such expenses arise in connection with an event as to which the Directing Holder (or Controlling Class Representative) has review, consent or consultation rights with respect to an action taken by, or report prepared by, the requesting party pursuant to this Agreement or the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement or in connection with a request made by the Operating Advisor in connection with its obligation under this Agreement to deliver a copy of the Operating Advisor Annual Report to the Controlling Class Representative and (ii) the requesting party has not been notified of the identity of the Directing Holder (or Controlling Class Representative) or reasonably believes that the identity of the Directing Holder (or Controlling Class Representative) has changed, then such expenses shall be at the expense of the Trust.

 

To the extent the Master Servicer has actual knowledge of any change in the identity of a Holder (or Certificate Owners) of the Controlling Class, then the Master Servicer shall promptly notify in writing the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Special Servicer thereof, who may rely conclusively on such notice from the Master Servicer.

 

(b)          The initial Controlling Class Representative on the Closing Date shall be Argentic Securities Income USA LLC. The Certificate Registrar shall be entitled to assume Argentic Securities Income USA LLC or any subsequent Controlling Class Representative selected in accordance with this Agreement and notified to the Certificate Registrar thereof in writing, is the Controlling Class Representative appointed by the Holder (or Certificate Owner) of each Class of Control Eligible Certificates, until the Certificate Registrar receives (i) written notice of a replacement Controlling Class Representative from a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders by Certificate Balance, (ii) written notice from a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, that a Controlling Class Representative is no longer designated, (iii) written notice from a Controlling Class Representative of the resignation of such Controlling Class Representative, or (iv) written notice that the Holder (or Certificate Owner) of a majority of the applicable Class of Control Eligible Certificates is no longer the Holder (or Certificate Owner) of a majority of the applicable Class of Control Eligible Certificates due to a transfer of those Certificates (or a beneficial ownership

 

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interest in those Certificates). Upon the resignation of a Controlling Class Representative, the Certificate Administrator shall request the Controlling Class Certificateholders to select a new Controlling Class Representative.

 

In the event either (y) the Certificate Registrar receives notice identified in any of clause (ii) through (iv) of the immediately preceding paragraph and no successor Controlling Class Representative is then identified to the Certificate Registrar or (z) a party to this Agreement requests from the Certificate Administrator the identity of the Controlling Class Representative and such identity is not known to the Certificate Administrator, then the Certificate Administrator shall promptly deliver a notice of such event (the “Initial Notice”) to all the Certificateholders via the Depository (and a copy of such Initial Notice shall be simultaneously sent to each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor), which notice shall include a request that the Controlling Class Certificateholder that believes it may own the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class represent in writing to the Certificate Administrator that it owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class (with evidence of its ownership) and provide its contact information. Upon receipt of such written representation (and any subsequent written representation), the Certificate Administrator shall deliver a notice (the “Subsequent Notice”) to all the Certificateholders via the Depository of such representation (and a copy of such Subsequent Notice shall be simultaneously sent to each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor) and so long as another party holding an equal or larger aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class does not provide a written representation within thirty (30) days from the date of delivery of the latest Subsequent Notice, the party making the original assertion shall become the Controlling Class Certificateholder until replaced by another party pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Controlling Class Certificateholder(s) providing notice that it (or they) are the Holders of a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, shall have the right to select the Controlling Class Representative at any time without regard to such 30-day period, and a Controlling Class Representative selected by the Holders of a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, shall be recognized as such immediately upon being selected in accordance with this Agreement whether or not such 30-day period has expired.

 

In the event that a Controlling Class Representative is selected pursuant to this Section 3.29(b) or there is deemed to be no Controlling Class Representative pursuant to this Section 3.29(b), the Certificate Registrar shall notify the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee of the identity of the new Controlling Class Representative or the absence of a Controlling Class Representative, as applicable.

 

At any time more than 50% of the Percentage Interest of the Controlling Class Certificateholders direct the Certificate Administrator in writing to hold an election for a Controlling Class Representative, the Certificate Administrator shall hold such election as soon as practicable at the expense of such requesting Certificateholders.

 

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(c)          The Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Trustee, Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to request that the Certificate Administrator provide, and the Certificate Administrator shall promptly (but no later than five (5) Business Days after such request) provide (i) for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the identity of the Controlling Class Representative, including names and contact information and, to the extent reasonably available, a list of Controlling Class Certificateholders and (ii) confirmation as to whether a Control Termination Event, Consultation Termination Event or Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred in the 12 months preceding any such request or any other period specified in such request. In addition to the foregoing, (i) within two (2) Business Days of receiving notice of the selection of a new Controlling Class Representative or the existence of a new Controlling Class Certificateholder or (ii) within ten (10) days of the commencement or cessation of any Consultation Termination Event, Control Termination Event or Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. Any expenses incurred in connection with obtaining such information shall be at the expense of the requesting party, except that if (i) such expenses arise in connection with an event as to which the Directing Holder (or Controlling Class Representative) has review, consent or consultation rights with respect to an action taken by, or report prepared by, the requesting party pursuant to this Agreement or the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement or in connection with a request made by the Operating Advisor in connection with its obligation under this Agreement to deliver a copy of the Operating Advisor Annual Report to the Controlling Class Representative and (ii) the requesting party has not been notified of the identity of the Directing Holder (or Controlling Class Representative) or reasonably believes that the identity of the Directing Holder (or Controlling Class Representative) has changed, then such expenses shall be at the expense of the Trust.

 

The Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee shall be entitled to assume Argentic Securities Income USA LLC is the Controlling Class Representative appointed by the Holder (or Certificate Owner) of each Class of Control Eligible Certificates until such party receives notice to the contrary. At any time that a party to this Agreement receives notice of the selection of a Controlling Class Representative from the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Administrator or a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, then such party to this Agreement shall be entitled to rely on the most recent notification with respect to the identity of the Controlling Class Certificateholder and the Controlling Class Representative. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation to obtain the consent of or consult with any entity appointed as a successor Controlling Class Representative until the Special Servicer receives written notice of such successor Controlling Class Representative’s identity and contact information.

 

If to the extent the Certificate Administrator determines that a Class of Book-Entry Certificates is the Controlling Class, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the related Certificateholders of such Class (through the Depository) of such event.

 

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(d)          Each Certificateholder acknowledges and agrees, by its acceptance of its Certificates, that: (i) the Directing Holder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates or Companion Loan Noteholders; (ii) the Directing Holder may act solely in the interests of the Holders of the Controlling Class (or, in the case of a Whole Loan, in the interests of one or more Companion Loan Noteholders); (iii) the Directing Holder does not have any liability or duties to the Holders of any Class of Certificates other than the Controlling Class; (iv) the Directing Holder may take actions that favor the interests of the Directing Holder or one or more Classes of the Certificates including the Holders of the Controlling Class (or, in the case of a Whole Loan, one or more Companion Loan Noteholders) over the interests of the Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates and other Companion Loan Noteholders; and (v) the Directing Holder shall have no liability whatsoever to any Certificateholder, the Trust, any Companion Loan Noteholder any party hereto or any other Person (including any Borrower under a Mortgage Loan) for having so acted as set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) of this paragraph, and no Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder may take any action whatsoever against the Directing Holder or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal thereof for having so acted.

 

(e)          The Certificate Registrar shall determine which Class of Certificates is the then-current Controlling Class within two (2) Business Days of a request from the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator or any Certificateholder and provide such information to the requesting party.

 

(f)           At any time when the most senior Class of Control Eligible Certificates is the Controlling Class, the Holder of more than 50% of the Controlling Class Certificates (by Certificate Balance) may waive its right to act as, or appoint a representative to act as, the Controlling Class Representative and to exercise any of the rights of the Controlling Class Representative or cause the exercise of any of the rights of the Controlling Class Representative by irrevocable written notice delivered to the Depositor, Certificate Administrator, Certificate Registrar, Trustee, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer. Any such waiver shall remain effective with respect to such Holder and the most senior Class of Control Eligible Certificates until such time as that Certificateholder has (i) sold a majority of the most senior Class of Control Eligible Certificates to an unaffiliated third party and (ii) certified to the Depositor, Certificate Administrator, Certificate Registrar, Trustee, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer, that (a) the transferor retains no direct or indirect voting rights with respect to the most senior Class of Control Eligible Certificates that it does not own, (b) there is no voting agreement between the transferee and the transferor and (c) the transferor retains no direct or indirect controlling interest in the most senior Class of Control Eligible Certificates. During such waiver period a Consultation Termination Event shall be deemed to exist and the rights of the Controlling Class to appoint a Controlling Class Representative and the rights of the Controlling Class Representative shall not be operative (notwithstanding whether a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event is or would otherwise then be in effect). Following any transfer of more than 50% of the most senior Class of Control Eligible Certificates, the successor Holder of more than 50% of the most senior Class of Control Eligible Certificates, if the most senior Class of Control Eligible Certificates is the Controlling Class (by

 

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Certificate Balance) shall again have the right to act as, or appoint a representative to act as, the Controlling Class Representative without regard to any prior waiver by the predecessor Certificateholder. The successor Certificateholder shall also have the right to irrevocably waive its right to act as or appoint a Controlling Class Representative or to exercise any of the rights of the Controlling Class Representative or cause the exercise of any of the rights of the Controlling Class Representative. No successor Certificateholder described above shall have any consent rights with respect to any Mortgage Loan that became a Specially Serviced Loan prior to its acquisition of a majority of the most senior Class of Control Eligible Certificates that had not also become a Corrected Mortgage Loan prior to such acquisition until such Mortgage Loan becomes a Corrected Mortgage Loan.

 

The Directing Holder shall not have any consent or consultation rights with respect to any Mortgage Loan determined to be a Conflicted Loan as to either the Directing Holder or, except in the case of a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class. In the case of a Conflicted Loan relating to the Controlling Class Representative, in respect of the servicing of any such Conflicted Loan, a Control Termination Event and Consultation Termination Event will be deemed to have occurred with respect to such Conflicted Loan.

 

Section 3.30     Rating Agency Confirmation. (a) Notwithstanding the terms of any related Mortgage Loan documents or other provisions of this Agreement, if any action under any Mortgage Loan documents or this Agreement requires Rating Agency Confirmation as a condition precedent to such action, if the party (the “Requesting Party”) attempting and/or required to obtain such Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency has made a request to any Rating Agency for such Rating Agency Confirmation and, within 10 Business Days of the Rating Agency Confirmation request being posted to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, such Rating Agency has not replied to such request or has responded in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation, then such Requesting Party shall be required to confirm (through direct communication and not by posting any confirmation on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website) that the applicable Rating Agency has received the Rating Agency Confirmation request, and, if it has not, promptly request the related Rating Agency Confirmation again (which may also be through direct communication). The circumstances described in the preceding sentence are referred to in this Agreement as a “RAC No-Response Scenario.” Once the Requesting Party has sent a request for a Rating Agency Confirmation to the 17g-5 Information Provider, such Requesting Party, may, but shall not be obligated to send such request directly to the Rating Agencies in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.14.

 

If there is no response to such Rating Agency Confirmation request within 5 Business Days of such second request in a RAC No-Response Scenario or if such Rating Agency has responded in a manner that indicates such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation, then (x) with respect to any condition in any Mortgage Loan document requiring such Rating Agency Confirmation or with respect to any other matter under this Agreement relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans

 

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(other than as set forth in clause (y) below), the requirement to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation shall be deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist) with respect to such Rating Agency and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may then take such action if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, confirms its original determination (made prior to making such request) that taking the action with respect to which it requested the Rating Agency Confirmation would still be consistent with the Servicing Standard, (y) with respect to a replacement of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, such condition shall be deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist) if (i)(A) the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer has been appointed as a master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, on a transaction-level basis on the Closing Date of a commercial mortgage loan securitization and, as of the date of such determination, is the master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, of such securitization, with respect to which Moody’s rated one or more classes of certificates and one or more classes of such certificates are still outstanding and rated by Moody’s and (B) Moody’s has not cited servicing concerns of the applicable replacement as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities rated by Moody’s in a commercial mortgage-backed securitization transaction serviced by the applicable master servicer or special servicer prior to the time of determination, if Moody’s is the non-responding Rating Agency, (ii) the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer is rated at least “CMS3” (in the case of the master servicer) or “CSS3” (in the case of the special servicer), if Fitch is the non-responding Rating Agency or (iii) DBRS has not cited servicing concerns of the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, as the sole or a material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in any other commercial mortgage-backed securitization transaction serviced by the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer prior to the time of determination, if DBRS is the non-responding Rating Agency and (z) with respect to a replacement or successor to the Operating Advisor in any circumstance where a Rating Agency Confirmation is required pursuant to the terms hereof, such condition will be deemed to be waived with respect to any non-responding Rating Agency so long as such Rating Agency has not cited concerns regarding the replacement operating advisor as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in any other commercial mortgage-backed securities transaction with respect to which the replacement operating advisor acts as trust advisor or operating advisor prior to the date of determination.

 

Any Rating Agency Confirmation request made by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator or Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement, shall be made in writing, which writing shall contain a cover page indicating the nature of the Rating Agency Confirmation request, and shall contain all back-up material necessary for the Rating Agency to process such request. Such written Rating Agency Confirmation request shall be provided in electronic format to the 17g-5 Information Provider, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such request on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement.

 

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Promptly following the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s determination to take any action discussed in this Section 3.30(a) following any requirement to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation being deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist), the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall provide electronic written notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider of the action taken for the particular item at such time, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement.

 

(b)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.30, for purposes of the provisions of any Loan Document relating to defeasance (including without limitation the type of collateral acceptable for use as defeasance collateral), release or substitution of any collateral, in the event of a RAC No-Response Scenario, any Rating Agency Confirmation requirement in the Loan Documents with respect to which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer would have been required to make the determination described in Section 3.30(a) (as a result of such RAC No-Response Scenario) shall be deemed not to apply regardless of any such determination by the Requesting Party (or, if the Requesting Party is the related Borrower, the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced REO Loans), as applicable); provided, that the Requesting Party (or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable) shall in any event review the other conditions required under the related Loan Documents with respect to such defeasance, release or substitution and confirm to its satisfaction in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such conditions (other than the requirement for a Rating Agency Confirmation) have been satisfied.

 

(c)          For all other matters or actions not specifically discussed in Section 3.30(a) above, the applicable Requesting Party shall deliver a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency.

 

(d)          Notwithstanding the terms of the related Loan Documents, the other provisions of this Agreement or the applicable Intercreditor Agreement, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan as to which there exists Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any action relating to the servicing and administration of the related Whole Loan or any related REO Property (the “Relevant Action”) requires delivery of a Rating Agency Confirmation as a condition precedent to such action pursuant to this Agreement, then, except as set forth below in this paragraph, such action shall also require delivery of a Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation as a condition precedent to such action from each related Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency. Each Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation shall be sought by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, depending on whichever such party is seeking the corresponding Rating Agency Confirmation(s) in connection with the Relevant Action. The requirement to obtain a Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities will be subject to, will be permitted to be waived by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer on, and will be deemed not to apply on, the same terms and conditions applicable to obtaining Rating Agency Confirmations, as set forth in this Agreement; provided that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, depending on which is seeking the subject Serviced Companion Loan

 

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Rating Agency Confirmation, shall forward to one or more of its counterparts (i.e., the Other Servicer or Other Special Servicer, as applicable), the Other 17g-5 Information Provider, or such other party or parties as are agreed to by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the applicable parties for the related Other Securitization, at the expense of the Other Securitization to the extent not borne by the related Borrower, and in such format as the sender and recipient may reasonably agree, (i) the request for such Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation, (ii) all materials forwarded to the 17g-5 Information Provider under this Agreement in connection with seeking the Rating Agency Confirmation(s) for the applicable Relevant Action at approximately the same time that such materials are forwarded to the 17g-5 Information Provider and (iii) any other materials that the applicable Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency may reasonably request in connection with such Serviced Companion Loan Rating Agency Confirmation promptly following receipt of such request from the Other Trustee.

 

The Certificate Administrator shall, promptly following receipt of written request from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, provide to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, the contact information for the Other Servicer, the Other Special Servicer, the Other Trustee and the Other 17g-5 Information Provider for the Other Securitization, solely to the extent in its possession.

 

Section 3.31     Appointment and Duties of the Operating Advisor.

 

(a)          The Operating Advisor shall review with respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan (other than a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) (i) as the Operating Advisor’s obligations are provided in Section 3.23(e), Section 3.31 and Section 6.07 of this Agreement, the actions of the Special Servicer with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the actions of the Special Servicer with respect to Major Decisions relating to any Performing Loan; (ii) all reports by the Special Servicer made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website; and (iii) each Asset Status Report (after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event) and each Final Asset Status Report delivered or made available to the Operating Advisor. The Operating Advisor shall perform its duties hereunder in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard.

 

In addition and for the avoidance of doubt, although the Operating Advisor may have certain consultation duties with the master servicer with respect to certain Major Decisions processed by the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor will have no obligations or responsibility at any time to review or assess the actions of the Master Servicer for compliance with the Servicing Standard, and the Operating Advisor will not be required to consider such Master Servicer actions in connection with any Operating Advisor Annual Report.

 

(b)          The Operating Advisor and its Affiliates will be obligated to keep confidential any information appropriately labeled as “Privileged Information” received from the Special Servicer or Directing Holder in connection with the Directing Holder’s exercise of its rights under this Agreement (including, without limitation, in connection with any Asset Status

 

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Report) or otherwise in connection with this transaction, except under the circumstances described in (g) and subject to any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree requiring the disclosure of such Privileged Information. Subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement related to Privileged Information, the Operating Advisor agrees that it shall use information received from the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement solely for purposes of complying with its duties and obligations hereunder.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (A) the Operating Advisor’s assessment of the Special Servicer’s performance shall be based on the provisions of this Agreement and (B) so long as LNR Partners, LLC is acting as Special Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC shall provide the Operating Advisor reasonable access, at LNR Partners, LLC’s offices during normal business hours, to LNR Partners, LLC’s policies and procedures. The Operating Advisor shall be permitted to review such policies and procedures but will not be permitted to retain hard copies and will not be provided with any electronic copies or soft copies. The Operating Advisor shall keep all information contained in the policies and procedures strictly confidential, except (A) the Operating Advisor may disclose such information if (i) such information becomes generally available and known to the public other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by the Operating Advisor, or (ii) such disclosure is required by applicable law, order, rule or regulation, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel delivered to the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer, and (B) the Operating Advisor may disclose a particular portion of the policies and procedures solely when necessary to support specific conclusions concerning allegations of material deviations from the Servicing Standard (i) in the Operating Advisor Annual Report, or (ii) in connection with a recommendation by the Operating Advisor to replace LNR Partners, LLC as the Special Servicer pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor shall be permitted to share such information with its Affiliates and any subcontractors of the Operating Advisor to the extent reasonably necessary to perform the Operating Advisor’s obligations under this Agreement and provided such Affiliates and subcontractors of the Operating Advisor agree in writing prior to their receipt of such information to be bound by the same confidentiality provisions applicable to the Operating Advisor. The Operating Advisor’s assessment may not take into account the fact that LNR Partners, LLC limited the Operating Advisor’s access to the LNR Partners, LLC written policies and procedures pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. Nothing set forth herein shall limit or affect the scope of the Operating Advisor’s review in connection with its preparation of the Operating Advisor Annual Report, provided that the Operating Advisor’s access to or reliance upon LNR Partners, LLC’s written policies and procedures shall be subject to the terms of this paragraph. During any period when the Special Servicer is not LNR Partners, LLC or an affiliate of LNR Partners, LLC, the requirements and limitations contained in this paragraph shall be null and void, and the Operating Advisor shall have adequate and timely access to the policies and procedures of any successor special servicer as the Operating Advisor determines necessary to fulfill its duties under this Agreement.

 

(c)          (i)  Based on the Operating Advisor’s review of any assessment of compliance report, any attestation report, any Major Decision Reporting Package and/or Asset Status Reports (in each case, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), any Final Asset Status Report and other information delivered to

 

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the Operating Advisor by the Special Servicer or made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website during the prior calendar year, the Operating Advisor shall (if, at any time during the prior calendar year, (i) any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Loan) was a Specially Serviced Loan or (ii) the Operating Advisor was entitled to consult with the Special Servicer with respect to any Major Decision) deliver to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator (which shall promptly post such Operating Advisor Annual Report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 4.02(b)) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such Operating Advisor Annual Report on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.14(d)) within one hundred twenty (120) days of the end of the prior calendar year, an annual report (the “Operating Advisor Annual Report”), substantially in the form of Exhibit BB (which form may be modified or altered as to either its organization or content by the Operating Advisor, subject to compliance of such form with the terms and provisions of this Agreement including, without limitation, provisions herein relating to Privileged Information; provided, however, that in no event shall the information or any other content included in the Operating Advisor Annual Report contravene any provision of this Agreement), that (A) sets forth whether the Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer is operating in compliance with the Servicing Standard with respect to its performance of its duties pursuant to this Agreement with respect to Specially Serviced Loans (and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, with respect to Major Decisions on Performing Loans) during the prior calendar year on a Asset-Level Basis and (B) identifies (1) which, if any, standards the Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, the Special Servicer has failed to comply and (2) any material deviations from the Special Servicer’s obligations hereunder with respect to the resolution or liquidation of any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property (other than with respect to any REO Property related to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan); provided, however, that in the event the Special Servicer is replaced, the Operating Advisor Annual Report shall only relate to the entity that was acting as Special Servicer as of December 31 in the prior calendar year and is continuing in such capacity through the date of such Operating Advisor Annual Report; provided, further, that the Operating Advisor shall prepare a separate Operating Advisor Annual Report relating to each Conflicted Special Servicer and any Conflicted Special Servicer Loan(s) serviced by such Conflicted Special Servicer. In preparing any Operating Advisor Annual Report, the Operating Advisor shall not be required to report on instances of non-compliance with, or deviations from, the Servicing Standard or the Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement that the Operating Advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, to be immaterial. Subject to the restrictions in this Agreement, each such Operating Advisor Annual Report shall comply with all of the confidentiality requirements described in this Agreement regarding Privileged Information (subject to any permitted exceptions). The Special Servicer shall be given an opportunity to review the Operating Advisor Annual Report at least five (5) Business Days prior to such Operating Advisor Annual Report’s delivery to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider. The Operating Advisor shall have no obligation to adopt any comments to the Operating Advisor Annual Report that are provided by the Special Servicer.

 

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(ii)          In the event the Operating Advisor’s ability to perform its obligations in respect of the Operating Advisor Annual Report is limited or prohibited due to the failure of a party hereto to timely deliver information required to be delivered to the Operating Advisor or because such information is inaccurate or incomplete, the Operating Advisor shall set forth such limitations or prohibitions in the related Operating Advisor Annual Report and the Operating Advisor shall not be subject to any liability arising from such limitations and prohibitions. The Operating Advisor shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the accuracy and completeness of any information it is provided. If the Operating Advisor is prohibited or materially limited from obtaining Privileged Information and such prohibition or limitation prevents the Operating Advisor from performing its duties under this Agreement, the Operating Advisor shall not be subject to any liability arising from its lack of access to such Privileged Information.

 

(d)          (i)  With respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan, after the calculation has been finalized (and, if an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing, prior to the utilization by the Special Servicer) of any of the calculations related to (i) Appraisal Reduction Amounts or (ii) net present value in accordance with Section 1.02(i), the Special Servicer shall forward such calculations, together with any supporting material or additional information necessary in support thereof (including such additional information reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor to confirm the mathematical accuracy of such calculations, but not including any privileged communications), to the Operating Advisor promptly, but in any event no later than two (2) Business Days after preparing such calculations, and the Operating Advisor shall promptly, but no later than three (3) Business Days after receipt of such calculations and any supporting or additional materials, recalculate and review for accuracy and consistency with this Agreement of the mathematical calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portion of the applicable formulas required to be utilized in connection with any such calculation.

 

(ii)          In connection with this Section 3.31(d), in the event the Operating Advisor does not agree with the mathematical calculations of the Appraisal Reduction Amount (as calculated by the Master Servicer) or net present value or the application of the applicable non discretionary portions of the formula required to be utilized for such calculation, the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer shall consult with each other in order to resolve any material inaccuracy in the mathematical calculations or the application of the non-discretionary portions of the related formula in arriving at those mathematical calculations or any disagreement within five (5) Business Days of delivery of such calculations. The Master Servicer shall cooperate with the Special Servicer and provide any information reasonably requested by the Special Servicer necessary for the calculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount that is in the Master Servicer’s possession or reasonably obtainable by the Master Servicer. In the event the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer are not able to resolve such inaccuracies or disagreement prior to the end of such five (5) Business Day period, the Operating Advisor shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator of such disagreement and the Certificate Administrator shall examine the calculations and supporting materials provided by the Operating Advisor and

 

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the Special Servicer and determine which calculation is to apply (and shall provide prompt written notice of such determination to the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer). In making such determination, the Certificate Administrator may hire an independent third party to assist with any such calculation at the expense of the Trust and shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such third party’s determination (provided such third party has been selected with reasonable care by the Certificate Administrator).

 

(e)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the Operating Advisor’s review will be limited to an after-the-action review of any assessment of compliance report, any attestation report, any Major Decision Reporting Package and/or Asset Status Reports (in each case, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), any Final Asset Status Report and other information delivered to the Operating Advisor by the Special Servicer or made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website during the prior calendar year (together with any additional information and material reviewed by the Operating Advisor), and, therefore, it shall have no involvement with respect to collateral substitutions, assignments, workouts, modifications, consents, waivers, insurance policies, mortgagor substitutions, lease changes, additional borrower debt, defeasances, property management changes, releases from escrow, assumptions or other similar actions that the Special Servicer may perform under this Agreement and will have no obligations at any time with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. In addition, with respect to the Operating Advisor’s review of net present value calculations as required in Section 3.31(d) above, the Operating Advisor’s recalculation shall not take into account the reasonableness of Special Servicer’s property and borrower performance assumptions or other similar discretionary portions of the net present value calculation.

 

(f)           Subject to the requirements of confidentiality imposed on the Operating Advisor herein (including without limitation in respect of Privileged Information), the Operating Advisor shall respond to Inquiries proposed by Privileged Persons from time to time in accordance with the terms of Section 4.02(c) of this Agreement.

 

(g)          The Operating Advisor and its Affiliates shall keep all information appropriately labeled as “Privileged Information” confidential and shall not, without the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and the Directing Holder (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than a Non-Serviced Whole Loan and any applicable Conflicted Loan and for so long as no Consultation Termination Event is continuing), disclose such Privileged Information to any Person (including Certificateholders other than the Controlling Class Representative), other than (i) to the extent expressly required by this Agreement, to the other parties to this Agreement with a notice indicating that such information is Privileged Information, (ii) pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception or (iii) where necessary to support specific findings or conclusions concerning allegations of deviations from the Servicing Standard (A) in the Operating Advisor Annual Report or (B) in connection with a recommendation by the Operating Advisor to replace the Special Servicer. Each party to this Agreement that receives Privileged Information from the Operating Advisor with a notice stating that such information is Privileged Information shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person without the prior written consent of the

 

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Special Servicer, the Controlling Class Representative and the Directing Holder other than pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor shall be permitted to share Privileged Information with its Affiliates and any subcontractors of the Operating Advisor that agree in writing to be bound by the same confidentiality provisions applicable to the Operating Advisor. Subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement related to Privileged Information, the Operating Advisor agrees that it shall use information received from the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement solely for purposes of complying with its duties and obligations hereunder. In addition and for the avoidance of doubt, while the Operating Advisor may serve in a similar capacity with respect to other securitizations that involve the same parties or borrower involved in this securitization, the knowledge of the employees performing operating advisor functions for such other securitizations shall not be imputed to employees of the Operating Advisor involved in this securitization.

 

(h)          On each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Operating Advisor shall be paid the applicable Operating Advisor Fee from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement, as applicable. In addition, the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee shall be payable to the Operating Advisor with respect to each Major Decision for which the Operating Advisor has consultation rights. Each of the Operating Advisor Fee and the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee shall be payable from funds on deposit in the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.06 of this Agreement, but with respect to the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee only to the extent such Operating Advisor Consulting Fee is actually received from the related Borrower. When the Operating Advisor has consultation rights with respect to a Major Decision under this Agreement, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer processing the Major Decision shall use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect the applicable Operating Advisor Consulting Fee from the related Borrower in connection with such Major Decision but only to the extent not prohibited by the related Loan Documents. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may waive or reduce the amount of any Operating Advisor Consulting Fee payable by the related Borrower if it determines that such full or partial waiver is in accordance with the Servicing Standard, but in no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer take any enforcement action with respect to the collection of such Operating Advisor Consulting Fee other than requests for collection; provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult on a non-binding basis with the Operating Advisor prior to any such waiver or reduction.

 

(i)           The Operating Advisor may delegate its duties to agents or subcontractors to the extent such agents or subcontractors satisfy clauses (iii), (iv) and (vi) of the definition of “Eligible Operating Advisor” and so long as the related agreements or arrangements with such agents or subcontractors are consistent with the provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Operating Advisor shall remain obligated and primarily liable for any actions required to be performed hereunder in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability or related obligation or liability by virtue of such delegation or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from any Person acting as its agents or subcontractor to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Operating Advisor alone were performing its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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Section 3.32     Delivery of Conflicted Information to the Certificate Administrator.

 

(a)          Any Conflicted Information that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor identifies and delivers to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator via e-mail (or such other electronic means as is mutually acceptable to the parties) in one or more separate files labeled “Conflicted Information” followed by the applicable loan name and loan file to cmbsexcludedinformation@wellsfargo.com. For the avoidance of doubt, any information that is not appropriately labeled and delivered in accordance with this Section 3.32 shall not be separately posted as Conflicted Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and any information appropriately labeled and delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to this Section shall be posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website under the “Conflicted Information” section, as provided under Section 4.02(b). When so posted, Conflicted Controlling Class Holders shall be prohibited from the access of Conflicted Information with respect to any Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loans on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (unless loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s)). None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall have any obligations to separately label and deliver any Conflicted Information in accordance with this Section 3.32 until such party has received notice with respect to the related Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan in the form of Exhibit L-1E to this Agreement. Nothing set forth in this Agreement shall prohibit the Controlling Class Representative or any Controlling Class Certificateholder from receiving, requesting or reviewing any Conflicted Information relating to any Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan with respect to which the Controlling Class Representative or such Controlling Class Certificateholder is not a Borrower Party and, if such Conflicted Information is not available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, such Controlling Class Representative or Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not a Borrower Party with respect to the related Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan shall be permitted to obtain such information upon reasonable request in accordance with Section 3.14(c) and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, may require and rely on such certifications prior to releasing any such information.

 

Section 3.33     Resignation Upon Prohibited Risk Retention Affiliation.    Under Regulation RR, any Successor Third-Party Purchaser is prohibited from being Risk Retention Affiliated with, among other persons, the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer. As long as the prohibition exists, upon the occurrence of (i) a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, obtaining actual knowledge that the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, is or has become Risk Retention Affiliated with or a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Successor Third-Party Purchaser (in such case, an “Impermissible RP Affiliate”), (ii) the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee receiving written notice by any other party to this Agreement, the Successor Third-Party Purchaser, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any Underwriter or any Initial Purchaser that the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the

 

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Trustee, as applicable, is or has become an Impermissible RP Affiliate, or (iii) the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer obtaining actual knowledge that it is or has become a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Successor Third-Party Purchaser or any other party to this Agreement (in such case, an “Impermissible Operating Advisor Affiliate” and “Impermissible Asset Representations Reviewer Affiliate”, respectively; and either of an Impermissible RP Affiliate, an Impermissible Operating Advisor Affiliate and an Impermissible Asset Representations Reviewer Affiliate being an “Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate”), such Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate shall be required to promptly notify the Retaining Sponsor and the other parties to this Agreement and resign in accordance with Section 6.04, Section 8.07 or Section 11.03, as applicable. The resigning Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate will be required to bear all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of each other party to this Agreement, the Issuing Entity and each Rating Agency in connection with such resignation as and to the extent required under this Agreement; provided, however, if the affiliation causing an Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate is the result of the Successor Third-Party Purchaser acquiring an interest in such Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate or an affiliate of such Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate, then such costs and expenses will be an expense of the Issuing Entity.

 

Article IV

DISTRIBUTIONS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

 

Section 4.01     Distributions. (a) On each Distribution Date, amounts held in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account shall be withdrawn (to the extent of the Available Funds, including or reduced by, to the extent required by Section 3.05(e) of this Agreement, the Withheld Amounts, plus any amount withdrawn from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account pursuant to Section 3.05(i) of this Agreement) in the case of all Classes of Lower-Tier Regular Interests (such amount, the “Lower-Tier Distribution Amount”). On each Distribution Date, distributions in respect of principal shall be deemed to have been made on each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests in an amount equal to the amount of principal actually distributed on its respective Corresponding Certificates as provided in Section 4.01(b) of this Agreement. As of any date, the principal balance of each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall equal the Lower-Tier Principal Balance thereof. On each Distribution Date, distributions of interest made in respect of any Class of Regular Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(b) or Section 9.01 of this Agreement shall be deemed to have first been distributed from the Lower-Tier REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC in respect of its Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement; provided that each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall be deemed to have received distributions in respect of interest in an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of the Class X-A Strip Rate, Class X-B Strip Rate and Class X-D Strip Rate of its Corresponding Class X Component, as applicable, in each case to the extent actually distributed to the related Class of Corresponding Certificates as provided in Section 4.01(b) of this Agreement.

 

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All distributions of reimbursements of Realized Losses and Additional Trust Fund Expenses made in respect of any Class of Principal Balance Certificates on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(b) of this Agreement shall be deemed to have first been distributed from the Lower-Tier REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC in respect of its Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement to this Agreement; provided, that distributions of reimbursements of Realized Losses and Additional Trust Fund Expenses shall be made in sequential order of the priority set forth in this Section 4.01(a) for principal distributions, up to the amount of Realized Losses and Additional Trust Fund Expenses previously allocated to a particular Lower-Tier Regular Interest corresponding to such Class of Certificates.

 

On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall apply amounts related to each Prepayment Premium and Yield Maintenance Charge then on deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account and received during or prior to the related Collection Period to the Lower-Tier Regular Interests in proportion to the amount of principal deemed distributed to each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests on such Distribution Date pursuant to this Section 4.01(a).

 

The Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to deposit the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount and the amount of any Prepayment Premiums and any Yield Maintenance Charges distributed to the Upper-Tier REMIC pursuant to this Section 4.01(a) into the Upper-Tier Distribution Account. Any amount in respect of the Mortgage Pool that remains in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account on each Distribution Date after the deemed distribution described in the preceding sentence shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates with respect to the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class LTR Interest) (but only to the extent of such amount for such Distribution Date remaining in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, if any).

 

(b)          On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Upper-Tier Distribution Account the amounts deposited in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account to the extent of Available Funds in respect of such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a) of this Agreement, and distribute such amount to the Holders of the Regular Certificates in the amounts and in the order of priority set forth below:

 

(i)           First, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class X-B and Class X-D Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata in accordance with, the respective aggregate Interest Distribution Amount for those Classes;

 

(ii)          Second, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balances thereof, prior to the Cross-Over Date, in the following priority:

 

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Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to the Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance;

 

(B)           second, to the Class A-1 Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion of it remaining after distributions on the Class A-SB Certificates pursuant to (A) above in this clause (b)(ii)) for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

(C)           third, to the Class A-2 Certificates, in reduction of Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion of it remaining after distributions on the Class A-1 and Class A-SB Certificates pursuant to (A) and (B) above in this clause (b)(ii)) for such Distribution Date, until the aggregate Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

(D)           fourth, to the Class A-3 Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion of it remaining after distributions on the Class A-1, Class A-2 and Class A-SB Certificates pursuant to (A), (B) and (C) above in this clause (b)(ii)) for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

(E)           fifth, to the Class A-4 Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion of it remaining after distributions on the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3 and Class A-SB Certificates pursuant to (A), (B), (C) and (D) above in this clause (b)(ii)) for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

(F)           sixth, to the Class A-5 Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion of it remaining after distributions on the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB and Class A-4 Certificates pursuant to (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) above in this clause (b)(ii)) for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

(G)           sixth, to the Class A-SB Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion of it remaining after distributions on the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 Certificates pursuant to (A), (B), (C), (D), (E) and (F) above in this clause (b)(ii)) for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

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(iii)         Third, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 Certificates, up to an amount equal to, and pro rata based upon, the aggregate unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to those Classes of Certificates;

 

(iv)         Fourth, to the Class A-M Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the aggregate Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

(v)          Fifth, to the Class A-M Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

(vi)         Sixth, to the Class A-M Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

 

(vii)        Seventh, to the Class B Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the aggregate Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

(viii)       Eighth, to the Class B Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

(ix)         Ninth, to the Class B Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

 

(x)          Tenth, to the Class C Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the aggregate Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

(xi)         Eleventh, to the Class C Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

(xii)        Twelfth, to the Class C Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

 

(xiii)       Thirteenth, to the Class D Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the aggregate Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

(xiv)       Fourteenth, to the Class D Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

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(xv)        Fifteenth, to the Class D Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

 

(xvi)       Sixteenth, to the Class E-RR Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the aggregate Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

(xvii)      Seventeenth, to the Class E-RR Certificates in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount, less amounts of Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

(xviii)     Eighteenth, to the Class E-RR Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

 

(xix)       Nineteenth, to the Class F-RR Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the aggregate Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

(xx)        Twentieth, to the Class F-RR Certificates in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less the amount of the Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

(xxi)       Twenty-first, to the Class F-RR Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

 

(xxii)      Twenty-second, to the Class G-RR Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the aggregate Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

(xxiii)     Twenty-third, to the Class G-RR Certificates in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less the amount of the Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

(xxiv)     Twenty-fourth, to the Class G-RR Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class;

 

(xxv)      Twenty-fifth, to the Class H-RR Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the aggregate Interest Distribution Amount of such Class;

 

(xxvi)     Twenty-sixth, to the Class H-RR Certificates in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount less the amount of the Principal Distribution Amount distributed pursuant to all prior clauses, until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero;

 

(xxvii)    Twenty-seventh, to the Class H-RR Certificates, up to an amount equal to the aggregate of unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class; and

 

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(xxviii)     Twenty-eighth, to the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class UTR Interest), any amounts remaining in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, on each Distribution Date occurring on and after the Cross-Over Date, regardless of the allocation of principal payments described in priority Second above, the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date will be distributed pursuant to Section 4.01(b)(ii) to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 Certificates, pro rata, based on their respective Certificate Balances, in reduction of their respective Certificate Balances, until the Certificate Balance of each such Class of Certificates is reduced to zero.

 

(c)          On each Distribution Date, following the distribution from the Lower-Tier Distribution Account in respect of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests pursuant to Section 4.01(a) of this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall make distributions of any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges received in the related Collection Period from amounts deposited in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.05(f) of this Agreement, as follows:

 

Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges received with respect to the Mortgage Loans shall be distributed to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates in an amount equal to, in the case of each such Class, the product of (a) a fraction, not greater than one, the numerator of which is the amount distributed as principal to such Class on such Distribution Date, and whose denominator is the total amount distributed as principal to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and Class H-RR Certificates on such Distribution Date, (b) the Base Interest Fraction for the related Principal Prepayment and such Class of Certificates and (c) the portion of such Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges collected on such Principal Prepayment during the related Collection Period.

 

Any Yield Maintenance Charges or Prepayment Premiums collected during the related Collection Period remaining after such distributions described in the preceding paragraph (the “IO Group YM Distribution Amount”) shall be allocated and distributed in the following manner:

 

(i)          to the Class X-A Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (a) a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of principal distribution to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-M Certificates on such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the total Principal Distribution Amount in respect of such Distribution Date, multiplied by (b) the IO Group YM Distribution Amount;

 

(ii)         to the Class X-B Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (a) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of principal distribution

 

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to the Class B Certificates on such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the total Principal Distribution Amount in respect of such Distribution Date, multiplied by (b), the IO Group YM Distribution Amount; and

 

(iii)        to the Class X-D Certificates, the IO Group YM Distribution Amount remaining after such distribution to the holders of the Class X-A and Class X-B Certificates described in (i) through (ii) above.

 

(d)          On each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Certificate Administrator shall determine if the Available Funds for such Distribution Date (determined without regard to the inclusion of any Gain-on-Sale Proceeds therein) would be sufficient to pay all interest and principal due and owing to reimburse (with interest thereon) all previously allocated Realized Losses reimbursable to the Holders of the Regular Certificates on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(b). If the Certificate Administrator determines that such Available Funds (as so determined) would not be sufficient to make such payments and reimbursements, then the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (or sub-account thereof) and shall deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account on the applicable Master Servicer Remittance Date an amount (to be included in the Available Funds for the related Distribution Date) equal to the lesser of (i) the amounts then on deposit in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and (ii) the amount of the applicable insufficiency.

 

Any amounts remaining in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account after such distributions on any Distribution Date that (A) are allocable to the Mortgage Loans shall be held and maintained in such account and applied to offset future Realized Losses and Additional Trust Fund Expenses from time to time; and (B) are allocable to the Serviced Companion Loans, shall be remitted within one Business Day after each such Distribution Date by the Certificate Administrator to the Master Servicer (which shall remit to the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders in accordance with Section 3.05(h)).

 

On any Distribution Date, amounts held in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (other than amounts allocable to any related Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to the terms of any related Intercreditor Agreement) that exceed amounts reasonably required (as determined by the Certificate Administrator) to offset future Realized Losses and Additional Trust Fund Expenses, shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class LTR Interest) and, upon termination of the Trust Fund, any amounts remaining in the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (other than amounts allocable to any related Serviced Companion Loan pursuant to the terms of any related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be distributed by the Certificate Administrator to the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class LTR Interest). Amounts paid with respect to the Mortgage Loans from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account pursuant to the preceding clauses (i) and (ii) shall first be deemed to have been distributed to the Lower-Tier Regular Interests in reimbursement of Realized Losses and Additional Trust Fund Expenses previously allocated thereto in the same manner as provided in Section 4.01(a) of this Agreement. Amounts paid from the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account will not reduce the Certificate Balances of any Class of Regular Certificates or Class of Class S Certificates receiving such distributions.

 

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(e)            On each Distribution Date, immediately following the distributions to be made on such date pursuant to Section 4.01(b), the Certificate Administrator shall calculate the amount, if any, of the Realized Loss for such Distribution Date. Any allocation of Realized Losses to any Class of Principal Balance Certificates shall be made by reducing the Certificate Balance thereof by the amount so allocated. The allocation of Realized Losses shall constitute allocations of losses and other shortfalls experienced by the Trust Fund.

 

The Certificate Balances of each Class of Principal Balance Certificates will be reduced without distribution on any Distribution Date as a write-off to the extent of any Realized Loss, allocated to such Class of Certificates with respect to such date. Any such write-offs will be applied to the Classes of Principal Balance Certificates in the following order, in each case until the Certificate Balance of such Class is reduced to zero: first, to the Class H-RR Certificates; second, to the Class G-RR Certificates; third, to the Class F-RR Certificates; fourth, to the Class E-RR Certificates; fifth, to the Class D Certificates; sixth, to the Class C Certificates; seventh, to the Class B Certificates; eighth, to the Class A-M Certificates; and finally, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 Certificates, pro rata, based on their respective Certificate Balances.

 

Any Realized Losses so allocated to any Class of Certificates shall be allocated among the respective Certificates of such Class in proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced thereby.

 

Distributions in reimbursement of Realized Losses previously allocated to the respective Classes of the Principal Balance Certificates shall be made in the amounts and manner specified in Section 4.01(b). Additional Trust Fund Expenses and shortfalls in Available Funds due to extraordinary expenses of the Trust Fund (including indemnification expenses), a reduction in the Mortgage Rate on a Mortgage Loan by a bankruptcy court pursuant to a plan of reorganization or pursuant to any of its equitable powers, or otherwise, shall be treated as and allocated in the same manner as Realized Losses. Reimbursement of previously allocated Realized Losses will not constitute distributions of principal for any purpose and will not result in an additional reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Class of Certificates in respect of which any such reimbursement is made.

 

If and to the extent any Nonrecoverable Advances (plus interest thereon) that were reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans and previously resulted in a reduction of the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount are subsequently recovered on the related Mortgage Loan, then (on the Distribution Date related to the Collection Period during which the recovery occurred): the amount of such recovery will be added to the Certificate Balance of the Classes of Principal Balance Certificates that previously were allocated Realized Losses, in the same sequential order as distributions pursuant to Section 4.01(b), in each case up to the lesser of (A) the unallocated portion of the amount of such recovery and (B) the amount of the unreimbursed Realized Losses previously allocated to the subject Class of Certificates, and the Interest Shortfall with respect to each affected Class of Regular Certificates for the next Distribution Date will be increased by the aggregate amount of interest that would have accrued through the then current Distribution Date if the restored write-down for the reimbursed Class of

 

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Principal Balance Certificates had never been written down. To the extent that the Certificate Balance of, and/or any interest payable on, any Class of Regular Certificates is so increased, an identical increase shall be deemed made to the Lower-Tier Principal Balance of, and any interest payable on, the Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interest. If the Certificate Balance of any Class of Principal Balance Certificates (or the Lower-Tier Principal Balance of any Lower-Tier Regular Interest) is so increased, the amount of unreimbursed Realized Losses of such Class of Principal Balance Certificates (or such Lower-Tier Regular Interest) shall be decreased by such amount, and any interest accrued on the amount of unreimbursed Realized Losses so decreased shall be deemed not to exist.

 

With respect to any Distribution Date, any Realized Losses allocated pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Distribution Date shall reduce the Lower-Tier Principal Balances of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests as a write-off and shall be allocated among the Lower-Tier Regular Interests in the same priority as the Class of Corresponding Certificates.

 

(f)           All amounts distributable, or reductions allocable on account of Realized Losses, to a Class of Certificates pursuant to this Section 4.01 on each Distribution Date shall be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates in each such Class based on their respective Percentage Interests. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

(g)          Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01 with respect to an Anticipated Termination Date, the Certificate Administrator shall, as soon as reasonably practicable within the month preceding the month in which the final distribution with respect to any Class of Certificates is expected to be made, mail to each Holder of such Class of Certificates on such date a notice to the effect that:

 

(A)        the Certificate Administrator reasonably expects based upon information previously provided to it that the final distribution with respect to such Class of Certificates will be made on such Distribution Date, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates at the office of the Certificate Administrator therein specified, and

 

(B)         if such final distribution is made on such Distribution Date, no interest shall accrue on such Certificates from and after such Distribution Date;

 

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provided that the Class R Certificates shall remain outstanding until no other Classes of Certificates or Lower-Tier Regular Interests are outstanding.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of such Classes of Certificates on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to this Section 4.01(g) shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Holders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Holders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Holders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator hereunder and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Holders of the Class R Certificates. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Holder on any amount held hereunder or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Holder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with this Section 4.01(g). Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

(h)           Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfalls, if any, for each Distribution Date will be allocated (and Compensating Interest Payments shall be deemed distributed) among the various Classes of Regular Certificates, and, in each case, correspondingly to the respective Class or Classes of Corresponding Lower-Tier Regular Interests, pro rata, based upon the Interest Accrual Amount distributable to each such Class of Certificates prior to reduction by such Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfalls. Compensating Interest Payments shall be deposited by the Master Servicer into the Collection Account on or prior to the Master Servicer Remittance Date.

 

(i)            On the final Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account and deliver to the Certificate Administrator who shall distribute to the Mortgage Loan Sellers, any Loss of Value Payments relating to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing and that were transferred from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the Collection Account on the immediately preceding Master Servicer Remittance Date in accordance with Section 3.06(e)(v) of this Agreement.

 

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(j)             On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw from the Excess Interest Distribution Account any amounts on deposit therein that represent Excess Interest received with respect to each ARD Loan during the related Collection Period, and shall distribute such Excess Interest to the Holders of the Class S Certificates.

 

Section 4.02     Statements to Certificateholders; Reports by Certificate Administrator; Other Information Available to the Holders and Others. (a) On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and make available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website to each Certificateholder a statement (substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit K to this Agreement and based on the information set forth in (i) the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC® IRP) prepared by the Master Servicer (other than the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File) and the other reports prepared by the Master Servicer, Certificate Administrator and Special Servicer relating to such Distribution Date, including the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File, upon which information the Certificate Administrator may conclusively rely, in accordance with CREFC® guidelines and (ii) the CREFC® Reconciliation of Funds Template prepared by the Certificate Administrator) as to distributions made on such Distribution Date (each, a “Distribution Date Statement”) setting forth (with respect to each Class of Certificates) the following information:

 

(i)             the Record Date, Interest Accrual Period, and Determination Date for such Distribution Date;

 

(ii)            the aggregate amount of the distribution to be made on such Distribution Date to the Holders of each Class of Certificates with a Certificate Balance in reduction of the Certificate Balance of those Certificates;

 

(iii)           the aggregate amount of the distribution to be made on such Distribution Date to the Holders of each Class of Certificates (other than the Class R and Class S Certificates) allocable to (A) the Interest Accrual Amount, and/or (B) Interest Shortfalls;

 

(iv)           the aggregate amount of Advances made in respect of the Distribution Date and the amount of interest paid on Advances since the prior Distribution Date (including, to the extent material, the general use of funds advanced and general source of funds for reimbursements);

 

(v)            the aggregate amount of compensation, if any, paid to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, CREFC®, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer and servicing compensation, if any, paid to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer for the related Determination Date and any other fees or expenses accrued and paid from the Trust Fund;

 

(vi)           (A) the Available Funds for the Distribution Date, (B) the total amount of all principal and/or interest distributions, as well as any other distributions (other than Yield Maintenance Charges), properly made on or in respect of any Class of Regular Certificates with respect to such Distribution Date and (C) any other cash flows received

 

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on the Mortgage Loans and applied to pay fees and expenses (including the components of the Available Funds, or such other cash flows);

 

(vii)         the amount of the distribution on the Distribution Date to the holders of any Class of Regular Certificates allocable to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges;

 

(viii)        the accrued Interest Accrual Amount in respect of each Class of Regular Certificates for such Distribution Date;

 

(ix)           the Pass-Through Rate for each Class of Regular Certificates for the Distribution Date and the next succeeding Distribution Date;

 

(x)            the Principal Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date;

 

(xi)           the aggregate Certificate Balance or aggregate Notional Amount, as the case may be, of each Class of Certificates (other than the Class S or Class R Certificates), immediately before and immediately after such Distribution Date, separately identifying any reduction in the aggregate Certificate Balance (or, if applicable, the aggregate Notional Amount) of each such Class as a result of the allocation of any Realized Loss and/or Additional Trust Fund Expenses on such Distribution Date;

 

(xii)          the fraction, expressed as a decimal carried to at least eight places, the numerator of which is the then related Certificate Balance, and the denominator of which is the related initial aggregate Certificate Balance, for each Class of Regular Certificates immediately following the Distribution Date;

 

(xiii)         the amount of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts, Collateral Deficiency Amounts and Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated during the related Collection Period on a loan-by-loan basis; and the total Appraisal Reduction Amounts, Collateral Deficiency Amounts and Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts as of such Distribution Date on a loan-by-loan basis;

 

(xiv)         the number and related Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loans modified, extended or waived on a loan-by-loan basis since the previous Determination Date (including a description of any material modifications, extensions or waivers to Mortgage Loan terms, fees, penalties or payments during the Collection Period or that have cumulatively become material over time);

 

(xv)          the amount of any remaining unpaid Interest Shortfalls for each Class of Regular Certificates as of the Distribution Date;

 

(xvi)         an loan-by-loan listing of each Mortgage Loan which was the subject of a Principal Prepayment (other than Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance Proceeds) during the related Collection Period and the amount of Principal Prepayment occurring, together

 

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with the aggregate amount of Principal Prepayments made during the related Collection Period;

 

(xvii)        an loan-by-loan listing of each Mortgage Loan which was defeased since the previous Determination Date;

 

(xviii)       the amount of the distribution to the holders of each Class of Certificates on the Distribution Date attributable to reimbursement of Realized Losses;

 

(xix)         as to any Mortgage Loan repurchased by a Mortgage Loan Seller or otherwise liquidated or disposed of during the related Collection Period, (A) the Loan Number of the related Mortgage Loan and (B) the amount of proceeds of any repurchase of a Mortgage Loan, Liquidation Proceeds and/or other amounts, if any, received thereon during the related Collection Period and the portion thereof included in the Available Funds for such Distribution Date;

 

(xx)          the amount on deposit in each of the Interest Reserve Account and the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account before and after giving effect to the distribution made on such Distribution Date (and any material account activity since the prior Distribution Date);

 

(xxi)         the then-current credit support levels for each Class of Certificates (other than the Class X, Class S and Class R Certificates);

 

(xxii)        the original and then-current ratings of each Class of Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates);

 

(xxiii)       with respect to any REO Loan as to which the related Mortgaged Property became an REO Property during the preceding calendar month, the city, state, property type, latest Debt Service Coverage Ratio and the current Stated Principal Balance;

 

(xxiv)       with respect to any REO Property included in the Trust Fund at the close of business on the related Determination Date (A) the Loan Number of the related Mortgage Loan and (B) the value of such REO Property based on the most recent Appraisal or valuation;

 

(xxv)        with respect to any Serviced REO Property sold or otherwise disposed of during the related Collection Period and for which a Final Recovery Determination has been made, (A) the Loan Number of the related Mortgage Loan, (B) the Realized Loss attributable to the related Mortgage Loan, (C) the amount of sale proceeds and other amounts, if any, received in respect of such Serviced REO Property during the related Collection Period and the portion thereof included in the Available Funds for such Distribution Date, (D) the date of the Final Recovery Determination and (E) the balance of the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account for such Distribution Date;

 

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(xxvi)        the amount of the distribution on the Distribution Date to the holders of the Class S and Class R Certificates;

 

(xxvii)       material breaches of Mortgage Loan representations and warranties or any covenants under this Agreement of which the Certificate Administrator has received or delivered written notice;

 

(xxviii)      the identity of the Operating Advisor;

 

(xxix)        the amount of Realized Losses, Additional Trust Fund Expenses and Interest Shortfalls, if any, incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loans during the related Collection Period and in the aggregate for all prior Collection Periods (except to the extent reimbursed or paid);

 

(xxx)         an itemized listing of any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees received by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates during the related Collection Period;

 

(xxxi)        the identity of the Controlling Class;

 

(xxxii)       the identity of the Controlling Class Representative; and

 

(xxxiii)      such other information as contemplated by Exhibit K to this Agreement.

 

In the case of information furnished pursuant to sub-clauses (ii), (iii), (v), (vii), (viii), (xv) and (xviii) above, the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount in the aggregate for all Certificates of each applicable Class and per $1,000 of original Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as the case may be.

 

The Master Servicer may omit from the reports that it delivers to the Certificate Administrator (and the Special Servicer may omit from the reports it delivers to the Master Servicer) in connection with the preparation of the Distribution Date Statement any information that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, regards as confidential, so long as such information is not required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 1125 of Regulation AB. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any information supplied to it by a Borrower, the Depositor, any Sponsor, any party to this Agreement or a master servicer, a special servicer or other similar party under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement or other third party that is included in any reports, statements, materials or information prepared or provided by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable.

 

If and for so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, no Distribution Date Statement that is part of any SEC filing shall include references to the Rating Agencies or any ratings ascribed by any Rating Agency to any Class of Certificates.

 

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On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall make available to each Holder of a Class R Certificate a copy of the reports made available to the other Certificateholders on such Distribution Date and a statement setting forth the amounts, if any, actually distributed with respect to the Class R Certificates on such Distribution Date. Such obligation of the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that it provided substantially comparable information pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time in force.

 

The Certificate Administrator shall not be deemed to have obtained actual knowledge of any information only by virtue of its receipt and posting of such information to the Certificate Administrator’s Website or filing such information pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to, filing via through the EDGAR system, unless the Certificate Administrator has an explicit obligation to review or prepare such information.

 

Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Certificate Administrator shall furnish to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder of record, a report summarizing on an annual basis (if appropriate) the items provided to Certificateholders pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) above as to the applicable Class, aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such person was a Certificateholder, together with such other information that the Certificate Administrator deems necessary or desirable, or that a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner reasonably requests, to enable such Certificateholders to prepare their federal income tax returns. Such information shall include the amount of original issue discount accrued on each Class of Certificates held by Persons other than Holders exempted from the reporting requirements and information regarding the expenses of the Trust Fund. Such requirement shall be deemed to be satisfied to the extent such information is provided pursuant to applicable requirements of the Code from time to time in force.

 

On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver the related Distribution Date Statement to the Depositor in electronic format to dbinvestor@list.db.com (or to such other address as the Depositor shall specify by written notice to the Certificate Administrator).

 

Upon receipt of any Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer required to be delivered pursuant to Section 11.04(e), the Certificate Administrator shall include such summary in Item 1B on the Form 10-D for such period in which the Asset Review Report Summary was delivered.

 

(b)           The Certificate Administrator shall make available via the Certificate Administrator’s Website, to any Privileged Person (provided that the Prospectus, the Distribution Date Statements and the SEC filings will be made available to the general public, and provided, further that any Privileged Person that is a Borrower Party shall only be entitled to access documents made available to the general public) the following items, in each case to the extent received by the Certificate Administrator:

 

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(i)           the following “deal documents”:

 

(A)        the Prospectus;

 

(B)         this Agreement, each sub-servicing agreement delivered to the Certificate Administrator from and after the Closing Date (if any), the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and any amendments and exhibits hereto or thereto; and

 

(C)         the CREFC® Loan Setup File delivered to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer;

 

(ii)          the following “SEC EDGAR filings”:

 

(A)        any reports on Forms 10-D, 10-K, 8-K and ABS-EE that have been filed by the Certificate Administrator with respect to the Trust through the EDGAR system;

 

(iii)         the following “periodic reports”:

 

(A)        the Distribution Date Statements;

 

(B)         the supplemental reports and the CREFC® data files identified as such in the definition of “CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC® IRP)” (other than the CREFC® Loan Setup File), to the extent it has received or prepared such report or file; and

 

(C)         all Operating Advisor Annual Reports.

 

(iv)         the following “additional documents”:

 

(A)        the summary of any Final Asset Status Report delivered to the Certificate Administrator in electronic format; and

 

(B)         any other Third Party Reports (or updates thereto) delivered to the Certificate Administrator in electronic format; and

 

(C)         the CREFC® Appraisal Reduction Template;

 

(v)          the following “special notices”:

 

(A)        any notice with respect to a release pursuant to Section 3.10(h);

 

(B)         all Special Notices;

 

(C)         notice of any waiver, modification or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan;

 

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(D)        notice of final payment on the Certificates;

 

(E)         all notices of the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Events received by the Certificate Administrator;

 

(F)         notice of termination or resignation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee (and appointments of successors to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee);

 

(G)         any notice to Certificateholders of the Operating Advisor’s recommendation to replace the Special Servicer and the related report prepared by the Operating Advisor in connection with such recommendation;

 

(H)        any notice of any request by requisite percentage of Certificateholders for a vote to terminate the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer;

 

(I)          notice of the Certificate Administrator’s determination that an Asset Review Trigger is in effect and any other notice required to be delivered to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 11.01;

 

(J)          any Asset Review Report Summary received by the Certificate Administrator;

 

(K)        any and all Officer’s Certificates and other evidence delivered to or by the Certificate Administrator to support its or the Master Servicer’s, the Trustee’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance;

 

(L)         any notice of the termination of the Trust;

 

(M)       any notice of the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Event;

 

(N)        any notice of the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event;

 

(O)        any notice of the occurrence of an Operating Advisor Termination Event;

 

(P)         any notice of the occurrence of an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event;

 

(Q)        any Proposed Course of Action Notice;

 

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(R)         all of the annual compliance statements and annual assessments as to compliance delivered to the Certificate Administrator since the Closing Date pursuant to Section 10.11 and Section 10.12 of this Agreement;

 

(S)         all of the annual independent public accountants’ servicing reports caused to be delivered to the Certificate Administrator since the Closing Date pursuant to Section 10.13 of this Agreement; and

 

(T)         any notice or documents provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Depositor or the Master Servicer directing the Certificate Administrator to post to the “Special Notices” tab;

 

(vi)         the Investor Q&A Forum;

 

(vii)        solely to Certificateholders and Certificate Owners, the Investor Registry; and

 

(viii)       the following “risk retention special notices”, if any, shall also be posted to the “Risk Retention Special Notices” tab on the Certificate Administrator’s Website:

 

(A)        the disclosure required pursuant to 17 C.F.R. 246.4(c)(1)(ii) of Regulation RR; and

 

(B)         any noncompliance of the applicable credit risk retention requirements under Section 15G of the Exchange Act by any Successor Third-Party Purchaser as and to the extent the Retaining Sponsor is required under the credit risk retention requirements under Section 15G of the Exchange Act;

 

provided that with respect to a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event deemed to exist due solely to the existence of a Conflicted Loan, the Certificate Administrator shall only be required to make available such notice of the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event or the notice of the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event to the extent the Certificate Administrator has been notified of such Conflicted Loan.

 

The Certificate Administrator shall, in addition to posting the applicable notices on the “Risk Retention Special Notices” tab described in clause (viii) above, include a fixed statement in the Distribution Date Statement that risk retention notices, if any, can be found on the “Risk Retention Special Notices” tab.

 

The Certificate Administrator shall, in addition to posting the applicable notices on the “Risk Retention Special Notices” tab described in clause (viii) above, provide email notification to any Privileged Person (other than Financial Market Publishers) that has registered to receive access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website that a notice has been posted to the “Risk Retention Special Notices” tab.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Conflicted Information shall be made available under a separate tab or heading designated “Conflicted Information” (and not under any of the tabs or headings described in items (i) through (vii) above) and made available to Privileged Persons other than Conflicted Controlling Class Holders (unless loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access by a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loans).

 

Any Person that is a Borrower Party shall only be entitled to access (a) the Distribution Date Statements, and the following items made available to the general public: the Prospectus, this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and the SEC filings on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and (b) in the case of the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, if any such Person becomes a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder, upon delivery to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in physical form of an investor certification substantially in the forms of Exhibit L-1D and Exhibit L-1E and upon delivery to the Certificate Administrator in physical form of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1F, which shall include each of the CTSLink User ID’s associated with such Conflicted Controlling Class Holder, all information (other than Conflicted Information) available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (unless loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access by a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loans).

 

In the case of the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder, upon delivery of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1B hereto, such Controlling Class Representative or Controlling Class Certificateholder shall be entitled to access all information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee may each rely on (i) an investor certification in the form of Exhibit L-1B hereto from the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder to the effect that such Person is not a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder and (ii) an investor certification in the form of Exhibit L-1D hereto from the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder to the effect that such Person is a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder with respect to one or more Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s). In the event the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder becomes a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder, such party shall promptly notify each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1E that such party is a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder and identify the Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s) and thereafter shall not be entitled to any Conflicted Information related to such Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan(s) and made available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. With respect to any Conflicted Information, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall mark or label such information as “Conflicted Information” prior to delivery to the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate

 

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Administrator shall segregate on the Certificate Administrator’s Website such Conflicted Information (and may be segregated on loan-by-loan basis) from information relating to other Mortgage Loans. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively assume that the Controlling Class Representative and all beneficial owners of the Certificates of the Controlling Class are not Conflicted Controlling Class Holders except to the extent that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, has received such notice from the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder that it has become a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator shall be liable for any communication to the Controlling Class Representative or Controlling Class Certificateholder or disclosure of Conflicted Information if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, did not receive prior written notice that the related Mortgage Loan is a Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan (including, in the case of a summary of an Asset Status Report or Final Asset Status Report delivered to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website and/or any failure to label any such information provided to the Certificate Administrator).

 

Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on (i) any written notice from the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder that it is no longer a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder and (ii) any certification delivered by the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1B that such Person is no longer a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder. To the extent the Controlling Class Representative or a Controlling Class Certificateholder receives access pursuant to this Agreement to any Conflicted Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Conflicted Information, such Controlling Class Representative or Controlling Class Certificateholder shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide any information related to the Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loan to the related Borrower or to any Conflicted Controlling Class Holder or (A) any employees or personnel of such Controlling Class Representative or Controlling Class Certificateholder or any Affiliate involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower or the related Mortgaged Property or (B) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representations or warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of such information and assumes no responsibility therefor. In addition, the Certificate Administrator may disclaim responsibility for any information distributed or filed by the Certificate Administrator for which it is not the original source. The Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any information supplied to it by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer that is included in any reports, statements, materials or information prepared or provided by the Master Servicer or

 

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Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the Master Servicer’s reports and the Special Servicer’s reports without any duty or obligation to recompute, verify or re-evaluate any of the amounts or other information stated therein. In connection with providing access to the Certificate Administrator’s Internet website, the Certificate Administrator may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for any Conflicted Information to the extent such information was included in any summary of an Asset Status Report or Final Asset Status Report delivered to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website and not properly identified as Conflicted Information.

 

The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for access by a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder to the Certificate Administrator’s Website of any information with respect to which such Conflicted Controlling Class Holder is prohibited from accessing pursuant to this Agreement if such Conflicted Controlling Class Holder provided an Investor Certification but did not indicate it was a Borrower Party.

 

The provisions in this Section shall not limit the Master Servicer’s ability to make accessible certain information regarding the Mortgage Loans at a website maintained by the Master Servicer.

 

(c)            The Certificate Administrator shall make available, only to Privileged Persons, the Investor Q&A Forum. The “Investor Q&A Forum” shall be a service available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, where (i) Certificateholders and Certificate Owners who are Privileged Persons may (A) submit questions to the Certificate Administrator relating to the Distribution Date Statement, (B) submit questions to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, relating to the reports being made available pursuant to this Section 4.02(c), the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Properties (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or related Mortgaged Properties) and (C) submit questions to the Operating Advisor relating to the Operating Advisor Annual Reports or actions by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer as to which the Operating Advisor has consultation rights, whether or not referenced in any Operating Advisor Annual Reports or other reports prepared by the Operating Advisor (collectively, “Inquiries”), and (ii) Privileged Persons may view Inquiries that have been previously submitted and answered, together with the answers thereto. Upon receipt of an Inquiry for the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator shall forward the Inquiry to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, (and in the case of an inquiry relating to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the applicable party under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) in each case within a commercially reasonable period following receipt thereof. Following receipt of an Inquiry, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (other than with respect to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans or related Mortgaged Properties) or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, unless it determines not to answer such Inquiry as provided below, shall reply to the Inquiry, which reply of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall be sent by email to the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall post (within a

 

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commercially reasonable period following preparation or receipt of such answer, as the case may be) such Inquiry and the related answer to the Investor Q&A Forum. If the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor determines, in its respective sole discretion, that (i) any Inquiry is beyond the scope outlined above, (ii) answering any Inquiry would not be in the best interests of the Trust and/or the Certificateholders, (iii) answering any Inquiry would be in violation of applicable law, this Agreement or the applicable Loan Documents, (iv) answering any Inquiry would materially increase the duties of, or result in significant additional cost or expense to, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, (v) answering such inquiry would require the disclosure of Privileged Information (subject to the Privileged Information Exception), (vi) answering such inquiry would or is reasonably expected to result in a waiver of an attorney-client privilege or the disclosure of attorney work product, or (vii) answering any Inquiry is otherwise not advisable for any reason, it shall not be required to answer such Inquiry and, in the case of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator shall not post such Inquiry on the Investor Q&A Forum. In addition, no party shall post or otherwise disclose information known to such party to be Privileged Information as part of its response to any Inquiry. The Certificate Administrator shall notify the Person who submitted such Inquiry if the Inquiry will not be answered. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to post to the Investor Q&A Forum any Inquiry or answer thereto that the Certificate Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, is administrative or ministerial in nature. The Investor Q&A Forum will not reflect questions, answers and other communications between the Certificate Administrator or other Person which are not submitted via the Investor Q&A Forum. In addition, no party is permitted to post or otherwise disclose direct communication with the Directing Holder as part of its response to any questions. In the case of an Inquiry relating to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Administrator shall make reasonable efforts to obtain an answer from the related non-serviced master servicer or the related non-serviced special servicer, as applicable; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for the content of such answer or any delay or failure to obtain such answer.

 

(d)           The Certificate Administrator shall make available to any Certificateholder and Certificate Owner, the Investor Registry. The “Investor Registry” shall be a voluntary service available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, where Certificateholders and Certificate Owners can register and thereafter obtain contact information with respect to any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner that has so registered. Any person registering to use the Investor Registry will be required to certify that (a) it is a Certificateholder or a Certificate Owner and (b) it grants authorization to the Certificate Administrator to make its name and contact information available on the Investor Registry for at least 45 days from the date of such certification to other registered Certificateholders and registered Certificate Owners. Such Person shall then be asked to enter certain mandatory fields such as the individual’s name, the company name and email address, as well as certain optional fields such as address, phone, and Class(es) of Certificates owned. If any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner notifies the Certificate Administrator that it wishes to be removed from the Investor Registry (which notice may not be within 45 days of its registration), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly remove it from the Investor Registry. The Certificate

 

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Administrator will not be responsible for verifying or validating any information submitted on the Investor Registry, or for monitoring or otherwise maintaining the accuracy of any information thereon. The Certificate Administrator may require acceptance of a waiver and disclaimer for access to the Investor Registry.

 

(e)            The Master Servicer may at its sole cost and expense, but is not required to, make any of the reports or files it delivers pursuant to this Agreement available on the Master Servicer’s website only with the use of a password, in which case the Master Servicer shall provide such password to (i) the other parties to this Agreement, who by their acceptance of such password shall be deemed to have agreed not to disclose such password to any other Person and (ii) each Certificateholder and prospective Certificateholder who requests such password, provided that any such Certificateholder or prospective Certificateholder, as the case may be, has delivered an Investor Certification to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer. In connection with providing access to the Master Servicer’s website, the Master Servicer may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer and otherwise (subject to the preceding sentence) adopt reasonable rules and procedures, which may include, to the extent the Master Servicer deems necessary or appropriate, conditioning access on execution of an agreement governing the availability, use and disclosure of such information, and which may provide indemnification to the Master Servicer for any liability or damage that may arise therefrom. The Master Servicer shall not be liable for dissemination of this information in accordance with this Agreement, provided that such information otherwise meets the requirements set forth herein with respect to the form and substance of such information or reports. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to attach to any report provided pursuant to this subsection, any reasonable disclaimer with respect to information provided, or any assumptions required to be made by such report. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Master Servicer may, at its sole cost and expense, make available by electronic media, bulletin board service or Internet website any reports or other information the Master Servicer is required or permitted to provide to any Borrower with respect to such Borrower’s Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan to the extent such action does not conflict with the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the related Loan Documents or applicable law. If the Master Servicer is required to deliver any statement, report or other information under any provision of this Agreement, then, the Master Servicer may satisfy such obligation by (x) physically delivering a paper copy of such statement, report or information, (y) delivering such statement, report or information in a commonly used electronic format, or (z) making such statement, report or information available on its website, unless this Agreement expressly specifies a particular method of delivery; provided that all reports required to be delivered to the Certificate Administrator shall be delivered in accordance with clause (x) or (y) or, upon request, clause (z).

 

(f)            Subject to Section 3.13, the Special Servicer shall from time to time (and, in any event, as may be reasonably requested by the Master Servicer) provide the Master Servicer with such information in its possession regarding the Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as may be reasonably necessary for the Master Servicer to prepare each report and any supplemental information to be provided by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator. Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Depositor shall have any obligation to recompute, verify or recalculate the information provided thereto by the Master Servicer.

 

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Unless the Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge that any report or file received from the Master Servicer contains erroneous information, the Certificate Administrator is authorized to rely thereon in calculating and making distributions to Certificateholders and allocating Realized Losses to the Certificates in accordance with Section 4.01 of this Agreement and preparing the statements to Certificateholders required by Section 4.02(a) of this Agreement.

 

(g)           As soon as reasonably practicable, upon the written request of and at the expense of any Certificateholder, the Certificate Administrator shall provide the requesting Certificateholder with such information that is in the Certificate Administrator’s possession or can reasonably be obtained by the Certificate Administrator as is requested by such Certificateholder, for purposes of satisfying applicable reporting requirements under Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Neither the Certificate Registrar nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any responsibility for the sufficiency under Rule 144A or any other securities laws of any available information so furnished to any person including any prospective purchaser of a Certificate or any interest therein, nor for the content or accuracy of any information so furnished which was prepared or delivered to them by another.

 

(h)           The Certificate Administrator shall make available at its offices, during normal business hours, upon not less than two Business Days prior notice, for review by any Privileged Person and any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder that is a Privileged Person (solely with respect to items (ii) and (iii), to the extent such information relates to the related Serviced Companion Loan), originals or copies of documents relating to the Mortgage Loans and any related REO Properties to the extent in its possession, including, without limitation, the following items (except to the extent prohibited by applicable law or under any of the related Loan Documents):

 

(i)            any and all notices and reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator with respect to any Mortgaged Property as to which the environmental testing contemplated by Section 3.10(f) of this Agreement revealed that neither of the conditions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) thereof was satisfied;

 

(ii)           the most recent annual (or more frequent, if available) operating statements, rent rolls (to the extent such rent rolls have been made available by the related Borrower) and/or lease summaries and retail sales information, if any, received from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in respect to each Mortgaged Property;

 

(iii)          the Mortgage File, including any and all modifications, waivers and amendments of the terms of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan entered into by the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer and delivered to the Certificate Administrator; and

 

(iv)          any other information that may be necessary to satisfy the requirements of subsection (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 

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The Certificate Administrator may require a Privileged Person to execute an Investor Certification prior to granting access to such information, which may be in the form of a “click-through” confirmation. Copies of any and all of the foregoing items will be available from the Certificate Administrator upon request. The Certificate Administrator will be permitted to require payment by the requesting party (other than a Rating Agency) of a sum sufficient to cover the reasonable costs and expenses of making such information available and providing any copies thereof. The Certificate Administrator’s obligation under this Section 4.02(h) to make available any document is subject to the Certificate Administrator’s receipt of such document.

 

The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for providing or disseminating information in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(i)             The Depositor hereby authorizes the Certificate Administrator to make available to any Financial Market Publisher or such other vendor chosen by the Depositor that submits to the Certificate Administrator a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit L-2 to this Agreement, all the Distribution Date Statements, CREFC® reports and supplemental notices delivered or made available pursuant to this Section 4.02 to Privileged Persons.

 

Section 4.03     Compliance with Withholding Requirements. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Paying Agent shall comply with all federal withholding requirements with respect to payments to Certificateholders and other payees of interest, original issue discount or other amounts that the Paying Agent reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of Certificateholders or payees shall not be required for any such withholding, and the Certificateholders shall be required to provide the Certificate Administrator with such forms and such other information reasonably requested by the Certificate Administrator. If the Paying Agent or its agent withholds any amount from interest, original issue discount payments or other amounts or advances thereof to any Certificateholder or payee pursuant to federal withholding requirements, the Paying Agent shall indicate the amount withheld to such Certificateholder or payee. Any amount so withheld shall be treated as having been distributed to such Certificateholder for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

Section 4.04     REMIC Compliance. (a) The parties intend that each of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Single Loan REMICs shall constitute, and that the affairs of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Single Loan REMICs shall be conducted so as to qualify it as, a “real estate mortgage investment conduit” as defined in, and in accordance with, the REMIC Provisions at all times any Certificates are outstanding, and the provisions hereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In furtherance of such intention, the Certificate Administrator shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, act as agent, and is hereby appointed to act as agent, of each such REMIC and shall on behalf of each such REMIC:

 

(i)             make or cause to be made an election, on behalf of each of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each Single Loan REMIC, to be treated as a REMIC on Form 1066 for its first taxable year, in accordance with the REMIC Provisions;

 

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(ii)           prepare and timely file, or cause to be prepared and timely filed, and cause the Trustee to sign (and the Trustee shall sign), all required Tax Returns for the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs, using a calendar year as the taxable year for each of such REMIC as required by the REMIC Provisions and other applicable federal, state or local income tax laws;

 

(iii)          prepare and forward, or cause to be prepared and forwarded, to the Certificateholders and the IRS and applicable state and local tax authorities all information reports as and when required to be provided to them in accordance with the REMIC Provisions;

 

(iv)          if the filing or distribution of any documents of an administrative nature not addressed in clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 4.04(a) is then required by the REMIC Provisions in order to maintain the status of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or is otherwise required by the Code, prepare and file or distribute, or cause to be prepared and signed and filed or distributed, such documents with or to such Persons when and as required by the REMIC Provisions or the Code or comparable provisions of state and local law;

 

(v)           within 30 days of the Closing Date, obtain a taxpayer identification number for each of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs (unless already acquired) on IRS Form SS-4 and (in the case of the Upper-Tier REMIC only), furnish or cause to be furnished to the IRS, on Form 8811 or as otherwise may be required by the Code, the name, title and address of the person that the Certificateholders may contact for tax information relating thereto (and the Certificate Administrator shall act as the representative of the Upper-Tier REMIC for this purpose), together with such additional information as may be required by such Form, and shall update such information at the time or times and in the manner required by the Code (and the Depositor agrees within 10 Business Days of the Closing Date to provide any information reasonably requested by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator and necessary to make such filing); and

 

(vi)          maintain such records relating to the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as may be necessary to prepare the foregoing returns, schedules, statements or information, such records, for federal income tax purposes, to be maintained on a calendar year and on an accrual basis.

 

The Holder of the largest Percentage Interest of the Class R Certificates shall be the tax matters person pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860F-4(d) of each Trust REMIC. If more than one Holder holds an equal Percentage Interest of the Class R Certificates, and such Percentage Interest is the largest Percentage Interest, then the first such Holder to have acquired such Class R Certificates shall be such tax matters person. The Certificate Administrator shall act as attorney-in-fact and agent for the tax matters person of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs. In addition, the Certificate Administrator shall be designated as the “representative” (within the meaning of

 

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Section 6223 of the Code) of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs. Each Holder of the Class R Certificates, by acceptance hereof, is deemed to have consented to the Certificate Administrator’s appointment and designation in such capacities and agrees to execute any documents required to give effect thereto, and any fees and expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with any audit or administrative or judicial proceeding shall be paid by the Trust Fund.

 

The Certificate Administrator shall not intentionally take any action or intentionally omit to take any action if, in taking or omitting to take such action, the Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge that such action or omission (as the case may be) would cause the termination of the REMIC status of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Single Loan REMICs or the imposition of tax on the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Single Loan REMICs (other than a tax on income expressly permitted to be received by the terms of this Agreement). Notwithstanding any provision of this paragraph to the contrary, the Certificate Administrator shall not be required to take any action that the Certificate Administrator in good faith believes to be inconsistent with any other provision of this Agreement, nor shall the Certificate Administrator be deemed in violation of this paragraph if it takes any action expressly required or authorized by any other provision of this Agreement, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to any act or omission of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer which does not enable the Certificate Administrator to comply with any of clauses (i) through (vi) of the first paragraph of this Section 4.04(a) or which results in any action contemplated by clauses (i) or (ii) of the next succeeding sentence. In this regard the Certificate Administrator shall (i) exercise reasonable care not to allow the occurrence of any “prohibited transactions” within the meaning of Section 860F(a) of the Code, unless the party seeking such action shall have delivered to the Certificate Administrator an Opinion of Counsel (at such party’s expense) that such occurrence would not (A) result in a taxable gain, (B) otherwise subject the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC or any Single Loan REMIC to tax (other than a tax at the highest marginal corporate tax rate on net income from foreclosure property), or (c) cause the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC or any Single Loan REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC; and (ii) exercise reasonable care not to allow the Trust Fund to receive any contributions, or any income from the performance of services or from assets not permitted under the REMIC Provisions to be held by a REMIC (provided, that the receipt of any income expressly permitted or contemplated by the terms of this Agreement shall not be deemed to violate this clause). None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Depositor shall be (i) permitted to take any action that the Certificate Administrator would not be permitted to take pursuant to the preceding two sentences or (ii) responsible or liable (except in connection with taking any act or omission referred to in the two preceding sentences or the following sentence) for any failure by the Certificate Administrator to comply with the provisions of this Section 4.04. The Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall cooperate in a timely manner with the Certificate Administrator in supplying any information within the Depositor’s, the Trustee’s, the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s control (other than any confidential information) that is reasonably necessary to enable the Certificate Administrator to perform its duties under this Section 4.04.

 

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The Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for the preparation of IRS Form W-9 for each Trust REMIC and the Grantor Trust, if requested. The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on any information contained therein and is hereby directed to execute each such IRS Form W-9; provided, that the Certificate Administrator shall be directed to execute each such IRS Form W-9 (in lieu of the Trustee) if permitted by applicable Treasury Regulations.

 

The Certificate Administrator’s authority under this Agreement includes the authority to make, and the Certificate Administrator is hereby directed to make, any elections allowed under the Code (i) to avoid the application of Section 6221 of the Code (or successor provisions) to any REMIC and (ii) to avoid payment by any Trust REMIC under Section 6226 of the Code (or successor provisions) of any tax, penalty, interest or other amount imposed under the Code that would otherwise be imposed on any Holder of any Class R Certificate, past or present. A Holder of any Class R Certificate agrees, by acquiring such interest, to any such elections and to the Certificate Administrator’s acting as agent for any tax matters person or other representative of a REMIC that can be designated under the Code.

 

(b)           The following assumptions are to be used for purposes of determining the anticipated payments of principal and interest for calculating the original yield to maturity and original issue discount with respect to the Regular Certificates: (i) each Mortgage Loan will pay principal and interest in accordance with its terms and scheduled payments will be timely received on their Due Dates, provided that the Mortgage Loans will prepay in accordance with the Prepayment Assumption; (ii) none of the Sole Certificateholder, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interests in the Controlling Class will exercise the right described in Section 9.01 of this Agreement to cause early termination of the Trust Fund; and (iii) no Mortgage Loan is repurchased by a Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

 

Section 4.05        Imposition of Tax on the Trust Fund. If any tax, including interest, penalties or assessments, additional amounts or additions to tax, is imposed on the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC or any Single Loan REMIC, such tax shall be charged against amounts otherwise distributable to the Holders of the Certificates; provided that any taxes imposed on any net income from foreclosure property pursuant to Section 860G(d) of the Code or any similar tax imposed by a state or local jurisdiction shall instead be treated as an expense of the related Serviced REO Property in determining Net REO Proceeds with respect to the Serviced REO Property (and until such taxes are paid, the Special Servicer from time to time shall withdraw from amounts in the REO Account (and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, from amounts in the Serviced Whole Loan REO Account) allocable to the Mortgage Loans and transfer to the Certificate Administrator amounts reasonably determined by the Certificate Administrator to be necessary to pay such taxes, which the Certificate Administrator shall maintain in a separate, non-interest-bearing account, and the Certificate Administrator shall send to the Special Servicer for deposit in the REO Account (or, if applicable, the Serviced Whole Loan REO Account) the excess determined by the Certificate Administrator from time to time of the amount in such account over the amount necessary to pay such taxes) and shall be paid therefrom; provided that any such tax imposed on net income from foreclosure property that exceeds the amount in any such reserve shall be retained from Available Funds as provided in

 

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Section 3.06(a)(xii) or, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, in Section 3.06(b)(xiii), and the next sentence. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Certificate Administrator is hereby authorized to and shall retain or cause to be retained from Available Funds sufficient funds to pay or provide for the payment of, and to actually pay, such tax as is legally owed by the applicable Trust REMIC (but such authorization shall not prevent the Trustee from contesting, at the expense of the Trust Fund or in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan with a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, on a pro rata basis as between the related Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (based on their respective outstanding principal balances)) any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The Certificate Administrator is hereby authorized to and shall segregate or cause to be segregated, into a separate non-interest bearing account, (i) the net income allocable to the Mortgage Loans from any “prohibited transaction” under Section 860F(a) of the Code or (ii) the amount of any contribution to Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC or any Single Loan REMIC after the related Startup Day that is subject to tax under Section 860G(d) of the Code and use such income or amount, to the extent necessary, to pay such tax (and return the balance thereof, if any, to the Collection Account, the Lower-Tier Distribution Account or the Upper-Tier Distribution Account). To the extent that any such tax is paid to the IRS, the Certificate Administrator shall retain an equal amount from future amounts otherwise distributable to the Holders of the Class R Certificates, as the case may be, and shall distribute such retained amounts to the Holders of Regular Certificates, or the Trustee as Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, until they are fully reimbursed and then to the Holders of the Class R Certificates. Neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, nor the Trustee shall be responsible for any taxes imposed on the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC or any Single Loan REMIC except to the extent such tax is attributable to a breach of a representation or warranty or the negligence or willful misconduct of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee or an act or omission of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee in contravention of this Agreement, provided, further, that such breach, act or omission could result in liability under Section 6.03 of this Agreement, in the case of the Master Servicer, Section 4.04 of this Agreement, in the case of the Trustee or Section 4.04 of this Agreement, in the case of the Certificate Administrator in accordance with the standard of liability set forth in those sections. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in each such case, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall not be responsible for the Trustee’s or the Certificate Administrator’s breaches, acts or omissions, the Trustee shall not be responsible for the breaches, acts or omissions of the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for the breaches, acts or omissions of the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer.

 

Section 4.06        Remittances. On the Master Servicer Remittance Date immediately preceding each Distribution Date, the Master Servicer with respect to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing shall:

 

(i)            remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account an amount equal to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges, and, for deposit in accordance with Section 3.05(i) of this Agreement, Gain-on-

 

 

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Sale Proceeds, in each case received by the Master Servicer in its Collection Period preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(ii)           remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account an amount equal to the aggregate of the Available Funds for such Distribution Date;

 

(iii)          remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Excess Interest Distribution Account an amount equal to the Excess Interest for the benefit of the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates received by the Master Servicer in the Collection Period preceding such Distribution Date; and

 

(iv)         remit to CREFC® the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee.

 

Section 4.07        P&I Advances. (a)  On or before 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall in the case of all Mortgage Loans either (i) remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, as applicable, from its own funds an amount equal to the aggregate amount of P&I Advances, if any, to be made in respect of the related Distribution Date, (ii) apply amounts held in the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account for future distribution to Certificateholders in subsequent months in discharge of any such obligation to make P&I Advances; provided, that such amounts in the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account shall only be applied up to the related Mortgage Loan’s pro rata share of the amounts held therein on such date, or (iii) make P&I Advances in the form of any combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating the total amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Master Servicer, except that the portion of such P&I Advance equal to the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee for each such Mortgage Loan shall not be remitted to the Certificate Administrator but shall instead be remitted to CREFC®. Any amounts held in the Collection Account or any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, for future distribution and so used to make P&I Advances shall be appropriately reflected in the Master Servicer’s records and replaced by the Master Servicer by deposit in the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, as applicable, on or before the next succeeding P&I Advance Determination Date (to the extent not previously replaced through either (x) the deposit of Late Collections of the delinquent principal and/or interest in respect of which such P&I Advances were made or (y) the deposit of Periodic Payments collected prior to the expiration of any applicable grace period that ends after the P&I Advance Determination Date in respect of which such P&I Advances were made). The Master Servicer shall notify the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator of (i) the aggregate amount of P&I Advances for a Distribution Date and (ii) the amount of any Nonrecoverable P&I Advances for such Distribution Date, on or before the P&I Advance Determination Date. If the Master Servicer fails to make a required P&I Advance by 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Master Servicer Remittance Date, then the Trustee shall make such P&I Advance pursuant to Section 7.06 of this Agreement by 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the related Distribution Date, in each case unless the Master Servicer shall have cured such failure (and shall have provided written notice of such cure to the Trustee) by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such Distribution Date or the

 

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Trustee determines that such P&I Advance, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall be required to make principal or interest advances with respect to any delinquent payment amounts due on any Companion Loan. If the Master Servicer or the Trustee makes a P&I Advance with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan with a related Serviced Companion Loan or Non-Serviced Companion Loan, then it shall provide written notice to the related Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and Other Trustee of the amount of such P&I Advance with respect to such Mortgage Loan within two (2) Business Days of making such P&I Advance.

 

(b)          Subject to Section 4.07(c) and 4.07(d) below, the aggregate amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Master Servicer with respect to any Distribution Date shall equal the aggregate of: (i) the Periodic Payments (net of related Servicing Fees (other than, in the case of any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the servicing fee rate pursuant to the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement)) that were due on the Mortgage Loans (including the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and any REO Loan (other than any portion of an REO Loan related to a Companion Loan) during the related Collection Period and delinquent as of the P&I Advance Determination Date (or not advanced by any Sub Servicer on behalf of the Master Servicer) and (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan delinquent in respect of its Balloon Payment as of the Master Servicer Remittance Date (including any REO Loan (other than any portion of an REO Loan related to a Companion Loan) as to which the related Balloon Payment would have been past due), an amount equal to the Assumed Scheduled Payment therefor. Subject to subsection (c) below, the obligation of the Master Servicer to make such P&I Advances, with respect to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing, is mandatory, and with respect to any applicable Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, shall continue until (but not including) the Distribution Date on which Liquidation Proceeds or REO Proceeds, if any, are to be distributed. The Periodic Payment or Assumed Scheduled Payment shall be reduced, for purposes of P&I Advances, by any modifications pursuant to Section 3.26 of this Agreement or otherwise and by any reductions by a bankruptcy court pursuant to a plan of reorganization or pursuant to any of its equitable powers.

 

(c)          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no P&I Advance shall be required hereunder if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines that such P&I Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. In addition, neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall make any P&I Advance to the extent that it has received written notice that the Special Servicer has determined (if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, in consultation with the Directing Holder) that such P&I Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. In making such recoverability determination, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, will be entitled to (i) give due regard to the existence of any Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount with respect to other Mortgage Loans, the recovery of which, at the time of such consideration, is being deferred or delayed by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, in light of the fact that proceeds on the related Mortgage Loan are a source of recovery not only for the P&I Advance under consideration, but also as a potential source of recovery of such Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount which is being or may be deferred or delayed,

 

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(ii) consider (among other things) the obligations of the Borrower under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan (or the Whole Loan, as applicable) as it may have been modified, (iii) consider (among other things) the related Mortgaged Properties in their “as is” or then current conditions and occupancies, as modified by such party’s assumptions (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) regarding the possibility and effects of future adverse change with respect to such Mortgaged Properties, (iv) estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) (among other things) future expenses and (v) estimate and consider (among other things) the timing of recoveries.

 

The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior P&I Advances for purposes of nonrecoverability determinations as if such Unliquidated Advances were unreimbursed P&I Advances. None of the Master Servicer or Trustee shall make any P&I Advances with respect to delinquent amounts due on any Companion Loan. If an Appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property shall not have been obtained within the prior 9-month period (and the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall each request any such appraisal from the Special Servicer prior to ordering an Appraisal pursuant to this sentence) or if such an Appraisal shall have been obtained but as a result of unforeseen occurrences, such Appraisal does not, in the good faith determination of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, reflect current market conditions, and the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, and the Special Servicer cannot agree on the appropriate downward adjustment to such Appraisal, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, may, subject to its reasonable and good faith determination that such Appraisal will demonstrate the nonrecoverability of the related Advance, obtain an Appraisal for such purpose at the expense of the Trust Fund (subject, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, to the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement).

 

Any such determination by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or the Trustee that the Master Servicer or Trustee, as applicable, has made a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance shall be evidenced by a certificate of a Servicing Officer delivered to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Special Servicer, any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan holder(s), the Controlling Class Representative (but only if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) and the Depositor and, in the case of the Trustee, by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, delivered to the Depositor, the Controlling Class Representative (but only if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, which in each case sets forth such nonrecoverability determination and the considerations of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, forming the basis of such determination (such certificate accompanied by, to the extent available, income and expense statements, rent rolls, occupancy status, property inspections and other information used by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to make such determination, together with any existing Appraisal or any Updated Appraisal); provided, that the Special Servicer may, at its option, make a determination in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made is nonrecoverable and

 

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shall deliver to the Master Servicer, the Controlling Class Representative (but only if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), notice of such determination, together with a certificate of a Servicing Officer and the supporting information described above. Any such determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee.

 

Any such Person may update or change its recoverability determinations at any time (but not reverse any other Person’s determination or prohibit any such other authorized Person from making a determination, that a P&I Advance constitutes, or would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance) and (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer) may obtain, at the expense of the Trust Fund (subject, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, to the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement), any analysis, Appraisals or market value estimates or other information for such purposes. Absent bad faith, any such determination as to the recoverability of any P&I Advance shall be conclusive and binding on the Certificateholders.

 

Notwithstanding the above, (i) the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively on but shall not be bound by any determination by the Master Servicer that a P&I Advance, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance and (ii) the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively on and shall be bound by any determination of the Special Servicer that a P&I Advance, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance (but this statement shall not be construed to entitle the Special Servicer to reverse any other authorized Person’s determination, or to prohibit any such other authorized Person from making a determination that an advance constitutes, or would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance). The Trustee, in determining whether or not a P&I Advance previously made is, or a proposed P&I Advance, if made, would be, a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance shall use its good faith business judgment. The Special Servicer shall promptly furnish the Master Servicer and the Trustee with any information in its possession regarding the Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as each such party may reasonably request for purposes of making recoverability determinations.

 

(d)          In connection with the recovery of any P&I Advance out of the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement or any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06(b) of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to pay itself or the Trustee, as the case may be (in reverse of such order with respect to any Mortgage Loan or REO Property) out of any amounts then on deposit in the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account (subject to the provisions of Section 3.06) (to the extent amounts therein relate to the Mortgage Loans, taking into account the related Intercreditor Agreement), interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such P&I Advance from the date made to but not including the date of reimbursement with respect to the Mortgage Loan that the Master Servicer is servicing; provided, however, that no interest will accrue on any P&I Advance (i) made with respect to a Mortgage Loan until after the related Due Date has passed and any applicable Grace Period has

 

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expired or (ii) if the related Periodic Payment is received after the Determination Date but on or prior to the Business Day immediately prior to the related Distribution Date. The Master Servicer shall reimburse itself or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding P&I Advance as soon as practicably possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Collection Account or the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account with respect to the Mortgage Loan that the Master Servicer is servicing.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 4.06 of this Agreement, (i) neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall make an advance for Excess Interest, Yield Maintenance Charges or Penalty Charges and (ii) if the Master Servicer receives notice of an Appraisal Reduction Event and the related Appraisal Reduction Amount, the interest portion of any P&I Advance with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan as to which there has been an Appraisal Reduction Amount will be an amount equal to the product of (x) the amount required to be advanced without giving effect to the Appraisal Reduction Amount and (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the immediately preceding Determination Date less any Appraisal Reduction Amount applicable to such Mortgage Loan and the denominator of which is the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of such Determination Date. All P&I Advances for any Mortgage Loans that have been modified shall be calculated on the basis of their terms as modified. With respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, does not receive notice of an Appraisal Reduction Event and the related Appraisal Reduction Amount from the related Other Servicer, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall have no obligation to proportionately reduce the interest portion of any P&I Advance required to be made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable. With respect to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan that has already been securitized prior to the Closing Date, the Certificate Administrator, on behalf of the Trust, shall notify each Other Servicer and each Other Trustee of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan that (a) such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan has been included in this Trust and (b) upon (i) the existence of an Appraisal Reduction Event and/or (ii) the related calculation of any Appraisal Reduction Amount (or receipt of notice of any such calculation), such Other Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer (who shall promptly provide to the Special Servicer (who shall promptly forward, prior to a Consultation Termination Event, to the Directing Holder) and the Trustee with prompt notice of the existence of any such Appraisal Reduction Event and/or any such Appraisal Reduction Amount once calculated. With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, the Master Servicer shall notify the related Other Servicer and Other Trustee of the existence of an Appraisal Reduction Event and any related Appraisal Reduction Amount. The Master Servicer shall be deemed to have delivered notice of any such Appraisal Reduction Event and any related Appraisal Reduction Amount if the Master Servicer includes such event and/or amount in its monthly servicer statements provided to the other servicer.

 

The portion of any Insurance Proceeds and Net Liquidation Proceeds in respect of a Mortgage Loan or any REO Loan allocable to principal shall equal the total amount of such proceeds minus (i) any portion thereof payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) a portion thereof equal to the interest component of

 

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the Periodic Payment(s), as accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate from the date as to which interest was last paid by the Borrower up to but not including the Due Date in the Collection Period in which such proceeds are received; provided, if the interest portion(s) of one or more P&I Advances with respect of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, as applicable, were reduced as a result of an Appraisal Reduction Event, the amount of the Net Liquidation Proceeds to be applied to interest shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of such reductions and the portion of such Net Liquidation Proceeds to be applied to principal shall be increased by such amount, and if the amount of the Net Liquidation Proceeds to be applied to principal has been applied to pay the principal of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan in full, any remaining Net Liquidation Proceeds shall then be applied to pay any remaining accrued and unpaid interest of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan.

 

(e)                With respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee will each be permitted to make its determination that the Master Servicer or the Trustee has made a P&I Advance on such Mortgage Loan that is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance with respect to such Mortgage Loan in accordance with Section 4.07(a) independently of any determination made by the Other Servicer (or any master servicer with respect to a commercial mortgage securitization holding another Non-Serviced Companion Loan related to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if any) under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement (or any pooling and servicing agreement with respect to a commercial mortgage securitization holding another Non-Serviced Companion Loan related to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if any). If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines that a proposed P&I Advance with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if made, or any outstanding P&I Advance with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan previously made, would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall provide the Other Servicer (and any master servicer with respect to a commercial mortgage securitization holding another Non-Serviced Companion Loan related to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if any), the Other Special Servicer and Other Trustee with written notice of such determination, promptly and in any event within two (2) Business Days after such determination or such longer time period permitted by the applicable Intercreditor Agreement. If the Master Servicer receives written notice from an Other Servicer (or any master servicer with respect to a commercial mortgage securitization holding another Non-Serviced Companion Loan related to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if any) that it has determined, with respect to the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan, that any proposed advance of principal and/or interest with respect to the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan would be, or any outstanding advance of principal and interest is, a nonrecoverable advance of principal and/or interest, such determination shall not be binding on the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer or the Trustee; provided that, with respect to each Non-Serviced Whole Loan, each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such nonrecoverability determination.

 

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respect to each commercial mortgage securitization that holds a Non-Serviced Companion Loan related to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if any.

 

(f)            With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan that has a Serviced Companion Loan, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee will be permitted to make its determination that the Master Servicer or the Trustee has made a P&I Advance on the related Mortgage Loan that is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance with respect to such Mortgage Loan in accordance with Section 4.07(a) independently of any determination made in respect of the related Serviced Companion Loan, by the master servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In addition, neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall make any P&I Advance or Servicing Advance with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan to the extent that it has received written notice that the Special Servicer has determined that such P&I Advance or Servicing Advance, as applicable, would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, as applicable. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines that a proposed P&I Advance with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan, if made, or any outstanding P&I Advance with respect to any such Mortgage Loan previously made, would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance or if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, subsequently determines that a proposed Servicing Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance or an outstanding Servicing Advance is or would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer or Trustee, as applicable, shall provide the Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and the Other Trustee under each related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement with written notice of such determination, promptly and in any event within two (2) Business Days after such determination or such longer time period permitted by the applicable Intercreditor Agreement. If the Master Servicer receives written notice from any master servicer under any such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that such master servicer has determined, with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan, that any proposed advance of principal and/or interest with respect to such Serviced Companion Loan would be, or any outstanding advance of principal and interest is, a nonrecoverable advance of principal and/or interest, such determination shall not be binding on the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer or the Trustee; provided that, with respect to each Non-Serviced Whole Loan, each of the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such nonrecoverability determination.

 

(g)               If the applicable Master Servicer receives notice from a Rating Agency that it is no longer approved as a master servicer for commercial mortgage securitizations, it shall promptly notify the Trustee, any Other Trustee, any Other Servicer and any other trustee or master servicer with respect to each commercial mortgage securitization that holds a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan related to any Serviced Whole Loan, if any.

 

(h)               The Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to the reimbursement of P&I Advances it makes to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement together with any related Advance Interest Amount in respect of such P&I Advances to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 3.06 of this Agreement and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer each hereby covenants and agrees to promptly seek and effect the

 

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reimbursement of such Advances from the related Borrowers to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Mortgage Loan and this Agreement.

 

Section 4.08        Appraisal Reductions; Collateral Deficiency Amounts. (a) For purposes of (x) determining the Non-Reduced Certificates, the Controlling Class and whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, and (y) determining the Voting Rights of the related Classes for purposes of removal of the Special Servicer, the Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Mortgage Loans will be allocated to each Class of Principal Balance Certificates in reverse sequential order to notionally reduce the related Certificate Balances until the Certificate Balance of each such Class of Certificates is reduced to zero (i.e., first, to the Class H-RR Certificates; second, to the Class G-RR Certificates, third, to the Class F-RR Certificates, fourth, to the Class  E-RR Certificates, fifth, to the Class D Certificates, sixth, to the Class C Certificates, seventh, to the Class B Certificates; eighth, to the Class A-M Certificates; and ninth, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4 and Class A-5 Certificates, pro rata, based on their Certificate Balances).

 

As of the first Determination Date following a Serviced Mortgage Loan becoming an AB Modified Loan, the Master Servicer shall calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, taking into account the most recent Appraisal obtained by the Special Servicer with respect to such Mortgage Loan, and all other information relevant to a Collateral Deficiency Amount determination. Upon obtaining knowledge or receipt of notice by the Master Servicer that a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan has become an AB Modified Loan, the Master Servicer shall (i) promptly request from the related Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and Other Trustee the most recent appraisal with respect to such AB Modified Loan, in addition to all other information reasonably required by the Master Servicer to calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, and (ii) as of the first Determination Date following receipt by the Master Servicer of the appraisal and any other information set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i) that the Master Servicer reasonably expects to receive, calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, taking into account the most recent appraisal obtained by the Other Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, and all other information relevant to a Collateral Deficiency Amount determination. Upon obtaining knowledge or receipt of notice by any other party to this Agreement that a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan has become an AB Modified Loan, such party shall promptly notify the Master Servicer thereof. The Special Servicer, upon reasonable prior written request, shall provide the Master Servicer with information in its possession that is reasonably required to calculate or recalculate any Collateral Deficiency Amount. Upon reasonable prior written request, the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to assist the Master Servicer in obtaining information reasonably required to calculate or recalculate any Collateral Deficiency Amount with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan in the event that the Master Servicer is unsuccessful in obtaining such information from the related Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer or Other Trustee. None of the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall calculate or verify any Collateral Deficiency Amount.

 

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For purposes of determining the Controlling Class and whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, Collateral Deficiency Amounts allocated to an AB Modified Loan will be allocated to each Class of Control Eligible Certificates in reverse sequential order to notionally reduce the related Certificate Balances until the Certificate Balance of each such Class of Control Eligible Certificates is reduced to zero. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the Controlling Class or the occurrence of a Control Termination Event, any Class of Control Eligible Certificates shall be allocated both applicable Appraisal Reduction Amounts and applicable Collateral Deficiency Amounts (the sum of which shall constitute the applicable Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount), in accordance with this Section 4.08(a).

 

With respect to (i) any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculated for the purposes of determining the Non-Reduced Certificates or determining the Voting Rights of the related Classes for purposes of removal of the Special Servicer and (ii) any Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount calculated for purposes of determining the Controlling Class or the occurrence of a Control Termination Event, the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property shall be determined on an “as is” basis.

 

The Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator of the amount of any Appraisal Reduction Amount, any Collateral Deficiency Amount and any resulting Cumulative Appraisal Amount allocated to each Mortgage Loan, AB Modified Loan or Serviced Whole Loan by providing such information in the form of the CREFC® Appraisal Reduction Template (or such other form as agreed to by the Certificate Administrator and Master Servicer) simultaneously with its delivery of the CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File. Based on information in its possession, the Certificate Administrator shall determine from time to time which Class of Certificates is the Controlling Class. Promptly upon its determination of a change in the Controlling Class, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor of such event, including the identity and contact information of the new Controlling Class Certificateholder (the cost of obtaining such information from the Depository being an expense of the Trust).

 

(b)               The Holders of the majority (by Certificate Balance) of any Class of Control Eligible Certificates whose aggregate Certificate Balance, as notionally reduced by Appraisal Reduction Amounts or Collateral Deficiency Amounts allocated thereto, is less than 25% of the initial Certificate Principal Balance of such Class (such Class, an “Appraised-Out Class”) as a result of an allocation of an Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount in respect of such Class shall have the right, at their sole expense, to require the Special Servicer to order a second Appraisal of any Mortgage Loan for which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred or as to which there exists a Collateral Deficiency Amount (such Holders, the “Requesting Holders”), and use its reasonable efforts to obtain an Appraisal prepared on an “as-is” basis by an MAI appraiser reasonably acceptable to the Special Servicer within 60 days from receipt of the Requesting Holders’ written request. Any Appraised-Out Class for which the Requesting Holders are challenging the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount determination shall not exercise any rights of the Controlling Class until such time, if

 

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any, as such Class is reinstated as the Controlling Class and the rights of the Controlling Class will be exercised by the most senior Control Eligible Certificates, if any, during such period.

 

In addition, the Requesting Holders of any Appraised-Out Class shall have the right, at their sole expense, to require the Special Servicer to order an additional appraisal of any Mortgage Loan for which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred or as to which there exists a Collateral Deficiency Amount if an event has occurred at or with regard to the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties that would have a material effect on its appraised value, and the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to obtain an Appraisal prepared on an “as-is” basis by an MAI appraiser reasonably acceptable to the Special Servicer within 60 days from receipt of the Requesting Holders’ written request; provided that the Special Servicer shall not be required to obtain such appraisal if it determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that no events at or with regard to the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties have occurred that would have a material effect on the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties. The right of the holders of an Appraised-Out Class to require the Special Servicer to order an additional appraisal as described in this paragraph shall be limited to no more frequently than once in any 9-month period with respect to any Mortgage Loan.

 

Upon receipt of any such second Appraisal, the Special Servicer shall determine, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, whether, based on its assessment of such second Appraisal, any recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount is warranted and, if so warranted, shall direct the Master Servicer to, and the Master Servicer shall, recalculate such Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable, based upon such second Appraisal and receipt of information reasonably requested by the Master Servicer from the Special Servicer to the extent such information is in the possession of the Special Servicer and is reasonably necessary to make such recalculation. If required by any such recalculation, the Appraised-Out Class shall be reinstated as the Controlling Class.

 

Appraisals that are permitted to be obtained by the Special Servicer at the request of holders of an Appraised-Out Class shall be in addition to any appraisals that the Special Servicer may otherwise be required to obtain in accordance with the Servicing Standard or this Agreement without regard to any appraisal requests made by any holder of an Appraised-Out Class.

 

(c)           An appraisal for any Mortgage Loan that has not been brought current for at least three consecutive Periodic Payments (or paid in full, liquidated, repurchased or otherwise disposed of) will be updated every 9 months for so long as an Appraisal Reduction Event or Collateral Deficiency Amount exists.

 

(d)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, within 60 days after an Appraisal Reduction Event (or in the case of an Appraisal Reduction Event occurring by reason of clause (ii) of the definition thereof, within 30 days of such Appraisal Reduction Event) (i) with respect to Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans having a Stated

 

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Principal Balance of $2,000,000 or higher, the Special Servicer shall order and use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to obtain an Updated Appraisal or (ii) with respect to Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans having a Stated Principal Balance of less than $2,000,000, the Special Servicer, at its option, shall (A) provide a Small Loan Appraisal Estimate within the same time period as an Appraisal would otherwise be required and such Small Loan Appraisal Estimate shall be used in lieu of an Updated Appraisal to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount for such Mortgage Loans or applicable Serviced Whole Loans; or (B) order and use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to obtain an Updated Appraisal.

 

(e)           The Special Servicer, upon reasonable request, shall deliver to the Master Servicer any information in the Special Servicer’s possession reasonably required to determine, calculate, redetermine or recalculate any Appraisal Reduction Amount.

 

On the first Determination Date occurring at least 10 Business Days after the date the Master Servicer receives from the Special Servicer the related Updated Appraisal or the Special Servicer’s Small Loan Appraisal Estimate, as applicable, the Master Servicer shall adjust the Appraisal Reduction Amount to take into account such Updated Appraisal or Small Loan Appraisal Estimate, as applicable and any information reasonably requested by the Master Servicer from the Special Servicer, to the extent such information is in the possession of the Special Servicer, necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount. Each Appraisal Reduction Amount shall also be adjusted to take into account any subsequent Small Loan Appraisal Estimate or Updated Appraisal, as applicable, and any letter updates, as of the date of each such subsequent Small Loan Appraisal Estimate, Updated Appraisal or letter update, as applicable, and receipt of information reasonably requested by the Master Servicer from the Special Servicer to the extent such information is in the possession of the Special Servicer and is reasonably necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount. Such report shall also be forwarded by the Master Servicer, to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in a securitization transaction, to the master servicer of such securitization into which the related Serviced Companion Loan has been sold, or to the holder of any related Serviced Companion Loan by the Master Servicer.

 

Section 4.09        Grantor Trust Reporting. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall maintain adequate books and records to account for the separate entitlements of the Grantor Trust.

 

(b)           The parties intend that the Grantor Trust shall be treated as a “grantor trust” under the Code, and the provisions thereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In furtherance of such intention, none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall vary the assets of the Grantor Trust so as to take advantage of market fluctuations or so as to improve the rate of return of the Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates), and shall otherwise comply with Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-4(c). Within 30 days of the Closing Date, the Certificate Administrator shall obtain a taxpayer identification number for the Grantor Trust on IRS Form SS-4. The Certificate Administrator shall file or cause to be filed with the IRS Form 1041 (or, if

 

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the Grantor Trust is a WHFIT, information will be provided on Form 1099) or such other form as may be applicable and shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Holders of the Certificates (other than the Class R Certificates) their allocable share of income and expense with respect to the Class S Specific Grantor Trust Assets with the corresponding alphabetic or alphanumeric designation and proceeds thereof, as such amounts are received or accrue, as applicable.

 

(c)           (i) The Grantor Trust will be treated as a WHFIT that is a WHMT. The Certificate Administrator shall report as required under the WHFIT Regulations to the extent such information as is reasonably necessary to enable the Certificate Administrator to do so is provided to the Certificate Administrator on a timely basis. The Certificate Administrator is hereby directed to assume that Hare & Co. is the only “middleman” as defined by the WHFIT Regulations unless the Depositor provides the Certificate Administrator with the identities of other “middlemen” that are Certificateholders. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely on the first sentence of this Section 4.09(c)(i), and shall be entitled to indemnification in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in the event that the IRS makes a determination that any such notice is incorrect.

 

(ii)           The Certificate Administrator, in its discretion, shall report required WHFIT information using either the cash or accrual method, except to the extent the WHFIT Regulations specifically require a different method. The Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to determine whether any Certificateholder uses the cash or accrual method. The Certificate Administrator shall make available (via the Certificate Administrator’s Website) WHFIT information to Certificateholders annually. In addition, the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible or liable for providing subsequently amended, revised or updated information to any Certificateholder, unless requested by the Certificateholder.

 

(iii)          The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for failure to meet the reporting requirements of the WHFIT Regulations nor for any penalties thereunder if such failure is due to: (i) the lack of reasonably necessary information being provided to the Certificate Administrator or (ii) incomplete, inaccurate or untimely information being provided to the Certificate Administrator. Each owner of a class of securities representing, in whole or in part, beneficial ownership of an interest in a WHFIT, by acceptance of its interest in such class of securities, will be deemed to have agreed to provide the Certificate Administrator with information regarding any sale of such securities, including the price, amount of proceeds and date of sale. Absent receipt of information regarding any sale of Certificates, including the price, amount of proceeds and date of sale from the beneficial owner thereof or the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator shall assume there is no secondary market trading of WHFIT interests.

 

(iv)         To the extent required by the WHFIT Regulations, the Certificate Administrator shall use reasonable efforts to publish on the Certificate Administrator’s Website the CUSIPs for the Certificates that represent ownership of a WHFIT. The CUSIPs so published will represent the Rule 144A CUSIPs. The Certificate Administrator shall make reasonable good faith efforts to keep the website accurate and

 

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updated to the extent CUSIPs have been received. Absent the receipt of a CUSIP, the Certificate Administrator will use a reasonable identifier number in lieu of a CUSIP. The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for investor reporting delays that result from the receipt of inaccurate or untimely CUSIP information.

 

Section 4.10        Secure Data Room.  (a) The Certificate Administrator shall create the Secure Data Room and the Depositor shall, upon receipt of each Mortgage Loan Seller’s Diligence File Certification, deliver to the Certificate Administrator within 120 days following the Closing Date an electronic copy of the Diligence Files for the Mortgage Loans that have been uploaded by the Mortgage Loan Sellers to the Intralinks Site. Upon receipt thereof, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly upload the contents of each Diligence File to the Secure Data Room. Access to the Secure Data Room shall be granted by the Certificate Administrator to (i) the Asset Representations Reviewer and (ii) any other Person at the direction of the Depositor, in each case, upon the occurrence of an Affirmative Asset Review Vote and receipt by the Certificate Administrator of a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit KK hereto (which shall be sent via email to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com or submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s website). In no case whatsoever shall Certificateholders be permitted to access the Secure Data Room. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to post any documents or information to the Secure Data Room other than the contents of the Diligence Files initially delivered to it by the Depositor.

 

(b)           The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation or duty to verify, review, confirm or otherwise determine whether the type, number or contents of any Diligence File delivered to the Certificate Administrator is accurate, complete, or relates to the transaction or confirm that all documents and information constituting any Diligence File have actually been delivered to the Certificate Administrator. In no case shall the Certificate Administrator be deemed to have obtained actual or constructive knowledge of the contents of, or information contained in, any Diligence File by virtue of posting such Diligence File to the Secure Data Room. In the event that any document or information is posted in error, the Certificate Administrator may remove such document or information from the Secure Data Room. The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation to produce physical or electronic copies of any document or information provided to it for posting to the Secure Data Room. The Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible or held liable for any other Person’s use or dissemination of the documents or information contained on the Secure Data Room; provided that such event or occurrence is not also a result of its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to restrict access to the Secure Data Room on a loan-by-loan basis and any Person with access to the Secure Data Room shall covenant to access only the information necessary to perform its duties and responsibilities under this Agreement.

 

(c)           Upon the resignation or removal of the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 8.07, the Certificate Administrator shall transfer electronic copies of the Diligence Files to a successor certificate administrator designated in writing by the Depositor, and all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of the Diligence Files shall be payable as part of the

 

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costs and expenses associated with the transfer of its responsibilities upon the resignation or removal of the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 8.07. Following the date on which any Mortgage Loan is paid in full, liquidated, repurchased or otherwise removed from the Trust, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may (but shall not be obligated to) direct the Certificate Administrator in writing to delete the Diligence File related to such Mortgage Loan from the Secure Data Room; provided that absent such direction, the Certificate Administrator shall not be obligated to delete any Diligence File from the Secure Data Room. Following the termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.01, the Certificate Administrator shall be permitted to delete all files from the Secure Data Room. Upon deletion pursuant to this Section 4.10, in no event shall the Certificate Administrator be obligated to reproduce or retrieve such deleted files.

 

Article V

THE CERTIFICATES

 

Section 5.01        The Certificates. (a) The Certificates consist of the Class A-1 Certificates, the Class A-2 Certificates, the Class A-3 Certificates, the Class A-SB Certificates, the Class A-4 Certificates, the Class A-5 Certificates, the Class A-M Certificates, the Class X-A Certificates, the Class X-B Certificates, the Class X-D Certificates, the Class B Certificates, the Class C Certificates, the Class D Certificates, the Class E-RR Certificates, the Class F-RR Certificates, the Class G-RR Certificates, the Class H-RR, the Class S Certificates and the Class R Certificates.

 

The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates will be substantially in the forms for such Class of Certificates as set forth next to such Classes in the Table of Exhibits to this Agreement. The Certificates of each Class (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) will be issuable in registered form only, in minimum denominations of authorized Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, as described in the succeeding table, and multiples of $l in excess thereof (or such lesser amount if the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, is not a multiple of $1). With respect to any Certificate or any beneficial interest in a Certificate, the “Denomination” thereof shall be (i) the amount (A) set forth on the face thereof or (B) in the case of any Global Certificate, set forth on a schedule attached thereto or, in the case of any beneficial interest in a Global Certificate, the amount set forth on the books and records of the related Depository Participant or indirect participating brokerage firm, as applicable, (ii) expressed in terms of Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, and (iii) be in an authorized denomination, as set forth below.

 

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Class Minimum
Denomination
  Aggregate Denomination of
all Certificates of Class
A-1    $10,000   $44,159,000 
A-2    $10,000   $103,497,000 
A-3    $10,000   $67,649,000 
A-SB    $10,000   $61,062,000 
A-4    $10,000   $209,460,000 
A-5    $10,000   $257,521,000 
X-A    $100,000   $848,213,000 
A-M    $10,000   $104,865,000 
B    $10,000   $42,477,000 
C    $10,000   $45,132,000 
X-B    $1,000,000   $42,477,000 
X-D    $1,000,000   $63,192,000 
D    $100,000   $18,060,000 
E-RR    $100,000   $33,708,000 
F-RR    $100,000   $23,894,000 
G-RR    $100,000   $10,619,000 
H-RR    $100,000   $39,822,721 

 

Each Certificate will share ratably in all rights of the related Class.

 

The Class S and Class R Certificates will each be issuable in one or more Individual Certificates in minimum denominations of 5% Percentage Interests and integral multiples of a 1% Percentage Interest in excess thereof and together aggregating the entire 100% Percentage Interest in each such Class.

 

The Global Certificates shall be issued as one or more certificates registered in the name of a nominee designated by the Depository, and Certificate Owners shall hold interests in the Global Certificates through the book-entry facilities of the Depository in the minimum Denominations and aggregate Denominations and Classes as set forth above.

 

The Global Certificates shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as Individual Certificates authenticated and delivered hereunder.

 

The Retained Certificates shall each be issuable in one or more Individual Certificates at all times during the Retained Certificate Transfer Restriction Period.

 

(b)          Except insofar as pertains to any Individual Certificate, the Trust Fund, the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent and the Trustee may for all purposes (including the making of payments due on the Global Certificates and the giving of notice to Holders thereof) deal with the Depository as the authorized representative of the Certificate Owners with respect to the Global Certificates for the purposes of exercising the rights of Certificateholders hereunder; provided, that, for purposes of transmitting communications pursuant to Section 5.05(a) of this Agreement, to the extent that the Depositor has provided the Certificate Administrator with the names of Certificate Owners (even if such Certificateholders hold their

 

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Certificates through the Depository) the Certificate Administrator shall provide such information to such Certificate Owners directly. The rights of Certificate Owners with respect to Global Certificates shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Certificateholders and the Depository and Depository Participants. Except as set forth in Section 5.01(e) below, Certificate Owners of Global Certificates shall not be entitled to physical certificates for the Global Certificates as to which they are the Certificate Owners. Requests and directions from, and votes of, the Depository as Holder of the Global Certificates shall not be deemed inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Certificate Owners. Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 5.01 of this Agreement and Applicable Procedures, the holder of a beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate may request that the Certificate Administrator cause the Depository (or any Agent Member) to notify the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Custodian in writing of a request for transfer or exchange of such beneficial interest for an Individual Certificate or Certificates. Upon receipt of such a request and payment by the related Certificate Owner of any attendant expenses, the Certificate Administrator shall cause the issuance and delivery of such Individual Certificates. The Certificate Registrar may establish a reasonable record date in connection with solicitations of consents from or voting by Certificateholders and give notice to the Depository of such record date. Without the written consent of the Certificate Registrar, no Global Certificate may be transferred by the Depository except to a successor Depository that agrees to hold the Global Certificates for the account of the Certificate Owners.

 

(c)           Any of the Certificates may be issued with appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and variations, and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, as may be required to comply with any law or with rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or with the rules of any securities market in which the Certificates are admitted to trading, or to conform to general usage.

 

(d)          The Global Certificates (i) shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar to the Depository or, pursuant to the Depository’s instructions on behalf of the Depository to, and deposited with, the Certificate Custodian, and in either case shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co. and (ii) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect:

 

“Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC”), to the Certificate Registrar for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.”

 

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The Global Certificates may be deposited with such other Depository as the Certificate Registrar may from time to time designate, and shall bear such legend as may be appropriate.

 

(e)           If (i) the Depository advises the Certificate Administrator in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able properly to discharge its responsibilities as Depository, and the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor are unable to locate a qualified successor within 90 days of such notice or (ii) the Trustee has instituted or has been directed to institute any judicial proceeding to enforce the rights of the Holders of such Class and the Trustee has been advised by counsel that in connection with such proceeding it is necessary or appropriate for the Certificate Registrar to obtain possession of the Certificates of such Class, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the affected Certificate Owner or Owners through the Depository of the occurrence of such event and the availability of Individual Certificates to such Certificate Owners requesting them. Upon surrender to the Certificate Administrator of Global Certificates by the Depository, accompanied by registration instructions from the Depository for registration of transfer, the Certificate Administrator shall issue the Individual Certificates. Neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer nor the Depositor shall be liable for any actions taken by the Depository or its nominee, including, without limitation, any delay in delivery of such instructions. Upon the issuance of Individual Certificates, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and the Master Servicer shall recognize the Holders of Individual Certificates as Certificateholders hereunder.

 

(f)            If the Trustee, its agents, the Certificate Administrator, its agents or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer have instituted or have been directed to institute any judicial proceeding in a court to enforce the rights of the Certificateholders under the Certificates, and the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer have been advised by counsel that in connection with such proceeding it is necessary or appropriate for the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to obtain possession of the Certificates, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may in their sole discretion determine that the Certificates represented by the Global Certificates shall no longer be represented by such Global Certificates. In such event, the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent will execute and authenticate and the Certificate Registrar will deliver, in exchange for such Global Certificates, Individual Certificates (and if the Certificate Administrator or the Certificate Custodian has in its possession Individual Certificates previously executed, the Authenticating Agent will authenticate and the Certificate Registrar will deliver such Certificates) in a Denomination equal to the aggregate Denomination of such Global Certificates.

 

(g)           If the Trust Fund ceases to be subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Certificate Administrator shall make available to each Holder and Certificate Owner of a Class of Certificates, upon request of such a Holder, information, to the extent such information is in its possession, substantially equivalent in scope to the information currently filed by the Certificate Administrator with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act, plus

 

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additional information required to be provided for securities qualifying for resales under Rule 144A under the Act.

 

For so long as the Class S or Class R Certificates remain outstanding, none of the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar shall take any action which would cause the Trust Fund to fail to be subject to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

(h)           Each Certificate may be printed or in typewritten or similar form, and each Certificate shall, upon original issue, be executed and authenticated by the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent and delivered to, or at the order of, the Depositor. All Certificates shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on behalf of the Certificate Administrator or Authenticating Agent by an authorized officer or signatory. Certificates bearing the signature of an individual who was at any time the proper officer or signatory of the Certificate Administrator or Authenticating Agent shall bind the Certificate Administrator or Authenticating Agent, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office or position prior to the delivery of such Certificates or did not hold such office or position at the date of such Certificates. No Certificate shall be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate a certificate of authentication in the form set forth in Exhibits A-1 through A-19 executed by the Authenticating Agent by manual signature, and such certificate of authentication upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Certificates shall be dated the date of their authentication.

 

(i)            If, in connection with any Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall have reported the amount of an anticipated distribution to the Depository based on the expected receipt of any monthly payment based on information set forth in any report of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, or any other monthly payment, Balloon Payment or prepayment expected to be or which is paid on the last two Business Days preceding such Distribution Date, and the related Borrower fails to make such payments at such time, the Certificate Administrator shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Depository to make the revised distribution on a timely basis on such Distribution Date. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (in any of its capacities), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not be liable or held responsible for any resulting delay (or claims by the Depository resulting therefrom) in the making of such distribution to Certificateholders. Any out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Certificate Administrator as a consequence of a Borrower failing to make such payments shall be reimbursable to the Certificate Administrator as an expense of the Trust Fund.

 

(j)            From and after the Closing Date and during the Retained Certificate Transfer Restriction Period, the Retained Certificates shall only be held as Individual Certificates in the Retained Certificates Safekeeping Account by the Certificate Administrator (and the Holder of the Retained Certificates shall be registered on the Certificate Register). The Certificate Administrator shall hold the Retained Certificates in safekeeping and shall release the same only upon receipt of written instructions from the Holder of the Retained Certificates and the Retaining Sponsor, and the written consent of the Depositor (other than in the case of the

 

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Retained Certificates being released from the Retained Certificates Safekeeping Account for purposes of registering the Retained Certificates to another holder and deposited directly back into the Retained Certificates Safekeeping Account), in accordance with any authentication procedures as may be utilized by the Certificate Administrator and in accordance with this Agreement. After the release of any Retained Certificate in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall have no liability or obligation with respect to the Retained Certificates and the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account. There shall be, and hereby is, established by the Certificate Administrator an account which will be designated the “Retained Certificates Safekeeping Account” and into which the Retained Certificates shall be held and which shall be governed by and subject to this Agreement. In addition, on and after the date hereof, the Certificate Administrator may establish any number of subaccounts to the Retained Certificates Safekeeping Account for the Holder of the Retained Certificates. The Retained Certificates to be delivered in physical form to the Certificate Administrator shall be delivered as set forth herein. No amounts distributable to the Retained Certificates shall be remitted to the Retained Certificates Safekeeping Account, but shall be remitted directly to the Holder of the Retained Certificates in accordance with written instructions (which shall be in the form of Exhibit D-1 to this Agreement) provided separately by the Holder of the Retained Certificates to the Certificate Administrator. Under no circumstances by virtue of safekeeping the Retained Certificates shall the Certificate Administrator (i) be obligated to bring legal action or institute proceedings against any person on behalf of the Holder of the Retained Certificates or (ii) have any obligation to monitor, supervise or enforce the performance of any party under any credit risk retention compliance agreement. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely with no obligation to verify, confirm or otherwise monitor the accuracy of any information included in any written instructions provided in connection with this Retained Certificates Safekeeping Account and shall have no liability in connection therewith, other than with respect to the Certificate Administrator’s obligation to obtain the Retaining Sponsor’s consent and the Depositor’s consent (other than in the case as set forth above) prior to any release of the Retained Certificates. During the Retained Certificate Transfer Restriction Period and for such longer time as the Holder of the Retained Certificates may request, the Certificate Administrator shall hold the Individual Certificates representing the Retained Certificates at the below location, or any other location; provided, the Certificate Administrator has given notice to the Holder of the Retained Certificates of such new location:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Attention: Security Control and Transfer (SCAT)
MAC: N9345-010
425 E. Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414

 

On the Closing Date, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver written confirmation to the Depositor, the Retaining Sponsor and the initial Holder of the Retained Certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit MM to this Agreement evidencing its receipt of the Retained Certificates.

 

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The Certificate Administrator shall make available to the Holder of the Retained Certificates a statement of Retained Certificates Safekeeping Account as mutually agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator and the Holder of the Retained Certificates, and in accordance with the Certificate Administrator’s policies and procedures. Any transfer of the Retained Certificates shall be subject to Article V of this Agreement.

 

Section 5.02        Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall keep or cause to be kept at its offices books (the “Certificate Register”) for the registration, transfer and exchange of Certificates (the Certificate Administrator, in such capacity, being the “Certificate Registrar”). The Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall have the right to inspect the Certificate Register or to obtain a copy thereof at all reasonable times, and to rely conclusively upon a certificate of the Certificate Registrar as to the information set forth in the Certificate Register. The names and addresses of all Certificateholders and the names and addresses of the transferees of any Certificates shall be registered in the Certificate Register; provided, in no event shall the Certificate Registrar be required to maintain in the Certificate Register the names of the individual Participants holding beneficial interests in the Trust Fund through the Depository. The Person in whose name any Certificate is so registered shall be deemed and treated as the sole owner and Holder thereof for all purposes of this Agreement and the Depositor, Certificate Registrar, the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them shall not be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary. An Individual Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon the surrender of such Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements of Section 5.01(h) and Sections 5.02(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of this Agreement. Upon request of the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar shall provide the Certificate Administrator with the names, addresses and Percentage Interests of the Holders.

  

(b)           Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Individual Certificate, subject to the requirements of Sections 5.02(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in Denominations of a like aggregate Denomination as the Individual Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Section 5.02(e) of this Agreement. Each Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer shall be canceled and subsequently destroyed by the Certificate Registrar. Each new Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 5.02 shall be registered in the name of any Person as the transferring Holder may request, subject to the provisions of Sections 5.01(h) and 5.02(c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of this Agreement.

 

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(c)           In addition to the provisions of Sections 5.01(h) and (j) and 5.02(d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of this Agreement and the rules of the Depository, the exchange, transfer and registration of transfer of Private Certificates that are Individual Certificates or beneficial interests in the Private Global Certificates shall be subject to the following restrictions:

 

(i)            Transfers between Holders of Individual Certificates. With respect to the transfer and registration of transfer of an Individual Certificate representing an interest in a Class of Private Certificates to a transferee that takes delivery in the form of an Individual Certificate (other than transfers of the Class S or Class R Certificates, which may be made only in accordance with Section 5.02(i) of this Agreement, and transfers of any RR Certificates, which may only be made in accordance with Section 5.02(c)(vi) of this Agreement:

 

(A)         Other than the initial transfer from the Initial Purchasers to an initial investor, the Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of such Individual Certificate if the requested transfer is being made by a transferee who has provided the Certificate Registrar with an Investment Representation Letter substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 to this Agreement (an “Investment Representation Letter”), to the effect that the transfer is being made to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in accordance with Rule 144A;

 

(B)          The Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of such Individual Certificate pursuant to Regulation S after the expiration of the Restricted Period if (1) the transferor has provided the Certificate Registrar with a Regulation S Transfer Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G to this Agreement (a “Regulation S Transfer Certificate”), and (2) the transferee furnishes to the Certificate Registrar an Investment Representation Letter; or

 

(C)          The Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of such Individual Certificate if prior to the transfer such transferee furnishes to the Certificate Registrar (1) an Investment Representation Letter to the effect that the transfer is being made to an Institutional Accredited Investor or to an Affiliated Person in accordance with an applicable exemption under the Act, and (2) in the case of a transfer to an Affiliated Person, an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Certificate Registrar that such transfer is in compliance with the Act;

 

and, in each case, the Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of such Individual Certificate only if prior to the transfer the transferee furnishes to the Certificate Registrar a written undertaking by the transferor to reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs incurred by it in connection with the proposed transfer. In addition, the Certificate Registrar may, as a condition of the registration of any such transfer, require the transferor to furnish such other certificates, legal opinions or other information (at the transferor’s expense) as the Certificate Registrar may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a commercial mortgage-backed

 

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securitization transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Act and other applicable laws.

 

(ii)           Transfers within the Private Global Certificates. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, so long as a Private Global Certificate remains outstanding and is held by or on behalf of the Depository, transfers within such Global Certificate shall only be made in accordance with this Section 5.02(c)(ii).

 

(A)         Rule 144A Global Certificate to Regulation S Global Certificate During the Restricted Period. If, during the Restricted Period, a Certificate Owner of an interest in a Rule 144A Global Certificate wishes at any time to transfer its beneficial interest in such Rule 144A Global Certificate to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the related Regulation S Global Certificate, such Certificate Owner may, in addition to complying with all applicable rules and procedures of the Depository and Clearstream or Euroclear applicable to transfers by their respective participants (the “Applicable Procedures”), transfer or cause the transfer of such beneficial interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Certificate only upon compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.02(c)(ii)(A). Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar at the Corporate Trust Office of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member directing the Certificate Registrar to credit or cause to be credited to another specified Agent Member’s account a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate in an amount equal to the Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be transferred, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member and the Euroclear or Clearstream account, as the case may be, to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member to be debited for, such beneficial interest, and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit H to this Agreement given by the Certificate Owner of such interest, the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository or the Certificate Custodian, as applicable, to reduce the Denomination of the Rule 144A Global Certificate by the Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be so transferred and, concurrently with such reduction, to increase the Denomination of the Regulation S Global Certificate by the Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be so transferred, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions (who shall be an Agent Member acting for or on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, or both, as the ease may be) a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate having a Denomination equal to the amount by which the Denomination of the Rule 144A Global Certificate was reduced upon such transfer.

 

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an interest in a Rule 144A Global Certificate wishes at any time to transfer its beneficial interest in such Rule 144A Global Certificate to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the related Regulation S Global Certificate, such holder may, in addition to complying with all Applicable Procedures, transfer or cause the transfer of such beneficial interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Certificate only upon compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.02(c)(ii)(B). Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar at the Corporate Trust Office of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member directing the Certificate Registrar to credit or cause to be credited to another specified Agent Member’s account a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate in an amount equal to the Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be transferred, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member and, in the case of a transfer pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S, the Euroclear or Clearstream account, as the case may be, to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member to be debited for, such beneficial interest, and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit I to this Agreement given by the Certificate Owner of such interest, the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository or the Certificate Custodian, as applicable, to reduce the Denomination of the Rule 144A Global Certificate by the aggregate Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be so transferred and, concurrently with such reduction, to increase the Denomination of the Regulation S Global Certificate by the aggregate Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate to be so transferred, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate having a Denomination equal to the amount by which the Denomination of the Rule 144A Global Certificate was reduced upon such transfer.

 

(C)          Regulation S Global Certificate to Rule 144A Global Certificate. If the Certificate Owner of an interest in a Regulation S Global Certificate wishes at any time to transfer its beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Certificate to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the related Rule 144A Global Certificate, such Certificate Owner may, in addition to complying with all Applicable Procedures, transfer or cause the transfer of such beneficial interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in such Rule 144A Global Certificate only upon compliance with the provisions of this Section 5.02(c)(ii)(C). Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar at the Corporate Trust Office of (1) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member directing the Certificate Registrar to credit or cause to be credited to another specified Agent Member’s account a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate in an amount equal to the Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate to

 

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be transferred, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member or, if such account is held for Euroclear or Clearstream, the Euroclear or Clearstream account, as the case may be, to be debited for, such beneficial interest, and (3) with respect to a transfer of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Certificate for a beneficial interest in the related Rule 144A Global Certificate (i) during the Restricted Period, a certificate in the form of Exhibit J to this Agreement given by the holder of such beneficial interest or (ii) after the Restricted Period, an Investment Representation Letter from the transferee to the effect that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Buyer, the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository or the Certificate Custodian, as applicable, to reduce the Denomination of the Regulation S Global Certificate by the aggregate Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate to be transferred, and, concurrently with such reduction, to increase the Denomination of the Rule 144A Global Certificate by the aggregate Denomination of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate to be so transferred, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in such Rule 144A Global Certificate having a Denomination equal to the amount by which the Denomination of the Regulation S Global Certificate was reduced upon such transfer.

 

(iii)          Transfers from the Private Global Certificates to Individual Certificates. Any and all transfers from a Private Global Certificate to a transferee wishing to take delivery in the form of an Individual Certificate will require the transferee to take delivery subject to the restrictions on the transfer of such Individual Certificate described in a legend set forth on the face of such Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F to this Agreement (the “Securities Legend”), and such transferee agrees that it will transfer such Individual Certificate only as provided therein and herein. No such transfer shall be made and the Certificate Registrar shall not register any such transfer unless such transfer is made in accordance with this Section 5.02(c)(iii).

 

(A)         Transfers of a beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate to an Institutional Accredited Investor will require delivery in the form of an Individual Certificate and the Certificate Registrar shall register such transfer only upon compliance with the provisions of Section 5.02(c)(i)(C) of this Agreement.

 

(B)          Transfers of a beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate to a Qualified Institutional Buyer or a Regulation S Investor wishing to take delivery in the form of an Individual Certificate will be registered by the Certificate Registrar only upon compliance with the provisions of Section 5.02(c)(i)(A) or (B) of this Agreement, respectively.

 

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(C)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, no transfer of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Certificate to an Individual Certificate pursuant to Subparagraph (B) above shall be made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period.

 

Upon acceptance for exchange or transfer of a beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate for an Individual Certificate, as provided herein, the Certificate Registrar shall endorse on the schedule affixed to the related Private Global Certificate (or on a continuation of such schedule affixed to such Private Global Certificate and made a part thereof) an appropriate notation evidencing the date of such exchange or transfer and a decrease in the Denomination of such Private Global Certificate equal to the Denomination of such Individual Certificate issued in exchange therefor or upon transfer thereof. Unless determined otherwise by the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor in accordance with applicable law, an Individual Certificate issued upon transfer of or exchange for a beneficial interest in the Private Global Certificate shall bear the Securities Legend.

 

(iv)          Transfers of Individual Certificates to the Private Global Certificates. If a Holder of an Individual Certificate wishes at any time to transfer such Certificate to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the related Regulation S Global Certificate or the related Rule 144A Global Certificate, such transfer may be effected only in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and this Section 5.02(c)(iv) (other than with respect to any Retained Certificate during the Retained Certificate Transfer Restriction Period, which shall be held as an Individual Certificate pursuant to Section 5.02(c)). Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar at the Corporate Trust Office of (l) the Individual Certificate to be transferred with an assignment and transfer pursuant to Section 5.05(a) of this Agreement, (2) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member directing the Certificate Registrar to credit or cause to be credited to a specified Agent Member’s account a beneficial interest in such Regulation S Global Certificate or such Rule 144A Global Certificate, as the case may be, in an amount equal to the Denomination of the Individual Certificate to be so transferred, (3) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member and, in the case of any transfer pursuant to Regulation S, the Euroclear or Clearstream account, as the case may be, to be credited with such beneficial interest, and (4) (x) an Investment Representation Letter from the transferee and, if delivery is to be taken in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate, a Regulation S Transfer Certificate from the transferor or (y) an Investment Representation Letter from the transferee to the effect that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Buyer if delivery is to be taken in the form of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall cancel such Individual Certificate, execute and deliver a new Individual Certificate for the Denomination of the Individual Certificate not so transferred, registered in the name of the Holder or the Holder’s transferee (as instructed by the Holder), and the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository or the Certificate Custodian, as applicable, to increase the

 

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Denomination of the Regulation S Global Certificate or the Rule 144A Global Certificate, as the case may be, by the Denomination of the Individual Certificate to be so transferred, and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions who, in the case of any increase in the Regulation S Global Certificate during the Restricted Period, shall be an Agent Member acting for or on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, or both, as the case may be, a corresponding Denomination of the Rule 144A Global Certificate or the Regulation S Global Certificate, as the case may be.

 

It is the intent of the foregoing that under no circumstances may an Institutional Accredited Investor that is not a Qualified Institutional Buyer take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate, other than the initial transfer from the Initial Purchasers to an initial investor.

 

(v)           All Transfers. An exchange of a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate for an Individual Certificate or Certificates, an exchange of an Individual Certificate or Certificates for a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate and an exchange of an Individual Certificate or Certificates for another Individual Certificate or Certificates (in each case, whether or not such exchange is made in anticipation of subsequent transfer, and, in the case of the Global Certificates, so long as the Global Certificates remain outstanding and are held by or on behalf of the Depository), may be made only in accordance with this Section 5.02 and in accordance with the rules of the Depository and Applicable Procedures (other than with respect to any Retained Certificate during the Transfer Restriction Period, which shall be held as an Individual Certificate).

 

(d)          If Certificates are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Certificates not bearing the Securities Legend, the Certificates so issued shall not bear the Securities Legend. If Certificates are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Certificates bearing the Securities Legend, or if a request is made to remove the Securities Legend on a Certificate, the Certificates so issued shall bear the Securities Legend, or the Securities Legend shall not be removed, as the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar such satisfactory evidence, which may include an opinion of counsel (at the expense of the party requesting the removal of such legend) familiar with United States securities laws, as may be reasonably required by the Certificate Registrar, that neither the Securities Legend nor the restrictions on transfers set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers of any Certificate comply with the provisions of Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Regulation S under the Act, Regulation RR or that such Certificate is not a “restricted security” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Act. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, the Certificate Registrar shall execute and deliver a Certificate that does not bear the Securities Legend.

 

(e)           Subject to the restrictions on transfer and exchange set forth in Section 5.01(i) and in this Section 5.02, the Holder of any Individual Certificate may transfer or exchange the same in whole or in part (with a denomination equal to any authorized denomination) by surrendering such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or at the office of any transfer agent appointed as provided under this Agreement, together with an instrument of assignment or transfer (executed by the Holder or its duly authorized attorney), in

 

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the case of transfer, and a written request for exchange, in the case of exchange. Following a proper request for transfer or exchange, the Certificate Registrar shall, within five Business Days of such request if made at such office of the Certificate Administrator or within ten Business Days if made at the office of a transfer agent (other than the Certificate Registrar), execute and deliver at the office of the Certificate Administrator or at the office of such transfer agent, as the case may be, to the transferee (in the case of transfer) or Holder (in the case of exchange) or send by first-class mail (at the risk of the transferee in the case of transfer or Holder in the case of exchange) to such address as the transferee or Holder, as applicable, may request, an Individual Certificate or Certificates, as the case may require, for a like aggregate Denomination and in such Denomination or Denominations as may be requested. The presentation for transfer or exchange of any Individual Certificate shall not be valid unless made at the office of the Certificate Administrator or at the office of a transfer agent by the registered Holder in person, or by a duly authorized attorney-in-fact. The Certificate Registrar may decline to accept any request for an exchange or registration of transfer of any Certificate during the period of 15 days preceding any Distribution Date.

 

(f)            An Individual Certificate (other than an Individual Certificate issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate pursuant to Section 5.01 of this Agreement) or a beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate may only be transferred to Eligible Investors, as described herein. In the event that a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar has actual knowledge that such an Individual Certificate or beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate is being held by or for the benefit of a Person who is not an Eligible Investor, or that such holding is unlawful under the laws of a relevant jurisdiction, then the Certificate Registrar shall have the right to void such transfer, if permitted under applicable law, or to require the investor to sell such Individual Certificate or beneficial interest in a Private Global Certificate to an Eligible Investor within fourteen days after notice of such determination and each Certificateholder by its acceptance of a Certificate authorizes the Certificate Registrar to take such action.

 

(g)          Subject to the provisions of this Section 5.02 regarding transfer and exchange, transfers of the Global Certificates shall be limited to transfers of such Global Certificates in whole, but not in part, to nominees of the Depository or to a successor of the Depository or such successor’s nominee.

 

(h)          No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in this Section 5.02 other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors, as provided herein. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided herein) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

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(i)           Subject to Section 5.02(e) of this Agreement, transfers of the Class S or Class R Certificates may be made only in accordance with this Section 5.02(i). The Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of a Class R Certificate only if (x) the transferor has advised the Certificate Registrar in writing that such Certificate is being transferred to a Qualified Institutional Buyer and (y) prior to such transfer the transferee furnishes to the Certificate Registrar an Investment Representation Letter. The Certificate Registrar shall register the transfer of a Class S Certificate only if (x) the transferor has advised the Certificate Registrar in writing that such Certificate is being transferred to a Qualified Institutional Buyer or an Affiliated Person or an Institutional Accredited Investor and (y) prior to such transfer the transferee furnishes to the Certificate Registrar an Investment Representation Letter. In addition, the Certificate Registrar may as a condition of the registration of any such transfer require the transferor to furnish such other certifications, legal opinions or other information (at the transferor’s expense) as it may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Act and other applicable laws.

 

(j)            No transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Class of Private Certificates or interest therein shall be made unless that transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition is exempt from the registration and/or qualification requirements of the Act and any applicable state securities laws, or is otherwise made in accordance with the Act and such state securities laws. Neither the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee nor the Certificate Registrar are obligated to register or qualify the Private Certificates under the Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Agreement to permit the transfer of such Private Certificates without registration or qualification. Any Certificateholder desiring to effect such a transfer shall, and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar, against any loss, liability or expense that may result if the transfer is not so exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state laws.

 

(k)           No transfer of any Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S or Class R Certificate (each, a “Restricted Certificate”) shall be made to (i) an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA, or Section 4975 of the Code, or a governmental plan, as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA, or other plan subject to any federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) which is to a material extent similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code (each, a “Plan”) or (ii) a collective investment fund whose underlying assets include Plan assets by reason of a Plan’s investment in the collective investment fund (pursuant to U.S. Department of Labor Regulation Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, other than (with respect to transfer of Restricted Certificates other than the Class S or Class R Certificates), an insurance company using the assets of its general account under circumstances whereby such purchase and the subsequent holding of such Certificate by such insurance company would be exempt from the “prohibited transaction” provisions of Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA and Code Section 4975 under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or a substantially similar exemption under Similar Law. Except in connection with the transfer thereof by the Depositor or the Retaining Sponsor (provided that, in the case of the Retaining Sponsor, such exception shall apply only with respect

 

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to the transfer thereof on the Closing Date), each prospective transferee of a Restricted Certificate shall either (A) deliver to the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Administrator, a transfer or representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 to this Agreement, stating that the prospective transferee is not and will not become a Person referred to in (i) or (ii) above or (B) if the transferee is such an entity specified in (i) or (ii) above (except in the case of a Class S or Class R Certificate, which may not be transferred unless the transferee represents it is not such an entity), such entity, at its own expense, shall provide any opinion of counsel, officers’ certificates or agreements as may be required by, and in form and substance satisfactory to, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Registrar, to the effect that the purchase and holding of the Certificates by or on behalf of a Plan will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code, and will not subject the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Certificate Registrar to any obligation or liability. None of the Certificate Administrator or the Certificate Registrar shall register a Class S or Class R Certificate in any Person’s name unless such Person has provided the letter referred to in clause (A) of the preceding sentence. The transferee of a beneficial interest in a Global Certificate that is a Restricted Certificate shall be deemed to represent that it is not and will not become a Plan or a Person acting on behalf of any Plan or using the assets of any Plan to acquire such interest other than (with respect to transfers of beneficial interests in Global Certificates which are Restricted Certificates other than the Class S or Class R Certificates) an insurance company using the assets of its general account under circumstances whereby such transfer to such insurance company would be exempt from the “prohibited transaction” provisions of Sections 406 and 407 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or a substantially similar exemption under Similar Law. Any transfer of a Restricted Certificate that would violate or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or Similar Law shall be deemed absolutely null and void ab initio.

 

(l)            Each Person who has or acquires any Ownership Interest shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest are expressly subject to the following provisions:

 

(i)            Each Person acquiring or holding any Ownership Interest shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall not acquire or hold such Ownership Interest as agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) on behalf of any Person that is not a Permitted Transferee. Any such Person shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar in writing of any change or impending change in its status (or the status of the beneficial owner of such Ownership Interest) as a Permitted Transferee. Any acquisition described in the first sentence of this Section 5.02(l) by a Person who is not a Permitted Transferee or by a Person who is acting as an agent of a Person who is not a Permitted Transferee shall be void and of no effect, and the immediately preceding owner who was a Permitted Transferee shall be restored to registered and beneficial ownership of the Ownership Interest as fully as possible.

 

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(ii)           No Ownership Interest may be Transferred, and no such Transfer shall be registered in the Certificate Register, without the express written consent of the Certificate Registrar, and the Certificate Registrar shall not recognize the Transfer, and such proposed Transfer shall not be effective, without such consent with respect thereto. In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest, the Certificate Registrar shall, as a condition to such consent, (x) require delivery to it in form and substance satisfactory to it, and the proposed transferee shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar and to the proposed transferor an affidavit in substantially the form attached as Exhibit C-1 (a “Transferee Affidavit”) of the proposed transferee (A) that such proposed transferee is a Permitted Transferee and (B) stating that (i) the proposed transferee historically has paid its debts as they have come due and intends to do so in the future, (ii) the proposed transferee understands that, as the holder of an Ownership Interest, it may incur liabilities in excess of cash flows generated by the residual interest, (iii) the proposed transferee intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Ownership Interest as they become due, (iv) the proposed transferee will not transfer the Ownership Interest to any Person that does not provide a Transferee Affidavit or as to which the proposed transferee has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee or is acting as an agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, (v) the proposed transferee will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the proposed transferee or any other U.S. Person and (vi) the proposed transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and to abide by the provisions of this Section 5.02(l) and (y) other than in connection with the initial issuance of the Class R Certificates, require a statement from the proposed transferor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C-2 (the “Transferor Letter”), that the proposed transferor has no actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and has no actual knowledge or reason to know that the proposed transferee’s statements in the Transferee Affidavit are false.

 

(iii)          Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transferee Affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (ii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer to such proposed transferee shall be effected and such proposed Transfer shall not be registered on the Certificate Register; provided, that the Certificate Registrar shall not be required to conduct any independent investigation to determine whether a proposed transferee is a Permitted Transferee.

 

Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restriction or transfer imposed under Article V of this Agreement or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any Certificate (including, without limitation, the Securities Legend), or any interest therein, other than to require delivery of the certification(s) and/or opinions of counsel described in Article V applicable with respect to changes in registration of record ownership of Certificates in the Certificate Register. The Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Registrar shall have no liability for transfers, including transfers made through the book-entry facilities of the

 

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Depository or between or among Depository Participants or Certificate Owners made in violation of applicable restrictions.

 

Upon written notice to the Certificate Registrar, or upon the Certificate Registrar having actual knowledge, that there has occurred a Transfer to any Person that is a Disqualified Organization or an agent thereof (including a broker, nominee, or middleman) in contravention of the foregoing restrictions, and in any event not later than 60 days after a request for information from the transferor of such Ownership Interest, or such agent, the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Administrator agree to furnish to the IRS and the transferor of such Ownership Interest or such agent such information necessary to the application of Section 860E(e) of the Code as may be required by the Code, including, but not limited to, the present value of the total anticipated excess inclusions with respect to such Class R Certificate (or portion thereof) for periods after such Transfer. At the election of the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and the Certificate Administrator may charge a reasonable fee for computing and furnishing such information to the transferor or to such agent referred to above; provided that such Persons shall in no event be excused from furnishing such information.

 

(m)          Until the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Retained Certificate Transfer Restriction Period or (ii) the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (as further provided for in the Credit Risk Retention Agreement), no Person shall be permitted to own, directly or indirectly, any interest in the Retained Certificates other than the Retaining Sponsor or one of its Majority Owned Affiliates that is not a Non-Exempt Person. After the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Retained Certificate Transfer Restriction Period or (ii) the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date (as further provided for in the Credit Risk Retention Agreement), the Retained Certificates or any portion thereof may be transferred to Institutional Accredited Investors and Qualified Institutional Buyers. At all times, if a transfer of the Retained Certificates (other than the initial transfer from the Initial Purchasers to Argentic Securities Holdings Cayman Limited) is to be made, then the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register such transfer unless it receives (and, upon receipt, may conclusively rely upon) (i) a certification from such Certificateholder’s prospective transferee, executed by such prospective transferee, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-3, and (ii) a certification from the Certificateholder, executed by such Certificateholder, desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C-4. Upon receipt of the foregoing certifications, the Certificate Registrar shall, subject to Section 5.01(j) and Section 5.02(a), reflect the assignment of the Retained Certificates in the name of the prospective transferee. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the Retained Certificates be held as a Global Certificate during the Retained Certificate Transfer Restriction Period.

 

(n)          Each beneficial owner of any Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) or any interest therein that is a Plan, subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (an “ERISA Plan”), including any fiduciary purchasing any such Certificates on behalf of an ERISA Plan (each, a “Plan Fiduciary”), will be deemed to have represented and warranted by its acquisition of such Certificates that:

 

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(i)            none of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Underwriter, the Initial Purchaser, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Special Servicer), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, or any of their respective Affiliates (the “Transaction Parties”), has provided or will provide advice with respect to the acquisition of Offered Certificates by the ERISA Plan, other than to the Plan Fiduciary which is independent of the Transaction Parties, and the Plan Fiduciary either: (a) is a bank as defined in Section 202 of the Advisers Act, or similar institution that is regulated and supervised and subject to periodic examination by a State or Federal agency; (b) is an insurance carrier which is qualified under the laws of more than one state to perform the services of managing, acquiring or disposing of assets of an ERISA Plan; (c) is an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act, or, if not registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act by reason of paragraph (1) of Section 203A of the Advisers Act, is registered as an investment adviser under the laws of the state in which it maintains its principal office and place of business; (d) is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or (e) has, and at all times during the Plan’s holding of such Certificates will have, total assets of at least U.S. $50,000,000 under its management or control (provided that this clause (e) shall not be satisfied if the Plan Fiduciary is either (i) the owner or a relative of the owner of the individual retirement account that is acquiring such Certificates or (ii) a participant or beneficiary of the ERISA Plan acquiring such Certificates in such capacity);

 

(ii)           the Plan Fiduciary is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with respect to particular transactions and investment strategies, including the acquisition by the ERISA Plan of the Certificates;

 

(iii)          the Plan Fiduciary is a “fiduciary” with respect to the ERISA Plan within the meaning of Section 3(21) of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code, or both, and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the ERISA Plan’s acquisition of the Certificates;

 

(iv)          none of the Transaction Parties has exercised any authority to cause the ERISA Plan to acquire such Certificates or to negotiate the terms of the ERISA Plan’s investment in such Certificates;

 

(v)           none of the Transaction Parties receives a fee or other compensation from the ERISA Plan or the Plan Fiduciary for the provision of investment advice in connection with the decision to acquire such Certificates; and

 

(vi)          the Plan Fiduciary has been informed by the Transaction Parties: (a) (1) that none of the Transaction Parties is undertaking to provide impartial investment advice or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, and (2) that no such entity has given investment advice or otherwise made a recommendation, in connection with the ERISA Plan’s acquisition of the Certificates (other than advice, if any, given by a Transaction Party to an independent Plan Fiduciary that meets the requirements of clause (i) above;

 

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and (b) of the existence and nature of the Transaction Parties financial interests in the ERISA Plan’s acquisition of such Certificates.

 

The above representations in this Section 5.02(n) are intended to comply with the DOL’s Reg. Sections 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-21(a) and (c)(1) as promulgated on April 8, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 20,997). If these regulations are revoked, repealed or no longer effective, these representations shall be deemed to be no longer in effect.

 

Section 5.03        Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If (i) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate, and (ii) there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by it to save it and the Certificate Administrator harmless, then, in the absence of actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Certificate Administrator or the Authenticating Agent shall execute and authenticate and the Certificate Registrar shall deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of the same Class and of like tenor and Percentage Interest. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 5.03, the Certificate Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Certificate Registrar) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 5.03 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership of the corresponding interest in the Trust Fund, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.

 

Section 5.04        Appointment of Paying Agent. The Certificate Administrator may appoint a paying agent (a “Paying Agent”) for the purpose of making distributions to Certificateholders pursuant to Section 4.01 of this Agreement. The Certificate Administrator shall cause such Paying Agent, if other than the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Master Servicer, to execute and deliver to the Master Servicer and the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Master Servicer and the Trustee that such Paying Agent will hold all sums held by it for the payment to Certificateholders in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders entitled thereto until such sums have been paid to the Certificateholders or disposed of as otherwise provided herein. The initial Paying Agent shall be the Certificate Administrator. Except for the Certificate Administrator, as the initial Paying Agent, the Paying Agent shall at all times be an entity having a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “A2” by Moody’s, “A” from Fitch and “A” by DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent (or higher) rating by any two other NRSROs), or shall be otherwise acceptable to each Rating Agency, as confirmed by a receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation.

 

Section 5.05        Access to Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses; Special Notices. (a) If any Certifying Certificateholder (for purposes of this Section 5.05, an “Applicant”) applies in writing to the Certificate Registrar, and such application states that the Applicant desires to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to its rights under

 

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this Agreement, the Certificate Registrar shall, within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of such request, afford such Certificateholder (at such Certificateholder’s sole cost and expense) access during normal business hours to a current list of the Certificateholders related to the Class of Certificates held by such Certificateholder.

 

Any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner wishing to communicate with other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners regarding the exercise of its rights under the terms of this Agreement (such party, a “Requesting Investor”) may deliver a written request (a “Communication Request”) signed by an authorized representative of the Requesting Investor to the Certificate Administrator. Any Communication Request shall contain the method other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners should use to contact the Requesting Investor, and, if the Requesting Investors is not the registered holder of a Class of Certificates, then the Communication Request must contain (i) a written certification from the Requesting Investor that it is a beneficial owner of a class of certificates, (ii) the name of the transaction, CD 2017-CD6 and (iii) one of the following forms of documentation evidencing its beneficial ownership in such class of certificates: (A) a trade confirmation, (B) an account statement, (C) a medallion stamp guaranteed letter from a broker or dealer stating the Requesting Investor is the beneficial owner, or (D) a document reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator that is similar to any of the documents identified in clauses (A) through (C). The Certificate Administrator shall not be permitted to require any information other than the foregoing in verifying a Certificateholder’s or Certificate Owner’s identity in connection with a Communication Request. Requesting Investors will be responsible for their own expenses in making any Communication Request, but will not be required to bear any expenses of the Certificate Administrator. Upon receipt of such request, the Certificate Administrator shall furnish or cause to be furnished to such Applicant a list of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders as of the most recent Record Date.

 

(b)          Every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding its Certificate, agrees with the Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Registrar that the Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Registrar shall not be held accountable in any way by reason of the disclosure of any information as to the names and addresses of the Certificateholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which such information was derived.

 

(c)           Upon the written request of any Certifying Certificateholder that (a) states that such Certificateholder desires the Certificate Administrator to transmit a notice to all Certificateholders stating that such Certificateholder wishes to be contacted by other Certificateholders, setting forth the relevant contact information and briefly stating the reason for the requested contact and (b) provides a copy of the Special Notice which such Certificateholder proposes to transmit, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver such Special Notice to all Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing on the Certificate Register. The costs and expenses of the Certificate Administrator associated with delivering with any such Special Notice shall be borne by the party requesting such Special Notice. Every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, agrees that neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Certificate Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such Special Notice to Certificateholders, regardless of the information set forth in such Special Notice.

 

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Section 5.06        Actions of Certificateholders. (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Agreement to be given or taken by Certificateholders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Certificateholders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee and, when required, to the Master Servicer. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Agreement and conclusive in favor of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Master Servicer, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

 

(b)           The fact and date of the execution by any Certificateholder of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee deems sufficient.

 

(c)           Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act by a Certificateholder shall bind every Holder of every Certificate issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done, by the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee or the Master Servicer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Certificate.

 

(d)           The Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or Certificate Registrar may require such additional proof of any matter referred to in this Section 5.06 as it shall deem necessary.

 

Section 5.07        Rule 144A Information. The Certificate Administrator shall, upon request of any Certifying Certificateholder that is a Holder of a Private Certificate or any beneficial owner of such a Certificate, furnish to such Holder or beneficial owner or a prospective purchaser designated by such Holder or beneficial owner who is a Qualified Institutional Buyer the information required to be delivered under Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act, to the extent such information has been provided to the Certificate Administrator and has been identified as Rule 144A information (which shall include all information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and all information currently required to be made available to Certificateholders, as well as any other specifically identified information herein), if at the time of such request periodic reports are not being filed with respect to the Trust under Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

Section 5.08        Voting Procedures. With respect to any matters submitted to Certificateholders for a vote, the Certificate Administrator shall administer such vote through the Depository with respect to Book-Entry Certificates and directly with registered Holders by mail with respect to Individual Certificates. In each case, such vote shall be administered in accordance with the following procedures, unless different procedures are otherwise described herein with respect to a specific vote:

 

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(a)           Any matter submitted to Certificateholders for a vote shall be announced in a notice prepared by the Certificate Administrator. Such notice shall include the record date determined by the Certificate Administrator for purposes of the vote and a voting deadline which shall be no less than thirty (30) days and no later than sixty (60) days after the date such notice is distributed. The notice and related ballot shall be sent to Holders of Book-Entry Certificates through the Depository and by mail to the registered Holders of Individual Certificates. In addition, the notice and related ballot shall be posted to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Notices delivered in this manner shall be considered delivered to all Holders regardless of whether any Holder actually receives the notice and ballot.

 

(b)           In connection with any vote administered pursuant to this Agreement, voting Holders shall be required to certify their holdings in the manner set forth on the ballot, unless a specific manner is otherwise provided herein. Holders may only vote in accordance with their Voting Rights. Voting Rights with respect to any outstanding Class of Certificates shall be calculated by the Certificate Administrator in accordance with the definition of Voting Rights as of the record date for the vote. Only Classes with an outstanding Certificate Balance greater than zero as of the record date of the vote shall be permitted to vote. Once a Holder has cast its vote, the vote may be changed or retracted on or before the vote deadline. Any changes or retractions shall be communicated by the Certificateholder to the Certificate Administrator in writing on a ballot. After the vote deadline has passed, votes may not be changed or retracted by any Holder unless the Holder wishing to change or retract its vote holds a sufficient portion of the Voting Rights such that the Holder, by its vote alone, could approve or deny the proposition subject to a vote without taking into consideration the votes cast by any other Holder. Transferees or purchasers of any Class of Certificates are subject to and shall be bound by all votes of Holders initiated or conducted prior to its acquisition of such Certificate.

 

(c)           The Certificate Administrator may take up to fifteen (15) Business Days to tabulate the results of any vote. The Certificate Administrator shall use its reasonable efforts to resolve any illegible or incomplete ballots received prior to the voting deadline. Illegible or incomplete ballots that are received on the voting deadline or that cannot be resolved by the voting deadline shall not be counted. Promptly after the votes are tabulated, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare a notice announcing the results of the vote. Such notice shall include the percentage of Voting Rights in favor of the proposition, the percentage against the proposition and the percentage abstaining. In addition, the notice will announce whether the proposition has been adopted by Certificateholders. The notice shall be distributed in accordance with the methods described in Section 5.08(a) above. The Certificate Administrator shall also include such notice on the Form 10-D prepared in connection with the distribution period that corresponds with the date such notice is distributed. All vote tabulations shall be final and the Certificate Administrator shall not, absent manifest error, retabulate the votes or conduct a new vote for the same proposition.

 

(d)           Unless otherwise paid for by any Holder pursuant to Section 8.01 or Section 8.02, or clause (e) below, any and all reasonable expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering any vote shall be borne by the Trust. The Certificate Administrator is under no obligation to advise Holders about the matter being voted

 

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on or answer questions other than process-related questions regarding the administration of the vote.

 

(e)           If any party to this Agreement believes a vote of Certificateholders is needed for some matter related to the administration of the Trust that is not specifically contemplated herein, such party may request the Certificate Administrator to conduct a vote and the Certificate Administrator will conduct the requested vote in accordance with these procedures. Unless specifically provided herein, all such votes require a majority of Certificateholders to carry a proposition.

 

Article VI
THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE

DIRECTING HOLDER, THE OPERATING ADVISOR AND THE ASSET

REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

 

Section 6.01        Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer each shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed by this Agreement.

 

Section 6.02        Merger or Consolidation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor. Subject to the following paragraph, each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and good standing as a national banking association under the laws of the United States of America or a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Florida, respectively, and shall not jeopardize its ability to do business in each jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Properties securing the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing are located or to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the Certificates or any of such Mortgage Loans that it is servicing and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement. In addition, subject to the following paragraph, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and good standing as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of New York and shall not jeopardize its ability to do business in each jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Properties are located or to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the Certificates or any of such Mortgage Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.

 

Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer may be merged or consolidated with or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, in which case any Person into which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer may be merged or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer is a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the

 

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Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, shall be the successor of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as applicable, hereunder, and shall be deemed to have assumed all of the liabilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as applicable, hereunder, if each of the Rating Agencies has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any; provided that none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall be required to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation from any Rating Agency if the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor, as applicable, is merged into or consolidated with a Qualified Affiliate or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to a Qualified Affiliate; provided, further, if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor enters into a merger and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, is the surviving entity under applicable law, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, shall not, as a result of the merger, be required to provide a Rating Agency Confirmation or obtain the consent of the Depositor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer may remain the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as applicable, under this Agreement after (x) being merged or consolidated with or into any Person that is a Prohibited Party, or (y) transferring all or substantially all of its assets to any Person if such Person is a Prohibited Party, except to the extent (i) the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as applicable, is the surviving entity of such merger, consolidation or transfer and has been and continues to be in compliance with its Regulation AB reporting obligations hereunder or (ii) the Depositor consents to such merger, consolidation or transfer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall keep in full effect its existence and rights as an entity under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and shall be in compliance with the laws of all jurisdictions to the extent necessary to perform its duties under this Agreement. Any Person into which the Asset Representations Reviewer may be merged or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Asset Representations Reviewer, shall be the successor of the Asset Representations Reviewer hereunder, and shall be deemed to have assumed all of the liabilities and obligations of such Asset Representations Reviewer hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that the Trustee has received a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such successor or surviving Person.

 

Section 6.03        Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and Others. (a) None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer nor any Affiliates, partners, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, members, managers, representatives or agents (including sub-servicers) of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be under any liability to the Trust Fund, the Certificateholders, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, any party hereto or any third party beneficiary for

 

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any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, in good faith pursuant to this Agreement (including actions taken or not taken at the direction of any Directing Holder), or for errors in judgment; provided, that this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, or any Affiliate, representative, member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent (including sub-servicers) of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, against any breach of warranties or representations made herein, or against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence (or in the case of (x) the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, by reason of any specific liability imposed hereunder for a breach of the Servicing Standard, (y) the Operating Advisor, by reason of any specific liability imposed hereunder for a breach of the Operating Advisor Standard or (z) the Asset Representations Reviewer, by reason of any specific liability imposed hereunder for a breach of the Asset Review Standard) in the performance of duties or by reason of negligent disregard of obligations or duties hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and any Affiliate, representative, member, manager, director, officer, employee or agent (including sub-servicers) of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor may rely in good faith on any document of any kind which, prima facie, is properly executed and submitted by any appropriate Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. In addition, in no event shall the Depositor be obligated to cause any party to perform or comply with the obligations to remit the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee to CREFC®, to report any such CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee so paid or to make available any Distribution Date Statement to the general public (or in particular, CREFC®).

 

The Trust Fund and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder shall be indemnified and held harmless by each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor (severally and not jointly) for any loss, liability or expense (including legal fees and expenses) incurred in connection with any claim, loss, penalty, fine, foreclosure, judgment or liability relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, incurred by the Trust Fund or such Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable, by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder, or by reason of negligent disregard of obligations and duties thereunder, on the part of such indemnifying party.

 

The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and any Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, members, managers, representatives and agents (including sub-servicers) of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense (including legal fees and expenses, including legal fees and expenses incurred in enforcing any rights under this Agreement) incurred in connection with any claim, loss, penalty, fine, foreclosure, judgment, liability or legal action relating to this Agreement or the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense (including legal fees and expenses) (i) incurred by such party by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of obligations and duties thereunder or (ii) in the

 

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case of the Depositor and any of its Affiliates, directors, officers, representatives, members, managers, employees and agents, incurred in connection with any violation by any of them of any state or federal securities law; provided that such indemnified parties shall be paid out of the Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement; provided, further, that if such matter relates directly to any Serviced Whole Loan, such indemnified parties shall be paid first out of the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account (allocated in accordance with the expense allocation provision of the related Intercreditor Agreement), and then, if funds therein are insufficient, out of the Collection Account; provided that the Master Servicer shall, after receiving payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, if any, (i) promptly notify the related Companion Loan Noteholder and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to exercise on behalf of the Trust any rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain reimbursement for a pro rata portion of such amount allocable to the related Serviced Companion Loans from the related Companion Loan Noteholders.

 

The Depositor shall indemnify the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor and each of their respective Affiliates and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents, and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that such indemnified party may sustain in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by such indemnified party in any action or proceeding between the Depositor and such indemnified party or between such indemnified party and any third party or otherwise) resulting from the Depositor’s willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of each of its duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of its respective obligations and duties hereunder.

 

The Operating Advisor shall indemnify the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Depositor and each of their respective Affiliates and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents, and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that such indemnified party may sustain in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by such indemnified party in any action or proceeding between the Operating Advisor and such indemnified party or between such indemnified party and any third party or otherwise) resulting from the Operating Advisor’s willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of each of its duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of its respective obligations and duties hereunder.

 

The Asset Representations Reviewer shall indemnify the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor and the Trust and each of their Affiliates and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee, representative or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence of the Asset

 

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Representations Reviewer in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Asset Representations Reviewer of its duties and obligations hereunder.

 

(b)           None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that (i) is not incidental to its respective duties under this Agreement or (ii) in its opinion, may expose it to any expense or liability not recoverable from the Trust Fund; provided, that each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor may in its discretion undertake any such action that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders and holders of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if applicable, hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust Fund and the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor from the Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement) no later than 60 days after submitting such expenses or costs for reimbursement, provided that a failure to reimburse such parties within such 60 days will not affect or limit such parties’ rights to receive reimbursement hereunder; provided, further, that in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, such amounts shall be allocated in accordance with the expense allocation provision of the related Intercreditor Agreement, and such parties shall be entitled to be reimbursed first, from the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account and then, from the Collection Account, all in accordance with Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(c)           The terms of this Section 6.03 shall survive the termination of any party hereto or of this Agreement.

 

(d)           For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any indemnification provisions in this Agreement providing that the Trust Fund or a party to this Agreement is required to indemnify another party to this Agreement for costs, fees and expenses, such costs, fees and expenses shall include costs (including, but not limited to reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses) of the enforcement of such indemnity.

 

Section 6.04        Limitation on Resignation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor; Termination of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor. (a) Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor may assign their respective rights and delegate their respective duties and obligations under this Agreement in connection with the sale or transfer of a substantial portion of their commercial mortgage servicing, asset management or (solely with respect to the Operating Advisor) commercial mortgage surveillance, portfolio, provided that: (i) the purchaser or transferee accepting such assignment and delegation (A) shall be an established mortgage finance institution, bank or mortgage servicing institution (or, in the case of the Operating Advisor, an Eligible Operating Advisor), organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state of the United States of America or the District of

 

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Columbia, authorized under such laws to perform the duties of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor or a Person resulting from a merger, consolidation or succession that is permitted under Section 6.02 of this Agreement, (B) shall be acceptable to each Rating Agency as confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator relating to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any, (C) shall execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator an agreement that contains an assumption by such Person of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor, as applicable under this Agreement from and after the date of such agreement and (D) shall not be a Prohibited Party; (ii) the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall not be released from its obligations under this Agreement that arose prior to the effective date of such assignment and delegation under this Section 6.04; (iii) the rate at which the Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation or Operating Advisor Fee, as applicable (or any component thereof) is calculated shall not exceed the rate then in effect and (iv) the resigning Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor, as applicable, shall be responsible for the reasonable costs and expenses of each other party hereto and the Rating Agencies in connection with such transfer. Upon acceptance of such assignment and delegation, the purchaser or transferee shall be the successor Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor, as applicable, hereunder.

 

(b)           Except as provided in Section 6.02 of this Agreement and this Section 6.04, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall not resign from its respective obligations and duties hereby imposed on it except (i) upon determination that such duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law, (ii) in connection with the assignment of rights and delegation of duties as set forth in Section 6.04(a), or (iii) solely with respect to the Operating Advisor, pursuant to Section 6.04(e). Any such determination described in clause (i) above permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the resigning Master Servicer’s, Special Servicer’s or Operating Advisor’s expense) to such effect delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.

 

(c)           The Trustee shall be permitted to remove the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer upon a Master Servicer Termination Event or Special Servicer Termination Event, as applicable. Without limiting the generality of the succeeding paragraph, no such removal shall be effective unless and until (i) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer has been paid any unpaid Servicing Compensation or Special Servicing Compensation, as applicable, unreimbursed Advances (including Advance Interest Amounts thereon to which it is entitled) and all other amounts to which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is entitled hereunder to the extent such amounts accrue prior to such effective date and (ii) with respect to a resignation by the Master Servicer, the successor Master Servicer has deposited into the Investment Accounts from which amounts were withdrawn to reimburse the terminated Master Servicer, an amount equal to the amounts so withdrawn, to the extent such amounts would not have been permitted to be withdrawn except pursuant to this paragraph, in which case the successor Master Servicer shall, immediately upon deposit, have the same right of reimbursement or payment as the

 

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terminated Master Servicer had immediately prior to its termination without regard to the operation of this paragraph.

 

(d)          No resignation or removal of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor as contemplated by the preceding paragraphs of this Section 6.04 shall become effective until (i) the Trustee or a successor Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor shall have assumed the resigning or terminated Master Servicer’s, Special Servicer’s or Operating Advisor’s responsibilities, duties, liabilities and obligations hereunder, (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 10.09, (iii) any other information required under Section 10.03 or Section 10.09 has been delivered to any applicable Other Depositor with respect to any related Companion Loan, and (iv) as to any resignation, removal, succession, merger or consolidation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer that would constitute a Reportable Event, upon at least 4 Business Days prior notice of the anticipated effective date of such event, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor shall cooperate in a timely manner with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any other Person pursuing such resignation, removal, succession, merger or consolidation, as applicable, in connection with the Depositor’s or the Certificate Administrator’s obligation to file any related required Form 8-K relating to this Trust on the anticipated effective date of such event. If no successor Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor can be obtained to perform such obligations for the same compensation to which the terminated Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor would have been entitled, additional amounts payable to such successor Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor shall be treated as Realized Losses.

 

(e)           The Operating Advisor may resign from its obligations and duties hereby imposed on it (a) upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Directing Holder, if applicable, and (b) upon the appointment of, and the acceptance of such appointment by, a successor Operating Advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor. No such resignation by the Operating Advisor shall become effective until the replacement Operating Advisor shall have assumed the resigning Operating Advisor’s responsibilities and obligations. The resigning Operating Advisor shall pay all costs and expenses (including costs and expenses incurred by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) associated with a transfer of its duties pursuant to this Section 6.04(e).

 

Section 6.05        Rights of the Depositor and the Trustee in Respect of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. Solely with respect to their performance of their respective duties under this Agreement, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall afford the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Rating Agencies, upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours access to all records maintained by it in respect of its rights and obligations hereunder and access to its officers responsible for such obligations. Upon written request, the Master Servicer and/or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall furnish to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee its most recent publicly available financial statements (or, with respect to the Master Servicer, those of its ultimate parent) and such other

 

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non-proprietary information as the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion as it possesses, which is relevant to the performance of its duties hereunder and which it is not prohibited by applicable law or contract from disclosing. The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the obligations of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder which are in default and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of such Person hereunder or exercise any rights of such Person hereunder, provided that the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder by virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its designee. If the Depositor or its designee undertakes any such action, it will be reimbursed by the Trust Fund from the Collection Accounts (or with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, to the extent such reimbursement is allocable to such Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account), as provided in Section 3.06 and Section 6.03(a) hereof to the extent not recoverable from the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. None of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer (solely with respect to any action or failure to act by the Special Servicer) or the Special Servicer (solely with respect to any action or failure to act by the Master Servicer) shall have any responsibility or liability for any action or failure to act by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and no such party is obligated to monitor or supervise the performance of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer under this Agreement or otherwise. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be under any obligation to disclose confidential or proprietary information pursuant to this Section.

 

Section 6.06        The Master Servicer or Special Servicer as Owners of a Certificate. The Master Servicer or an Affiliate of the Master Servicer, or the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Special Servicer, may become the Holder (or with respect to a Global Certificate, Certificate Owner) of any Certificate with the same rights it would have if it were not the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof. If, at any time during which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is the Holder or Certificate Owner of any Certificate, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer proposes to take action (including for this purpose, omitting to take action) that (i) is not expressly prohibited by the terms hereof and would not, in the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s good faith judgment, violate the Servicing Standard, and (ii) if taken, might nonetheless, in the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s good faith judgment, be considered by other Persons to violate the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may, but will not be required to, seek the approval of the Certificateholders to such action (or inaction) by delivering to the Certificate Administrator a written notice that (i) states that it is delivered pursuant to this Section 6.06, (ii) identifies the Percentage Interest of each Class of Certificates beneficially owned by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and (iii) describes in reasonable detail the action (or inaction) that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer proposes to take (or refrain from taking). The Certificate Administrator, upon receipt of such notice, shall forward it to the Certificateholders (other than the Master Servicer and its Affiliates or the Special Servicer and its Affiliates, as appropriate) together with such instructions for response as the Certificate Administrator shall reasonably determine. If at any time Certificateholders holding a majority of the Voting Rights of all Certificateholders and, if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the applicable Directing Holder (calculated without regard to the Certificates

 

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beneficially owned by the Master Servicer or its Affiliates or the Special Servicer or its Affiliates, as applicable) shall have consented in writing to the proposal described in the written notice, and if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall act as proposed in the written notice, such action shall be deemed to comply with the Servicing Standard. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of the reasonable expenses of the Certificate Administrator incurred pursuant to this paragraph. It is not the intent of the foregoing provision that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be permitted to invoke the procedure set forth herein with respect to routine servicing matters arising hereunder, except in the case of unusual circumstances.

 

Section 6.07        The Directing Holder and the Operating Advisor. (a) For so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all Specially Serviced Loans (other than any Conflicted Loan with respect to such Directing Holder), (2) the Special Servicer with respect to Performing Loans (other than any Conflicted Loan with respect to such Directing Holder) as to all Special Servicer Major Decisions and (3) the Master Servicer with respect to Performing Loans (other than any Conflicted Loan with respect to such Directing Holder) as to all Master Servicer Major Decisions.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except as set forth in, and in any event subject to, this Section 6.07, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, any applicable Conflicted Loan or any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) or any Serviced Whole Loan (other than any Servicing Shift Whole Loan), for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be permitted to take any action that constitutes a Major Decision, and the Special Servicer shall not consent to the Master Servicer’s taking any of the following actions that are Special Servicer Major Decisions, as to which the Directing Holder has objected in writing within ten (10) Business Days (or, in connection with an Acceptable Insurance Default, 30 days) after receipt of a written report by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, describing in reasonable detail (i) the background and circumstances requiring action of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, (ii) the proposed course of action recommended, and (iii) all information reasonably requested by the Directing Holder, and in the possession of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in order to grant or withhold such consent, which report may, if prepared by the Special Servicer, in its sole discretion, take the form of an Asset Status Report (the “Major Decision Reporting Package”) (provided that if such written objection has not been received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, within such 10-Business Day (or 30-day) period, then the Directing Holder will be deemed to have approved such action); provided that, if the Special Servicer or Master Servicer (if the Master Servicer is otherwise authorized by this Agreement to take such action), as applicable, determines that immediate action, with respect to the foregoing matters, or any other matter requiring consent of the Directing Holder (if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) in this Agreement, is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders constituted a single lender and with respect

 

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to any Serviced Whole Loan with a related Subordinate Companion Loan, taking into account the subordinate nature of such Subordinate Companion Loan) and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has made a reasonable effort to contact the Directing Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may take any such action without waiting for the Directing Holder’s response.

 

If a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, but for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer, as applicable, will be required to obtain the consent of the Directing Holder with respect to any of the Major Decisions or Asset Status Reports, but shall consult with the Directing Holder in connection with any Major Decision that it is processing or, in the case of the Special Servicer, any Asset Status Report (or any other matter for which the consent of the Directing Holder would have been required or for which the Directing Holder would have the right to direct the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer if no Control Termination Event had occurred and was continuing) and to consider alternative actions recommended by the Directing Holder in respect of such Major Decision or Asset Status Report (or such other matter). Such consultation will not be binding on the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer. In the event the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, receives no response from the Directing Holder within 10 days following the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s written request for input (which request shall include the related Major Decision Reporting Package) on any required consultation, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not be obligated to consult with the Directing Holder on the specific matter.

 

(b)           Prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the Special Servicer shall provide each Major Decision Reporting Package relating to a Special Servicer Major Decision to the Operating Advisor promptly after the Special Servicer receives the Controlling Class Representative’s approval or deemed approval of such Major Decision Reporting Package; provided, however, that with respect to any Performing Loan no Major Decision Reporting Package shall be required to be delivered (and the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts not to deliver such Major Decision Reporting Package) prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event (whether or not a Control Termination Event is continuing), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide each Major Decision Reporting Package to the Operating Advisor simultaneously with the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s written request, as applicable, for the Operating Advisor’s input regarding the related Major Decision (which written request and Major Decision Reporting Package may be delivered in one notice), as set forth below. With respect to any particular Major Decision and/or related Major Decision Reporting Package or any Asset Status Report required to be delivered by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall make available to the Operating Advisor a servicing officer with the relevant knowledge regarding the Mortgage Loan and such Major Decision and/or Asset Status Report in order to address reasonable questions that the Operating Advisor may have relating to, among other things, such Major Decision and/or Asset Status Report.

 

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If an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor in connection with any proposed Major Decision that it is processing as to which it has delivered to the Operating Advisor a Major Decision Reporting Package (and any other actions which otherwise require consultation with the Operating Advisor) and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, provided that such consultation is on a non-binding basis. In the event that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, receives no response from the Operating Advisor within ten (10) days following the later of (i) its written request for input (which request is required to include the related Major Decision Reporting Package) on any required consultation and (ii) delivery of all such additional information reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor that is in possession of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, related to the subject matter of such consultation, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not be obligated to consult with the Operating Advisor on the specific matter, subject to paragraph (c) below. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any applicable Conflicted Loan related to the Controlling Class Representative (regardless of whether an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing), the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the related Conflicted Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions that it is processing or for which it must give its consent or for which it must give its consent and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

 

(c)           The failure of the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor to respond to any request for consent or consultation will not relieve the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer from using reasonable efforts to seek the consent of or consult with, as applicable, the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor on any future matters with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any other Mortgage Loan.

 

In addition, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder may direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to a Mortgage Loan as the Directing Holder may deem advisable or as to which provision is otherwise made herein; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no such direction from the Directing Holder and no advice from the Operating Advisor, and no objection contemplated by the preceding paragraph or this paragraph, may require or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to violate any provision of any Mortgage Loan, applicable law, this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement or the REMIC Provisions, including without limitation the Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, or expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Trust Fund, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee to liability, or materially expand the scope of the Special Servicer’s responsibilities hereunder.

 

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Advisor, would otherwise cause the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, to violate the terms of any Mortgage Loan, any Intercreditor Agreement, applicable law, the REMIC Provisions or this Agreement, including without limitation, the Servicing Standard, the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, shall disregard such refusal to consent or advice and notify the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement) of its determination, including a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis therefor. The taking of, or refraining from taking, any action by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer in accordance with the direction of or approval of the Directing Holder or the Operating Advisor that does not violate any law or the Servicing Standard or any other provisions of this Agreement or any Intercreditor Agreements will not result in any liability on the part of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, with respect to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, (i) at all times when no Consultation Termination Event has occurred, the Controlling Class Representative shall be entitled to the rights of the “Non-Directing Holder” (or similar term) under the related Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) at no time shall the Operating Advisor be entitled to the rights of the “Non-Directing Holder” (or similar term) under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

The Directing Holder shall have no liability to the Trust Fund, any party to this Agreement, any Certificateholders or any other Person for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, or for errors in judgment; provided that the Directing Holder shall not be protected against any liability to a Controlling Class Certificateholder that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations or duties.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (i) if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder shall have no right to consent to any action taken or not taken by any party to this Agreement; (ii) if a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing but no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder shall remain entitled to receive any notices, reports or information to which it is entitled pursuant to this Agreement, and the Master Servicer, Special Servicer and any other applicable party shall consult with the Directing Holder in connection with any action to be taken or refrained from taking to the extent set forth herein; and (iii) if a Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder shall have no consultation or consent rights hereunder and no right to receive any notices, reports or information (other than notices, Voting Rights given to all Certificateholders and rights to receive reports or information required to be delivered to all Certificateholders) or any other rights as Directing Holder.

 

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Upon such request, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly (but in no event more than five (5) Business Days following such request) provide the name of the then-current Directing Holder to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor, but only to the extent the Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge of the identity of the then-current Directing Holder; provided that if the Certificate Administrator does not have actual knowledge of the identity of the then-current Directing Holder, then the Certificate Administrator shall promptly (i) determine which Class is the Controlling Class and (ii) request from the Controlling Class Certificateholders the identity of the Directing Holder. Any expenses incurred in connection with obtaining such information shall be at the expense of the requesting party, except that if (i) such expenses arise in connection with an event as to which the Directing Holder (or Controlling Class Representative) has review, consent or consultation rights with respect to an action taken by, or report prepared by, the requesting party pursuant to this Agreement or in connection with a request made by the Operating Advisor in connection with its obligation under this Agreement to deliver a copy of the Operating Advisor Annual Report to the Controlling Class Representative and (ii) the requesting party has not been notified of the identity of the Directing Holder (or Controlling Class Representative) or reasonably believes that the identity of the Directing Holder (or Controlling Class Representative) has changed, then such expenses shall be at the expense of the Trust. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor, shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any such information so provided.

 

To the extent the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer has written notice of any change in the identity of a Directing Holder or the list of Holders (or Certificate Owners, if applicable) of the Controlling Class (and not otherwise known to the Trustee), then the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly notify the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer thereof, who may rely conclusively on such notice from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable.

 

Section 6.08        Rights of Non-Directing Holder. With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall:

 

(a)           consult with the related Non-Directing Holder (or its designee or representative) on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent that such Non-Directing Holder (or its designee or representative) requests consultation with respect to any “major decision” or “major action” set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to the Serviced Whole Loan, and to consider alternative actions recommended by such Non-Directing Holder (or its designee or representative); provided, that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from the delivery to the related Non-Directing Holder (or its designee or representative) of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the related notice, information or report, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall no longer be obligated to consult with the applicable Non-Directing Holder (or its designee or representative) (unless the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period

 

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shall begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto). Notwithstanding the foregoing non-binding consultation rights of the Non-Directing Holder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may take any “major decision” or “major action” set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement or any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholder and the related Companion Loan Noteholder. Unless specified otherwise in the related Intercreditor Agreement, neither the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by the Non-Directing Holder; and

 

(b)          in addition to the foregoing non-binding consultation rights, if provided for in the related Intercreditor Agreement, the Non-Directing Holder shall have the right to annual conference calls with the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer at the offices of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the related Whole Loan are discussed.

 

Article VII

SERVICER AND OPERATING ADVISOR TERMINATION

 

Section 7.01        Servicer Termination Events. (a) “Master Servicer Termination Event,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:

 

(i)            any failure by the Master Servicer (A) to make any deposit required to the Collection Account or the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account for any Serviced Whole Loan on the day and by the time such deposit was first required to be made under the terms of this Agreement, which failure is not remedied within two Business Days, (B) to deposit into, or remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into, any Distribution Account any amount required to be so deposited or remitted (including, without limitation, any required P&I Advance, unless the Master Servicer determines such P&I Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance), which failure is not remedied by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the relevant Distribution Date (provided, that to the extent the Master Servicer does not timely make such remittance to the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer shall pay the Certificate Administrator for the account of the Certificate Administrator interest on any amount not timely remitted at the Prime Rate from and including the applicable required remittance date to, but not including, the date such remittance is actually made), or (C) to remit to any holder of a Serviced Companion Loan, as and when required by this Agreement or any related Intercreditor Agreement, any amount required to be so remitted (which failure continues for two Business Days);

 

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which failure continues unremedied for a period of 30 days (or (A) with respect to any year that a report on Form 10-K is required to be filed, five (5) Business Days in the case of the Master Servicer’s obligations contemplated by Article X (except as otherwise provided under clause (viii) of this definition of “Master Servicer Termination Event”), or (B) 15 days in the case of the Master Servicer’s failure to make a Servicing Advance or 45 days in the case of failure to pay the premium for any insurance policy required to be force placed by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement or in any event such reasonable shorter period of time as is necessary to avoid the commencement of foreclosure proceedings for any lien relating to unpaid real estate taxes or assessments or a lapse in any required insurance coverage) after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer, by (a) any other party hereto, with a copy to each other party to this Agreement, (b) the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of such Class or (c) an affected Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder; provided, if such failure is capable of being cured and the Master Servicer is diligently pursuing such cure, such 15-, 30- or 45-day period, as applicable, will be extended an additional 30 days provided, further, however, that such extended period will not apply to the obligations regarding Exchange Act reporting contemplated by Article X;

 

(iii)          any breach on the part of the Master Servicer of any representation or warranty contained in Section 2.04(a) of this Agreement, which materially and adversely affects the interests of any Class of Certificateholders or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and which continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which notice of such breach, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given (a) to the Master Servicer by any party hereto or (b) to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee (x) by the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of such Class or (y) by an affected Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder; provided, if such breach is capable of being cured and the Master Servicer is diligently pursuing such cure, such 30-day period will be extended an additional 30 days;

 

(iv)          a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Master Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged, undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days;

 

(v)           the Master Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Master Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property;

 

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(vi)          the Master Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations or take any corporate action in furtherance of the foregoing;

 

(vii)         (a) Moody’s has (A) qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more Classes of Certificates, or (B) placed one or more Classes of Certificates on “watch status” in contemplation of possible rating downgrade or withdrawal (and such qualification, downgrade or withdrawal or “watch status” placement shall not have been withdrawn by Moody’s within sixty (60) days of such event), and, in the case of either of clause (A) or (B), publicly citing servicing concerns with the Master Servicer as the sole or a material factor in such rating action, (b) DBRS has (A) qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more Classes of Certificates, or (B) placed one or more Classes of Certificates on “watch status” in contemplation of possible rating downgrade or withdrawal (and such qualification, downgrade or withdrawal or “watch status” placement shall not have been withdrawn by DBRS within sixty (60) days of such event), and, in the case of either of clause (A) or (B), publicly citing servicing concerns with the Master Servicer as the sole or a material factor in such rating action, or (c) the Master Servicer is no longer rated at least “CMS3” by Fitch and such Master Servicer is not reinstated to at least that rating within 60 days of the delisting; or

 

(viii)       subject to Section 10.16(c), any failure by the Master Servicer to deliver (a) any Exchange Act reporting items required to be delivered by the Master Servicer to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator under Article X by the time required under Article X or (b) any Exchange Act reporting items that a primary servicer, sub-servicer or Servicing Function Participant (such entity, the “Sub-Servicing Entity”) retained by the Master Servicer (but excluding any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) is required to deliver (any Sub-Servicing Entity shall be terminated if it defaults in accordance with the provision of this clause (viii));

 

then, and in each and every such case, so long as a Master Servicer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may, and at the written direction of (x) the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights of all Certificates or (y) the Depositor with respect to clause (ii) above (to the extent such Master Servicer Termination Event relates to the obligations regarding Exchange Act reporting contemplated by Article X) or clause (viii) above upon five (5) Business Days’ notice, shall, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer (other than as set forth in Section 7.01(d)). In the case of clause (vii), the Certificate Administrator shall be required to notify Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of such Master Servicer Termination Event and request whether such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders favor such termination.

 

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If the Master Servicer is also the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer is terminated as provided in this Section 7.01, then the Master Servicer shall also be terminated as Special Servicer.

 

If the Master Servicer receives notice of termination under this Section 7.01(a) solely due to a Master Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(a)(vii) and if the Master Servicer provides the Trustee with the appropriate “request for proposal” materials within five (5) Business Days following such termination notice, then the Master Servicer shall continue to serve as Master Servicer hereunder until a successor Master Servicer is selected in accordance with this Section 7.01(a). Upon receipt of the “request for proposal” materials, the Trustee shall promptly thereafter (using such “request for proposal” materials provided by the Master Servicer) solicit good faith bids for the rights to service the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans under this Agreement from at least three (3) Persons qualified to act as Master Servicer hereunder in accordance with Section 6.02 and 7.02 of this Agreement (any such Person so qualified, a “Qualified Bidder”) or, if three (3) Qualified Bidders cannot be located, then from as many persons as the Trustee can determine are Qualified Bidders; provided that, at the Trustee’s request, the Master Servicer shall supply the Trustee with the names of Persons from whom to solicit such bids; and provided, further, that the Trustee shall not be responsible if less than three (3) or no Qualified Bidders submit bids for the right to service the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans under this Agreement. The bid proposal shall require any Successful Bidder (as defined below), as a condition of such bid, to enter into this Agreement as successor Master Servicer, and to agree to be bound by the terms hereof, within 45 days after the notice of termination of the Master Servicer. The materials provided to the Trustee shall provide for soliciting bids: (i) on the basis of such successor Master Servicer retaining all Sub-Servicers to continue the primary servicing of the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans pursuant to the terms of the respective Sub-Servicing Agreements and entering into a Sub-Servicing Agreement with the terminated Master Servicer to service each of the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans for which it was the Master Servicer and not subject to a Sub-Servicing Agreement at a sub-servicing fee rate per annum equal to, for each Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan serviced, the excess of the related Servicing Fee Rate minus the related Excess Servicing Fee Rate (each, a “Servicing Retained Bid”); and (ii) on the basis of terminating each Sub-Servicing Agreement and Sub-Servicer that it is permitted to terminate in accordance with Section 3.01(c) of this Agreement (each, a “Servicing Released Bid”). The Trustee shall select the Qualified Bidder with the highest cash Servicing Retained Bid (or, if none, the highest cash Servicing Released Bid from any Person qualified to act as a Master Servicer) (the “Successful Bidder”) to act as successor Master Servicer hereunder; provided, that if the Trustee does not receive a Rating Agency Confirmation in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.30 of this Agreement with respect to such Successful Bidder, then the Trustee shall repeat the bid process described above (but subject to the above described 45 day time period) until such Rating Agency Confirmation is obtained. The Trustee shall direct the Successful Bidder to enter into this Agreement as successor Master Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof no later than 45 days after notice of the termination of the Master Servicer; provided, that the initial Master Servicer may request and obtain, with the prior written consent of the Directing Holder, an additional 20 days for such sale and assumption to be completed so long as the initial Master Servicer delivers to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that the

 

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sale and assumption of the right to service the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans cannot be completed in the initial 45-day period and specifying the reasons therefor.

 

Upon the assignment and acceptance of master servicing rights hereunder (subject to the terms of Section 3.12 of this Agreement) to and by the Successful Bidder, the Trustee shall remit or cause to be remitted (i) if the successful bid was a Servicing Retained Bid, to the Master Servicer to be terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01(a), the amount of such cash bid received from the Successful Bidder (net of “out of pocket” expenses incurred in connection with obtaining such bid and transferring servicing) and (ii) if the successful bid was a Servicing Released Bid, to the Master Servicer and each terminated Sub-Servicer its respective Bid Allocation.

 

The Master Servicer to be terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01(a) shall be responsible for all out of pocket expenses incurred in connection with the attempt to sell its rights to service the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans, which expenses are not reimbursed to the party that incurred such expenses pursuant to the preceding paragraph.

 

If the Successful Bidder has not entered into this Agreement as successor Master Servicer within the above described time period or no Successful Bidder was identified within the above described time period, the Master Servicer to be terminated pursuant to Section 7.01(a) of this Agreement shall reimburse the Trustee for all reasonable “out of pocket” expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with such bid process and the Trustee shall have no further obligations under this Section 7.01(a). The Trustee thereafter may act or may select a successor to act as Master Servicer hereunder in accordance with Section 7.02 of this Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article VII, if the Master Servicer shall timely deliver the notice and request for proposal materials referred to in the fourth preceding paragraph, no resignation or termination of the Master Servicer shall be effective in connection with a Master Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(a)(vii) of this Agreement, and the Master Servicer shall continue to perform as such and to collect the servicing fee until the conclusion of the process described in this Section 7.01(a).

 

(b)           Special Servicer Termination Event,” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:

 

(i)            any failure by the Special Servicer to deposit into the REO Account at or within the time specified by this Agreement and such failure continues unremedied for two Business Days, or any failure by the Special Servicer to remit to Master Servicer for deposit into, the Collection Account (or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account) any amount required to be so remitted by the Special Servicer pursuant to, and at the time specified by, the terms of this Agreement; provided, that the failure of the Special Servicer to remit such amount to the Master Servicer shall not be a Special Servicer Termination Event if such failure is remedied within two Business Days and if the Special Servicer has compensated the Master Servicer for any loss of income on such amount suffered by the Master Servicer due to

 

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and caused by the late remittance of the Special Servicer and reimburse the Trust for any resulting Advance Interest Amount due to the Master Servicer;

 

(ii)           any failure on the part of the Special Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material respect any of its other covenants or obligations contained in this Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a period of 30 days (or (A) with respect to any year that a report on Form 10-K is required to be filed, five (5) Business Days in the case of the Special Servicer’s obligations contemplated by Article X (except as otherwise provided under clause (viii) of this definition of “Special Servicer Termination Event”), or (B) 45 days in the case of failure to pay the premium for any insurance policy required to be force placed by the Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement or in any event such reasonable shorter period of time as is necessary to avoid the commencement of foreclosure proceedings for any lien relating to unpaid real estate taxes or assessments or a lapse in any required insurance coverage) after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Special Servicer, by (a) any other party hereto, with a copy to each other party to this Agreement, (b) the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of such Class or (c) an affected Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder; provided, if such failure is capable of being cured and the Special Servicer is diligently pursuing such cure, such 30- or 45-day period, as applicable, will be extended an additional 30 days provided, further, however, that such extended period will not apply to the obligations regarding Exchange Act reporting contemplated by Article X;

 

(iii)          any breach on the part of the Special Servicer of any representation or warranty contained in Section 2.04(b) of this Agreement, which materially and adversely affects the interests of any Class of Certificateholders or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders and which continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which notice of such breach, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given (a) to the Special Servicer by any party hereto, or (b) to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Trustee (x) by the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of such Class or (y) by an affected Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder; provided, if such breach is capable of being cured and the Special Servicer is diligently pursuing such cure, such 30-day period will be extended an additional 30 days;

 

(iv)         a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Special Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged, undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days;

 

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(v)           the Special Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Special Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property;

 

(vi)          the Special Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations or take any corporate action in furtherance of the foregoing;

 

(vii)         (a) Moody’s has (A) qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more Classes of Certificates, or (B) placed one or more Classes of Certificates on “watch status” in contemplation of possible rating downgrade or withdrawal (and such qualification, downgrade or withdrawal or “watch status” placement shall not have been withdrawn by Moody’s within sixty (60) days of such event), and, in the case of either of clause (A) or (B), publicly citing servicing concerns with the Special Servicer as the sole or a material factor in such rating action, (b) DBRS has (A) qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more Classes of Certificates, or (B) placed one or more Classes of Certificates on “watch status” in contemplation of possible rating downgrade or withdrawal (and such qualification, downgrade or withdrawal or “watch status” placement shall not have been withdrawn by DBRS within sixty (60) days of actual knowledge by the Special Servicer of such event), and, in the case of either of clause (A) or (B), publicly citing servicing concerns with the Special Servicer as the sole or a material factor in such rating action, or (c)  the Special Servicer is no longer rated at least “CSS3” by Fitch and such Special Servicer is not reinstated to at least that rating within 60 days of the delisting; or

 

(viii)       subject to Section 10.16(c) and any grace period described in Section 7.01(b)(ii), any failure by the Special Servicer to deliver (a) any Exchange Act reporting items required to be delivered by the Special Servicer to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator under Article X by the time required under Article X or (b) any Exchange Act reporting items that a primary servicer, sub-servicer or Servicing Function Participant (such entity, the “Sub-Servicing Entity”) retained by the Special Servicer (but excluding any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) is required to deliver (any Sub-Servicing Entity shall be terminated if it defaults in accordance with the provision of this clause (viii));

 

then, and in each and every such case, so long as a Special Servicer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, the Trustee may, and at the written direction of (x) the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights of all Certificates, (y) for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder, or (z) the Depositor with respect to clause (viii) above upon five (5) Business Days’ notice, shall, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Special Servicer (other than the rights to indemnification provided in Section 6.03(a) of this Agreement and compensation provided in Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement). In the case of clause (vii) above, the Trustee shall, upon actual knowledge by a

 

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Responsible Officer of such Special Servicer Termination Event, be required to notify the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator, upon receipt of such notice or upon actual knowledge by a Responsible Officer of such Special Servicer Termination Event, shall notify the Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of such Special Servicer Termination Event and request whether such Certificateholders and, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders favor such termination.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding Section 7.01(a), (i) if any Master Servicer Termination Event occurs that affects a Serviced Companion Loan and the Master Servicer is not otherwise terminated or (ii) if an NRSRO engaged to rate a Serviced Companion Loan Security qualifies, downgrades or withdraws its rating of such Serviced Companion Loan Security, publicly citing servicing concerns with the Master Servicer as the sole or a material factor in such rating action and that rating action is not withdrawn within 60 days, then the Trustee, at the direction of the Companion Loan Noteholder, shall direct the Master Servicer to appoint a sub-servicer (or if a sub-servicer is then sub-servicing such Serviced Whole Loan, to appoint a new sub-servicer to service such Serviced Whole Loan, but only if such existing sub-servicer is in default after any applicable cure periods under the related sub-servicing agreement, and the Master Servicer shall be permitted to terminate the sub-servicing agreement due to such default) with respect all of the rights and obligations of the Master Servicer under this Agreement related to such Serviced Whole Loan. The Master Servicer shall appoint a replacement sub-servicer with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan; provided, that such sub-servicer meets the eligibility requirements of a successor master servicer under Section 7.02 (including receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates and Serviced Companion Loan Securities, if any) and the eligibility requirements of each Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding Section 7.01(b), (i) if any Special Servicer Termination Event occurs that affects a Serviced Companion Loan and the Special Servicer is not otherwise terminated or (ii) if an NRSRO engaged to rate a Serviced Companion Loan Security qualifies, downgrades or withdraws its rating of such Serviced Companion Loan Security, publicly citing servicing concerns with the Special Servicer as the sole or a material factor in such rating action and that rating action is not withdrawn within 60 days, then the Trustee, at the direction of the Companion Loan Noteholder, shall terminate the Special Servicer with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan only, but no other Mortgage Loan.

 

(e)           If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01, the Trustee (the “Terminating Party”) shall, by notice in writing to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be (the “Terminated Party”), terminate all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof, other than any rights the Terminated Party has to Excess Servicing Fees, any rights it has hereunder as a Certificateholder and any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement, plus interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such amounts until received to the extent such amounts bear interest as provided in this Agreement, with respect to periods prior to the date of such termination and the right to the benefits of Section 6.03 of this Agreement

 

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notwithstanding any such termination), and with respect to the Special Servicer, the right to receive any Workout Fee subsequent to its termination as Special Servicer, pursuant to Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement. No successor Special Servicer shall be entitled to such Workout Fee received by the terminated Special Servicer. On or after the receipt by the Terminated Party of such written notice, all of its authority and power under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Certificates (except that the Terminated Party shall retain its rights as a Certificateholder if and to the extent that it is a Certificateholder), the Mortgage Loans, the Serviced Companion Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Terminating Party pursuant to and under this Section and, without limitation, the Terminating Party is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of and at the expense of the Terminated Party, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer each agree in the event it is terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01 to promptly (and in any event no later than ten Business Days subsequent to such notice) provide, at its own expense, the Terminating Party with all documents and records requested by the Terminating Party to enable the Terminating Party to assume its functions hereunder, and to cooperate with the Terminating Party and the successor to its responsibilities hereunder in effecting the termination of its responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer to the successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer or the Terminating Party, as applicable, for administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be or should have been credited by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to the Collection Account, the applicable Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, any REO Account, the Loss of Value Reserve Fund, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, Lock-Box Account or Cash Collateral Account or which shall thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans, and shall promptly provide the Terminating Party or such successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer (which may include the Trustee) all documents and records reasonably requested by it, such documents and records to be provided in such form as the Terminating Party or such successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall reasonably request (including electronic form), to enable it to assume the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s function hereunder. All reasonable costs and expenses of the Terminating Party (including the cost of obtaining a Rating Agency Confirmation and any applicable indemnity) or the successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer incurred in connection with transferring the Mortgage Files to the successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer and amending this Agreement to reflect such succession as successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.01 shall be paid by the predecessor Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon presentation of reasonable documentation of such costs and expenses. If the predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer (as the case may be) has not reimbursed the Terminating Party or the successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer for such expenses within 90 days after the presentation of reasonable documentation, such expense shall be reimbursed by the Trust Fund; provided that the Terminated Party shall not thereby be relieved of its liability for such expenses. If and to the extent that the Terminated Party has not reimbursed such costs and expenses, the Terminating

 

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Party shall have an affirmative obligation to take all reasonable actions to collect such expenses on behalf of the Trust Fund.

 

In no event shall the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator be deemed to have knowledge of, or be aware of, any Master Servicer Termination Event or Special Servicer Termination Event until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, has received written notice thereof or has actual knowledge thereof.

 

No removal or replacement of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer as contemplated by this Agreement shall become effective until (i) the Trustee or a successor Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall have assumed the resigning or terminated Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s responsibilities, duties, liabilities and obligations hereunder, (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 10.09, (iii) any other information required under Section 10.03 or Section 10.09 has been delivered to any applicable Other Depositor with respect to any related Companion Loan, and (iv) as to any resignation, removal, succession, merger or consolidation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer that would constitute a Reportable Event, upon at least 4 Business Days prior notice of the anticipated effective date of such event, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor shall cooperate in a timely manner with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any other Person pursuing such resignation, removal, succession, merger or consolidation, as applicable, in connection with the Depositor’s or the Certificate Administrator’s obligation to file any related required Form 8-K relating to this Trust on the anticipated effective date of such event.

 

Section 7.02        Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. Upon the receipt of a notice of termination by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01 of this Agreement, the Terminating Party (subject to Section 7.01(a) and Section 7.01(c)) shall be its successor, until a successor is appointed by the Directing Holder as provided in this Section 7.02 or Section 3.22(b), as applicable, in all respects in its capacity as the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and, except as provided herein, shall be subject to all the responsibilities, duties, limitations on liability and liabilities relating thereto and arising thereafter placed on the Master Servicer or Special Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof, provided, that (i) the Terminating Party shall have no responsibilities, duties, liabilities or obligations with respect to any act or omission of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer and (ii) any failure to perform, or delay in performing, such duties or responsibilities caused by the Terminated Party’s failure to provide, or delay in providing, records, tapes, disks, information or monies shall not be considered a termination event for such successor hereunder. The Trustee, as successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer, shall be indemnified to the full extent provided to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, under this Agreement prior to the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s termination. The appointment of a successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer shall not affect any liability of the predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer which may have arisen prior to its termination as the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer. The Terminating Party shall not be liable for any of the representations and warranties of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer herein or in any related document or agreement, for any acts or omissions of the predecessor Master Servicer or predecessor Special

 

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Servicer or for any losses incurred in respect of any Permitted Investment by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07 hereunder nor shall the Trustee be required to purchase any Mortgage Loan or any Serviced Companion Loan hereunder. As compensation therefor, the Terminating Party as successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing Compensation or Special Servicing Compensation, as applicable, and all funds relating to the Mortgage Loans or the Serviced Companion Loans that accrue after the date of the Terminating Party’s succession to which such predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer would have been entitled if such predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, had continued to act hereunder. If any Advances made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall at any time be outstanding, or any amounts of interest thereon shall be accrued and unpaid, all amounts available to repay Advances and interest hereunder shall be applied entirely to the Advances made by the Trustee (and the accrued and unpaid interest thereon), until such Advances and interest shall have been repaid in full. Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to so act, or shall if it is unable to so act or if the Holders of Certificates entitled to (i) in the case of the Master Servicer, at least 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights (or, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Controlling Class Representative), or (ii) in the case of the Special Servicer, at least 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights (or, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Holder), so request in writing to the Trustee, or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, if an affected Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder so requests in writing to the Trustee, or if the Trustee is not an “approved” servicer by any of the Rating Agencies for mortgage pools similar to the Trust Fund, promptly appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established mortgage loan servicing institution that, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, has been approved by the Directing Holder (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld in the case of the appointment of a successor Master Servicer) to act as the successor to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer hereunder; provided that the Trustee shall obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to the Certificates and any Serviced Companion Loan Securities. No appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer hereunder shall be effective until the assumption by such successor of all the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s responsibilities, duties and liabilities hereunder, which appointment has been approved, if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, by the Directing Holder, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer if the Special Servicer is also the Master Servicer) hereunder, unless the Trustee shall be prohibited by law from so acting, the Trustee shall act in such capacity as hereinabove provided. Pending the appointment of a successor to the Special Servicer, the Trustee shall act in such capacity. In connection with such appointment and assumption described herein, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Mortgage Loans, Serviced Companion Loans or otherwise as it and such successor shall agree; provided, that no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted to the Terminated Party hereunder, unless no successor to the Terminated Party can be obtained to perform the obligations of such Terminated Party hereunder, in which case additional amounts shall be paid to such successor

 

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and such amounts in excess of that permitted the Terminated Party shall be treated as Realized Losses. Any successor Special Servicer shall be subject to the rights of the Directing Holder under Section 3.22(b) of this Agreement. The Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession.

 

If the Trustee or an Affiliate acts pursuant to this Section 7.02 as successor to the resigning or terminated Master Servicer, it may reduce the Master Servicer’s Excess Servicing Fee Rate to the extent that its or such Affiliate’s compensation as successor Master Servicer would otherwise be below the market rate servicing compensation. If the Trustee elects to appoint a successor to the resigning or terminated Master Servicer other than itself or an Affiliate pursuant to this Section 7.02, it may reduce the Master Servicer’s Excess Servicing Fee Rate to the extent reasonably necessary (in the sole discretion of the Trustee) for the Trustee to appoint a qualified successor Master Servicer that meets the requirements of this Section 7.02.

 

Section 7.03        Notification to Certificateholders and Other Persons. (a) Upon its receipt of written notice of any termination pursuant to Section 7.01 above or appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator shall give prompt written notice thereof to Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register, the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and to each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder at its address appearing in the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder Register.

 

(b)          Within 30 days after the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Event, Operating Advisor Termination Event or Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator (who shall then notify all Holders of Certificates), the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement), and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, notice of such Servicer Termination Event, Operating Advisor Termination Event or Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event, unless such Servicer Termination Event, Operating Advisor Termination Event or Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event shall have been cured or waived.

 

Section 7.04        Other Remedies of Trustee. During the continuance of any Servicer Termination Event, so long as the Servicer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, the Trustee, in addition to the rights specified in Section 7.01 of this Agreement, shall have the right, in its own name as Trustee of an express trust, to take all actions now or hereafter existing at law, in equity or by statute to enforce its rights and remedies and to protect the interests, and enforce the rights and remedies, of the Certificateholders and, in the case of any Serviced Companion Loan, of the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders (including the institution and prosecution of all judicial, administrative and other proceedings and the filing of proofs of claim and debt in connection therewith). In such event, the legal fees, expenses and costs of such action and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of

 

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the Trust Fund (and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, such amounts shall be allocated in accordance with the expense allocation provision of the related Intercreditor Agreement). Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no remedy provided for by this Agreement shall be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to any other remedy, and no delay or omission to exercise any right or remedy shall impair any such right or remedy or shall be deemed to be a waiver of any Servicer Termination Event.

 

Section 7.05         Waiver of Past Servicer Termination Events and Operating Advisor Termination Events; Termination. The Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 66-2/3% of the aggregate Voting Rights of the Certificates may, together with each affected Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (to the extent they are adversely affected by such Servicer Termination Event or Operating Advisor Termination Event, as applicable), on behalf of all Holders of Certificates, waive any termination event with respect to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor in the performance of its obligations hereunder and its consequences, except a termination event with respect to making any required deposits (including, with respect to the Master Servicer, P&I Advances) to or payments from the Collection Account, any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account or the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, or in remitting payments as received, in each case in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any such waiver of a past termination event, such termination event shall cease to exist, and any Servicer Termination Event or Operating Advisor Termination Event arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose of this Agreement. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other termination event or impair any right consequent thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Master Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(a)(ii) (to the extent such Master Servicer Termination Event relates to the obligations regarding Exchange Act reporting contemplated by Article X) or Section 7.01(a)(viii) or a Special Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(b)(ii) (to the extent such Special Servicer Termination Event relates to the obligations regarding Exchange Act reporting contemplated by Article X) or Section 7.01(b)(viii) of this Agreement may be waived only with the consent of the Depositor and each affected Other Depositor.

 

Section 7.06         Trustee as Maker of Advances. If the Master Servicer fails to fulfill its obligations hereunder to make any Advances and such failure remains uncured, the Trustee shall perform such obligations (x) within five Business Days of the Master Servicer Termination Event resulting from such failure by the Master Servicer with respect to Servicing Advances to the extent a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure with respect to such Servicing Advances and (y) by 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the related Distribution Date with respect to P&I Advances pursuant to the Trustee’s receipt of notice of failure pursuant to Section 4.07(a) of this Agreement unless the Trustee has received notice that such failure has been cured by 11:00 a.m. on such Distribution Date. With respect to any such Advance made by the Trustee, the Trustee shall succeed to all of the Master Servicer’s rights with respect to Advances hereunder, including, without limitation, the Master Servicer’s rights of reimbursement and interest on each Advance at the Reimbursement Rate, and rights to determine that a proposed Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance (without regard to any impairment of any such rights of reimbursement caused by the Master Servicer’s failure to

 

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perform its obligations hereunder); provided, that if Advances made by the Trustee and the Master Servicer shall at any time be outstanding, or any interest on any Advance shall be accrued and unpaid, all amounts available to repay such Advances and the interest thereon hereunder shall be applied entirely to the Advances outstanding to the Trustee, until such Advances shall have been repaid in full, together with all interest accrued thereon, prior to reimbursement of the Master Servicer for such Advances. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any notice given with respect to a Nonrecoverable Advance or any determination of nonrecoverability in connection therewith by the Master Servicer hereunder.

 

Section 7.07        Termination of the Operating Advisor. (a)  An “Operating Advisor Termination Event” means any one of the following events whether any such event shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

 

(i)            any failure by the Operating Advisor to observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements or the material breach of its representations or warranties under this Agreement, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Operating Advisor by any party hereto or to the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates having greater than 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights; provided, that with respect to any such failure which is not curable within such 30-day period, the Operating Advisor shall have an additional cure period of thirty (30) days to effect such cure so long as it has commenced to cure such failure within the initial 30-day period and has provided the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator with an Officer’s Certificate certifying that it has diligently pursued, and is continuing to pursue, such cure;

 

(ii)           any failure by the Operating Advisor to perform in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given in writing to the Operating Advisor by any party to this Agreement;

 

(iii)          any failure by the Operating Advisor to be an Eligible Operating Advisor, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given in writing to the Operating Advisor by any party to this Agreement;

 

(iv)          a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Operating Advisor, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days;

 

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(v)           the Operating Advisor shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or liquidation committee in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, voluntary liquidation, or similar proceedings of or relating to the Operating Advisor or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

 

(vi)          the Operating Advisor shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.

 

Upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of notice of the occurrence of any Operating Advisor Termination Event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and by mail, unless the Certificate Administrator has received notice that it has been remedied. If an Operating Advisor Termination Event has occurred then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Operating Advisor Termination Event shall not have been remedied, either (i) the Trustee may or (ii) upon the written direction of holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of each Class of Regular Certificates, the Trustee shall, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement, other than rights and obligations accrued prior to such termination, including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement, and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination), by notice in writing to the Operating Advisor; provided that no such termination shall be effective until a successor Operating Advisor has been appointed and has assumed all of the obligations of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Depositor shall have the right, but not the obligation, to notify the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of any Operating Advisor Termination Event of which the Depositor has actual knowledge.

 

The holders of Voting Rights representing at least 25% of the Voting Rights affected by any Operating Advisor Termination Event hereunder may waive such Operating Advisor Termination Event within twenty (20) days of the receipt of notice from the Certificate Administrator of the occurrence of such Operating Advisor Termination Event. Upon any such waiver of an Operating Advisor Termination Event, such Operating Advisor Termination Event shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose hereunder. Upon any such waiver of an Operating Advisor Termination Event by Certificateholders, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to recover all costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with enforcement action taken with respect to such Operating Advisor Termination Event prior to such waiver from the Trust.

 

(b)           Upon (i) the written direction of holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 15% of the aggregate Voting Rights requesting a vote to terminate and replace the Operating Advisor with a proposed successor Operating Advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor and (ii) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering

 

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such vote, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to the Operating Advisor and to all Certificateholders by (i) posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and (ii) mail at their addresses appearing in the Certificate Register. Upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing more than 50% of the Voting Rights that exercise their right to vote (provided that Holders of at least 50% of the Voting Rights exercise their right to vote), the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Operating Advisor with respect to the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement by notice in writing to the Operating Advisor, other than rights and obligations accrued prior to such termination including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement and other than indemnification rights arising out of events occurring prior to such termination. The provisions set forth in the foregoing sentences of this Section 7.07(b) shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of solely the Certificateholders and the Trustee as between each other. The Operating Advisor shall not have any cause of action based upon or arising from any breach or alleged breach of such provisions other than may arise, as a result of the failure to comply with the above described voting procedures. As between the Operating Advisor, on the one hand, and the Certificateholders, on the other, the Certificateholders shall be entitled in their sole discretion to vote for the termination or not vote for the termination of the Operating Advisor.

 

(c)           On or after the receipt by the Operating Advisor of such written notice of termination, subject to the foregoing, all of its authority and power under this Agreement shall be terminated and, without limitation, the terminated Operating Advisor shall execute any and all documents and other instruments, and do or accomplish all other acts or things reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 15 Business Days after (1) the Operating Advisor resigns pursuant to Section 6.04(a) of this Agreement or (2) the Certificate Administrator delivers such written notice of termination to the Operating Advisor, the Trustee shall upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of each Class of Certificates appoint a successor Operating Advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor, which successor Operating Advisor may be an Affiliate of the Trustee and shall be the proposed Operating Advisor in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 7.07(b) of this Agreement; provided, that if the Trustee is acting as the successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer, neither the Trustee nor any of its Affiliates shall be the successor Operating Advisor. The Trustee shall provide written notice of the appointment of a successor Operating Advisor to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator (and the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide such notice to the Controlling Class Representative, each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder and each Certificateholder) within one Business Day of such appointment. The Operating Advisor shall not at any time be the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, a Mortgage Loan Seller, an Other Depositor, an Other Servicer, an Other Special Servicer or an Affiliate of any of them. If any of such entities becomes the Operating Advisor, including by means of an Affiliation arising after the date hereof, the Operating Advisor shall immediately resign or cause an assignment under Section 6.04 of this Agreement and the Trustee shall upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights of each Class of Certificates

 

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appoint a successor Operating Advisor subject to and in accordance with this Section 7.07(c), which successor Operating Advisor may be an Affiliate of the Trustee.

 

(d)          Upon any termination of the Operating Advisor and appointment of a successor to the Operating Advisor, the Trustee shall, as soon as possible, give written notice thereof to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Certificateholders, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder, the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement) and, if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Controlling Class Representative. If the Operating Advisor is terminated, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall terminate, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination).

 

Article VIII

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

 

Section 8.01        Duties of Trustee and Certificate Administrator. (a)  Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement and no permissive right of the Trustee shall be construed as a duty. During the continuance of a Servicer Termination Event of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 7.02 and 7.05 of this Agreement shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

 

(b)          The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, upon receipt of any resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, which are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator pursuant to any provision of this Agreement (other than the Mortgage Files, the review of which is specifically governed in Article II, any CREFC® reports, and any information delivered for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website), shall examine them to determine whether they conform on their face to the requirements of this Agreement; provided, that, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any such resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument provided to it hereunder. If any such instrument is found not to conform on its face to the requirements of this Agreement in a material manner, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall request the provider of such instrument to have the instrument corrected, and if the instrument is not corrected to such Trustee’s or such Certificate Administrator’s reasonable satisfaction, such Trustee or such Certificate Administrator will provide notice thereof to the Certificateholders.

 

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(c)           None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or any of their officers, directors, employees, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act shall have any liability arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, provided that, subject to Section 8.02 of this Agreement, no provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or any such person, from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct or its own bad faith; and provided, further, that:

 

(i)            The Trustee’s and the Certificate Administrator’s duties and obligations shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in regard to such party in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any resolutions, certificates, statements, reports, opinions, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, that conform on their face to the requirements of this Agreement to the extent set forth herein without responsibility for investigating the contents thereof;

 

(ii)           Reserved;

 

(iii)          Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be personally liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of Holders of Certificates entitled to greater than 25% of the Percentage Interests (or such other higher or lower percentage as is specified herein) of each affected Class, or of the aggregate Voting Rights of the Certificates, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, under this Agreement;

 

(iv)         Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator nor any of their directors, officers, employees, agents or control persons shall be responsible for any act or omission of any Custodian, Paying Agent or Certificate Registrar that is not an Affiliate of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, respectively, and that is selected other than by the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, respectively, performed or omitted in compliance with any custodial or other agreement, or any act or omission of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other Person, including, without limitation, in connection with actions taken pursuant to this Agreement;

 

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(v)          Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action which is not incidental to its respective duties as Trustee or Certificate Administrator in accordance with this Agreement (and, if it does, all legal expenses and costs of such action shall be expenses and costs of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of any Whole Loan, any such costs and expenses shall be allocated in accordance with the allocation provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement), and the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall be entitled, as provided in Section 3.06 hereof, to be reimbursed therefor from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account) or the Distribution Account and identified on the Trust Ledger, unless such legal action arises out of the negligence or bad faith of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, or any breach of a representation or warranty of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, contained herein; and

 

(vi)         Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be charged with knowledge of any act, failure to act or breach of any Person upon the occurrence of which the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, may be required to act, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, obtains actual knowledge of such act, failure or breach. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have actual knowledge of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s failure to provide scheduled reports, certificates and statements when and as required to be delivered to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement.

 

None of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall require either the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, in its capacity as Certificate Administrator, to expend or risk its own funds, or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if in the opinion of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it, and none of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall in any event require the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement, except, in the case of the Trustee, during such time, if any, as the Trustee shall be the successor to, and be vested with the rights, duties, powers and privileges of, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be required to post any surety or bond of any kind in connection with its performance of its obligations under this Agreement and neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be liable for any loss on any investment of funds pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, when acting as the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder, the Trustee shall comply with the Servicing Standard.

 

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Section 8.02        Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01 of this Agreement:

 

(i)            The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may request and/or conclusively rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer’s Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any responsibility to ascertain or confirm the genuineness of any such party or parties;

 

(ii)           Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the written advice of such counsel or such Opinion of Counsel;

 

(iii)          (A) Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be under any obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement or to make any investigation of matters arising hereunder or institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby, provided that nothing contained herein shall relieve the Trustee of the obligations, upon the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event (which has not been cured or waived) of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs; and (B) the right of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty, and the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, shall not be answerable for other than its own negligence or willful misconduct or bad faith in the performance of any such act;

 

(iv)         None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or any of their directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, agents or “control” persons within the meaning of the Act shall be personally liable (A) for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts or (B) for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by the Trustee or the Certificate

 

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Administrator, as the case may be, to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

 

(v)          Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by Holders of Certificates entitled to greater than 25% (or such other percentage as is specified herein) of the Percentage Interests of each affected Class; provided, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, not reasonably assured to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, may require indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it from such requesting Holders against such cost, expense or liability as a condition to taking any such action. The reasonable expense of every such investigation shall be paid by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, if a Servicer Termination Event or Operating Advisor Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing relating to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, respectively, and otherwise by the Certificateholders requesting the investigation;

 

(vi)         The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder and the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, nominees, custodians or attorneys but shall not be relieved of the obligations hereunder; provided, that the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, may not perform any duties hereunder through any Person that is a Prohibited Party;

 

(vii)        Other than in the case of actual fraud (as determined by a non-appealable final court order), in no event shall the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, be liable for special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

 

(viii)       In no event shall the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder due to force majeure or acts of God; provided, that such failure or delay is not also a result of its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct;

 

(ix)          Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association acting in any particular capacity hereunder will not be deemed to be imputed with knowledge of (a) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting in a

 

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capacity that is unrelated to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (b) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting in any other capacity hereunder, except, in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), where some or all of the obligations performed in such capacities are performed by one or more employees within the same group or division of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or where the groups or divisions responsible for performing the obligations in such capacities have one or more of the same Responsible Officers, provided in any event, however, the knowledge of employees performing special servicing functions shall not be imputed to employees performing master servicing functions, and the knowledge of employees performing master servicing functions shall not be imputed to employees performing special servicing functions;

 

(x)           Nothing herein shall require the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator to act in any manner that is contrary to applicable law; and

 

(xi)          Nothing herein shall be construed as an obligation of the parties to this Agreement to advise the Certificateholders with respect to their rights and protections relative to the Trust.

 

(b)          Following the Startup Day, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall not, except as expressly required by any provision of this Agreement, accept any contribution of assets to the Trust Fund unless the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (the costs of obtaining such opinion to be borne by the Person requesting such contribution) to the effect that the inclusion of such assets in the Trust Fund will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event.

 

(c)           All rights of action under this Agreement or under any of the Certificates, enforceable by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, may be enforced by it without the possession of any of the Certificates, or the production thereof at the trial or other proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or proceeding instituted by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be brought in its name for the benefit of all the Holders of such Certificates, subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

 

(d)          Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have a duty to conduct any affirmative investigation as to the occurrence of any condition requiring the repurchase of any Mortgage Loan by any Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to this Agreement or the eligibility of any Mortgage Loan for purposes of this Agreement.

 

(e)          Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to all of the same rights, protections, immunities and indemnities afforded to it as Trustee and Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, in each capacity for which it serves hereunder (including, without limitation, as Custodian, Certificate Registrar, 17g-5 Information Provider, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent).

 

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of terrorist activities and money laundering (“Applicable Law”), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, as the case may be, are required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating to individuals and entities that maintain a business relationship with the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee. Accordingly, each of the parties hereto agrees to provide to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, upon its respective request from time to time, such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee to comply with Applicable Law.

 

Section 8.03        Trustee and Certificate Administrator Not Liable for Certificates or Mortgage Loans. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates shall not be taken as the statements of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer, or the Special Servicer and the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer assume no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer make no representations or warranties as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, of the Certificates or any offering document used to offer the Certificates for sale or the validity, enforceability or sufficiency of any Mortgage Loan, or related document. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall at any time have any responsibility or liability for or with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of any Mortgage, any Mortgage Loan, or the perfection and priority of any Mortgage or the maintenance of any such perfection and priority, or for or with respect to the sufficiency of the Trust Fund or its ability to generate the payments to be distributed to Certificateholders under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be liable or responsible for: (i) the existence, condition and ownership of any Mortgaged Property; (ii) the existence of any hazard or other insurance thereon (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement) or the enforceability thereof; (iii) the existence of any Mortgage Loan or the contents of the related Mortgage File on any computer or other record thereof (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement); (iv) the validity of the assignment of any Mortgage Loan to the Trust Fund or of any intervening assignment; (v) the completeness of any Mortgage File; the performance or enforcement of any Mortgage Loan (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement); (vi) the compliance by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer with any warranty or representation made under this Agreement or in any related document or the accuracy of any such warranty or representation prior to the Trustee’s receipt of written notice or other discovery of any non-compliance therewith or any breach thereof; (vii) any investment of monies by or at the direction of the Master Servicer or any loss resulting therefrom, the acts or omissions of any of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement) or any sub-servicer or any Borrower; any action of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master

 

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Servicer or Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement) or any sub-servicer taken in the name of the Trustee, except to the extent such action is taken at the express written direction of the Trustee; (viii) the failure of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or any sub-servicer to act or perform any duties required of them on behalf of the Trust Fund or the Trustee hereunder; or (ix) any action by or omission of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator taken at the instruction of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (other than if the Trustee shall assume the duties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement) unless the taking of such action is not permitted by the express terms of this Agreement; provided, that the foregoing shall not relieve the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator of their respective obligations to perform their duties as specifically set forth in this Agreement. The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator (in the case of the Trustee only), the Trustee (in the case of the Certificate Administrator only), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of any of the Certificates or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or for the use or application of any funds paid to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator (in the case of the Trustee only), the Trustee (in the case of the Certificate Administrator only), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in respect of the assignment of the Mortgage Loans or deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Accounts, any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account, the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier Distribution Account, the Lock-Box Account, the Cash Collateral Account, the Reserve Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, any REO Account or any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account or any other account maintained by or on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, other than any funds held by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any responsibility for filing any financing or continuation statement in any public office at any time or to otherwise perfect or maintain the perfection of any security interest or lien granted to it hereunder (unless the Trustee shall have become the successor Master Servicer) or to record this Agreement. In making any calculation hereunder which includes as a component thereof the payment or distribution of interest for a stated period at a stated rate “to the extent permitted by applicable law,” the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, shall assume that such payment is so permitted unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, has actual knowledge, or receives an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the Person asserting the impermissibility) to the effect, that such payment is not permitted by applicable law. The Depositor is not obligated to monitor or supervise the performance of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

Section 8.04         Trustee and Certificate Administrator May Own Certificates. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and any agent of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator in its individual capacity or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates, and may deal with the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Initial Purchasers and the Underwriters in banking transactions, with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Certificate Administrator or such agent, as the case may be.

 

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Section 8.05         Payment of Trustee’s and Certificate Administrator’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification. (a) On each Distribution Date, prior to the distribution of amounts to the Certificateholders, the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to withdraw and pay the Trustee and itself its respective portion of the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee, as reasonable compensation from amounts remitted to the Lower-Tier Distribution Account (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), for all services rendered in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers and duties of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator at the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee Rate. The Trustee’s fee shall be paid as a portion of the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee.

 

(b)           If the Trustee assumes the servicing responsibilities of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder pursuant to or otherwise arising from the resignation or removal of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Trustee shall be entitled to the compensation to which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, would have been entitled (other than the rights of the Special Servicer to receive any Workout Fee specified in Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement if the Special Servicer is terminated).

 

(c)           The Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator shall be paid or reimbursed by the Trust Fund upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator pursuant to and in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ), which the Certificate Administrator will be entitled to withdraw from the Distribution Accounts prior to the distribution to Certificateholders to the extent set forth herein and to the extent such payments are “unanticipated expenses incurred by the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(iii) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith; provided, that, subject to the last paragraph of Section 8.01 and Section 8.02(a)(iii) of this Agreement, the Trustee, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator shall not refuse to perform any of their respective duties hereunder solely as a result of the failure to be paid their respective portion of the Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fee, or the Trustee’s, Custodian’s or Certificate Administrator’s previously-incurred expenses, as applicable. The term “unanticipated expenses incurred by the REMIC” shall include any fees, expenses and disbursement of any separate Trustee or co-Trustee appointed hereunder, only to the extent such fees, expenses and disbursements were not reasonably anticipated as of the Closing Date and are attributable to the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC or any Single Loan REMIC and the losses, liabilities, damages, claims or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred or advanced by an Indemnified Party in connection with any litigation arising out of this Agreement attributable to the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Single Loan REMICs or the Grantor Trust, including, without limitation, under Section 2.03, Section 3.10, the third paragraph of Section 3.11, Section 4.05 and Section 7.01 of this Agreement.

 

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by the Trustee in connection with any transfer of the servicing responsibilities of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, respectively, hereunder, pursuant to or otherwise arising from the resignation or removal of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer (except in the case of removal of the Special Servicer without cause), as applicable, in accordance with any of the provisions of this Agreement (and including the reasonable fees and expenses and disbursements of its counsel and all other persons not regularly in its employ), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of the Trustee.

 

(d)           Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (each, for purposes of this Section 8.05(d), an “Indemnifying Party”) shall (severally and not jointly) indemnify the Trustee (both in its capacity as Trustee and individually), the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Certificate Administrator (in its capacity as Certificate Administrator, Custodian, Paying Agent and individually) and each of their Affiliates and each of the partners, shareholders, members, managers, directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator and each of their Affiliates (each, for purposes of this Section 8.05(d), an “Indemnified Party”), and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the Indemnified Party may sustain in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party and any third party or otherwise) resulting from each such Indemnifying Party’s respective willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of each of its respective duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of its respective obligations and duties hereunder (including in the case of the Master Servicer, any agent of the Master Servicer or sub-servicer).

 

The Trust Fund shall indemnify each Indemnified Party and the Custodian from, and hold it harmless against, any and all losses, liabilities, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, judgments, claims or unanticipated expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party and any third party or otherwise) arising in respect of this Agreement, the Mortgage Loans or the Certificates other than (i) resulting from the willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence of the Indemnified Party or the Custodian, as applicable, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, (ii) by reason of its negligent disregard of those obligations or duties, or as may arise from a breach of any representation or warranty of the Indemnified Party or the Custodian, as applicable, made in this Agreement and (iii) as to which such Indemnified Party or the Custodian, as applicable, is entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 8.05(d). The right of reimbursement of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 8.05(d) shall be senior to the rights of all Certificateholders.

 

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of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, regarding rights accrued prior to such resignation, removal or termination and (with respect to any acts or omissions during its respective tenures) the resignation, removal or termination of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar or the Custodian.

 

(f)            This Section 8.05 shall be expressly construed to include, but not be limited to, such indemnities, compensation, expenses, disbursements, advances, losses, liabilities, damages and the like, as may pertain or relate to any environmental law or environmental matter.

 

(g)           Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Paying Agent and the Trustee (in each case with respect to itself only, for purposes of this Section 8.05(g), an “Indemnifying Party”) shall (severally and not jointly) indemnify the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and each other, and each of their respective Affiliates and each of the partners, shareholders, members, managers, directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer and their respective Affiliates (each, for purposes of this Section 8.05(g), an “Indemnified Party”), and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the Indemnified Party may sustain in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party and any third party or otherwise) resulting from the applicable Indemnifying Party’s willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder.

 

(h)           The Certificate Administrator (for purposes of this Section 8.05(h), the “Indemnifying Party”) shall, solely in its capacity as the 17g-5 Information Provider, indemnify each Mortgage Loan Seller and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (each, for purposes of this Section 8.05(h), an “Indemnified Party”), and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses that the Indemnified Party may sustain in connection with this Agreement (including, without limitation reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party and any third party or otherwise) related to (i) the applicable Indemnifying Party’s willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard of its obligations and duties hereunder or (ii) a determination by any Rating Agency that it cannot reasonably rely on representations made by the Depositor or any Affiliate thereof pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 17g-5(a)(3), to the extent caused by any such willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of its duties hereunder or by reason of negligent disregard referred to in clause (i) above by the Indemnifying Party.

 

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(i)            Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Paying Agent, the Authenticating Agent, the Certificate Registrar and the Trustee (in each case with respect to itself only, for purposes of this Section 8.05(i), an “Indemnifying Party”) shall (severally and not jointly) indemnify the Trust Fund, the Depositor, the Retaining Sponsor and each Retaining Party and each other, and each of their respective Affiliates and each of the partners, shareholders, members, managers, directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents of the Depositor, the Retaining Sponsor and each Retaining Party and their respective Affiliates (each, for purposes of this Section 8.05(i), an “Indemnified Party”), and hold each of them harmless against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, fees and expenses (including, without limitation reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Indemnified Party in any action or proceeding between the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party or between the Indemnified Party and any third party or otherwise) that the Indemnified Party may sustain as a result of or relating to a violation of the Exchange Act or Regulation RR if such violation, in whole or in part, arises out of or results from the applicable Indemnifying Party’s willful misconduct, bad faith, fraud or negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of negligent disregard of its obligations and duties, in each case, as set forth under Section 5.01(j) and Section 5.02(c)(vi) of this Agreement.

 

Section 8.06        Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Certificate Administrator. The Trustee and Certificate Administrator hereunder shall at all times:

 

(i)            be a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America,

 

(ii)           be authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred under this Agreement,

 

(iii)          have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000,

 

(iv)          be subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and, solely in the case of the Trustee, shall not be an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (except, in the case of the Trustee, during any period when the Trustee has assumed the duties of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 7.02 of this Agreement),

 

(v)           not be a Prohibited Party,

 

(vi)          be an institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and

 

(vii)         have a rating on its long-term senior unsecured debt of at least “A2” by Moody’s, “A” by Fitch and “A” by DBRS; provided that the Trustee will not become ineligible to serve based on a failure to satisfy such rating requirements as long as (a) it has a rating on its long-term unsecured debt of at least “Baa2” by Moody’s, “A-” by Fitch and “A(low)” by DBRS, (b) it has a rating on its short-term debt obligations of at least “P-

 

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2” by Moody’s, “F1” by Fitch and “R-1(low)” by DBRS, and (c) the Master Servicer has a rating on its long-term senior unsecured debt of at least “A2” by Moody’s, “A+” by Fitch and “A” by DBRS; provided, further, that if any such institution is not rated by DBRS, such institution maintains an equivalent (or higher) rating by any two other NRSROs or such other rating with respect to which the Rating Agencies have provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator meets the provisions of clauses (i) through (iii), (v) and (vi) above, but does not meet the provisions of clause (iv) above, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, shall be deemed to meet the provisions of such clause (iv) if it appoints a fiscal agent as a back-up liquidity provider, provided that such fiscal agent meets the provisions of clauses (i) through (vi) above and shall have assumed in writing all obligations of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, to make Advances under this Agreement as and when required of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be. If a corporation or association publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for purposes of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If the place of business from which the Trustee administers the Trust Fund is a state or local jurisdiction that imposes a tax on the Trust Fund or the net income of any Trust REMIC (other than a tax corresponding to a tax imposed under the REMIC Provisions) the Trustee shall elect either to (i) resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07 of this Agreement, (ii) pay such tax and continue as Trustee or (iii) administer the Trust Fund from a state and local jurisdiction that does not impose such a tax. If at any time the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07 of this Agreement.

 

Section 8.07        Resignation and Removal of Trustee and Certificate Administrator. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Holder and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement). Upon notice of resignation from the Trustee, the Depositor shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly appoint a successor trustee, the appointment of which is subject to the requirements contained in Section 8.06 of this Agreement and shall be, if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, reasonably acceptable to the Directing Holder. Upon notice of resignation from the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee shall promptly appoint a successor certificate administrator, the appointment of which is subject to the requirements contained in Section 8.06 of this Agreement. If no successor trustee or certificate administrator shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, may petition

 

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any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor. The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall bear all reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses of each other party hereto and each Rating Agency in connection with its resignation.

 

If at any time the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 of this Agreement and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Depositor or the Master Servicer, or if at any time the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be (or of its property), shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be (or of its property or affairs), for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or if the Trustee or Certificate Administrator (if different than the Trustee) shall fail (other than by reason of the failure of either the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to timely perform its obligations hereunder or as a result of other circumstances beyond the Trustee’s or Certificate Administrator’s, as applicable, reasonable control), to timely publish any report to be delivered, published or otherwise made available by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.02 and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) days, or if the Certificate Administrator fails to make distributions required pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section 9.01, then the Depositor or the Master Servicer may remove the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, and the Depositor or the Master Servicer shall promptly appoint a successor by written instrument, which shall be delivered to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, so removed and to the successor.

 

The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 50% of the Voting Rights may, with cause (at any time) or without cause (at any time with 30 days’ prior written notice), remove the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator and appoint a successor by written instrument or instruments, in eight originals, signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered to each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the successor trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable.

 

In addition, if the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator is terminated without cause, the terminating party shall pay all of the expenses of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, necessary to affect the transfer of its responsibilities to the successor.

 

If the Trustee is terminated or removed pursuant to this Section 8.07, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans shall be terminated, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination or removal (including the right to receive all fees, expenses, indemnities, and other amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement, plus interest at the Reimbursement Rate on all such amounts until received to the extent such amounts bear interest as provided in this Agreement, with respect to periods prior to the date of such termination or removal).

 

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If the Certificate Administrator is terminated or removed pursuant to this Section 8.07, (i) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans shall be terminated, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination or removal (including the right to receive all fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement with respect to periods prior to the date of such termination or removal) and (ii) such resignation, termination, or removal shall be effective with respect to each of its other capacities hereunder except its capacity as Custodian (but including, without limitation, its capacities as Certificate Registrar, 17g-5 Information Provider, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent).

 

Upon the resignation, assignment, or transfer of the Trustee or its business to a successor, or upon the termination of the Trustee, (a) the outgoing Trustee, at its own expense without right to reimbursement therefor, shall (A) endorse the original executed Mortgage Note for each Mortgage Loan (to the extent that the original executed Mortgage Note for each Mortgage Loan was endorsed to the outgoing Trustee), without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied, to the order of the successor, as trustee for the registered holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 or in blank, and (B) in the case of the other assignable Loan Documents (to the extent such other Loan Documents were assigned to the outgoing Trustee), assign and record such Loan Documents to such successor, and such successor shall review the documents delivered to it or to the Custodian with respect to each Mortgage Loan, and certify in writing that, as to each Mortgage Loan then subject to this Agreement, such endorsement and assignment has been made; (b) if any original executed Mortgage Note for a Mortgage Loan was not endorsed to the outgoing Trustee, the Custodian shall deliver such Mortgage Note to the successor trustee and the Custodian shall cooperate with any successor trustee to ensure that such Mortgage Note is endorsed (without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied) to the order of the successor trustee, as trustee for the registered holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 or in blank. If any assignable Loan Document (other than the Mortgage Note) was not assigned to the outgoing Trustee or if the Trustee is removed pursuant to Section 8.07 without cause, with respect to the Loan Documents identified in clause (B) of the preceding sentence, the Custodian shall deliver such Loan Document to the successor trustee and, if appropriate, such Loan Documents shall be recorded at the expense of the Trust (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, with the consent of the Controlling Class Representative, (ii) after the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event but prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, after consultation with the Controlling Class Representative and the Operating Advisor and (iii) after the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, after consultation with the Operating Advisor and the reasonable cooperation (as determined by the Depositor) of the Depositor.

 

Section 8.08        Successor Trustee and Certificate Administrator. (a) Any successor trustee or certificate administrator shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator (or in the case of a successor certificate administrator, to the predecessor Certificate Administrator) and the Trustee, as the case may be, instruments accepting

 

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their appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall become effective and such successor, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, herein; provided that such successor shall satisfy the requirements contained in Section 8.06 of this Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 10.09. The predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall deliver to its successor all Mortgage Files and related documents and statements held by it hereunder, and the Depositor and the predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting and confirming in the successor all such rights, powers, duties and obligations. No successor trustee or certificate administrator, as the case may be, shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 8.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 of this Agreement.

 

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 8.08, the Depositor shall mail notice of the succession of such Trustee hereunder to all Holders of Certificates at their addresses as shown in the Certificate Register. If the Depositor fails to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Depositor.

 

(b)           Any successor trustee appointed pursuant to this Agreement shall satisfy the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 8.06 hereof.

 

(c)           Neither the Asset Representations Reviewer nor any of its Affiliates may be appointed as successor trustee or certificate administrator.

 

Section 8.09        Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Certificate Administrator. Any Person into which the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, shall be the successor of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, hereunder; provided that such Person shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06 of this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall notify the other parties hereto of any such event, and the Certificate Administrator shall post notice of such merger or consolidation to the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement and provide notice of such event to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement).

 

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Section 8.10        Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Fund or property securing the same may at the time be located, or for enforcement actions, or where a conflict of interest exists, the Depositor and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee to act (at the expense of the Trust) as co-Trustee or co-Trustees, jointly with the Trustee, or separate Trustee or separate Trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity, such title to the Trust Fund, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Depositor and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Depositor shall not have joined in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a request so to do, or in case a Servicer Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. Except as required by applicable law, the appointment of a co-Trustee or separate Trustee shall not relieve the Trustee of its responsibilities, obligations and liabilities hereunder. No co-Trustee or separate Trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor Trustee under Section 8.06 hereunder and no notice to Holders of Certificates of the appointment of co-Trustee(s) or separate Trustee(s) shall be required under Section 8.08 hereof.

 

In the case of any appointment of a co-Trustee or separate Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate Trustee or co-Trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate Trustee or co-Trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Master Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust Fund or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by such separate Trustee or co-Trustee solely at the direction of the Trustee.

 

No Trustee under this Agreement shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee under this Agreement. The Depositor and the Trustee acting jointly may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate Trustee or co-Trustee, or if the separate Trustee or co-Trustee is an employee of the Trustee, the Trustee acting alone may accept the resignation of or remove any separate Trustee or co-Trustee.

 

Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate Trustees and co-Trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate Trustee or co-Trustee shall refer to this Agreement and the conditions of this Article VIII. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee. Each separate Trustee and co-Trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of,

 

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affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. In no event shall any such separate Trustee or co-Trustee be entitled to any provision relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of or affording protection to such separate Trustee or co-Trustee that imposes a standard of conduct less stringent than that imposed by the Trustee hereunder, affording greater protection than that afforded to the Trustee hereunder or providing a greater limit on liability than that provided to the Trustee hereunder.

 

Any separate Trustee or co-Trustee may, at any time, constitute the Trustee its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate Trustee or co-Trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor Trustee.

 

Article IX

TERMINATION

 

Section 9.01        Termination. (a) The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee created hereby with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as hereinafter set forth) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required hereunder to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of this Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of this Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to this Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided, that in no event shall the trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

For purposes of this Section 9.01, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the first option to terminate the Trust Fund, pursuant to Section 9.01(g), and then the Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interests in the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer, in that order, shall have the option to terminate the Trust Fund pursuant to subsection (c). For purposes of this Section 9.01, the Directing Holder with the consent of the Holders of the Controlling Class, shall act on behalf of the Holders of the Controlling Class in purchasing the assets of the Trust Fund and terminating the Trust.

 

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(b)          The Trust Fund, the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Single Loan REMICs (to the extent not already terminated in a separate qualified liquidation) shall be terminated and the assets of the Trust Fund (or the assets held in a Single Loan REIMC, if liquidated separately), shall be sold or otherwise disposed of in connection therewith, only pursuant to a “plan of complete liquidation” within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(4)(A) of the Code providing for the actions contemplated by the provisions hereof and pursuant to which the applicable Notice of Termination is given, and requiring that the Trust Fund, the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and any Single Loan REMICs shall terminate on a Distribution Date occurring not more than 90 days following the date of adoption of the plan of complete liquidation. For purposes of this Section 9.01(b), the Notice of Termination given pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of this Agreement shall constitute the adoption of the plan of complete liquidation as of the date such notice is given, which date shall be specified by the Certificate Administrator in the final federal income tax returns of the Upper-Tier REMIC, the Lower-Tier REMIC and any Single Loan REMIC. Notwithstanding the termination of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC, any Single Loan REMIC or the Trust Fund, the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for filing the final Tax Returns for each such Trust REMIC and for the Grantor Trust for the period ending with such termination, and shall retain books and records with respect to such Trust REMICs and the Grantor Trust for the same period of retention for which it maintains its own tax returns or such other reasonable period. The Trustee shall sign all Tax Returns and other reports required by this Section.

 

(c)           The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest of the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date, by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(i)            100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

(ii)           the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(iii)          all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

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(iv)          the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

If the Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interests in the Controlling Class, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer purchases all of the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund in accordance with this Section 9.01(c), the Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interests in the Controlling Class, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, as applicable, not later than the Master Servicer Remittance Date relating to the Anticipated Termination Date on which the final distribution on the Certificates is to occur, an amount in immediately available funds equal to the above-described purchase price (exclusive of any portion thereof payable to any Person other than the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 3.05(a) of this Agreement, which portion shall be deposited in the Collection Account). In addition, the Master Servicer shall transfer to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, as applicable, all amounts required to be transferred thereto on the Master Servicer Remittance Date from the Collection Account, together with any other amounts on deposit in the Collection Account that would otherwise be held for future distribution. Upon confirmation by the Master Servicer in writing that it has transferred all such amounts to the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian shall release or cause to be released to the Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interests in the Controlling Class, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans and shall execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments furnished to it by such purchasing party as shall be necessary to effectuate transfer of the Mortgage Loans and all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan remaining in the Trust Fund, and the Trust Fund shall be liquidated in accordance with this Article IX.

 

For purposes of this Section 9.01, the Directing Holder with the consent of the Holders of the Controlling Class, shall act on behalf of the Holders of the Controlling Class in purchasing the assets of the Trust Fund and terminating the Trust.

 

As a condition to the purchase of the assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Section 9.01(c), the purchaser shall deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator an Opinion of Counsel, which shall be at the expense of such purchaser, stating that such termination will be a “qualified liquidation” under Section 860F(a)(4)(A) of the Code. All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to this Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Section 9.01(c) shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights hereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to this subsection (c).

 

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practicable the Distribution Date on which the Certificate Administrator reasonably anticipates, based on information with respect to the Mortgage Loans previously provided to it, that the final distribution will be made to the Holders of outstanding Certificates, notwithstanding that such distribution may be insufficient to distribute in full the Certificate Balance of each Class of Certificates, together with amounts required to be distributed on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(b) of this Agreement; provided, that, if no such Classes of Certificates are then outstanding, the final distribution shall be made (i) to the Holders of the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class LTR Interest) of any amount remaining in the Collection Accounts, the Lower-Tier Distribution Account, and (ii) to the Holders of the Class R Certificates (in respect of the Class UTR Interest) of any amount remaining in the Upper-Tier Distribution Account.

 

(e)          Notice of any termination of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Section 9.01 shall be mailed by the Certificate Administrator to Certificateholders (with a copy to the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement)), at their addresses shown in the Certificate Registrar not more than 30 days, and not less than ten days, prior to the Anticipated Termination Date. The notice mailed by the Certificate Administrator to Certificateholders shall:

 

(i)             specify the Anticipated Termination Date on which the final distribution is anticipated to be made to Holders of Certificates of the Classes specified therein;

 

(ii)            specify the amount of any such final distribution, if known; and

 

(iii)           state that the final distribution to Certificateholders will be made only upon presentation and surrender of Certificates at the office of the Paying Agent therein specified.

 

If the Trust Fund is not terminated on any Anticipated Termination Date for any reason, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly mail notice thereof to each Certificateholder.

 

(f)           Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall be set aside and held in trust for the account of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders, whereupon the Trust Fund shall terminate. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to this Section 9.01 shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining Certificateholders, at their last addresses shown in the Certificate Register, to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive, from such funds held, the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice any Certificate shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of maintaining such funds and of

 

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contacting Certificateholders shall be paid out of the assets which remain held. If within two years after the second notice any Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator hereunder and the transfer of such amounts to a successor certificate administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with this Section 9.01. Any amounts remaining in the Excess Interest Distribution Account representing Excess Interest shall be distributed to the Holders of the Excess Interest Certificates.

 

(g)               Following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a), by giving written notice to all the parties hereto no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange; provided that such Sole Certificateholder pays to the Certificate Administrator as additional compensation an amount equal to one day of interest calculated at the Prime Rate on the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Principal Balance Certificates as of the first day of the current calendar month and such Sole Certificateholder pays to the Master Servicer as additional compensation an amount equal to (i) the product of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the aggregate Certificate Balance of the then outstanding Certificates (other than any Class of Class X Certificates, the Class S Certificates and the Class R Certificates) as of the date of the exchange and (c) three, divided by (ii) 360, for the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties remaining in the Trust Fund and such payments shall be treated as made by the Sole Certificateholder directly to the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer and not through or by either of the Trust REMICs. If the Sole Certificateholder elects to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund in accordance with the preceding sentence, such Sole Certificateholder, not later than the Distribution Date on which the final distribution on the Certificates is to occur, shall remit for deposit in the Collection Account an amount in immediately available funds equal to all amounts due and owing to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Trustee hereunder through the date of the liquidation of the Trust Fund that may be withdrawn from the Collection Account, or an escrow account acceptable to the respective parties hereto, pursuant to Section 3.06(a) of this Agreement or that may be withdrawn from the Distribution Accounts pursuant to Section 3.06(g) of this Agreement, but only to the extent that such amounts are not already on deposit in the Collection Account. In addition, the Master Servicer shall transfer all amounts required to be transferred to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier Distribution Account on such Servicer Remittance Date from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05 of this Agreement. Upon

 

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confirmation from the Certificate Administrator that such final deposits have been made and following the surrender of all the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) on the final Distribution Date to the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian shall upon receipt of a Request for Release from the Master Servicer, release to the Sole Certificateholder or any designee thereof, the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans and shall execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments furnished to it by the Sole Certificateholder as shall be necessary to effectuate transfer of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties remaining in the Trust Fund and the Trust Fund shall be liquidated in accordance with this Article IX. The remaining Mortgage Loans and REO Properties are deemed distributed to the Sole Certificateholder in liquidation of the Trust Fund pursuant to this Article IX. Solely for federal income tax purposes, the Sole Certificateholder shall be deemed to have purchased the assets of the Lower-Tier REMIC for an amount equal to the remaining Certificate Balance of its Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates), plus accrued, unpaid interest with respect thereto, and the Certificate Administrator shall credit such amounts against amounts distributable in respect of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and such Certificates.

 

(h)          [Reserved.]

 

(i)           The duties of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement will terminate, without cost or expense to the Operating Advisor, upon termination of the Trust Fund.

 

Article X

EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING AND REGULATION AB COMPLIANCE

 

Section 10.01    Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. Except with respect to Section 10.08, Section 10.11, Section 10.13, Section 10.14, Section 10.15, Section 10.16 and Section 10.17, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the purpose of this Article X is to facilitate compliance by the Depositor (and any Other Depositor of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) with the provisions of Regulation AB and related rules and regulations of the Commission. None of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall exercise its rights to request delivery of information or other performance under these provisions other than in reasonable good faith, or for purposes other than compliance with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and, in each case, the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, and agree to comply, subject to Section 10.02, with reasonable requests made by the Depositor (or any Other Depositor or Other Trustee of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan), the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee in reasonable good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of such evolving interpretations of Regulation AB (to the extent such interpretations require compliance and are not “grandfathered” and do not mandate compliance). In connection with the CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 and any Other Securitization subject to Regulation AB that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, subject to the preceding sentence, each of the parties to this Agreement shall

 

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cooperate fully with the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and any Other Depositor or Other Trustee of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, to deliver or make available to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and any such Other Depositor or Other Trustee, as applicable (including any of their assignees or designees), any and all information in its possession and necessary in the reasonable good faith determination of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or such Other Depositor or Other Trustee, as applicable, to permit the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with such disclosure relating to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, as applicable, and any Servicing Function Participant, or the Servicing of the Serviced Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans, reasonably believed by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the related Other Depositor or the related Other Trustee, as applicable, in good faith to be necessary in order to effect such compliance. Each party to this Agreement shall have a reasonable period of time to comply with any written request made under this Section 10.01, but in any event, shall, upon reasonable advance written request, provide information in sufficient time to allow the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, to satisfy any related filing requirements.

 

For purposes of this Article X, to the extent any party has an obligation to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cause a third party to perform, such party hereunder shall not be required to bring any legal action against such third party in connection with such obligation.

 

Section 10.02    Notification Requirements and Deliveries in Connection with securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan. (a)  Any other provision of this Article X to the contrary notwithstanding, including, without limitation, any deadlines for delivery set forth in this Article X, in connection with the requirements contained in this Article X that provide for the delivery of information and other items to, and the cooperation with, the Other Depositor and Other Trustee of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan and is subject to Regulation AB, no party hereunder shall be obligated to provide any such items to or cooperate with such Other Depositor or Other Trustee until the Other Depositor or Other Trustee of such Other Securitization has provided each party hereto with not less than 10 Business Days’ (or such shorter period as required for such Other Depositor or Other Trustee to comply with related filing obligations, provided that (i) such Other Depositor or Other Trustee, as applicable, has provided written notice as soon as reasonably practicable and, concurrently with such written notice, obtained verbal confirmation of receipt of such written notice, in each case, in accordance with Section 11.05 of this Agreement and (ii) such period shall not be less than 3 Business Days’) written notice (which shall only be required to be delivered once) stating that such Other Securitization is subject to Regulation AB and that the Other Securitization is subject to Exchange Act reporting, and (ii) specifying in reasonable detail the information and other items requested to be delivered (insofar as such information or other items are not expressly identified herein); provided, that if Exchange Act reporting is being requested, such Other Depositor or Other Trustee is only required to provide a single written notice to such effect. Any reasonable cost and expense of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Operating Advisor, the Asset

 

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Representations Reviewer, Trustee and Certificate Administrator in cooperating with such Other Depositor or Other Trustee of such Other Securitization (above and beyond their expressed duties hereunder) shall be the responsibility of such Other Depositor or Other Securitization. The parties hereto shall have the right to request written confirmation from the Other Depositor or Other Trustee of such Other Securitization as to whether Regulation AB or the Exchange Act requires the delivery of the items identified in this Article X to such Other Depositor and Other Trustee of such Other Securitization prior to providing any of the reports or other information required to be delivered under this Article X in connection therewith and if any such party makes such a request, then (i) upon such requesting party’s receipt of such written confirmation, such requesting party shall comply with the deadlines for delivery set forth in this Article X with respect to such Other Securitization and (ii) until such requesting party’s receipt of such written confirmation, such party shall not be required to deliver such items. The parties hereunder shall also have the right to require that such Other Depositor provide them with the contact details of such Other Depositor, Other Trustee and any other parties to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to such Other Securitization.

 

(b)         Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall, upon reasonable prior written request given in accordance with the terms of Section 10.02(a) above, and subject to a right of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, to review and approve such disclosure materials, permit a holder of a related Serviced Companion Loan to use such party’s description contained in the Prospectus (updated as appropriate by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable) for inclusion in the disclosure materials relating to any securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan.

 

(c)         The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, upon reasonable prior written request given in accordance with the terms of Section 10.02(a) above, shall each timely provide (to the extent the reasonable out-of-pocket cost thereof is paid or caused to be paid by the requesting party) to the Other Depositor and any underwriters with respect to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan such opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and/or indemnification agreement(s) with respect to the updated description referred in Section 10.02(b) with respect to such party, substantially identical to those, if any, delivered by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, or their respective counsel, in connection with the information concerning such party in the Prospectus and/or any other disclosure materials relating to this Trust (updated as deemed appropriate by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, or their respective legal counsel, as the case may be). Neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall be obligated to deliver any such item with respect to the securitization of a Serviced Companion Loan if it did not deliver a corresponding item with respect to this Trust.

 

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cost thereof is paid or caused to be paid by the applicable party set forth below in this Section 10.02(d)) to the Other Depositor and the Other Trustee under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to any Other Securitization the following: (i) any information (including, but not limited to, disclosure information) required for such Other Securitization to comply in a timely manner with applicable filing requirements under Items 1.01 and 6.02 of Form 8-K and (ii) such opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and/or indemnification agreement(s) with respect to such information that are substantially similar to those delivered by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, or their respective counsel, in connection with the information concerning such party in the Prospectus and/or any other disclosure materials relating to this Trust.

 

In the case of a Form 8-K that is filed by or on behalf of an Other Securitization in connection with the closing of this CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust securitization transaction, the reasonable out-of-pocket cost of the information, opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and indemnification agreement(s) provided by or on behalf of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section 10.02(d) shall be paid or caused to be paid (pursuant to a payment arrangement reasonably acceptable to the delivering party and the receiving party and agreed to as a condition precedent to delivery of such items) by the applicable mortgage loan seller that transferred the related Serviced Companion Loan to the related Other Depositor for inclusion in such Other Securitization.

 

In the case of a Form 8-K that is filed by or on behalf of an Other Securitization as a result of the termination, removal, resignation or any other replacement of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator under this Agreement, the out-of-pocket cost of the information, opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and indemnification agreement(s) provided by or on behalf of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to this Section 10.02(d) shall be paid or caused to be paid by the same party or parties required to pay the costs and expenses relating to such termination, removal, resignation or other replacement pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Section 10.03    Information to be Provided by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. (a) For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and for so long as any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act (in addition to any requirements contained in Section 10.09) in connection with the succession to the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant (if such Servicing Function Participant is a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2) of Regulation AB) as servicer or Sub-Servicer under or as contemplated by this Agreement or any related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or such Servicing Function Participant may be merged or consolidated, (ii) which may be appointed as a sub-servicer (other than the appointment of a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) by a Master Servicer or Special Servicer, or (iii) that is appointed as a successor Master Servicer or successor Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.22 or Section 7.02, the Master Servicer, the Special

 

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Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant (with respect to the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii)) or the successor Master Servicer or the successor Special Servicer (with respect to the foregoing clause (iii)) shall, as a condition to such succession and at the reasonable expense of the same party or parties required to pay the costs and expenses relating to such succession pursuant to this Agreement, provide to the Depositor and to any Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, at least 5 Business Days (other than a succession or appointment pursuant to Section 7.01(b) for which notice shall be delivered as soon as reasonably practicable) prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment as long as such disclosure prior to such effective date would not be violative of any applicable law or confidentiality agreement, otherwise no later than the Business Day following such effective date, but in no event later than the time required pursuant to Section 10.09, (x) written notice to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and any Other Trustee and Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) of such succession or appointment, (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and any Other Trustee and Other Depositor of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan), all information relating to such successor reasonably requested by the Depositor (or such Other Depositor) so that it may comply with its reporting obligation under Items 1.01 and 6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to any Class of Certificates or Serviced Companion Loan Securities and (z) such opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and/or indemnification agreement(s) with respect to such information that are substantially similar to those delivered by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or their respective counsel, in connection with the information concerning such party in the Prospectus and/or any other disclosure materials relating to this Trust.

 

Section 10.04    Information to be Provided by the Trustee. (a) For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, (in addition to any requirements contained in Section 10.09) in connection with the succession to the Trustee as Trustee or appointment of a co-Trustee under this Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Trustee may be merged or consolidated, (ii) which may be appointed as a co-Trustee or separate Trustee pursuant to Section 8.10, or (iii) that is appointed as a successor Trustee pursuant Section 8.08, the Trustee (with respect to the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii)) or the successor Trustee (with respect to the foregoing clause (iii)) shall, as a condition to such succession and at the reasonable expense of the same party or parties required to pay the costs and expenses relating to such succession pursuant to this Agreement, provide to the Depositor and to the Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, at least 5 calendar days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment as long as such disclosure prior to such effective date would not be violative of any applicable law or confidentiality agreement, otherwise immediately following such effective date, but in no event later than the time required pursuant to Section 10.09, (x) written notice to the Depositor, and to the Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, of such succession or appointment, (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, and to the Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, all information reasonably requested by the Depositor, or such Other Depositor, so that it may comply with its reporting obligation under Items 1.01 and

 

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6.02 of Form 8-K with respect to any Class of Certificates or Serviced Companion Loan Securities and (z) such opinion(s) of counsel, certifications and/or indemnification agreement(s) with respect to such information that are substantially similar to those delivered by the Trustee or their respective counsel, in connection with the information concerning such party in the Prospectus and/or any other disclosure materials relating to this Trust.

 

Section 10.05    Filing Obligations. (a) Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall, and each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Servicing Function Participant (other than (x) any party to this Agreement or (y) a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans to, reasonably cooperate with the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and any Other Trustee or Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) in connection with the Certificate Administrator’s and Depositor’s (or such Other Trustee’s or Other Depositor’s) good faith efforts to satisfy the Trust’s (or such Other Securitization’s) reporting requirements under the Exchange Act.

 

(b)         [Reserved].

 

(c)         To the extent that the Master Servicer (in the case of any non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (in the case of any Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties), as applicable, is in receipt of the updated financial statements of the Significant Obligor for any calendar quarter (other than the fourth calendar quarter of any calendar year) or the updated financial statements of the Significant Obligor for any calendar year, as applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator, on or prior to the day that occurs two Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or seven Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, (A) if such financial statement receipt occurs 12 or more Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or 17 or more Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, such financial statements of the Significant Obligor, together with a statement of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, calculation of the Significant Obligor’s net operating income for the applicable period that will be included in subsequent reports that form a part of the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package and (B) if such financial statement receipt occurs less than 12 Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or less than 17 Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, such financial statements of the Significant Obligor, together with the net operating income for the applicable period as reported by the related Borrower in such financial statements.

 

(d)         If the Certificate Administrator has not received financial information satisfactory to comply with Item 6 of Form 10-D or Item 1112(b)(1) of Form 10-K, as the case may be, it shall include the following statement (to the extent such statement is accurate) with

 

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respect to Item 6 on the related Form 10-D or Item 1112(b)(1) on the related Form 10-K: “The information required for this [Item 6] [Item 1112(b)(1)] rests with a person or entity which is not affiliated with the registrant. Oral and written requests have been made on behalf of the registrant, to the extent required under the related pooling and servicing agreement, to obtain the information required for this [Item 6] [Item 1112(b)(1)], and the registrant has been unable to obtain such information to include on this [Form 10-D] [Form 10-K] by the related filing deadline. The information is therefore being omitted herefrom in reliance on Rule 12b-21 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended” or such other statement as directed by the Depositor.

 

(e)          With respect to any Mortgaged Property that secures a Serviced Companion Loan that the applicable Other Depositor has notified the Master Servicer and Special Servicer in writing is a “significant obligor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB) (together with notification of the Relevant Distribution Date) with respect to an Other Securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent that the Master Servicer (in the case of non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (in the case of Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties) is in receipt of the updated financial statements of such “significant obligor” for any calendar quarter (other than the fourth calendar quarter of any calendar year) from the Mortgagor, beginning with the first calendar quarter following receipt of such notice from the Other Depositor, or the updated financial statements of such “significant obligor” for any calendar year, beginning for the calendar year following such notice from the Other Depositor, as applicable, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver to the Other Depositor, on or prior to the day that occurs two (2) Business Days prior to the related “significant obligor” NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or seven (7) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, (A) if such financial statement receipt occurs twelve (12) or more Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or seventeen (17) or more Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, such financial statements of the “significant obligor”, together with the net operating income of such “significant obligor” for the applicable period as calculated by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in accordance with CREFC® guidelines and (B) if such financial statement receipt occurs less than twelve (12) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or less than seventeen (17) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, such financial statements of the “significant obligor”, together with the net operating income of such “significant obligor” for the applicable period as reported by the related Mortgagor in such financial statements.

 

If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, does not receive financial information satisfactory to comply with Item 6 of Form 10-D or Item 1112(b)(1) of Form 10-K, as the case may be, of such “significant obligor” within ten (10) Business Days after the date such financial information is required to be delivered under the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall notify the Other Depositor with respect to such Other Securitization that includes the related Companion Loan (or shall cause each applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement to require any related Sub-Servicer to notify such Other Depositor) that it has not received such financial information.  The Master

 

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Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard (taking into account, in addition, the ongoing reporting obligations of such Other Depositor under the Exchange Act) to obtain the periodic financial statements required to be delivered by the related Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall (or shall cause any related Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into after receipt of written notice from the Other Depositor that such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan is a significant obligor to require the related Sub-Servicer to) retain written evidence of each instance in which it (or a Sub-Servicer) attempts to contact the related Mortgagor related to any such “significant obligor” (identified to it as such by the Other Depositor in accordance with the second preceding paragraph) to obtain the required financial information and is unsuccessful and, no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the date in which a Form 10-D or Form 10-K, as applicable, is required to be filed by the Other Securitization, shall forward an Officer’s Certificate evidencing its attempts to obtain this information to the certificate administrator and Other Depositor related to such Other Securitization. This Officer’s Certificate should be addressed to the certificate administrator at its corporate trust office, as specified in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 10.06    Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE Filings. Within 15 days after each Distribution Date (subject to permitted extensions under the Exchange Act), the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act and such rules and regulations; provided that, in connection with the filing of the Prospectus and the preliminary prospectus with respect to the Public Certificates, the Depositor shall file any related Form ABS-EE required to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference into each such document. A duly authorized representative of the Depositor shall sign each Form 10-D filed on behalf of the Trust. The Certificate Administrator shall file each Form 10-D with a copy of the related Distribution Date Statement attached thereto; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall redact from such Distribution Date Statement any information relating to the ratings of the Certificates and the identity of the Rating Agencies. Any disclosure in addition to the Distribution Date Statement that is required to be included on Form 10-D and/or Form ABS-EE (“Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”) shall, pursuant to the paragraph immediately below, be reported by the parties set forth on Schedule IV and directed to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for approval by the Depositor. The Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure (other than such Additional Form 10-D Disclosure which is to be reported by it as set forth on Schedule IV) absent such reporting, direction and approval after the date hereof. The Certificate Administrator shall include in any Form 10-D filed by it, without limitation, to the extent such information is provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Depositor for inclusion therein, (i) the information required by Rule 15Ga-1(a) under the Exchange Act concerning all assets of the Trust that were subject of a demand to repurchase or replace for breach of the representations and warranties, (ii) a reference to the most recent Form ABS-15G filed by the Depositor and each Mortgage Loan Seller, if applicable, and the Commission assigned “Central Index Key” number for each such filer and (iii) incorporate by reference the Form ABS-EE filing for the

 

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related reporting period (which Form ABS-EE disclosures shall be filed at the time of each filing of the applicable report on Form 10-D with respect to each Mortgage Loan that was part of the Mortgage Pool during any portion of the related reporting period). The Certificate Administrator and the Depositor shall be entitled together to determine the manner of the presentation of such information (including the dates as of which such information is presented) in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

 

For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and for so long as any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, within five calendar days after the related Distribution Date, (i) the parties listed on Schedule IV hereto shall be required to provide to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and in the case of any Servicing Function Participant with a copy to the Master Servicer) (and to any Other Trustee or Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan), to the extent a Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, thereof has actual knowledge (other than Item 1117 of Regulation AB as to such party which shall be reported if actually known by any Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be or any lawyer in the in house legal department of such party), in EDGAR Compatible Format, or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (or such Other Trustee and Other Depositor) and such party, the form and substance of the Additional Form 10-D Disclosure described on Schedule IV applicable to such party, (ii) the parties listed on Schedule IV hereto shall include with such Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit CC and (iii) the Certificate Administrator shall, at any time prior to filing the related Form 10-D, provide prompt notice to the Depositor to the extent that the Certificate Administrator is notified of an event reportable on Form 10-D for which it has not received the necessary Additional Form 10-D Disclosure from the applicable party. No later than the 7th calendar day after the Distribution Date, the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D or (in the case of asset-level information required by Item 1A on Form 10-D) Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust; provided that if the Certificate Administrator does not receive a response from the Depositor by such time the Depositor will be deemed to have consented to the inclusion of such Additional Form 10-D Disclosure. Other than to the extent provided for in clause (iii) above, the Certificate Administrator has no duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Schedule IV of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable fees assessed and any expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D or (in the case of asset-level information required by Item 1A on Form 10-D) Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust pursuant to this paragraph.

 

After preparing the Form 10-D, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically a copy of the Form 10-D to the Depositor for review and approval; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall use its reasonable best efforts to provide such copy to the Depositor by the 8th day after the Distribution Date. No later than the end of business on the 4th

 

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Business Day prior to the filing date, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form 10-D, and no later than the 2nd Business Day prior to the filing, a duly authorized representative of the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-D and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 10-D (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall file such Form 10-D, upon signature thereof as provided in Section 10.16, not later than (i) 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 15th calendar day after the related Distribution Date or (ii) if agreed to prior to the time set forth in clause (i) above, such other time as the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator mutually agree is permitted by the Commission for the filing such Form 10-D. If a Form 10-D cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-D needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator shall follow the procedures set forth in Section 10.10(b). After filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator shall, pursuant to Section 4.02(b), make available on the Certificate Administrator’s website a final executed copy of each Form 10-D prepared and filed by the Certificate Administrator. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 10.06 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-D is contingent upon such parties (and any Additional Servicer or Servicing Function Participant) observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 10.06. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare or file such Form 10-D where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive on a timely basis any information from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-D, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

 

Form 10-D requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.” The Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing via email to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com, no later than the 5th calendar day after the related Distribution Date during any year in which the Trust is required to file a Form 10-D if the answer to the questions should be “no”; provided that if the failure of the Depositor to have filed such required reports arises in connection with the securitization contemplated by this Agreement, then the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have notice of such failure (only with respect to Exchange Act reports prepared or required to be prepared and filed by the Certificate Administrator) without being notified by the Depositor; provided, further, that in connection with the delivery of any notice contemplated by this sentence, the Depositor may instruct the Certificate Administrator that such notice shall be effective for a period (not to exceed 12 months) from the date of such notice, in which case no further notice from the Depositor shall be required during such specified period. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely on such notifications in preparing, executing and/or filing any Form 10-D.

 

The Depositor hereby directs the Certificate Administrator to include the following individual’s name and phone number on the cover of Forms 10-D and ABS-EE for

 

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each reporting period: Name: Lainie Kaye, Telephone: (212) 504-6678. The Certificate Administrator may rely without further investigation that this information remains correct unless and until the Depositor provides the Certificate Administrator with a new individual’s name and phone number in writing.

 

Upon receipt of an Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer required to be delivered pursuant to Section 11.01(b), the Certificate Administrator shall include such Asset Review Report Summary under Item 1B on the Form 10-D for such reporting period in which the Asset Review Report Summary was received by the Certificate Administrator.

 

To the extent the Certificate Administrator receives a Communication Request from any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner to communicate with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners pursuant to Section 5.05, the Certificate Administrator shall include under Item 1B on the Form 10-D relating to the reporting period in which such request was received a Special Notice regarding the request to communicate, and such Special Notice is required to include the following and no more than the following: (a) the name of the Certificateholder or Certificate Owner making the request, (b) the date the request was received, (c) a statement to the effect that the Certificate Administrator has received such request, stating that such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is interested in communicating with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners with regard to the possible exercise of rights under this Agreement, and (d) a description of the method other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners may use to contact the requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner. It is hereby understood that a disclosure in substantially the following form shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements in the preceding sentence:

 

On [date], the Certificate Administrator received from [name], a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, a request to communicate with other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners in the securitization transaction to which this report on Form 10-D relates (the “Securitization”). The requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is interested in communicating with other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners with regard to the possible exercise of rights under the pooling and servicing agreement governing the Securitization. Other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners may contact the requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner at [telephone number], [email address] and/or [mailing address].

 

At the time required under Section 10.06, the Certificate Administrator shall file each Form ABS-EE with a copy of the related CREFC® Schedule AL File received by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.13(a) as Exhibit 102 thereto. To the extent the Certificate Administrator receives any Schedule AL Additional File with respect to such Form ABS-EE pursuant to Section 3.13(a), the Certificate Administrator shall file such Schedule AL Additional File as Exhibit 103 to such Form ABS-EE. The Certificate Administrator shall not be

 

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required to combine multiple CREFC® Schedule AL Files or Schedule AL Additional Files. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to review, redact, reconcile, edit or verify the content, completeness or accuracy of the information contained in any CREFC® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File. The Certificate Administrator shall not be deemed to have actual knowledge of the contents of any CREFC® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File solely by its receipt thereof.

 

After preparing the Forms 10-D and ABS-EE with respect to the Trust, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically copies of such Forms 10-D and ABS-EE (together with the related CREFC® Schedule AL File and any Schedule AL Additional File received by the Certificate Administrator) to the Depositor for review no later than seven (7) calendar days after the related Distribution Date or, if the 7th calendar day after the related Distribution Date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day. The Master Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor to answer any questions that the Depositor may pose to the Master Servicer regarding the data or information contained in, or omitted from, any CREFC® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File (other than questions regarding (1) the accuracy as of the Closing Date of data that had been included in the Initial Schedule AL File, the Initial Schedule AL Additional File or the Annex A-1 to the Prospectus or (2) changes made to such CREFC® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File by the Certificate Administrator following receipt from the Master Servicer). Any questions for the Master Servicer related to the filing shall be directed to ssreports@wellsfargo.com. The Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Depositor shall each, to the extent related to such party’s obligations hereunder, reasonably cooperate to remedy any filing errors regarding any CREFC® Schedule AL File or any Schedule AL Additional File as soon as possible. Within four (4) Business Days after receipt of copies of such Forms 10-D and ABS-EE from the Certificate Administrator, but no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the 15th calendar day after the related Distribution Date, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE, respectively, and an officer of the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust and return an electronic or fax copy of each of the signed Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. Upon receipt of such signed Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE (in electronic form or by fax copy), the Certificate Administrator shall deem such reports to be approved by the Depositor and shall proceed with filing such reports with the Commission. If a Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 10.10(b) of this Agreement. Promptly after filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator will make available on its internet website a final executed copy of each Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust prepared and filed by the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Lainie Kaye, with copies via email to lainie.kaye@db.com and cmbs.requests@db.com, or such other address as the Depositor may direct. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 10.06 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-D and Form

 

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ABS-EE with respect to the Trust is contingent upon such parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 10.06. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, or claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file any Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE with respect to the Trust, where such failure results because required disclosure information was either not delivered to the Certificate Administrator or delivered to the Certificate Administrator after the delivery deadlines set forth in this Agreement, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

 

Section 10.07    Form 10-K Filings. Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Trust or such earlier date as may be required by the Exchange Act (the “10-K Filing Deadline”) (it being understood that the fiscal year for the Trust ends on December 31st of each year), commencing with fiscal year 2017, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust a Form 10-K, in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act. Each such Form 10-K shall include the following items, in each case to the extent they have been delivered to the Certificate Administrator within the applicable time frames set forth in this Agreement:

 

(i)            an annual compliance statement for each applicable Certifying Servicer, as described under Section 10.11;

 

(ii)           (A) the annual reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for each applicable Reporting Servicer, as described under Section 10.12, and (B) if any Reporting Servicer’s report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section 10.12 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance (including whether such instance of noncompliance involved the servicing of the assets backing the Certificates issued pursuant to this Agreement and any steps taken to remedy such instance of noncompliance), or if any Reporting Servicer’s report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section 10.12 is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation as to why such report is not included;

 

(iii)          (A) the registered public accounting firm attestation report for each Reporting Servicer, as described under Section 10.13, and (B) if any registered public accounting firm attestation report described under Section 10.13 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance, or if any such registered public accounting firm attestation report is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation as to why such report is not included; and

 

(iv)          a Sarbanes-Oxley Certification as described in Section 10.08.

 

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paragraph immediately below, be reported by the parties set forth on Schedule V hereto to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator (and to any Other Depositor or Other Trustee related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) and approved by the Depositor (and such Other Depositor), and the Certificate Administrator (or such Other Trustee) will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure (other than such Additional Form 10-K Disclosure which is to be reported by it as set forth on Schedule V) absent such reporting and approval.

 

Not later than 10 Business Days after the end of each fiscal year for which the Trust (or any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) is required to file a Form 10-K, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall provide the other parties to this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan Sellers (and the parties to any Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to any Other Securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan) with written notice of the name and address of each Servicing Function Participant retained by such party. Not later than the end of each year for which the Trust is required to file a Form 10-K, (i) the Certificate Administrator shall upon request provide to each Mortgage Loan Seller, Other Depositor and Other Trustee written notice of any change in the identity of any party to this Agreement, including the name and address of any new party to this Agreement and (ii) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to each related Mortgage Loan Seller, Other Depositor and Other Trustee written notice of any change in the identity of any Sub-Servicer that is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, including the name and address of any new Sub-Servicer that is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer.

 

With respect to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, not later than the end of each year for which the Other Securitization trust is required to file a Form 10-K, (i) the Certificate Administrator shall upon request provide to each mortgage loan seller with respect to such Other Securitization written notice of any change in the identity of any party to this Agreement, including the name and address of any new party to this Agreement and (ii) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to each such mortgage loan seller written notice of any change in the identity of any Sub-Servicer that is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer for the servicing of such Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, including the name and address of any new Sub-Servicer that is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer.

 

For so long as the Trust (or any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, by March 1st, commencing in March 2018 (i) the parties listed on Schedule V hereto shall be required to provide to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and in the case of any Servicing Function Participant with a copy to the Master Servicer) (and to any Other Depositor or Other Trustee related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan), to the extent a Servicing Officer or a Responsible Officer, as the case may be, thereof has actual

 

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knowledge (other than with respect to Items 1117 and 1119 of Regulation AB as to such party which shall be reported if actually known by any Servicing Officer or any lawyer in the in house legal department of such party), in EDGAR Compatible Format (to the extent available to such party in such format), or in such other form as otherwise agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (or such Other Trustee and Other Depositor) and such party, the form and substance of the Additional Form 10-K Disclosure described on Schedule V applicable to such party, (ii) the parties listed on Schedule V hereto shall include with such Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit CC and (iii) the Certificate Administrator shall, at any time prior to filing the related Form 10-K, provide prompt notice to the Depositor to the extent that the Certificate Administrator is notified of an event reportable on Form 10-K for which it has not received the necessary Additional Form 10-K Disclosure from the applicable party. No later than March 10th, the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K; provided that if the Certificate Administrator does not receive a response from the Depositor by such time the Depositor will be deemed to have consented to the inclusion of such Additional Form 10-K Disclosure. Other than to the extent provided for in clause (iii) above, the Certificate Administrator has no duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Schedule V of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable fees assessed and any expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K pursuant to this paragraph.

 

After preparing the Form 10-K, on or prior to the 6th Business Day prior to the 10-K Filing Deadline, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically a copy of the Form 10-K to the Depositor for review and approval. Within three Business Days after receipt of such copy, but no later than March 24th, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approved of such Form 10-K. No later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the 4th Business Day prior to the 10-K Filing Deadline, a senior officer in charge of securitization of the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-K and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 10-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall file such Form 10-K, upon signature thereof as provided in Section 10.16, not later than (i) 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 10-K Filing Deadline or (ii) such other time as the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator mutually agree is permitted by the Commission for the filing such Form 10-K, of each year in which a report on Form 10-K is required to be filed by the Trust. If a Form 10-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 10.10(b). After filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator shall, pursuant to Section 4.02(b), make available on its internet website a final executed copy of each Form 10-K prepared and filed by the Certificate Administrator. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 10.07 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-K is contingent upon such parties (and any Additional Servicer or Servicing Function Participant)

 

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observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Article X. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability with respect to any failure to properly prepare or file such Form 10-K resulting from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive from any other party any information needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-K on a timely basis, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

 

Form 10-K requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.” The Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing via email to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com, no later than the 15th calendar day of March during any year in which the Trust is required to file a Form 10-K if the answer to the questions should be “no”; provided that if the failure of the Depositor to have filed such required reports arises in connection with the securitization contemplated by this Agreement, then the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have notice of such failure (only with respect to Exchange Act reports prepared or required to be prepared and filed by the Certificate Administrator) without being notified by the Depositor; provided, further, that in connection with the delivery of any notice contemplated by this sentence, the Depositor may instruct the Certificate Administrator that such notice shall be effective for a period (not to exceed 12 months) from the date of such notice, in which case no further notice from the Depositor shall be required during such specified period. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely on such notifications in preparing, executing and/or filing any Form 10-K.

 

Section 10.08    Sarbanes-Oxley Certification. Each Form 10-K shall include a certification (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Certification”), as set forth in Exhibit W attached hereto, required to be included therewith pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Each Reporting Servicer shall, and each Reporting Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Servicing Function Participant (other than (x) any party to this Agreement or (y) a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans, to provide to the Person who signs the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification for the Trust or any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan (each such Person, a “Certifying Person”), by March 1st of each year (commencing in 2018) in which the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act and of each year in which any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, a certification (each, a “Performance Certification”), in the form attached hereto as Exhibit O, Exhibit P, Exhibit Q, Exhibit R, Exhibit T, Exhibit U or Exhibit V, as applicable, upon which each Certifying Person, the entity for which such Certifying Person acts as an officer, and such entity’s officers, directors and Affiliates (collectively with the Certifying Persons, “Certification Parties”) can reasonably rely. The senior officer in charge of securitization of the Depositor shall serve as the Certifying Person on behalf of the Trust. The Certifying Person at the Depositor can be contacted at Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Lainie Kaye, with a copy to Salvatore Palazzolo, Esq. If any Reporting Servicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or any applicable Sub-Servicing

 

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Agreement, such Reporting Servicer shall provide a Performance Certification to each Certifying Person pursuant to this Section 10.08 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be required to deliver a Performance Certification with respect to any period during which there was no Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 10.08 shall require any Reporting Servicer (i) to certify or verify the accurateness or completeness of any information provided to such Reporting Servicer by third parties (other than a Sub-Servicer, Additional Servicer or any other third party retained by it that is not a Sub-Servicer listed on Exhibit X or a Sub-Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 3.01(c)), (ii) to certify information other than to such Reporting Servicer’s knowledge and in accordance with such Reporting Servicer’s responsibilities hereunder or (iii) with respect to completeness of information and reports, to certify anything other than that all fields of information called for in written reports prepared by such Reporting Servicer have been completed except as they have been left blank on their face.

 

Each Performance Certification shall include a reasonable reliance provision enabling the Certification Parties to rely upon each (i) annual compliance statement provided pursuant to Section 10.11, (ii) annual report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria provided pursuant to Section 10.12 and (iii) registered public accounting firm attestation report provided pursuant to Section 10.13.

 

For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting obligations of the Exchange Act, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan serviced under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall use commercially reasonable efforts to procure a Sarbanes-Oxley back-up certification from the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers, in form and substance similar to a Performance Certification or to the form, if any, provided in the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall promptly forward to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor any such Sarbanes-Oxley back-up certification received by the Master Servicer.

 

Section 10.09    Form 8-K Filings. Within four (4) Business Days after the occurrence of an event requiring disclosure (the “8-K Filing Deadline”) under Form 8-K (each a “Reportable Event”), to the extent it receives the Form 8-K Disclosure Information described below, the Certificate Administrator shall, at the direction of the Depositor, prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 8-K, as required by the Exchange Act and shall provide notice thereof to Form10K.Compliance@cwt.com, provided that the Depositor shall file the initial Form 8-K in connection with the issuance of the Certificates. Any disclosure or information related to a Reportable Event or that is otherwise required to be included on Form 8-K (“Form 8-K Disclosure Information”) shall, pursuant to the paragraph immediately below, be reported by the parties set forth on Schedule VI to which such Reportable Event relates and such Form 8-K Disclosure Information shall be delivered to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator (and to any Other Depositor and Other Trustee related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) in EDGAR Compatible Format and approved by the Depositor. The Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or

 

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prepare any Form 8-K Disclosure Information (other than such Form 8-K Disclosure Information which is to be reported by it as set forth on Schedule VI) absent such reporting and approval.

 

For so long as the Trust (or any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the parties listed on Schedule VI hereto shall, to the extent a Servicing Officer or a Responsible Officer, as the case may be, thereof has actual knowledge, use their commercially reasonable efforts to provide to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator (and to any Other Depositor and Other Trustee related to any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) within 1 Business Day after the occurrence of the Reportable Event, but shall provide in no event later than the end of business (New York City time) on the 2nd Business Day after the occurrence of the Reportable Event, the form and substance of the Form 8-K Disclosure Information described on Schedule VI as applicable to such party, in EDGAR Compatible Format, or in such other format as otherwise agreed to in advance by the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and such Other Trustee and Other Depositor) and such party and accompanied by an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit CC. The Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form 8-K by the end of business on the 2nd Business Day after the Reportable Event; provided that if the Certificate Administrator does not receive a response from the Depositor by such time as required under this Agreement the Depositor will be deemed to have consented to such Form 8-K Disclosure Information. The Certificate Administrator has no duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Schedule VI of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Form 8-K Disclosure Information; provided that to the extent that the Certificate Administrator is notified of such Reportable Event and it does not receive the necessary Form 8-K Disclosure Information, it shall notify the Depositor that it has not received such information and, provided, further, that the limitation on liability provided by this sentence shall not be applicable if the Reportable Event relates to the Certificate Administrator or any party that the Certificate Administrator has engaged to perform its obligations under this Agreement. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable fees assessed and any expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form 8-K pursuant to this paragraph.

 

After preparing the Form 8-K, the Certificate Administrator shall, no later than the end of the Business Day (New York City time) on the 3rd Business Day after the Reportable Event, forward electronically a copy of the Form 8-K to the Depositor for review and approval and the Depositor shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to the Form 8-K. No later than noon on the 4th Business Day (New York City time) after the Reportable Event, a duly authorized representative of the Depositor shall sign the Form 8-K and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 8-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall file such Form 8-K, upon signature thereof as provided in Section 10.16, not later than (i) 5:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the 4th Business Day following the reportable event or (ii) such other time as the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator mutually agree is permitted by the Commission for the filing such Form 8-K. If a

 

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Form 8-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 8-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 10.10(b). After filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator will, pursuant to Section 4.02(b), make available on its internet website a final executed copy of each Form 8-K prepared and filed by the Certificate Administrator. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 10.09 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 8-K is contingent upon such parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 10.09. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file such Form 8-K, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive approved Form 8-K Disclosure Information within the applicable timeframes set forth in this Section 10.09 and not resulting from the Certificate Administrator’s own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct (provided that to the extent that the Certificate Administrator is notified of such Reportable Event and it does not receive the necessary Form 8–K Disclosure Information, it will notify the Depositor that it has not received such information and further provided that the limitation on liability provided by this sentence shall not be applicable if the Reportable Event relates to the Certificate Administrator or any party that the Certificate Administrator has engaged to perform its obligations under this Agreement).

 

In addition to the foregoing, as to any resignation, removal, succession, merger or consolidation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer that would constitute a Reportable Event, upon at least 4 Business Days prior notice of the anticipated effective date of such event, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor shall cooperate in a timely manner with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any other Person pursuing such resignation, removal, succession, merger or consolidation, as applicable, in connection with the Depositor’s or the Certificate Administrator’s obligation to file any related required Form 8-K relating to this Trust on the anticipated effective date of such event.

 

For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting obligations of the Exchange Act, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan serviced under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, no resignation, removal or replacement of any party to such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement that would be required to be reported on a Form 8-K relating to this Trust shall become effective until the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to this Section 10.09.

 

Section 10.10    Suspension of Exchange Act Filings; Incomplete Exchange Act Filings; Amendments to Exchange Act Reports. (a) If at any time the Trust is permitted to suspend its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act, on or before January 30 of the first year in which the Certificate Administrator is able to do so under applicable law, the Depositor shall direct the Certificate Administrator to prepare and file any form necessary to be filed with the Commission to suspend such reporting obligations. With respect to any reporting period occurring after the filing of such form, except with respect to the Other Securitizations, the obligations of the parties to this Agreement under Section 10.01, Section 10.03, Section 10.06, Section 10.07, Section 10.08 and Section 10.09 with respect to the Trust shall be suspended. The

 

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Certificate Administrator shall provide prompt notice to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Mortgage Loan Sellers that such form has been filed.

 

(b)         If the Certificate Administrator is unable to timely file with the Commission all or any required portion of any Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K required to be filed by this Agreement because required disclosure information either was not delivered to it or was delivered to it after the delivery deadlines set forth in this Agreement or for any other reason, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly notify (which notice (which may be sent by fax or by email notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.04) shall include the identity of those Reporting Servicers who either did not deliver such information or delivered such information to it after the delivery deadlines set forth in this Agreement) the Depositor and each Reporting Servicer that failed to make such delivery. In the case of Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE and Form 10-K, each such Reporting Servicer shall cooperate with the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator to prepare and file a Form 12b-25 and a Form 10-D/A, Form ABS-EE/A and Form 10-K/A as applicable, pursuant to Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act. In the case of Form 8-K, the Certificate Administrator shall, upon receipt of all required Form 8-K Disclosure Information and upon the approval and direction of the Depositor, include such disclosure information on the next Form 10-D that is required to be filed on behalf of the Trust. In the event that any previously filed Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Depositor and such other parties as needed and such parties shall cooperate to prepare any necessary Form 8-K/A, Form 10-D/A, Form ABS-EE/A or Form 10-K/A. In the event that any Reporting Servicer receives notice from the applicable parties to any Other Securitization that any previously filed Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K needs to be amended, such party shall cooperate in preparation of any necessary Form 8-K/A, Form 10-D/A, Form ABS-EE/A or Form 10-K/A. Any Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K shall be signed by the Depositor. The parties to this agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 10.10 related to the timely preparation and filing of a Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Forms 8-K, 10-D, ABS-EE or 10-K is contingent upon the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Depositor performing their duties under this Section. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage or claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare and/or timely file any such Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Forms 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

 

Section 10.11    Annual Compliance Statements. (a) The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator, any Additional Servicer and each Servicing Function Participant (if such Servicing Function Participant is a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB) (each, a “Certifying Servicer”) shall deliver (and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Additional Servicer and each Servicing

 

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Function Participant (if such Servicing Function Participant is a servicer contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB) (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans, to deliver) to the Trustee, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor (in the case of the Special Servicer only), each Other Trustee, each Other Depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such report to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement) on or before March 1st of each year, commencing in 2018, an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to the signer thereof, that (A) a review of such Certifying Servicer’s activities during a reporting period consisting of the preceding calendar year or portion thereof and of such Certifying Servicer’s performance under this Agreement, or the applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing agreement in the case of an Additional Servicer, has been made under such officer’s supervision and (B) that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, such Certifying Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement, or the applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing agreement in the case of an Additional Servicer, in all material respects throughout such reporting period, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof.

 

(b)         With respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan serviced under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall use commercially reasonable efforts to procure an Officer’s Certificate as described in this Section from the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers in form and substance similar to the Officer’s Certificate described in this Section.

 

(c)          Promptly after receipt of each such Officer’s Certificate, the Depositor (and each Other Depositor for any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) shall have the right to review such Officer’s Certificate and, if applicable, consult with each Certifying Servicer, as applicable, as to the nature of any failures by such Certifying Servicer, in the fulfillment of any of the Certifying Servicer’s obligations hereunder or under the applicable sub-servicing agreement. None of the Certifying Servicers or any Additional Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant shall be required to deliver, or to endeavor to cause the delivery of, any such Officer’s Certificate until April 15, in any given year so long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor (and the Other Depositor for any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) that a Form 10-K is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust (or, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan, the related Other Securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan) for the preceding calendar year. If any Certifying Servicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement, as the case may be, such Certifying Servicer shall provide the Officer’s Certificate pursuant to this Section 10.11 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement, as the case may be.

 

Section 10.12    Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria. By March 1st of each year, commencing in March 2018, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (regardless of whether the Special Servicer has commenced special servicing of any Mortgage Loan), the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee (only with respect

 

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to any period during which any Relevant Servicing Criteria was applicable to it), the Operating Advisor and each Servicing Function Participant (each, a “Reporting Servicer”), each at its own expense) shall furnish (and each Reporting Servicer, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause, by March 1st each Servicing Function Participant (other than a party to this Agreement), with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans to furnish, each at its own expense, to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor (and to the Other Depositor and Other Trustee for any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such report to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.16(d) of this Agreement) in an EDGAR Compatible Format, or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (or such Other Trustee and Other Depositor, as applicable) a report on an assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria with respect to commercial mortgage backed securities transactions taken as a whole involving such party that contains (A) a statement by such Reporting Servicer of its responsibility for assessing compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (B) a statement that such Reporting Servicer used the Servicing Criteria to assess compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (C) such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for the period ending the end of the fiscal year covered by the Form 10-K required to be filed pursuant to Section 10.07, including, if there has been any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, a discussion of each such failure and the nature and status thereof, and (D) a statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for such period. Copies of all compliance reports delivered pursuant to this Section 10.12 shall be made available to any Privileged Person by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.02(c) of this Agreement and to any Rating Agency and NRSRO by the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.16(d) of this Agreement.

 

No later than 10 Business Days after the end of each fiscal year for the Trust (and for any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) for which a Form 10-K is required to be filed, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall each forward to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and to the Other Depositor and Other Trustee for any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) the name and contact information of each Servicing Function Participant engaged by it during such year or portion thereof (except with respect to any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) and what Relevant Servicing Criteria will be addressed in the report on assessment of compliance prepared by such Servicing Function Participant. When the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and each Servicing Function Participant submit their respective assessments by March 1st, as applicable, to the Certificate Administrator (and each Other Trustee), each such party shall also at such time, if it has received the assessment (and attestation pursuant to Section 10.13) of each Servicing Function Participant engaged by it, include such assessment (and attestation) in its submission to the Certificate Administrator (and such Other Trustee).

 

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Companion Loan) shall have the right to review each such report and, if applicable, consult with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and any Servicing Function Participant as to the nature of any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee or any Servicing Function Participant, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall confirm that the assessments, taken individually, address the Relevant Servicing Criteria for each party as set forth on Schedule II and notify the Depositor (and each Other Depositor for an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) of any exceptions; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for confirming whether any such party has certified to all the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or any Servicing Function Participant shall be required to deliver, or to endeavor to cause the delivery of, any such reports until April 15 in any given year so long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor (and the Other Depositor for any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) that a Form 10-K is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust (or, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan, the related Other Securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan) for the preceding calendar year. If any Reporting Servicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or any applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement, as the case may be, such Reporting Servicer shall provide the reports and statements pursuant to this Section 10.12 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement, as the case may be.

 

The parties hereto acknowledge that a material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria reported on an assessment of compliance pursuant to this Section 10.12 by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Custodian shall not, as a result of being so reported, in and of itself, constitute a breach of such parties’ obligations or a Servicer Termination Event or Operating Advisor Termination Event, as applicable, under this Agreement unless otherwise provided for in this Agreement.

 

For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan serviced under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall use commercially reasonable efforts to procure an annual report on assessment of compliance as described in this Section and an attestation as described in Section 10.13 from the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers in form and substance similar to the annual report on assessment of compliance described in this Section (or in such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as the case may be) and the attestation described in Section 10.13. The Master Servicer shall promptly forward to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor any such assessment of compliance received by the Master Servicer. Until such time as the Certificate Administrator receives notice that the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers no longer have a continuing obligation under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement related to an Other Securitization that includes the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan to provide to the Trust an annual report on assessment of compliance as described in this Section and an attestation as described in Section 10.13 for any

 

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year that the Trust formed under this Agreement is not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers if such parties fail to deliver to the Certificate Administrator such assessment of compliance and attestation within the time frame required by such Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 10.13    Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Servicing Report. By March 1st, of each year, commencing in March 2018, each Reporting Servicer, each at its own expense, shall cause, and each Reporting Servicer, as applicable, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Servicing Function Participant (other than (x) a party to this Agreement or (y) a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans, each at such Servicing Function Participant’s own expense, a registered public accounting firm (which may also render other services to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and such Servicing Function Participant, as the case may be) and that is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a report to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor (and to any Other Depositor and Other Trustee for any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan), the Operating Advisor (in the case of the Special Servicer only) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such report to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.16(d) of this Agreement) to the effect that (i) it has obtained a representation regarding certain matters from the management of such Reporting Servicer, which includes an assessment from such Reporting Servicer of its compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in all material respects, and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB, it is expressing an opinion as to whether such Reporting Servicer’s compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria was fairly stated in all material respects, or it cannot express an overall opinion regarding such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria. If an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable to express such an opinion. Such report must be available for general use and not contain restricted use language. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be required to deliver an annual independent public accountants’ servicing report with respect to any period during which there was no Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it.

 

Promptly after receipt of such report from each Reporting Servicer, (i) the Depositor (and any Other Depositor related to an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) shall have the right to review the report and, if applicable, consult with the related Reporting Servicer as to the nature of any material instance of noncompliance by such Reporting Servicer with the Servicing Criteria applicable to such person, as the case may be, in the fulfillment of any of such Reporting Servicer’s obligations hereunder or under any applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing agreement, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall confirm that each assessment submitted pursuant to Section 10.12 is coupled with an attestation meeting the requirements of this Section and notify the Depositor (and any Other Depositor related to an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) of any exceptions; provided, that the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for confirming

 

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whether any particular Reporting Servicer has certified to all of the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it. No Reporting Servicer shall be required to deliver, or to endeavor to cause the delivery of, such reports until April 15 in any given year so long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor that a Form 10-K is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust (or, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan, the related Other Securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan) for the preceding calendar year. If any Reporting Servicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or any applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement or primary servicing agreement, as the case may be, such Reporting Servicer shall provide the report pursuant to this Section 10.13 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement or primary servicing agreement, as the case may be.

 

Section 10.14    Exchange Act Reporting Indemnification. Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian (if not the Certificate Administrator), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall indemnify and hold harmless each Certification Party, the Depositor (and any Other Depositor related to an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan), their respective directors and officers, and each other person who controls any such entity within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all expenses, losses, claims, damages and other liabilities, including without limitation the costs of investigation, legal defense and any amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation arising out of (i) the failure to perform its obligations to the Depositor (or any Other Depositor related to an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) or Certificate Administrator (or any Other Trustee related to an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) under this Article X by the time required, (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any information (x) regarding such party or any Servicing Function Participant, Additional Servicer or subcontractor engaged by it (other than any Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer), (y) prepared by any such party described in clause (x) or any registered public accounting firm, attorney or other agent retained by such party to prepare such information and (z) delivered by or on behalf of such party in connection with the performance of such party’s obligations described in this Article X, or the omission or alleged omission to state in any such information a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, that the applicable party shall be entitled to participate in any action arising out of the foregoing and the Depositor shall consult with such party with respect to any litigation or audit strategy, as applicable, in connection with the foregoing and any potential settlement terms related thereto, (iii) the failure of any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by it (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller Sub-Servicer) to perform its obligations to the Depositor (or any Other Depositor related to an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) or Certificate Administrator (or any Other Trustee related to an Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) under this Article X by the time required or (iv) any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable.

 

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the Trustee shall cooperate (and require each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it to cooperate under the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement) with the Depositor (and each Other Depositor) as necessary for the Depositor (and such Other Depositor) to conduct any reasonable due diligence necessary to evaluate and assess any material instances of non-compliance disclosed in any of the deliverables required by the applicable reporting requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (“Reporting Requirements”).

 

In connection with comments provided to the Depositor or any Other Depositor from the Commission regarding information (x) delivered by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer, as applicable (“Affected Reporting Party”), (y) regarding such Affected Reporting Party, and (z) prepared by such Affected Reporting Party or any registered public accounting firm, attorney or other agent retained by such party to prepare such information, which information is contained in a report filed by the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, under the Reporting Requirements and which comments are received subsequent to the Depositor’s or such Other Depositor’s, as applicable, filing of such report, the Depositor shall (or such Other Depositor may) promptly provide to such Affected Reporting Party any such comments which relate to such Affected Reporting Party. Upon receipt of such comments, such Affected Reporting Party shall be responsible for timely preparing a written response to the Commission for inclusion in the Depositor’s or such Other Depositor’s, as applicable, response to the Commission, unless such Affected Reporting Party elects, with the consent of the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable (which consent shall not be unreasonably denied, withheld or delayed), to directly communicate with the Commission and negotiate a response and/or resolution with the Commission; provided, however, if an Affected Reporting Party is a Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall receive copies of all material communications pursuant to this Section 10.14. If such election is made, the applicable Affected Reporting Party shall be responsible for directly negotiating such response and/or resolution with the Commission in a timely manner; provided, that (i) such Affected Reporting Party shall use reasonable efforts to keep the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, informed of its progress with the Commission and copy the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, on all correspondence with the Commission and provide the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, with the opportunity to participate (at the Depositor’s or such Other Depositor’s expense, as applicable) in any telephone conferences and meetings with the Commission and (ii) the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, shall cooperate with any Affected Reporting Party in order to authorize such Affected Reporting Party and its representatives to respond to and negotiate directly with the Commission with respect to any comments from the Commission relating to such Affected Reporting Party and to notify the Commission of such authorization. The Depositor (or such Other Depositor, as applicable) and the Affected Reporting Party shall cooperate and coordinate with one another with respect to any requests made to the Commission for extension of time for submitting a response or compliance. All respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel to the Depositor or such Other

 

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Depositor, as applicable), in connection with the foregoing (other than those costs and expenses required to be at the Depositor’s or such Other Depositor’s expense, as applicable and as set forth above) and any amendments to any reports filed with the Commission related thereto shall be promptly paid by the applicable Affected Reporting Party upon receipt of an itemized invoice from the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable. Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by it to comply with the foregoing by inclusion of similar provisions in the related sub-servicing or similar agreement.

 

The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Servicing Function Participant (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans to indemnify and hold harmless each Certification Party from and against any losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses incurred by such Certification Party arising out of (i) a breach of its obligations to provide any of the annual compliance statements or annual assessment of servicing criteria or attestation reports pursuant to this Agreement, or the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement, as applicable or (ii) any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable.

 

If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless any Certification Party, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, each Additional Servicer or other Servicing Function Participant (the “Performing Party”) shall, and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship (other than a party to this Agreement) with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans to contribute to the amount paid or payable to the Certification Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Certification Party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Certification Party on the one hand and the Performing Party on the other in connection with a breach of the Performing Party’s obligations pursuant to this Article X. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Servicing Function Participant (other than any party to this Agreement) with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Serviced Mortgage Loans to agree to the foregoing indemnification and contribution obligations.

 

Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party hereunder, notify in writing the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party under this Agreement except to the extent that such omission to notify materially prejudices the indemnifying party. In case any such action is

 

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brought against any indemnified party, after the indemnifying party has been notified of the commencement of such action, such indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein (at its own expense) and, to the extent that it may wish, shall be entitled to assume the defense thereof (jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified) with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election to so assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party for any expenses subsequently incurred in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have agreed to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties and, in the case of an investigation by the Commission, any parties that are, or whose reporting materials are, the subject of such investigation) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them or (iii) the indemnifying party fails within a reasonable period of time to designate counsel that is reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in any one jurisdiction separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent. However, if settled with such consent, the indemnifying party shall indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement to the extent that the indemnifying party is otherwise required to do so under this Agreement. If an indemnifying party assumes the defense of any proceeding, it shall be entitled to settle such proceeding with the consent of the indemnified party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or, if such settlement (i) provides for an unconditional release of the indemnified party in connection with all matters relating to the proceeding that have been asserted against the indemnified party in such proceeding by the other parties to such settlement and (ii) does not require an admission of fault by the indemnified party, without the consent of the indemnified party.

 

Section 10.15    Amendments. This Article X may be amended by the written consent of all the parties hereto pursuant to Section 12.07 for purposes of complying with Regulation AB without, in each case, any Opinions of Counsel, Officer’s Certificates, Rating Agency Confirmations or the consent of any Certificateholder, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement.

 

Section 10.16    Exchange Act Report Signatures; Delivery of Notices. (a) Each Form 8-K report, Form 10-D report, Form 10-K report and Form ABS-EE shall be signed by the Depositor in accordance with procedures to be agreed upon by the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at Deutsche Mortgage &

 

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Asset Receiving Corporation at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, Attention: Lainie Kaye, with a copy to Salvatore Palazzolo.

 

(b)         Notwithstanding anything in Section 12.04 to the contrary, any notice required to be delivered to (i) the Depositor under this Article X shall be properly given if sent by email to lainie.kaye@db.com with a copy to anna.glick@cwt.com (or such other email address as the Depositor may instruct) and (ii) to the Certificate Administrator under this Article X shall be properly given if sent by facsimile to (410) 884-2380, Attention: Core Services, or such other number as the Certificate Administrator may instruct and with a copy by email to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com (or such other email address as the Certificate Administrator may instruct).

 

(c)         For the avoidance of doubt:

 

(i)            Neither Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be subject to a Servicer Termination Event, as applicable, pursuant to the second clause of the definition of “Master Servicer Termination Event” or “Special Servicer Termination Event,” as applicable, nor shall any such party be deemed to not be in compliance under this Agreement, during any grace period provided for in such second clause; provided, that if any such party fails to comply with the requirements of this Article X by the expiration of any applicable grace period such failure shall constitute a Servicer Termination Event with respect to such party;

 

(ii)           Neither Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be subject to a Servicer Termination Event, as applicable, pursuant to the last clause of the definition of “Master Servicer Termination Event” or “Special Servicer Termination Event,” as applicable, nor shall any such party be deemed to not be in compliance under this Agreement, for failing to deliver any item required under this Article X by the time required hereunder with respect to any reporting period for which the Trust and each Other Securitization is not required to file Exchange Act reports.

 

(d)         If the Certificate Administrator or the Depositor does not receive the Annual Assessment Report and/or the Annual Attestation Report with respect to any Servicing Function Participant, or with respect to any Servicing Function Participant retained or engaged by a party hereto that is actually known by a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Administrator or the Depositor, as the case may be, by March 1st of any year during which an Annual Report on Form 10-K is required to be filed with the Commission with respect to the Trust, then the Certificate Administrator shall, and the Depositor may, forward a Servicer Notice to such Servicing Function Participant or the party hereto that retained or engaged such Sub-Servicing Function Participant, as the case may be, with a copy of such Servicer Notice to the Depositor (if the Certificate Administrator is sending the Servicer Notice) or the Certificate Administrator (if the Depositor is sending the Servicer Notice), as applicable, within two (2) Business Days of such failure. For the purposes of this Article X and Section 7.01 of this Agreement, a “Servicer Notice” shall constitute either any writing forwarded to such party or, in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12.05, e-mail notice

 

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or fax notice which, in the case of an email transmission, shall be forwarded to all of the following e-mail addresses for the applicable party: in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, to the applicable email address as provided in writing by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon request, or such other e-mail addresses as are provided in writing by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (but any party to this Agreement (or someone acting on their behalf) shall only be required to forward any such notice to be delivered to the Master Servicer to no more than three e-mail addresses in the aggregate in order to fulfill its notification requirements as set forth in the preceding sentence and/or under the provisions of Section 7.01. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the forwarding of a Servicer Notice shall not relieve any Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of any liability under Section 7.01(a)(viii) or Section 7.01(b)(viii), respectively, for the failure of any Servicing Function Participant or Sub-Servicing Entity to deliver any Exchange Act reporting items pursuant to this Article X.

 

Section 10.17    Termination of the Certificate Administrator. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Depositor may direct the Trustee to, and the Trustee shall upon such direction, terminate the Certificate Administrator upon five Business Days’ notice if the Certificate Administrator fails to comply with any of its obligations under this Article X; provided that (a) such termination shall not be effective until a successor certificate administrator shall have accepted the appointment, (b) the Certificate Administrator may not be terminated if it cannot perform its obligations due to its failure to properly prepare or file on a timely basis any Form 8-K, Form 10-K, Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE or any amendments to such forms or any Form 12b-25 where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, within the exact time frames set forth in this Agreement any information, approval, direction or signature from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file any such Form 8-K, Form 10-K, Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE or any amendments to such forms or any Form 12b-25 not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, (c) the Certificate Administrator may not be terminated if, following the Certificate Administrator’s failure to comply with any of such obligations under Section 10.06, Section 10.07, Section 10.09, Section 10.11, Section 10.12 or Section 10.13 on or prior to the dates by which such obligations are to be performed pursuant to, and as set forth in, such Sections the Certificate Administrator subsequently complies with such obligations before the Depositor gives written notice to it that it is terminated in accordance with this Section 10.17 and (d) the Certificate Administrator may not be terminated if the Certificate Administrator’s failure to comply does not cause it to fail in its obligations to timely file the related Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, as the case may be, by the related deadline for filing such Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, then the Depositor shall cease to have the right to terminate the Certificate Administrator under this Section 10.17 on the date on which such Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K is so filed.

 

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Article XI

THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

 

Section 11.01    Asset Review.

 

(a)          On or prior to each Distribution Date, based either on the CREFC® Delinquent Loan Status Report or the CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File, the Certificate Administrator shall determine if an Asset Review Trigger has occurred. If an Asset Review Trigger is determined to have occurred, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide notice to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Holder and all Certificateholders and each other party to this Agreement. Any notice required to be delivered to the Certificateholders pursuant to this Article XI shall be delivered by the Certificate Administrator by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, by mailing such notice to their addresses appearing in the Certificate Register in the case of Individual Certificates and by delivering such notice via the Depository in the case of Book-Entry Certificates. The Certificate Administrator shall include in the Form 10-D relating to the reporting period in which the Asset Review Trigger occurred the following date a statement describing the events that caused the Asset Review Trigger to occur: “As of the [Date of Distribution], the following mortgage loans identified below are 60 or more days delinquent and an Asset Review Trigger as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement has occurred.” On each Distribution Date after providing such notice to Certificateholders, the Certificate Administrator, based on information provided to it by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, shall determine whether (1) any additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Mortgage Loan, (2) any Mortgage Loan has ceased to be a Delinquent Mortgage Loan and (3) an Asset Review Trigger has ceased to exist, and, if there is an occurrence of any of the events or circumstances identified in clauses (1), (2) or (3), deliver such information in a written notice (which may be via email) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit LL within 2 Business Days to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Directing Holder.

 

If Certificateholders evidencing not less than 5% of the Voting Rights of the Certificates deliver to the Certificate Administrator, within 90 days after the filing of the Form 10-D reporting the occurrence of an Asset Review Trigger, a written direction requesting a vote to commence an Asset Review (such written direction, the “Asset Review Vote Election”), then upon receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to the Asset Representations Reviewer and to all Certificateholders and to conduct a solicitation of votes to authorize an Asset Review. Upon the affirmative vote to authorize an Asset Review by a majority of Holders of Certificates that constitute an Asset Review Quorum within 150 days of receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election (an “Affirmative Asset Review Vote”), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to all parties to this Agreement, the Underwriters, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Directing Holder and the Certificateholders. In the event an Affirmative Asset Review Vote has not occurred within such 150-day period following the receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election, no Certificateholder may request a vote or cast a vote for an Asset Review and the Asset

 

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Representations Reviewer will not be required to review any Delinquent Mortgage Loan unless and until (A) an additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Mortgage Loan after the expiration of such 150-day period, (B) an additional Asset Review Trigger has occurred as a result or otherwise is in effect, (C) the Certificate Administrator has timely received any Asset Review Vote Election after the occurrence of the events described in clauses (A) and (B) in this sentence and (D) an Affirmative Asset Review Vote has occurred within 150 days after the Asset Review Vote Election described in clause (C) in this sentence. After the occurrence of any Asset Review Vote Election or an Affirmative Asset Review Vote, no Certificateholder may make any additional Asset Review Vote Election except as described in the immediately preceding sentence. Any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote will be paid as an expense of the Trust from the Collection Account. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to administer any vote in connection with the foregoing through an agent.

 

(b)         (i) Upon receipt of such notice of an Affirmative Asset Review Vote (the “Asset Review Notice”), the Custodian (with respect to clauses (1)(5) for Performing Loans), the Master Servicer (with respect to clause (6) for Performing Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), in each case to the extent in such party’s possession, will be required to promptly, but in no event later than 10 Business Days (except with respect to clause (6)) after receipt of such notice from the Certificate Administrator, provide the following materials to the asset representations reviewer (collectively, with the Diligence Files, a copy of the Prospectus, a copy of each related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and a copy of this Agreement, the “Review Materials”):

 

(1)      a copy of an assignment of the Mortgage in favor of the Trustee (or the related Other Trustee, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), with evidence of recording thereon, for each Delinquent Mortgage Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

 

(2)      a copy of an assignment of any related assignment of leases (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) in favor of the Trustee (or the related Other Trustee, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), with evidence of recording thereon, related to each Delinquent Mortgage Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

 

(3)      a copy of the assignment of all unrecorded documents relating to each Delinquent Mortgage Loan that is subject to an Asset Review, if not already covered pursuant to items (1) or (2) above;

 

(4)      a copy of all filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or evidence of filing of any UCC financing statements related to each Delinquent Mortgage Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

 

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(6)     any other related documents that were entered into or delivered in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan that are necessary in connection with the Asset Representations Reviewer’s completion of any Asset Review and that are that are reasonably requested by the Asset Representations Reviewer in the time frame and as otherwise described below.

 

(ii)           If, as part of an Asset Review of any Mortgage Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines that it is missing any documents that are required to be a part of the Review Materials for such Mortgage Loan or which were entered into or delivered in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan, in each case that are necessary in connection with its completion of any such Asset Review, then the Asset Representations Reviewer shall promptly, but in no event later than 10 Business Days after receipt of the Review Materials identified in clauses (1) through (5) above, notify (in writing) the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), as applicable, of such missing documents, and request (in writing) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, promptly, but in no event later than 10 Business Days after receipt of such notification from the Asset Representations Reviewer, to deliver to the Asset Representations Reviewer such missing documents to the extent in its possession; provided that any such notification and/or request shall be in writing, specifically identify the documents being requested and sent to the notice address for the related party set forth in Section 12.05 of this Agreement. In the event any such missing documents are not provided by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, within such 10 Business Day period, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall request such documents from the related Mortgage Loan Seller. The Mortgage Loan Seller will be required under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to deliver such additional documents only to the extent in the possession of such Mortgage Loan Seller; provided that the Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to deliver information that is proprietary to the related Originator or Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications.

 

(iii)          The Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, consider and rely upon information furnished to it by a Person that is not a party to this Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Seller, and shall do so only if such information can be independently verified (without unreasonable effort or expense to the Asset Representations Reviewer) and is determined by the Asset Representations Reviewer in each case in accordance with the Asset Review Standard to be relevant to the Asset Review conducted pursuant to this Section 11.01 hereof (such information, “Unsolicited Information”).

 

(iv)          Upon receipt by the Asset Representations Reviewer of the Asset Review Notice and access to the Diligence File posted to the Secure Data Room with respect to a Delinquent Mortgage Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer, as an independent contractor, shall commence a review of the compliance of each Delinquent Mortgage Loan with the representations and warranties related to that Delinquent Mortgage Loan in accordance with the Asset Review Standard and the procedures set forth on Exhibit JJ

 

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hereto (such review, the “Asset Review”). The Asset Representations Reviewer shall perform an Asset Review with respect to each representation and warranty made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Delinquent Mortgage Loan in accordance with the procedures set forth on Exhibit JJ (each such procedure, a “Test”).

 

(v)           The Asset Representations Reviewer will not be permitted to review any information other than (x) the Review Materials, or (y) Unsolicited Information.

 

(vi)          The Asset Representations Reviewer may, absent manifest error and subject to the Asset Review Standard, (i) assume, without independent investigation or verification, that the Review Materials are accurate and complete in all material respects and (ii) conclusively rely on such Review Materials.

 

(vii)         If the Asset Representations Reviewer determines that the Review Materials are insufficient to complete a Test and such missing documentation is not delivered to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer (with respect to Performing Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) within 10 days of the written request by the Asset Representations Reviewer, then the Asset Representations Reviewer shall list such missing documents in its preliminary report setting forth the preliminary results of the application of the Tests and the reasons why such missing documents are necessary to complete a Test and (if the Asset Representations Reviewer has so concluded) that the absence of such documents shall be deemed to be a failure of such Test. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall provide such preliminary report to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and to the related Mortgage Loan Seller no later than 60 days after the date on which access to the Diligence Files in the Secure Data Room is made available to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Certificate Administrator. If the preliminary report indicates that any of the representations and warranties fails or is deemed to fail any Test, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall have 90 days (the “Cure/Contest Period”) to remedy or otherwise refute the failure. Any documents provided or explanations given to support a conclusion that the representation and warranty has not failed a Test or that any missing documents in the Review Materials are not required to complete a Test shall be promptly delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller to the Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

(viii)        The Asset Representations Reviewer shall, within the later of (x) 60 days after the date on which access to the Diligence Files in the Secure Data Room is made available to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Certificate Administrator or (y) 10 days after the expiration of the Cure/Contest Period, complete an Asset Review with respect to each Delinquent Mortgage Loan and deliver (i) a report setting forth the Asset Representations Reviewer’s findings and conclusions as to whether or not it has determined there is any evidence of a failure of any Test based on the Asset Review and a statement that the Asset Representations Reviewer’s findings and conclusions set forth in such report were not influenced by any third party (an “Asset Review Report”) to each party to this Agreement and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller for each Delinquent

 

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Mortgage Loan and the Directing Holder and (ii) a summary of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s conclusions included in such Asset Review Report (an “Asset Review Report Summary”) to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The period of time by which the Asset Review Report must be completed and delivered may be extended by up to an additional 30 days, upon written notice to the parties to this Agreement and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, if the Asset Representations Reviewer determines pursuant to the Asset Review Standard that such additional time is required due to the characteristics of the Mortgage Loan and/or the Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties. In no event may the Asset Representations Reviewer determine whether any Test failure constitutes a Material Breach or Material Defect, or whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, which, in each case, shall be a responsibility of the Enforcing Servicer pursuant to Section 2.03(g) of this Agreement.

 

(ix)           In addition, in the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer does not receive any documentation that it requested from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, or the related Mortgage Loan Seller in sufficient time to allow the Asset Representations Reviewer to complete its Asset Review and deliver an Asset Review Report (as such date may have been extended pursuant to this Agreement), the Asset Representations Reviewer shall prepare the Asset Review Report solely based on the documentation received by the Asset Representations Reviewer with respect to the related Delinquent Mortgage Loan, and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall have no responsibility to independently obtain any such documentation from any party to this Agreement.

 

(x)            Within 45 days after receipt of an Asset Review Report with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall determine whether at that time, based on the Servicing Standard, whether there exists a Material Breach or Material Defect with respect to such Mortgage Loan. If the Special Servicer determines that a Material Breach or Material Defect exists, the Special Servicer shall enforce the obligations of the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Material Breach or Material Defect in accordance with Section 2.03(d).

 

(c)          The Asset Representations Reviewer and its Affiliates shall keep all Privileged Information confidential and shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person (including Certificateholders), other than (1) to the extent expressly required by this Agreement in an Asset Review Report or otherwise, to the other parties to this Agreement with a notice indicating that such information is Privileged Information or (2) pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. Each party to this Agreement that receives Privileged Information from the Asset Representations Reviewer with a notice stating that such information is Privileged Information shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person without the prior written consent of the Special Servicer other than pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall keep all documents and information received by the Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with an Asset Review that are provided by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer

 

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confidential and shall not disclose such documents or information except (i) for purposes of complying with its duties and obligations under this Agreement, (ii) if such documents or information become generally available and known to the public other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by the Asset Representations Reviewer, (iii) if it is reasonable and necessary for the Asset Representations Reviewer to disclose such documents or information in working with legal counsel, auditors, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies, (iv) if such documents or information was already known to the Asset Representations Reviewer and not otherwise subject to a confidentiality obligation and/or (v) if the Asset Representations Reviewer is required by law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to disclose such document or information.

 

(d)         The Asset Representations Reviewer may delegate its duties to agents or subcontractors so long as the related agreements or arrangements with such agents or subcontractors are consistent with the provisions of this Section 11.01; provided that no agent or subcontractor may (1) be affiliated with any Mortgage Loan Seller, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Holder or any of their respective Affiliates or (ii) have been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by an Underwriter, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Holder or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with due diligence or other services with respect to any Mortgage Loan prior to the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall remain obligated and primarily liable for any Asset Review required hereunder in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability by virtue of such delegation or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from any Person acting as its agents or subcontractor to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Asset Representations Reviewer alone were performing its obligations under this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to enter into an agreement with any agent or subcontractor providing for indemnification of the Asset Representations Reviewer by such agent or subcontractor, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

 

Section 11.02    Payment of Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fees and Expenses; Limitation of Liability.

 

(a)          As compensation for the performance of its duties hereunder, upon the completion of any Asset Review with respect to a Delinquent Mortgage Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to a fee that is a reasonable and customary hourly fee charged by the Asset Representations Reviewer for similar consulting assignments at the time of such review and any related costs and expenses; provided that the total payment to the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be greater than the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Cap (the “Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee”). With respect to an individual Asset Review Trigger and the Mortgage Loans that are Delinquent Mortgage Loans and are subject to an Asset Review (the “Subject Loans”), the “Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Cap” shall equal the sum of: (i) $10,000 multiplied by the number of Subject Loans, plus (ii) $2,000 per Mortgaged Property relating to the Subject Loans in excess of one Mortgaged Property per

 

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Subject Loan, plus (iii) $2,000 per Mortgaged Property relating to a Subject Loan subject to a ground lease, plus (iv) $1,500 per Mortgaged Property relating to a Subject Loan subject to a franchise agreement, hotel management agreement or hotel license agreement, subject, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iv), to adjustments on the basis of the year-end Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, or other similar index if the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers is no longer calculated, for the year of the Closing Date and for the year of the occurrence of the Asset Review.

 

(b)         [Reserved.]

 

(c)          The related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to each Delinquent Mortgage Loan that is subject to an Asset Review shall pay the portion of the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee attributable to the Delinquent Mortgage Loan(s) contributed by it, as allocated on the basis of the hourly charges and costs and expenses incurred with respect to its related Delinquent Mortgage Loans; provided that if the total charge for the Asset Representations Reviewer on an hourly fee plus costs and expenses basis would exceed the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Cap, each Mortgage Loan Seller’s required payment shall be reduced pro rata according to its proportion of the total charges until the aggregate amount owed by all Mortgage Loan Sellers is equal to the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Cap; provided, however, that if the related Mortgage Loan Seller is insolvent or fails to pay such amount within 90 days following receipt of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s invoice following its completion of the applicable Asset Review, such fee shall be paid by the Trust following delivery by the Asset Representations Reviewer of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of such insolvency or failure to pay such amount; provided, further, that notwithstanding any payment of such fee by the issuing entity to the Asset Representations Reviewer, such fee shall remain an obligation of the related Mortgage Loan Seller and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, pursue remedies against such Mortgage Loan Seller in order to seek recovery of such amounts from such Mortgage Loan Seller or its insolvency estate. The Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee with respect to a Delinquent Mortgage Loan shall be included in the Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a completed Asset Review and that is repurchased by the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

(d)         The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed by this Agreement.

 

(e)         The Asset Representations Reviewer may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement in connection with the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its Asset Representations Reviewer portfolio, provided that: (i) the purchaser or transferee accepting such assignment and delegation (A) is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state of the United States of America or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to perform the duties of the asset representations reviewer resulting from a merger, consolidation or succession that is permitted under this Agreement, (B) executes and delivers to the Trustee and the Certificate

 

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Administrator an agreement that contains an assumption by such person of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by the asset representations reviewer under this Agreement from and after the date of such agreement and (C) is not be a prohibited party under this Agreement; (ii) the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be released from its obligations under this Agreement that arose prior to the effective date of such assignment and delegation; (iii) the rate at which the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee (or any component thereof) is calculated shall not exceed the rate then in effect and (iv) the resigning Asset Representations Reviewer shall be responsible for the reasonable costs and expenses of each other party to this Agreement and the Rating Agencies in connection with such transfer. Upon acceptance of such assignment and delegation, the purchaser or transferee shall provide notice to each party to this Agreement and then will be the successor asset representations reviewer hereunder.

 

Section 11.03    Resignation of the Asset Representations Reviewer.                The Asset Representations Reviewer may resign and be discharged from its obligations hereunder by giving written notice thereof to the other parties to this Agreement and the 17g-5 Information Provider. Upon such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor Asset Representations Reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. If no successor Asset Representations Reviewer shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Asset Representations Reviewer may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Asset Representations Reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer will bear all reasonable costs and expenses of each other party hereto and each Rating Agency in connection with its resignation.

 

Section 11.04    Restrictions of the Asset Representations Reviewer.      Neither the Asset Representations Reviewer nor any of its Affiliates shall make any investment in any Class of Certificates; provided, however, that such prohibition shall not apply to (i) riskless principal transactions effected by a broker-dealer Affiliate of the Asset Representations Reviewer or (ii) investments by an Affiliate of the Asset Representations Reviewer if the Asset Representations Reviewer and such Affiliate maintain policies and procedures that (A) segregate personnel involved in the activities of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement from personnel involved in such Affiliate’s investment activities and (B) prevent such Affiliate and its personnel from gaining access to information regarding the Trust and the Asset Representations Reviewer and its personnel from gaining access to such Affiliate’s information regarding its investment activities.

 

Section 11.05    Termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

(a)          An “Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event” means any one of the following events whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

 

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(i)           any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements or the material breach of its representations or warranties under this Agreement, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date on which written notice of such failure shall have been given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Trustee or to the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates having greater than 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights of all then outstanding Certificates, provided, if such failure is capable of being cured and the Asset Representations Reviewer is diligently pursuing such cure, such 30 day period will be extended an additional 30 days;

 

(ii)          any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform in accordance with the Asset Review Standard which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by any party to this Agreement;

 

(iii)           any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the date written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by any party to this Agreement;

 

(iv)         a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Asset Representations Reviewer, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of 60 days;

 

(v)          the Asset Representations Reviewer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or liquidation committee in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, voluntary liquidation, or similar proceedings of or relating to the Asset Representations Reviewer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

 

(vi)         the Asset Representations Reviewer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.

 

Upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator (which shall be simultaneously delivered to the Asset Representations Reviewer) of written notice of the occurrence of any Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders in accordance with the notice distribution procedures described in Section 11.01(a), unless the Certificate Administrator has received

 

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written notice that such Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event has been remedied. If an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event shall occur then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, either the Trustee (i) may or (ii) upon the written direction of holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights shall, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement, other than rights and obligations accrued prior to such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination), by notice in writing to the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall bear all reasonable costs and expenses of itself and of each other party to this Agreement in connection with its termination due to an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Depositor and each Sponsor shall have the right, but not the obligation, to notify the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of any Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event of which it becomes aware.

 

(b)         Upon (i) the written direction of holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights requesting a vote to terminate and replace the Asset Representations Reviewer with a proposed successor Asset Representations Reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer and (ii) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to the Asset Representations Reviewer and to all Certificateholders by (i) posting such notice on its internet website, and (ii) mailing such notice to all Certificateholders at their addresses appearing in the Certificate Register and to the Asset Representations Reviewer. Upon the written direction of holders of Certificates evidencing at least 75% of a Certificateholder Quorum, the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement (other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination and other than indemnification rights arising out of events occurring prior to such termination) by notice in writing to the Asset Representations Reviewer and appoint the proposed successor. As between the Asset Representations Reviewer, on the one hand, and the Certificateholders, on the other, the Certificateholders shall be entitled in their sole discretion to vote for the termination or not vote for the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer. In the event that holders of the certificates evidencing at least 75% of a Certificateholder Quorum elect to remove the asset representations reviewer without cause and appoint a successor, the successor Asset Representations Reviewer shall be responsible for all expenses necessary to effect the transfer of responsibilities from its predecessor.

 

(c)          On or after the receipt by the Asset Representations Reviewer of written notice of termination, subject to this Section 11.05, all of its authority and power under this Agreement shall be terminated and, without limitation, the terminated Asset Representations Reviewer shall execute any and all documents and other instruments, and do or accomplish all other acts or things reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than 30 days after (1) the Asset

 

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Representations Reviewer resigns pursuant to Section 11.03 of this Agreement or (2) the Trustee delivers such written notice of termination to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee shall appoint a successor Asset Representations Reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. The Trustee shall provide written notice of the appointment of an Asset Representations Reviewer to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Holder and each Certificateholder within one Business Day of such appointment.

 

The Asset Representations Reviewer shall at all times be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer and if the Asset Representations Reviewer ceases to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall immediately resign under Section 11.03 of this Agreement and the Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to appoint a successor Asset Representations Reviewer subject to and in accordance with this Section 11.05. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee is unable to find a successor Asset Representations Reviewer within 30 days of the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Depositor shall be permitted to find a replacement. The Trustee shall not be liable for any failure to identify and appoint a successor asset representations reviewer so long as the Trustee uses commercially reasonable efforts to conduct a search for a successor asset representations reviewer and such failure is not a result of the Trustee’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the performance of its obligations hereunder.

 

(d)         Upon any termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer and appointment of a successor to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee shall, as soon as possible, give written notice thereof to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator (who shall, as soon as possible, give written notice thereof to the Certificateholders), the Operating Advisor, the Sponsors, the Depositor and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Holder and each Rating Agency. In the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer is terminated, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall terminate, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination).

 

Article XII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 12.01    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement in Portable Document Format (PDF), any other electronic format or by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Agreement.

 

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Section 12.02    Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust Fund, or entitle such Certificateholder’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the Trust Fund, or otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

 

No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as expressly provided for herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust Fund, or the obligations of the parties hereto, and nothing herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the Certificates, shall be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association; and no Certificateholder shall be under any liability to any third person by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.

 

Other than with respect to any rights to deliver a Certificateholder Repurchase Request and exercise the rights described under Section 2.03(k)(i), no Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of any provision of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement, any Mortgage Loan, or with respect to the Certificates, unless, with respect to any suit, action or proceeding upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator a written notice of default, and of the continuance thereof, as herein before provided, or of the need to institute such suit, action or proceeding on behalf of the Trust and unless also (except in the case of a default by the Trustee) the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing not less than 25% of the related Percentage Interests in such Class shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of such indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it hereunder or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders of Certificates unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or hereby. It is understood and intended, and expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue of any provision of this Agreement or the Certificates to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of the Holders of any other of such Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, which priority or preference is not otherwise provided for herein, or to enforce any right under this Agreement or the Certificates, except in the manner herein or therein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 12.02, each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

 

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No Certificateholder shall be a “Party in Interest” as described under 11 U.S.C. Section 1109(b) solely by virtue of its ownership of a Certificate.

 

Section 12.03    Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.

 

Section 12.04    Waiver of Jury Trial; Consent to Jurisdiction. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, ANY ASSIGNMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY PARTY AGAINST THE OTHER PARTIES, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, OR OTHERWISE. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, THE PARTIES FURTHER AGREE THAT THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT, ANY ASSIGNMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF OR THEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ASSIGNMENT.

 

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY NEW YORK STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY WITH RESPECT TO MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (II) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH MATTERS MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS; (III) WAIVES THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING INVOLVING SUCH CLAIMS IN ANY SUCH COURT; AND (IV) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.

 

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Section 12.05    Notices. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all demands, notices and communications hereunder shall be in writing, shall be deemed to have been given upon receipt (except that notices to Holders of Class R Certificates or Holders of any Class of Certificates no longer held through a Depository and instead held in registered, definitive form shall be deemed to have been given upon being sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid or by overnight courier) as follows:

 

If to the Depositor, to:

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with copies via email to:

 

lainie.kaye@db.com, and
cmbs.requests@db.com

 

If to the Master Servicer, to:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
Three Wells Fargo
401 South Tryon Street, 8th Floor
MAC D1050-084
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: CD 2017-CD6 Asset Manager
Facsimile number: (704) 715-0036

 

With a copy by email to: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

and with respect to any notice relating to Rating Agency requests:

RAInvRequests@wellsfargo.com

and with respect to any notice relating to investor requests:

REAM_InvestorRelations@wellsfargo.com

with a copy to:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Legal Department
301 South College Street

 

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Charlotte, North Carolina 28202-0166
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Servicing Legal Support
Facsimile number: (704) 383-0353
Reference: CD 2017-CD6

with a copy to:

K&L Gates LLP
Hearst Tower, 47th Floor
214 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Stacy G. Ackermann
Reference: CD 2017-CD6
Fax Number: (704) 353-3190
Email: stacy.ackermann@klgates.com

 

If to the Special Servicer, to:

LNR Partners, LLC
1601 Washington Avenue, Suite 700
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Andrew J. Sossen, Esq. and Job Warshaw
Fax Number: (305) 695-5601


with copies to:

 

asossen@starwood.com, jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrproperty.com (and with respect to emails relating to 17g-5 matters, to inquiries@lnrproperty.com)

 

If to the initial Controlling Class Representative with respect to any Mortgage Loan, to:

Argentic Securities Income USA LLC
40 West 57th Street, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Darren Gluck
Facsimile: (646) 560-1703
Email: dgluck@argenticmgmt.com

 

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If to the Trustee, to:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee – CD 2017-CD6

 

with a copy to:

 

E-mail: cmbstrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

If to the Certificate Administrator, to:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate Trust Services
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – CD 2017-CD6

 

with copies to:

ct.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and
trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

and with respect to Certificate transfers:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor
MAC N9300-070
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers CD 2017-CD6

 

If to the Custodian, to:

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Document Custody
1055 10th Avenue SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Attention: Document Custody Group – CD 2017-CD6

 

with a copy to:

 

cmbscustody@wellsfargo.com

 

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If to German American Capital Corporation, as Mortgage Loan Seller, to:

German American Capital Corporation
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with copies via email to:

 

lainie.kaye@db.com, and
cmbs.requests@db.com

 

If to Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., as Mortgage Loan Seller, to:

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.
390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Paul Vanderslice
Facsimile: (212) 723-8599

 

with a copy to:

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.
390 Greenwich Street, 7th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Richard Simpson
Facsimile: (646) 328-2943

 

with copies by electronic mail to:

 

richard.simpson@citi.com, and
ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com and, in the case of each Rule 15Ga-1 Notice,
cmbs.notice@citi.com

 

If to Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, as Mortgage Loan Seller, to:

Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC
40 West 57th Street, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Mike Schulte
Facsimile: (646) 560-1745

 

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If to the Operating Advisor, to:

Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Attention: CD 2017-CD6-Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)

 

If to the Asset Representations Reviewer, to:

 

Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Attention: CD 2017-CD6-Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)

 

If to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as Initial Purchaser or Underwriter, to:

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Lainie Kaye
Email: lainie.kaye@db.com and
cmbs.requests@db.com

 

If to Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as Initial Purchaser or Underwriter, to:

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Paul Vanderslice
Facsimile: (212) 723-8599

 

with a copy to:

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
390 Greenwich Street, 7th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Richard Simpson
Facsimile: (646) 328-2943

 

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with copies by electronic mail to:

 

Richard.simpson@citi.com, and
ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

 

If to Academy Securities, Inc., as Underwriter, to:

 

Academy Securities, Inc.
277 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10172
Attention: Michael Boyd, Chief Compliance Officer
Facsimile Number: (646) 736-3995

 

If to J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as Initial Purchaser, to:

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attention: Kunal K. Singh
Facsimile: 212-834-6240

 

with a copy to:

 

Bianca A. Russo, Esq.
Managing Director & Associate General Counsel
383 Madison Avenue, 32nd Floor
New York, New York 10179
Facsimile: (917) 464-6116
Email: russo_bianca@jpmorgan.com

 

If to the 17g-5 Information Provider, electronically to:

17g5informationprovider@wellsfargo.com
(in an electronic format readable and uploadable (that is not locked or corrupted) on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s system, specifically with a subject reference of “CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust” and an identification of the type of information being provided in the body of such electronic mail)

 

or, in the case of the parties to this Agreement, to such other address as such party shall specify by written notice to the other parties hereto.

 

Solely to the extent the provisions herein contemplate electronic delivery of information, such information shall be transmitted via electronic mail with a subject reference to include “CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust” (or substantially similar language) (i) in the case of the Depositor, to lainie.kaye@db.com and cmbs.requests@db.com, (ii) in the case of the Trustee, to

 

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cmbstrustee@wilmingtontrust.com, (iii) in the case of the Certificate Administrator, to the email address specified on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (and, if no such email address is specified therein, to cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com), (iv) in the case of the Custodian, to cmbscustody@wellsfargo.com, (v) in the case of the Operating Advisor, to cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com, (vi) in the case of the Asset Representations Reviewer, to cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com, (vii) in the case of the Master Servicer to commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com, (viii) in the case of the Special Servicer, to asossen@starwood.com, jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrpartners.com (and with respect to emails relating to 17g-5 matters, to inquiries@lnrproperty.com), (ix) in the case of German American Capital Corporation, to lainie.kaye@db.com and cmbs.requests@db.com, (x) in the case of Citi Real Estate Funding Inc., to richard.simpson@citi.com and ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com; and, in the case of each Rule 15Ga-1 Notice, cmbs.notice@citi.com, (xi) in the case of Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC, to MSchulte@argenticmgmt.com; and, in the case of each Rule 15Ga-1 Notice, cmbs.notice@citi.com, (xii) in the case of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., to lainie.kaye@db.com, (xiii) in the case of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., to paul.t.vanderslice@citi.com, (xiv) in the case of Academy Securities, Inc., to mboyd@academysecurities.com, (xv) in the case of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, to kunal.k.singh@jpmorgan.com and russo_bianca@jpmorgan.com, (xvi) in the case of the initial Controlling Class Representative, to msweeney@argenticmgmt.com, and (xvii) in the case of the 17g-5 Information Provider, to 17g5informationprovider@wellsfargo.com; or, in the case of the parties to this Agreement, to such other electronic mail address as such party shall specify by written notice (which may be electronic) to the other parties hereto.

 

The obligation of any party to this Agreement to deliver any notices, reports or other information to any Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider shall be effective in each case only to the extent such party to this Agreement has received notice of the identity and contact information of such Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider, as applicable. Any such party may conclusively rely on the name and contact information provided by the related Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider, as applicable, and shall be entitled to assume that the identity and contact information for such Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider, as applicable has not changed, absent receipt of written notice from such Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider, or a replacement thereof under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, of a change with respect to the identity and contact information for such Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer, Other Trustee or Other 17g-5 Information Provider, or a replacement thereof under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as applicable.

 

Section 12.06    Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then, to the extent permitted by applicable law, such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or

 

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terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.

 

Section 12.07    Notice to the Depositor and Each Rating Agency. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide notice, promptly furnish (or make available) to the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Directing Holder (if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Trustee the related Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder (if any) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website) with respect to each of the following of which a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge:

 

(i)          any material change or amendment to this Agreement, any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or any Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(ii)         the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Event that has not been cured;

 

(iii)        the merger, consolidation, resignation or termination of the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee; and

 

(iv)        the repurchase of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 2.03(e) of this Agreement.

 

(b)         The Certificate Administrator shall promptly furnish to the Depositor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers, the Directing Holder and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such materials to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website):

 

(i)          notice of the final payment to any Class of Certificateholders;

 

(ii)         notice of any change in the location of the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, or the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account; and

 

(iii)        each report to Certificateholders described in Section 4.02 and Section 3.13 of this Agreement.

 

(c)         The Master Servicer (or, in the case of items collected pursuant to Section 3.04 and referenced in clause (i) below, the Special Servicer) shall promptly furnish to the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall promptly post such materials to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website) and the related Other 17g-5 Information Provider (if any):

 

(i)          a copy of each rent roll and each operating and other financial statement and occupancy reports, to the extent such information is required to be delivered under a Mortgage Loan, in each case to the extent collected pursuant to Section 3.03 of this Agreement or pursuant to Section 3.04 of this Agreement;

 

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(ii)          notice of any change in the location of the Collection Account or any Serviced Whole Loan Collection Account,

 

(iii)         a copy of any notice with respect to a breach of a representation or warranty with respect to any Mortgage Loan;

 

(iv)         any event that would result in the voluntary or involuntary termination of any insurance of the accounts of the Master Servicer;

 

(v)          any change in the lien priority of a Mortgage Loan;

 

(vi)         any new lease of an anchor or a termination of an anchor lease at a retail Mortgaged Property;

 

(vii)        any material damage to a Mortgaged Property; and

 

(viii)       any amendment, modification, consent or waiver to or of any provision of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan.

 

(d)          Any party required to deliver any notice or information pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to the Rating Agencies shall deliver such written notice of the events or information specified in Section 3.14(d) to the Rating Agencies at the address listed below, promptly following the occurrence thereof. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Certificate Administrator and Trustee also shall furnish such other information regarding the Trust Fund as may be reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies to the extent such party has or can obtain such information without unreasonable effort or expense; provided that such other information is first provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.14(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure to deliver such notices or copies shall not constitute a Servicer Termination Event, as the case may be, under this Agreement. Any confirmation of the rating by the Rating Agencies required hereunder shall be in writing.

 

Notices to each Rating Agency shall be addressed as follows:

 

DBRS, Inc.

333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1800
Chicago, Illinois 60606

Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance

Facsimile No.: (312) 332-3492
Email: cmbs.surveillance@dbrs.com

 

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Fitch Ratings, Inc.
33 Whitehall Street
New York, New York 10004
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
Facsimile No.: (212) 635-0295
Email: info.cmbs@fitchratings.com

 

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
7 World Trade Center
New York, New York 10007
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
Facsimile No.: (212) 553-1350
Email:cmbssurveillance@moodys.com

 

or in each case to such other address as any Rating Agency shall specify by written notice to the parties hereto.

 

Section 12.08    Amendment. This Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders:

 

(i)           to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions herein or therein to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or this Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions herein or therein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein or therein;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of either Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, either Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, either Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and

 

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the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder;

 

(v)           to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)          to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates);

 

(vii)         to amend or supplement any provision hereof to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates);

 

(viii)        to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such

 

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modification does not adversely affect the status of either Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates);

 

(ix)           to modify the procedures of this Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)            to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); or

 

(xi)           to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

provided that any amendment under this Section 12.08 (a) shall not materially increase the obligations of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the 17g-5 Information Provider, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer without such party’s consent; and (b) shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder not consenting thereto, as evidenced in the case of clauses (iii) through (x) above by (1) an Opinion of Counsel or (2) solely in the case of a Certificateholder of a rated Class, receipt of a Rating Agency Confirmation from each applicable Rating Agency. In no event shall any such amendment cause the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Single Loan REMICs to fail to qualify as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust.

 

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This Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)            reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)           reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)          adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

(iv)          change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)           amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend this Agreement to modify, eliminate or

 

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add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

If neither the Depositor nor any successor thereto, if any, is in existence, any amendment under this Section 12.08 shall be effective with the consent of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, in writing, and to the extent required by this Section 12.08, the Certificateholders and Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders.

 

It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this Section 12.08 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The method of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders and, if applicable, Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Trustee may prescribe; provided, that such method shall always be by affirmation and in writing.

 

Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Agreement, no amendment shall be made to this Agreement or any Custodial Agreement unless the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of any Whole Loan, any such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the expense allocation provision of the related Intercreditor Agreement) confirming that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent with respect thereto have been satisfied, respectively, hereunder and such amendment will not cause the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC or any Single Loan REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a grantor trust, or cause a tax to be imposed on the Trust Fund or any such Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust.

 

Prior to the execution of any amendment to this Agreement or any Custodial Agreement, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer may request and shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s Certificate, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment (or, if such amendment is required to maintain the rating issued by any Rating Agency or requested by the Trustee for any purpose described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of the first sentence of this Section 12.08 (which do not modify or otherwise relate solely to the obligations, duties or rights of the Trustee), then at the expense of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of any Whole Loan, any such expense shall be allocated in

 

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accordance with the expense allocation provision of the related Intercreditor Agreement)) confirming that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Agreement and that all conditions precedent with respect thereto have been satisfied. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such amendment which affects the Trustee’s, the Certificate Administrator’s, the Operating Advisor’s or the Asset Representations Reviewer’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding any contrary provision contained in this Agreement, no amendment shall be made to this Agreement (i) which adversely affects the rights, including (without limitation) as a third-party beneficiary hereunder, and/or obligations (including, without limitation, in the case of a Mortgage Loan Seller, under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) of any Mortgage Loan Seller, Initial Purchaser or Underwriter without the written consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller, Initial Purchaser or Underwriter, as applicable or (ii) which adversely affects (as determined by the applicable Companion Loan Noteholder in good faith) the rights and/or obligations of any Companion Loan Noteholder without the written consent of such Companion Loan Noteholder.

 

Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall post a copy of the same to the Certificate Administrator’s Website, deliver a copy of the same to the 17g-5 Information Provider who shall post a copy of the same on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.14(d) of this Agreement, and thereafter, the Certificate Administrator shall furnish written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Certificateholder, the Depositor, the Master Servicer (who shall promptly forward such notification to each Serviced Companion Loan Holder, Other Depositor, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and Other Trustee), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, each Mortgage Loan Seller, the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

 

Section 12.09    Confirmation of Intent. It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the conveyance of the Trust Fund (including the Mortgage Loans) by the Depositor to the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders as contemplated by this Agreement be treated for all purposes as a sale by the Depositor of the Trust Fund to the Trustee. It is, further, not the intention of the parties that such conveyance be deemed a pledge of the Trust Fund by the Depositor to the Trustee to secure a debt or other obligation of the Depositor. However, if, notwithstanding the intent of the parties, the Trust Fund is held to continue to be property of the Depositor then (a) this Agreement shall also be deemed to be a security agreement under applicable law; (b) the transfer of the Trust Fund provided for herein shall be deemed to be a grant by the Depositor to the Trustee on behalf of Certificateholders of a first priority security interest in, and the Depositor hereby grants to the Trustee a security interest in, all of the Depositor’s right, title and interest in and to, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising, the property identified in clauses (i) through (xv) of the definition of “Trust Fund” and all proceeds thereof; (c) the possession by the Trustee (or the Custodian on its behalf) of Mortgage Notes and such other items of property as constitute instruments, money, negotiable documents or chattel paper shall be deemed to be “possession by the secured party” for purposes

 

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of perfecting the security interest pursuant to Section 9-313 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code; and (d) notifications to Persons holding such property, and acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from Persons holding such property, shall be deemed notifications to, or acknowledgments, receipts or confirmations from, financial intermediaries, bailees or agents (as applicable) of the Trustee for the purpose of perfecting such security interest under applicable law. The Depositor shall, and upon the request and direction of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall, to the extent consistent with this Agreement (and at the expense of the Trust Fund (and, in the case of any Whole Loan, such expense shall be allocated in accordance with the expense allocation provision of the related Intercreditor Agreement)), take such actions as may be necessary to ensure that such security interest is a perfected security interest of first priority under applicable law and will be maintained as such throughout the term of this Agreement. It is the intent of the parties that such a security interest would be effective whether any of the Certificates are sold, pledged or assigned.

 

Section 12.10    No Intended Third-Party Beneficiaries. Except as specified in Section 12.12 of this Agreement, no Person other than a party to this Agreement, any Mortgage Loan Seller, any Initial Purchaser, any Underwriter or any Certificateholder shall have any rights with respect to the enforcement of any of the rights or obligations hereunder. Without limiting the foregoing and for the avoidance of doubt, subject to Section 12.12 of this Agreement, the parties to this Agreement specifically state that no Borrower, Manager or other party to a Mortgage Loan is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.

 

Section 12.11   Entire Agreement. This Agreement (and, with respect to each Whole Loan, together with the related Intercreditor Agreement) contains the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous agreements, understanding, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. The express terms hereof control and supersedes any course of performance or usage of the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof.

 

Section 12.12    Third Party Beneficiaries. Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer acknowledge that (i) each Mortgage Loan Seller and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. are third party beneficiaries with respect to Section 8.05(h) of this Agreement, the obligations of any party to this Agreement to deliver information to the 17g-5 Information Provider hereunder and the obligations of the 17g-5 Information Provider to post information to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website (or make available to the NRSROs the items referenced in Section 3.13(c) and (d)) and the express obligations of any party hereto to deliver documents, notices, information or funds to a Mortgage Loan Seller, (ii) each Mortgage Loan Seller is a third party beneficiary with respect to Section 2.01, Section 2.02, Section 2.03, Section 8.05, Section 11.01 and Section 12.08 of this Agreement and its rights as a Privileged Person, (iii) each Initial Purchaser and each Underwriter is a third party beneficiary with respect to its rights to receive any notices, documents, certifications and/or information hereunder and its rights under Section 12.08 of this Agreement, (iv) each holder of a Companion Loan and any related Other Depositor is an intended third party beneficiary in respect of the rights afforded it under this Agreement and may directly (or, in the

 

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case of a holder of a Companion Loan, the related Other Servicer may) enforce such rights, (v) each of the Serviced Companion Loan Service Providers under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement is an intended third party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to any provision herein expressly relating to compensation, reimbursement or indemnification of such Serviced Companion Loan Service Provider and the provisions regarding the coordination of Advances, and (vi) each of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan Service Providers under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement is an intended third party beneficiary under this Agreement with respect to any provisions herein relating to (1) the reimbursement of any nonrecoverable advances made with respect to the applicable Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan by such Persons, (2) the indemnification of each applicable Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer and Other Trustee and certain other parties pursuant to Section 1.04 or any other section of this Agreement against any claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and this Agreement that relate solely to its servicing and administration of (or in the case of the Other Operating Advisor, incurred in connection with the provision of services for) the related Whole Loan and any related reimbursement provisions, (3) the provisions set forth in Section 4.07(e) of this Agreement regarding advancing coordination, (4) the provisions set forth in Sections 3.29 and 6.07, as applicable, of this Agreement and (5) the provisions set forth in Sections 3.01, 3.06 and 3.27, as applicable, of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized all as of the day and year first above written.

     
  DEUTSCHE MORTGAGE & ASSET RECEIVING CORPORATION, as Depositor
     
  By: /s/ Matt Smith
    Name: Matt Smith
    Title: Director
     
  By: /s/ Natalie Grainger
    Name: Natalie Grainger
    Title: Director
     
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Master Servicer
     
  By: /s/ Joseph Newell III
    Name: Joseph Newell III
    Title: Director
     
  LNR PARTNERS, LLC, as Special Servicer
     
  By: /s/ Jerry Hirschkorn
    Name: Jerry Hirschkorn
    Title: Vice President

 

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  WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
     
  By: /s/ Drew Davis
    Name: Drew Davis
    Title: Vice President
     
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Certificate Administrator, Paying Agent and Custodian
     
  By: /s/ Stacey Gross
    Name: Stacey Gross
    Title: Vice President

 

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  PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC, as Operating Advisor
         
  By: Park Bridge Advisors LLC,
    Its Sole Member
     
    By: Park Bridge Financial LLC,
      Its Sole Member
         
      By: /s/ Robert J. Spinna, Jr.
        Name: Robert J. Spinna, Jr.
        Title: Managing Member
         
  PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC, as Asset Representations Reviewer
         
  By: Park Bridge Advisors LLC,
    Its Sole Member
     
    By: Park Bridge Financial LLC,
      Its Sole Member
         
      By: /s/ Robert J. Spinna, Jr.
        Name: Robert J. Spinna, Jr.
        Title: Managing Member

 

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STATE OF NEW YORK )  
  :  ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )  

 

On the 12th day of November in the year 2017, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Natalie Grainger and Matt Smith, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted, executed the instrument, and that such individual made such appearance before the undersigned in the New York (insert the city or other political subdivision and the state or county or other place the acknowledgment was taken).

 

  /s/ Christine L. Last
  Signature and Office of individual taking acknowledgment
   

[SEAL]
 
Christine L. Last
Notary Public - State of New York
Qualified in New York County
No. 01LA6274862
My commission expires 1/14/2021
 

 

This instrument prepared by:


Name: Sidley Austin LLP
Address: 787 Seventh Avenue
  New York, New York 10019

 

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA )  
  ) ss.:
COUNTY OF MECKLENBURG )  

 

On the 20 day of November, 2017, personally appeared before me Joseph Newell III, to me known (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be a Director of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, that executed the within and foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that said instrument to be the free and voluntary act and deed of said entity, for the uses and purposes therein mentioned, and on oath stated that he was authorized to execute said instrument, and that by his signature on the instrument the entity upon behalf of which he acted, executed the instrument.

 

 

  /s/ Erica L. Smith
  Notary Public

[SEAL]
 
ERICA L. SMITH
NOTARY PUBLIC MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NC
My Commission Expires 07-20-2022
 

 

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STATE OF NEW YORK )  
  :  ss.:
COUNTY OF NASSAU )  

 

On the 17th day of November in the year 2017, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Jerry Hirschkorn, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted, executed the instrument, and that such individual made such appearance before the undersigned in New York City (insert the city or other political subdivision and the state or county or other place the acknowledgment was taken).

  /s/ Desmond McWeeney
  Signature and Office of individual taking acknowledgment
   

[SEAL]
 
DESMOND MCWEENEY
Notary Public - State of New York
No. 01MC6330849
Qualified in Nassau County
My commission expires September 28, 2019
 

 

This instrument prepared by:


Name: Sidley Austin LLP
Address: 787 Seventh Avenue
  New York, New York 10019

 

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STATE OF DE )  
  :  ss.:
COUNTY OF New Castle )  

 

On the 17th day of November in the year 2017, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Drew H. Davis, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted, executed the instrument, and that such individual made such appearance before the undersigned in the County of New Castle (insert the city or other political subdivision and the state or county or other place the acknowledgment was taken).

  /s/ Edgar Perez
  Signature and Office of individual taking acknowledgment
   

[SEAL]
 
EDGAR PEREZ
Notary Public - State of DELAWARE
My commission expires 08-05-2020

 

This instrument prepared by:


Name: Sidley Austin LLP
Address: 787 Seventh Avenue
  New York, New York 10019

 

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STATE OF Maryland )  
  :  ss.:
COUNTY OF Howard )  

 

On the 17 day of November in the year 2017, before me, the undersigned, personally appeared Stacey Gross, personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument, the individual(s), or the person upon behalf of which the individual(s) acted, executed the instrument1 and that such individual made such appearance before the undersigned in the Columbia, MD (insert the city or other political subdivision and the state or county or other place The acknowledgment was taken).

 

  /s/ Amy Martin
  Signature and Office of individual taking acknowledgment
   

[SEAL]
 
AMY MARTIN
Notary Public - Maryland
Anne Arundel County
My commission expires on
February 22, 2021

 

This instrument prepared by:


Name: Sidley Austin LLP
Address: 787 Seventh Avenue
  New York, New York 10019

 

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STATE OF NEW YORK )  
  :  ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )  

 

On the 21st day of November 2017, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of New York, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Robert J. Spinna, Jr., to me known who, by me duly sworn, did depose and acknowledge before me that he is a Managing Member of Park Bridge Financial LLC, which is the sole member of Park Bridge Advisors LLC, which in turn is the sole member of Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, the entity described in and that executed the foregoing instrument; and that he signed his name thereto under authority of said entity and on behalf of such entity.

 

WITNESS my hand and seal hereto affixed the day and year first above written.

 

  /s/ Cathy Pampinella
  NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the State of New York
   

[SEAL]
 
CATHY PAMPINELLA
Notary Public, State of New York
Registration #01PA6303022
Qualified in Suffolk County
Commission Expires May 12, 2018

 

This instrument prepared by:


Name: Sidley Austin LLP
Address: 787 Seventh Avenue
  New York, New York 10019

 

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STATE OF NEW YORK )  
  :  ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )  

 

On the 21st day of November 2017, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of New York, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared Robert J. Spinna, Jr., to me known who, by me duly sworn, did depose and acknowledge before me that he is a Managing Member of Park Bridge Financial LLC, which is the sole member of Park Bridge Advisors LLC, which in turn is the sole member of Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, the entity described in and that executed the foregoing instrument; and that he signed his name thereto under authority of said entity and on behalf of such entity.

 

WITNESS my hand and seal hereto affixed the day and year first above written.

 

  /s/ Cathy Pampinella
  NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the State of New York
   

[SEAL]
 
CATHY PAMPINELLA
Notary Public, State of New York
Registration #01PA6303022
Qualified in Suffolk County
Commission Expires May 12, 2018

 

This instrument prepared by:


Name: Sidley Austin LLP
Address: 787 Seventh Avenue
  New York, New York 10019

 

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EXHIBIT A-1

 

FORM OF CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS A-1

 

Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate: 2.168%  

CUSIP: 125039AA5

 

ISIN:     US125039AA57

 

Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the
Class A-1 Certificates: $44,159,000
  Initial Certificate Balance of this
Certificate: $[__]
     
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017   Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
     
Assumed Final Distribution Date: June 2022   No.: A-1-[_]

 

This certifies that [______] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-1 Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and

 

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Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class A-1 Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class A-1 Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

 

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to

 

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each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of

 

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the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate

 

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Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer

 

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to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the

 

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requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that

 

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such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

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(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the

 

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later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-1 Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class A-1 Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

  

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EXHIBIT A-2

 

FORM OF CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

 

1Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS A-2

 

Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate: 3.250%  

CUSIP: 125039AB3

 

ISIN:     US125039AB31

 

Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the
Class A-2 Certificates: $103,497,000
  Initial Certificate Balance of this
Certificate: $[__]
     
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017   Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
     
Assumed Final Distribution Date: November 2022   No.: A-2-[_]

 

This certifies that [______] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-2 Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and

 

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Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class A-2 Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class A-2 Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

 

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to

 

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each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO

 

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Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

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No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu

 

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Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to

 

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the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered

 

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satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date

 

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(less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from

 

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the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-2 Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

  

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class A-2 Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

  

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EXHIBIT A-3

 

FORM OF CLASS A-SB CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

 

1Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS A-SB

 

Class A-SB Pass-Through Rate: 3.332%  

CUSIP: 125039AD9

 

ISIN:     US125039AD96

 

Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the
Class A-SB Certificates: $61,062,000
  Initial Certificate Balance of this
Certificate: $[__]
     
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017   Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
     
Assumed Final Distribution Date: June 2027   No.: A-SB-[_]

 

This certifies that [______] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-SB Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate

 

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is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class A-SB Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class A-SB Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

 

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately

 

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available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of

 

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Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

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No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu

 

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Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to

 

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the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered

 

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satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date

 

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(less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from

 

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the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-SB Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

  

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class A-SB Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

  

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EXHIBIT A-4

 

FORM OF CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

 

1 Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS A-3

 

Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate:  3.104%  

CUSIP: 125039AC1

 

ISIN:    US125039AC14

 

Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the
Class A-3 Certificates: $67,649,000
  Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
     
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017   Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
     
Assumed Final Distribution Date: October 2024   No.: A-3-[_]

 

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-3 Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and

 

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Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class A-3 Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class A-3 Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

 

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to

 

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each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO

 

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Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

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No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu

 

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Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to

 

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the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered

 

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satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

  

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date

 

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(less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from

 

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the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-3 Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
   
 By: 
Authorized Signatory

 

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class A-3 Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
   
 By: 
Authorized Signatory

  

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EXHIBIT A-5

 

FORM OF CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

 

1 Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS A-4

 

Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate:  3.190%  

CUSIP: 125039AE7

 

ISIN:      US125039AE79

 

Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the
Class A-4 Certificates: $209,460,000
  Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
     
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017   Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
     
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  August 2027   No.: A-4-[_]

 

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-4 Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate

 

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is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class A-4 Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class A-4 Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

 

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately

 

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available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of

 

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Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

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No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu

 

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Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to

 

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the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered

 

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satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date

 

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(less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from

 

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the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-4 Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
   
 By: 
Authorized Signatory

  

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class A-4 Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
   
 By: 
Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT A-6

 

FORM OF CLASS A-5 CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

 

1 Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

  

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS A-5

 

Class A-5 Pass-Through Rate:  3.456%  

CUSIP: 125039AF4

 

ISIN:     US125039AF45

 

Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the
Class A-5 Certificates: $257,521,000
  Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
     
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017   Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
     
Assumed Final Distribution Date:  October 2027   No.: A-5-[_]

 

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-5 Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate

 

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is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class A-5 Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class A-5 Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

 

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately

 

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available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of

 

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Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

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No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu

  

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Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to

 

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the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered

 

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satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date

 

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(less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from

 

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the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-5 Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
   
 By: 
Authorized Signatory

  

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class A-5 Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
   
 By: 
Authorized Signatory

  

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EXHIBIT A-7

 

FORM OF CLASS A-M CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

 

1Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS A-M

 

Class A-M Pass-Through Rate: A per annum rate equal to the lesser of the (i) WAC Rate and (ii) 3.709%  

CUSIP: 125039AH0

 

ISIN: US125039AH01

 

Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-M Certificates: $104,865,000

 

  Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017  

Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.

 

Assumed Final Distribution Date: November 2027   No.: A-M-[_]

 

This certifies that [_______] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class A-M Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and

 

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Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class A-M Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class A-M Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

 

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to

 

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each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO

 

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Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

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No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu

 

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Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to

 

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the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)

amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered

 

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satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date

 

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(less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from

 

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the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class A-M Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

  

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class A-M Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT A-8

 

FORM OF CLASS B CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

 

1Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS B

 

Class B Pass-Through Rate: A per annum rate equal to the lesser of the (i) WAC Rate and (ii) 3.911%  

CUSIP: 125039AJ6

 

ISIN: US125039AJ66

 

Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class B Certificates: $42,477,000  

Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]

 

     
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017  

Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.

 

Assumed Final Distribution Date: November 2027   No.: B-[_]

 

This certifies that [________] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class B Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R

 

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Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class B Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class B Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

 

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

 

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Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of

 

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the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

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No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu

 

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Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to

 

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the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)

amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered

 

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satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date

 

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(less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from

 

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the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class B Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class B Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT A-9

 

FORM OF CLASS C CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

 

1 Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS C

 

Class C Pass-Through Rate: A per annum rate equal to (i) the WAC Rate minus (ii) 0.00875%, but in any case, not less than 0.000%.  

CUSIP:    125039AK3

ISIN:        US125039AK30

     
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class C Certificates: $45,132,000   Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
     
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017   Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
     
Assumed Final Distribution Date: November 2027   No.: C-[_]

  

This certifies that [_______] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class C Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R

 

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Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class C Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class C Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

 

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to

 

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each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO

 

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Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

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No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu

 

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Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to

 

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the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered

 

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satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date

 

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(less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from

 

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the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class C Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

     
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
   
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class C Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

   
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
   
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT A-10

 

FORM OF CLASS D [RULE 144A] 1 [REG S]2 CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]3

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE SUCH ACCREDITED INVESTORS, OR (4) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-”U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES

 

 

1 For Rule 144A Global Certificates only. 

2 For Reg S Global Certificates only. 

3 Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

 

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

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FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN CODE SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D.

 

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]4 

 

 

4 For Reg S Global Certificates only.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS D

 

Class D Pass-Through Rate: 2.750%  

CUSIP:  125039AQ05

               U1253DAC46

               125039AR87

 

ISIN:      US125039AQ008

               USU1253DAC499

               US125039AR8210

     
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class D Certificates: $18,060,000   Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
     
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017   Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
     
Assumed Final Distribution Date: November 2027   No.: D-[__]

 

This certifies that [_______] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class D Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

 

5 For Rule 144A Certificates 

6 For Regulation S Certificates 

7 For IAI Certificates 

8 For Rule 144A Certificates 

9 For Regulation S Certificates 

10 For IAI Certificates 

 

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class D Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class D Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

 

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be

 

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invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in

 

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authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust;

 

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provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the

 

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procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

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(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

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(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on

 

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behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class D Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

     
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
   
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class D Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

   
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
   
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT A-11

 

FORM OF CLASS E-RR [RULE 144A]1 [REG S]2 CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]3

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE SUCH ACCREDITED INVESTORS, OR (4) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-”U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

 

1 For Rule 144A Global Certificates only. 

2 For Reg S Global Certificates only. 

3 Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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THIS CERTIFICATE IS INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE PART OF AN “ELIGIBLE HORIZONTAL RESIDUAL INTEREST” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION RR PROMULGATED UNDER SECTION 15G OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED), AND AS SUCH IS SUBJECT TO VARIOUS PROHIBITIONS ON HEDGING, TRANSFER AND FINANCING SET FORTH IN REGULATION RR. THE INITIAL PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

 

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

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TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN CODE SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D.

 

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]4

 

 

4 For Reg S Global Certificates only.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS E-RR

 

Class E-RR Pass-Through Rate: A per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate.  

CUSIP:   125039AS65

                U1253DAD26

                125039AT47

 

ISIN:        US125039AS658

                 USU1253DAD229

                 US125039AT4910

     
Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class E-RR Certificates: $33,708,000   Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
     
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017   Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
     
Assumed Final Distribution Date: November 2027   No.: E-RR-[__]

 

This certifies that [_______] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class E-RR Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

 

5 For Rule 144A Certificates 

6 For Regulation S Certificates 

7 For IAI Certificates 

8 For Rule 144A Certificates 

9 For Regulation S Certificates 

10 For IAI Certificates

 

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class E-RR Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class E-RR Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

 

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be

 

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invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in

 

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authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust;

 

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provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the

 

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procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

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(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

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(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on

 

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behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class E-RR Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

     
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
   
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class E-RR Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

   
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
   
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT A-12

 

FORM OF CLASS F-RR [RULE 144A]1 [REG S]2 CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]3

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE SUCH ACCREDITED INVESTORS, OR (4) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

 

 

1 For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

2 For Reg S Global Certificates only.

3 Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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THIS CERTIFICATE IS INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE PART OF AN “ELIGIBLE HORIZONTAL RESIDUAL INTEREST” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION RR PROMULGATED UNDER SECTION 15G OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED), AND AS SUCH IS SUBJECT TO VARIOUS PROHIBITIONS ON HEDGING, TRANSFER AND FINANCING SET FORTH IN REGULATION RR. THE INITIAL PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

 

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

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TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) A COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA), AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING ASSETS OF SEPARATE ACCOUNTS OR GENERAL ACCOUNTS WHICH INCLUDE ASSETS OF PLANS (OR WHICH ARE DEEMED PURSUANT TO ERISA OR ANY SIMILAR LAW TO INCLUDE ASSETS OF PLANS) OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN, OTHER THAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY SUCH PURCHASE AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 406 AND 407 OF ERISA, AND CODE SECTION 4975 UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR EXEMPTION UNDER SIMILAR LAW. TRANSFEREES OF THIS CERTIFICATE TAKING DELIVERY IN CERTIFICATED FORM SHALL BE REQUIRED EITHER (i) TO DELIVER A LETTER IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT TO SUCH EFFECT, OR (ii) IF THE TRANSFEREE IS SUCH AN ENTITY SPECIFIED IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE, SUCH ENTITY SHALL PROVIDE ANY OPINIONS OF COUNSEL, OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATES OR AGREEMENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY, AND IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO, THE DEPOSITOR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATES BY OR ON BEHALF OF A PLAN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 406 OR 407 OF ERISA OR CODE SECTION 4975 (OR SIMILAR VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW), AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE DEPOSITOR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR,

 

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THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR TO ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY. THE TRANSFEREE OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A “GLOBAL CERTIFICATE” THAT IS A “RESTRICTED CERTIFICATE” (EACH AS DEFINED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT) SHALL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT THAT IT IS NOT A PLAN OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY PLAN TO ACQUIRE SUCH INTEREST, OTHER THAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY SUCH PURCHASE AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 406 AND 407 OF ERISA, AND CODE SECTION 4975 UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60, OR A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR EXEMPTION UNDER SIMILAR LAW.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN CODE SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D.

 

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]4

 

 

 

4 For Reg S Global Certificates only.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS F-RR

 

Class F-RR Pass-Through Rate: A per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate.  

CUSIP:    125039AU15
U1253DAE06
125039AV97

 

ISIN:       US125039AU128
USU1253DAE059
US125039AV9410

 

Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class F-RR Certificates: $23,894,000   Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
     
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017   Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
     
Assumed Final Distribution Date: November 2027   No.: F-RR-[__]

 

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class F-RR Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

 

 

5 For Rule 144A Certificates

6 For Regulation S Certificates

7 For IAI Certificates

8 For Rule 144A Certificates

9 For Regulation S Certificates

10 For IAI Certificates

 

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class F-RR Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class F-RR Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

 

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be

 

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invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in

 

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authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust;

 

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provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the

 

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procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

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(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

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(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on

 

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behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class F-RR Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

  

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class F-RR Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

  

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EXHIBIT A-13

 

FORM OF CLASS G-RR [RULE 144A]1 [REG S]2 CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]3

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE SUCH ACCREDITED INVESTORS, OR (4) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

 

 

1 For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

2 For Reg S Global Certificates only.

3 Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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THIS CERTIFICATE IS INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE PART OF AN “ELIGIBLE HORIZONTAL RESIDUAL INTEREST” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION RR PROMULGATED UNDER SECTION 15G OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED), AND AS SUCH IS SUBJECT TO VARIOUS PROHIBITIONS ON HEDGING, TRANSFER AND FINANCING SET FORTH IN REGULATION RR. THE INITIAL PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

 

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

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TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) A COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA), AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING ASSETS OF SEPARATE ACCOUNTS OR GENERAL ACCOUNTS WHICH INCLUDE ASSETS OF PLANS (OR WHICH ARE DEEMED PURSUANT TO ERISA OR ANY SIMILAR LAW TO INCLUDE ASSETS OF PLANS) OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN, OTHER THAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY SUCH PURCHASE AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 406 AND 407 OF ERISA, AND CODE SECTION 4975 UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR EXEMPTION UNDER SIMILAR LAW. TRANSFEREES OF THIS CERTIFICATE TAKING DELIVERY IN CERTIFICATED FORM SHALL BE REQUIRED EITHER (i) TO DELIVER A LETTER IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT TO SUCH EFFECT, OR (ii) IF THE TRANSFEREE IS SUCH AN ENTITY SPECIFIED IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE, SUCH ENTITY SHALL PROVIDE ANY OPINIONS OF COUNSEL, OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATES OR AGREEMENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY, AND IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO, THE DEPOSITOR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATES BY OR ON BEHALF OF A PLAN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 406 OR 407 OF ERISA OR CODE SECTION 4975 (OR SIMILAR VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW), AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE DEPOSITOR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR,

 

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THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR TO ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY. THE TRANSFEREE OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A “GLOBAL CERTIFICATE” THAT IS A “RESTRICTED CERTIFICATE” (EACH AS DEFINED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT) SHALL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT THAT IT IS NOT A PLAN OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY PLAN TO ACQUIRE SUCH INTEREST, OTHER THAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY SUCH PURCHASE AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 406 AND 407 OF ERISA, AND CODE SECTION 4975 UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60, OR A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR EXEMPTION UNDER SIMILAR LAW.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN CODE SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D.

 

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]4

 

 

 

4 For Reg S Global Certificates only.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS G-RR

 

Class G-RR Pass-Through Rate:  A per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate.  

CUSIP:    125039AW75
U1253DAF76
125039AX57

 

ISIN:       US125039AW778
USU1253DAF799
US125039AX5010

 

Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class G-RR Certificates: $10,619,000   Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
     
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017   Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
     
Assumed Final Distribution Date: November 2027   No.: G-RR-[__]

 

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class G-RR Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

 

 

5 For Rule 144A Certificates

6 For Regulation S Certificates

7 For IAI Certificates

8 For Rule 144A Certificates

9 For Regulation S Certificates

10 For IAI Certificates

 

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class G-RR Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class G-RR Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

 

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be

 

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invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in

 

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authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust;

 

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provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the

 

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procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

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(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

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(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on

 

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behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class G-RR Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class G-RR Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT A-14

 

FORM OF CLASS H-RR [RULE 144A]1 [REG S]2 CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]3

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE SUCH ACCREDITED INVESTORS, OR (4) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

 

 

1 For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

2 For Reg S Global Certificates only.

3 Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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THIS CERTIFICATE IS INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE PART OF AN “ELIGIBLE HORIZONTAL RESIDUAL INTEREST” (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION RR PROMULGATED UNDER SECTION 15G OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED), AND AS SUCH IS SUBJECT TO VARIOUS PROHIBITIONS ON HEDGING, TRANSFER AND FINANCING SET FORTH IN REGULATION RR. THE INITIAL PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

 

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS ON THIS CERTIFICATE ARE PAYABLE IN INSTALLMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

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TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATE TO ONE OR MORE OTHER CLASSES OF CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”) OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) A COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA), AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING ASSETS OF SEPARATE ACCOUNTS OR GENERAL ACCOUNTS WHICH INCLUDE ASSETS OF PLANS (OR WHICH ARE DEEMED PURSUANT TO ERISA OR ANY SIMILAR LAW TO INCLUDE ASSETS OF PLANS) OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN, OTHER THAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY SUCH PURCHASE AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 406 AND 407 OF ERISA, AND CODE SECTION 4975 UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60 OR A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR EXEMPTION UNDER SIMILAR LAW. TRANSFEREES OF THIS CERTIFICATE TAKING DELIVERY IN CERTIFICATED FORM SHALL BE REQUIRED EITHER (i) TO DELIVER A LETTER IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT TO SUCH EFFECT, OR (ii) IF THE TRANSFEREE IS SUCH AN ENTITY SPECIFIED IN (A) OR (B) ABOVE, SUCH ENTITY SHALL PROVIDE ANY OPINIONS OF COUNSEL, OFFICERS’ CERTIFICATES OR AGREEMENTS AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY, AND IN FORM AND SUBSTANCE SATISFACTORY TO, THE DEPOSITOR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, TO THE EFFECT THAT THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THE CERTIFICATES BY OR ON BEHALF OF A PLAN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 406 OR 407 OF ERISA OR CODE SECTION 4975 (OR SIMILAR VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW), AND WILL NOT SUBJECT THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE DEPOSITOR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR,

 

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THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR TO ANY OBLIGATION OR LIABILITY. THE TRANSFEREE OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A “GLOBAL CERTIFICATE” THAT IS A “RESTRICTED CERTIFICATE” (EACH AS DEFINED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT) SHALL BE DEEMED TO REPRESENT THAT IT IS NOT A PLAN OR A PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY PLAN TO ACQUIRE SUCH INTEREST, OTHER THAN AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING THE ASSETS OF ITS GENERAL ACCOUNT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHEREBY SUCH PURCHASE AND THE SUBSEQUENT HOLDING OF SUCH CERTIFICATE BY SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 406 AND 407 OF ERISA, AND CODE SECTION 4975 UNDER SECTIONS I AND III OF PTCE 95-60, OR A SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR EXEMPTION UNDER SIMILAR LAW.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN CODE SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D.

 

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]4

 

 

 

4 For Reg S Global Certificates only.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS H-RR

 

Class H-RR Pass-Through Rate:  A per annum rate equal to the WAC Rate.  

CUSIP:    125039AY35
U1253DAG56
125039AZ07

 

ISIN:       US125039AY348
USU1253DAG529
US125039AZ0910

 

Original Aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class H-RR Certificates: $39,822,721   Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
     
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017   Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
     
Assumed Final Distribution Date: November 2027   No.: H-RR-[__]

 

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class H-RR Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

 

 

5 For Rule 144A Certificates

6 For Regulation S Certificates

7 For IAI Certificates

8 For Rule 144A Certificates

9 For Regulation S Certificates

10 For IAI Certificates

 

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class H-RR Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class H-RR Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Certificate Balance hereof.

 

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be

 

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invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in

 

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authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust;

 

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provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the

 

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procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

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(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

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(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on

 

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behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class H-RR Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class H-RR Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT A-15

 

FORM OF CLASS X-A CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

THE HOLDERS OF THIS CLASS X-A CERTIFICATE WILL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST ON THE NOTIONAL BALANCE OF THE CLASS X-A CERTIFICATES AND WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY DISTRIBUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PRINCIPAL. THE NOTIONAL BALANCE OF THE CLASS X-A CERTIFICATES IS EQUAL TO AN AMOUNT AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING NOTIONAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

 

1 Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS X-A

 

Class X-A Pass-Through Rate: Variable  

CUSIP:   125039AG2

 

ISIN:       US125039AG28

 

Original Aggregate Notional Balance of the Class X-A Certificates: $848,213,000   Initial Certificate Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
     
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017   Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
     
Assumed Final Distribution Date: November 2027   No.: X-A-[_]

  

This certifies that [               ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class X-A Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and

 

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Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class X-A Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class X-A Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Notional Balance hereof.

 

Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to

 

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each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO

 

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Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

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No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu

 

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Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to

 

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the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered

 

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  satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date

 

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  (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from

 

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the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class X-A Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017 

 

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
   
 By: 
Authorized Signatory

  

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class X-A Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

  

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
   
 By: 
Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT A-16

 

FORM OF CLASS X-B [RULE 144A]1 [REG S]2 CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]3

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE SUCH ACCREDITED INVESTORS, OR (4) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-”U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

 

1 For Rule 144A Global Certificates only. 

2 For Reg S Global Certificates only. 

3 Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

THE HOLDERS OF THIS CLASS X-B CERTIFICATE WILL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST ON THE NOTIONAL BALANCE OF THE CLASS X-B CERTIFICATES AND WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY DISTRIBUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PRINCIPAL. THE NOTIONAL BALANCE OF THE CLASS X-B CERTIFICATES IS EQUAL TO AN AMOUNT AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING NOTIONAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]4

 

 

4 For Reg S Global Certificates only.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS X-B

 

Class X-B Pass-Through Rate: Variable

 

 

 

 

CUSIP:     125039AL15
  U1253DAA86
  125039AM97

 

ISIN:         US125039AL138
  USU1253DAA829
  US125039AM9510

 

Original Aggregate Notional Balance of the Class X-B Certificates: $42,477,000   Initial Notional Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
     
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017   Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
     
Assumed Final Distribution Date: November 2027   No.: X-B-[__]

 

This certifies that [               ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class X-B Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

 

5 For Rule 144A Certificates

 

6 For Regulation S Certificates

 

7 For IAI Certificates

 

8 For Rule 144A Certificates

 

9 For Regulation S Certificates

 

10 For IAI Certificates

 

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class X-B Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class X-B Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Notional Balance hereof.

 

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be

 

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invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in

 

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authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust;

 

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provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the

 

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procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

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(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

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(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on

 

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behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class X-B Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
   
 By: 
Authorized Signatory

  

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class X-B Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

  

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
   
 By: 
Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT A-17

 

FORM OF CLASS X-D [RULE 144A]1 [REG S]2 CERTIFICATE

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]3

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE SUCH ACCREDITED INVESTORS, OR (4) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-”U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

 

 

1For Rule 144A Global Certificates only.

2For Reg S Global Certificates only.

3Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

THE HOLDERS OF THIS CLASS X-D CERTIFICATE WILL BE ENTITLED ONLY TO DISTRIBUTIONS OF INTEREST ON THE NOTIONAL BALANCE OF THE CLASS X-D CERTIFICATES AND WILL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ANY DISTRIBUTIONS WITH RESPECT TO PRINCIPAL. THE NOTIONAL BALANCE OF THE CLASS X-D CERTIFICATES IS EQUAL TO AN AMOUNT AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING NOTIONAL BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT,” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.

 

[THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, PRIOR TO THE DATE THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO A U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]4

 

 

 

 

4 For Reg S Global Certificates only.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS X-D

 

Class X-D Pass-Through Rate: Variable  

CUSIP:   125039AN75
U1253DAB66
125039AP27

 

ISIN:       US125039AN788
USU1253DAB659
US125039AP2710

 

Original Aggregate Notional Balance of the
Class X-D Certificates: $63,192,000

 

  Initial Notional Balance of this Certificate: $[__]
First Distribution Date: December 15, 2017   Cut-off Date: The close of business on the later of the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in November 2017 (or, in the case of any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date subsequent to November 2017, the date that would have been its Due Date in November 2017 under the terms of that Mortgage Loan if a Periodic Payment were scheduled to be due in that month) and the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan.
     
Assumed Final Distribution Date: November 2027   No.:  X-D-[__]

 

This certifies that [______] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class X-D Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby. 

 

 

 

5 For Rule 144A Certificates

6 For Regulation S Certificates

7 For IAI Certificates

8 For Rule 144A Certificates

9 For Regulation S Certificates

10 For IAI Certificates

 

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The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class X-D Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

During each Interest Accrual Period (as defined below), interest on the Class X-D Certificates will be calculated based on a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months on the outstanding Notional Balance hereof.

 

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Interest accrued on this Certificate during an Interest Accrual Period, plus the aggregate unpaid Interest Shortfall with respect to this Certificate, if any, will be payable on the related Distribution Date to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The “Interest Accrual Period” means, with respect to any Distribution Date, the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Each Interest Accrual Period is assumed to consist of 30 days.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be

 

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invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in

 

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authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust;

 

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provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the

 

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procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

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(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

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(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on

 

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behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class X-D Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

  

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class X-D Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

  

 

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EXHIBIT A-18

 

FORM OF CLASS R CERTIFICATE

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES, THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “RESIDUAL INTEREST” IN FOUR “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(2) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”). A TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, IS DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THIS CERTIFICATE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 5.02(l) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, AND SHALL BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE TRANSFEROR AND THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR TO THE EFFECT THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, (A) IT IS NOT A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 860E(e)(5) OF THE CODE, OR AN AGENT (INCLUDING A BROKER, NOMINEE OR OTHER MIDDLEMAN) FOR SUCH DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND IS OTHERWISE A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE, (B) IT WILL NOT CAUSE INCOME WITH RESPECT TO THIS CERTIFICATE TO BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO A FOREIGN PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT OR FIXED BASE, WITHIN THE MEANING OF AN APPLICABLE INCOME TAX TREATY, OF SUCH PERSON OR ANY OTHER U.S. PERSON, (C) IT HAS HISTORICALLY PAID ITS DEBTS AS THEY HAVE COME DUE AND INTENDS TO CONTINUE TO PAY ITS DEBTS AS THEY COME DUE IN THE FUTURE, AND (D) IT INTENDS TO PAY ANY TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH HOLDING THIS CERTIFICATE AS THEY BECOME DUE. ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER TO A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR OTHER PERSON THAT IS NOT A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE OR OTHERWISE IN VIOLATION OF THESE RESTRICTIONS SHALL BE ABSOLUTELY NULL AND VOID AND SHALL VEST NO RIGHTS IN ANY PURPORTED TRANSFEREE. BECAUSE THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS MULTIPLE “NON-ECONOMIC RESIDUAL INTERESTS,” AS DEFINED IN TREASURY REGULATIONS SECTION 1.860E-1(c), TRANSFERS OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE DISREGARDED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. IN ORDER TO SATISFY A REGULATORY SAFE HARBOR UNDER WHICH SUCH TRANSFERS WILL NOT BE DISREGARDED, THE TRANSFEROR MAY BE REQUIRED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO SATISFY ITSELF AS TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE AND EITHER TO PAY A SPECIFIED AMOUNT TO THE

 

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PROPOSED TRANSFEREE OR TRANSFER TO AN ELIGIBLE TRANSFEREE AS PROVIDED IN REGULATIONS.

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, (A) IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO CONSENT TO ACT AS “TAX MATTERS PERSON” OF THE TRUST REMICS AND TO THE APPOINTMENT OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR AS ATTORNEY IN FACT AND AGENT FOR THE TAX MATTERS PERSON OR AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT TO PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF A “TAX MATTERS PARTNER” FOR PURPOSES OF SUBCHAPTER C OF CHAPTER 63 OF SUBTITLE F OF THE CODE (B) IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO THE DESIGNATION OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR AS THE “REPRESENTATIVE” OF THE TRUST REMICS UNDER SECTION 6223 OF THE CODE.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

 

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THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE, OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) A COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA), AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING ASSETS OF SEPARATE ACCOUNTS OR GENERAL ACCOUNTS WHICH INCLUDE ASSETS OF PLANS (OR WHICH ARE DEEMED PURSUANT TO ERISA OR ANY SIMILAR LAW TO INCLUDE ASSETS OF PLANS) OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN. TRANSFEREES OF THIS CERTIFICATE TAKING DELIVERY IN CERTIFICATED FORM SHALL BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER A LETTER IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT TO SUCH EFFECT.

 

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

 

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS R

 

No.: R-1 Percentage Interest: [_]%
   
 

CUSIP: 125039BC01

 

ISIN: US125039BC052

 

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of the Percentage Interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class R Certificates issued by the Trust Fund. The Class R Certificateholder is not entitled to interest or principal distributions. The Class R Certificateholder will be entitled to receive the proceeds of the remaining assets of the Upper-Tier REMIC, if any, on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date for the Certificates, after distributions in respect of any accrued but unpaid interest on the Certificates and after distributions in reduction of principal balance have reduced the principal balances of the Certificates to zero. It is not anticipated that there will be any assets remaining in the Upper-Tier REMIC or Trust Fund on the Final Scheduled Distribution Date following the distributions on the Regular Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

 

 

1 For Rule 144A Certificates

 

2 For Rule 144A Certificates

 

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This Class R Certificate represents the sole “residual interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(2) and 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income. The Holder of the largest Percentage Interest in the Class R Certificates shall be the “tax matters person” pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860F-4(d) for each Trust REMIC, and the Certificate Administrator is hereby irrevocably designated and shall serve as attorney-in-fact and agent for any such Person that is the “tax matters person”. In addition, the Certificate Administrator is designated as the “representative” of each Trust REMIC under Section 6223 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust

 

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and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

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This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests, rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement

 

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or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and

 

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Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to

 

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any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early

 

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termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

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All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class R Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

     
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class R Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

     
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT A-19

 

FORM OF CLASS S CERTIFICATE

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE SUCH ACCREDITED INVESTORS, OR (4) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.  A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

 

ANY HOLDER DESIRING TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL, AND DOES HEREBY AGREE TO, INDEMNIFY THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE TRUSTEE, THE

 

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MASTER SERVICER AND THE DEPOSITOR AGAINST ANY LOSS, LIABILITY OR EXPENSE THAT MAY RESULT IF THE TRANSFER IS NOT EXEMPT FROM THE SECURITIES ACT OR IS NOT MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN OBLIGATION OF OR INTEREST IN THE DEPOSITOR, THE ORIGINATOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY.

 

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PORTIONS OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS AS PROVIDED IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE SHOULD NOT BE PURCHASED BY A TRANSFEREE THAT IS OR BECOMES (A) AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER RETIREMENT ARRANGEMENT, INCLUDING AN INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR A KEOGH PLAN, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA, OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW (“SIMILAR LAW”) WHICH IS TO A MATERIAL EXTENT SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (EACH, A “PLAN”), OR (B) A COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF A PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT FUND (PURSUANT TO U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION SECTION 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA), AN INSURANCE COMPANY USING ASSETS OF SEPARATE ACCOUNTS OR GENERAL ACCOUNTS WHICH INCLUDE ASSETS OF PLANS (OR WHICH ARE DEEMED PURSUANT TO ERISA OR ANY SIMILAR LAW TO INCLUDE ASSETS OF PLANS) OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF ANY SUCH PLAN. TRANSFEREES OF THIS CERTIFICATE TAKING DELIVERY IN CERTIFICATED FORM SHALL BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER A LETTER IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT TO SUCH EFFECT.

 

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CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE
PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, CLASS S

 

No.: S-1 Percentage Interest: [_____]%
   
 

CUSIP: 125039BB21

 

ISIN: US125039BB222

 

This certifies that [              ] is the registered owner of a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, including the distributions to be made with respect to the Class S Certificates. The Trust Fund, described more fully below, consists primarily of a pool of Mortgage Loans secured by first liens on commercial and multifamily properties and held in trust by the Trustee and serviced by the Master Servicer. The Trust Fund was created, and the Mortgage Loans are to be serviced, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (as defined below). The Holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the acceptance hereof, assents to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and is bound thereby.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between the Depositor Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) provides for the issuance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class X-A, Class A-M, Class B, Class C, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class H-RR, Class S and Class R Certificates (the “Certificates”; the Holders of Certificates issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement are collectively referred to herein as “Certificateholders”). This Certificate is issued pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. To the extent not defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate represents a beneficial ownership interest in certain assets of a grantor trust consisting primarily of any Excess Interest collected on the ARD Loans and the amounts held from time to time in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

 

 

1 For IAI Certificates

 

2 For IAI Certificates

 

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The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans and has executed this Certificate in its limited capacity as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event that there is any conflict between any provision of this Certificate and any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, such provision of this Certificate shall be superseded to the extent of such inconsistency.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator, or the Paying Agent on behalf of the Certificate Administrator, will distribute (other than the final distribution on any Certificate), on the fourth Business Day after each Determination Date (each such date, a “Distribution Date”) an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class S Certificates for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. “Determination Date” is defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as the ninth day of each month, or if such ninth day is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day, commencing in December 2017. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

All distributions (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) will be made by the Paying Agent to the Persons in whose names the Certificates are registered at the close of business on each Record Date, which will be the close of business on the last Business Day of the calendar month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs. Such distributions shall be made on each Distribution Date other than the Termination Date to each Certificateholder of record on the related Record Date, (i) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Holder at a bank or other entity located in the United States and having appropriate facilities therefor if such Holder shall have provided the Paying Agent with wire instructions in writing at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent distributions), or (ii) otherwise, by check mailed by first-class mail to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of such Certificate at the office of the Certificate Administrator or its agent (which may be the Paying Agent or the Certificate Registrar acting as such agent) that is specified in the notice to Holders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed on the Termination Date because of the failure of any Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held for the benefit of the appropriate non-tendering Certificateholders. If any Certificates as to which notice of the Termination Date has been given pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice not all of such Certificates shall have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator may, directly or through an agent, take appropriate steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning surrender of their Certificates. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. Subject to applicable

 

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state escheatment laws, if within two years after the second notice any such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Paying Agent shall distribute to the Certificate Administrator all amounts distributable to the Holders thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall thereafter hold such amounts for the benefit of such Holders until the earlier of (i) its termination as Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the transfer of such amounts to a successor Certificate Administrator and (ii) the termination of the Trust Fund and distribution of such amounts to the Class R Certificateholders. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Any such amounts transferred to the Certificate Administrator may be invested in Permitted Investments and all income and gain realized from investment of such funds shall accrue for its benefit.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries in respect of the Mortgage Loans, as more specifically set forth herein and in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Trust Fund includes (in each case, to the extent of the Trust Fund’s interest therein and specifically excluding any interest of any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder therein): (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto; (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date; (iii) the Trust Fund’s interest in any REO Property; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property; (v) any Assignments of Leases, Rents and Profits and any security agreements related to the Mortgage Loans; (vi) any indemnities or guaranties given as additional security for any Mortgage Loans; (vii) a security interest in all assets deposited in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts, and Reserve Accounts; (viii) the Loss of Value Reserve Fund; (ix) the Collection Account, the Serviced Whole Loan Collection Accounts, the Distribution Accounts, any Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, and the Trust’s interest in any REO Account, including any amounts on deposit therein, assets credited thereto and any reinvestment income, as applicable; (x) a security interest in any environmental indemnity agreements relating to the Mortgaged Properties; (xi) a security interest in all insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties; (xii) the rights and remedies under the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements relating to document delivery requirements with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the representations and warranties of the related Mortgage Loan Seller regarding its Mortgage Loans; (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the Lock-Box Accounts, Cash Collateral Accounts, Escrow Accounts and any Reserve Accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Borrower). For the avoidance of doubt, no Retained Defeasance Rights and Obligations will be an asset of the Trust. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals may be made from certain of the above accounts for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for the interests,

 

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rights, benefits, obligations and duties evidenced hereby, and the limitations thereon, and the rights, duties and immunities of the Certificate Administrator.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Certificate is transferable or exchangeable only upon surrender of this Certificate to the Certificate Registrar at its offices together with an assignment and transfer (executed by the Holder or his duly authorized attorney), subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of this Certificate, subject to the requirements in Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall execute and the Authenticating Agent shall duly authenticate in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate denomination as the Certificate being surrendered. Such Certificates shall be delivered by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with Article V of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Prior to due presentation of this Certificate for registration of transfer, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, any Paying Agent or any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice or knowledge to the contrary.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange referred to in Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement other than for transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors as provided in Section 5.02(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the transferor shall reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may be amended at any time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, (i) to cure any ambiguity or to correct any manifest error; (ii) to cause the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus or Private Placement Memorandum with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement; (iii) to change the timing

 

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and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment; (iv) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust that would be a claim against the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Loan Noteholder; (v) to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Non-U.S. Tax Person; (vi) to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting thereto as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (vii) to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies; provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting thereto as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by confirmation of the applicable Rating Agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (viii) to modify the provisions of Section 3.06 and Section 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the

 

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Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, the Directing Holder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the status of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust under the relevant provisions of the Code, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates); (ix) to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website; (x) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv); and (xi) to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation RR, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel or (ii) in the event Regulation RR or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel, in each case, subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor, not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any Custodial Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee with the prior written consent of the Holders of Certificates representing not less than a majority of the Percentage Interests of each Class of Certificates affected thereby (without regard to Certificates held by the Depositor, any of the Depositor’s Affiliates and/or agents) and each Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder affected thereby for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or modifying in any manner the rights of the Certificateholders or the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders; provided, that no such amendment may:

 

(i)reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans or a Serviced Whole Loan which are required to be distributed on any Certificate, without the consent of the Holders of Certificates representing all of the Percentage Interests of the Class or Classes affected thereby or which are required to be distributed to any Companion Loan Noteholders without the consent of such Companion Loan Noteholders;

 

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(ii)reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Loan Noteholder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Loan Noteholder, as applicable;

 

(iii)adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding;

 

(iv)change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates).

 

Further, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of the Certificateholders or, if applicable, the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders, may amend the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions (i) to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of the Lower-Tier REMIC, the Upper-Tier REMIC and each of the Single Loan REMICs as a REMIC or the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a grantor trust, or to prevent the imposition of any additional material state or local taxes, at all times that any Certificates are outstanding; provided that such action, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (obtained at the expense of the Trust Fund), is necessary or helpful to maintain such qualification or to prevent the imposition of any such taxes, and would not adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Certificateholder or if applicable, any Serviced Companion Loan Noteholder or (ii) to the extent necessary to comply with the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Exchange Act, Regulation AB, and/or any related regulatory actions and/or interpretations.

 

The Certificateholder owning a majority of the Percentage Interest in the Controlling Class and, if no such Certificateholder exercises such option, the Special Servicer, and if the Special Servicer does not exercise such option, the Master Servicer may effect an early termination of the Trust Fund, upon not less than 30 days’ prior Notice of Termination given to the Trustee, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer any time specifying the Anticipated Termination Date, which shall be on or after the Early Termination Notice Date (defined as any

 

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date as of which the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans remaining in the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans as of the Cut-off Date) by purchasing on such date all, but not less than all, of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust Fund, and the Trust’s interest in all property acquired in respect of any Mortgage Loan, at a purchase price, payable in cash, equal to the sum of, without duplication:

 

(A)100% of the Stated Principal Balance of each Mortgage Loan included in the Trust as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of principal);

 

(B)the fair market value of all other property included in the Trust Fund as of the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date, as determined by an Independent appraiser acceptable to the Master Servicer as of a date not more than 30 days prior to the last day of the month preceding such Distribution Date;

 

(C)all unpaid interest accrued on the unpaid balance of each Mortgage Loan (including any Mortgage Loan as to which title to the related Mortgaged Property has been acquired) at the Mortgage Rate to the last day of the month preceding such Anticipated Termination Date (less any P&I Advances previously made on account of interest); and

 

(D)the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, and unpaid Servicing Compensation, Special Servicing Compensation, Operating Advisor Fees, Certificate Administrator/Trustee Fees, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees and Trust Fund expenses.

 

In addition, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that following the date on which the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount, the Class X-D Notional Amount and the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-SB, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-M, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates is reduced to zero, the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class S and Class R Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 9.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by giving written notice to all the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement no later than 60 days prior to the anticipated date of exchange.

 

All costs and expenses incurred by any and all parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by the Trust Fund in connection with the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and the other assets of the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall be borne by the party exercising its purchase rights thereunder. The

 

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Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely conclusively on any determination made by an Independent appraiser pursuant to Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the Certificates (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to make certain payments and to send certain notices to Certificateholders as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders and the Serviced Companion Loan Noteholders of all amounts held by or on behalf of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer, as the case may be, required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the purchase of the Mortgage Loans and all other property held by the Trust Fund in accordance with Section 9.01(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (ii) the exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of its Certificates for the Mortgage Loans in accordance with Section 9.01(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (iii) the later of (a) the receipt or collection of the last payment due on any Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund, or (b) the liquidation and disposition pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement of the last asset held by the Trust Fund; provided that in no event shall the trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the United Kingdom, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the Certificate of Authentication on this Certificate has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Administrator has caused this Class S Certificate to be duly executed.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

     
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

Certificate of Authentication

 

This is one of the Class S Certificates referred to in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: November 30, 2017

     
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

 

 

 

CD 2017-CD6 - Mortgage Loan Schedule

                   
    Mortgage Loan           Mortage Original Principal
ID Loan Number  Seller Mortgage Loan Name Street Address City State Zip Code Rate Balance
CREFI1 1 CREFI Headquarters Plaza 1, 2, 3 and 4 Speedwell Avenue Morristown NJ 7960 4.35500% $75,000,000
GACC2 2 GACC U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Various Various Various Various 3.70250% $60,000,000
GACC2.01 2.01 GACC U-Haul of Medford 600 Mystic Valley Parkway Somerville MA 02144 3.70250% $10,918,324
GACC2.02 2.02 GACC U-Haul Center of Salisbury 1 Merrill Street Salisbury MA 01952 3.70250% $5,202,426
GACC2.03 2.03 GACC U-Haul Center North Rancho 3969 North Rancho Drive Las Vegas NV 89130 3.70250% $5,016,222
GACC2.04 2.04 GACC U-Haul Lincoln Park 1200 West Fullerton Avenue Chicago IL 60614 3.70250% $4,677,670
GACC2.05 2.05 GACC U-Haul of Inwood 20A Sheridan Boulevard Inwood NY 11096 3.70250% $4,119,058
GACC2.06 2.06 GACC U-Haul Center Albany 139 Broadway Albany NY 12202 3.70250% $3,408,097
GACC2.07 2.07 GACC U-Haul Storage Black Rock 3029 Fairfield Avenue Bridgeport CT 06605 3.70250% $2,807,166
GACC2.08 2.08 GACC U-Haul Center of Rockville 230-240 Maple Avenue Rockville Centre NY 11570 3.70250% $2,448,864
GACC2.09 2.09 GACC U-Haul Storage Ivar Avenue 3527 Ivar Avenue Rosemead CA 91770 3.70250% $2,321,907
GACC2.1 2.1 GACC U-Haul Center of Round Rock 1535 Round Rock Avenue Round Rock TX 78681 3.70250% $2,161,095
GACC2.11 2.11 GACC U-Haul Storage Glendora 1301 East Route 66 Glendora CA 91740 3.70250% $2,127,239
GACC2.12 2.12 GACC U-Haul Center Texas Avenue 2813 Texas Avenue South College Station TX 77845 3.70250% $2,113,133
GACC2.13 2.13 GACC U-Haul Storage Tarrant Road 2455 West Tarrant Road Grand Prairie TX 75050 3.70250% $1,797,151
GACC2.14 2.14 GACC U-Haul Storage Hulen 7225 South Hulen Street Fort Worth TX 76133 3.70250% $1,653,266
GACC2.15 2.15 GACC U-Haul Center Beaumont 3885 Milam Street Beaumont TX 77701 3.70250% $1,506,559
GACC2.16 2.16 GACC U-Haul Storage Waxahachie 1103 West Highway 287 Bypass Waxahachie TX 75165 3.70250% $1,489,632
GACC2.17 2.17 GACC U-Haul Center of Olathe 12540 South Rogers Road Olathe KS 66062 3.70250% $1,421,921
GACC2.18 2.18 GACC U-Haul Kings Highway 1641 South Kingshighway Boulevard Saint Louis MO 63110 3.70250% $1,069,262
GACC2.19 2.19 GACC U-Haul Storage I-30 9302 Interstate 30 Little Rock AR 72209 3.70250% $1,029,764
GACC2.2 2.2 GACC U-Haul Storage Laurelwood 611 Blackwood Clementon Road Lindenwold NJ 08021 3.70250% $1,026,943
GACC2.21 2.21 GACC U-Haul Center Downtown 1301 Monticello Avenue Norfolk VA 23510 3.70250% $854,846
GACC2.22 2.22 GACC U-Haul Storage Business Avenue 5600 Business Avenue Cicero NY 13039 3.70250% $829,454
GACC3 3 GACC Burbank Office Portfolio Various Burbank CA Various 3.54100% $50,000,000
GACC3.01 3.01 GACC Media Studios 3100 Thornton Avenue, 2233 North Ontario Street, 2255 North Ontario Street, 3333 West Empire Avenue, 3355 West Empire Avenue and 2333 North Ontario Street Burbank CA 91504 3.54100% $19,068,182
GACC3.02 3.02 GACC The Pointe 2900 West Alameda Avenue Burbank CA 91505 3.54100% $16,106,061
GACC3.03 3.03 GACC 3800 Alameda 3800 West Alameda Avenue Burbank CA 91505 3.54100% $9,045,455
GACC3.04 3.04 GACC Central Park 3500 West Olive Avenue Burbank CA 91505 3.54100% $5,780,303
GACC4 4 GACC Homewood Suites Savannah 611 East River Street Savannah GA 31401 4.48000% $42,000,000
CREFI5 5 CREFI Troy Officentre Portfolio Various Troy MI 48083 4.56000% $41,250,000
CREFI5.01 5.01 CREFI East Big Beaver Road Office 300, 320 and 340 East Big Beaver Road Troy MI 48083 4.56000% $25,700,000
CREFI5.02 5.02 CREFI Livernois Road Office 2800 Livernois Road Troy MI 48083 4.56000% $15,550,000
GACC6 6 GACC Lightstone Portfolio Various Various Various Various 4.71000% $40,000,000
GACC6.01 6.01 GACC Hampton Inn & Suites Ft. Myers Beach 11281 Summerlin Square Drive Fort Myers Beach FL 33931 4.71000% $6,445,538
GACC6.02 6.02 GACC aloft Rogers Bentonville 1103 South 52nd Street Rogers AR 72758 4.71000% $6,445,538
GACC6.03 6.03 GACC Residence Inn Baton Rouge Siegen Lane 10333 North Mall Drive Baton Rouge LA 70809 4.71000% $6,256,000
GACC6.04 6.04 GACC Courtyard Baton Rouge Siegen Lane 10307 North Mall Drive Baton Rouge LA 70809 4.71000% $6,066,462
GACC6.05 6.05 GACC TownePlace Suites New Orleans Metairie 5424 Citrus Boulevard Harahan LA 70123 4.71000% $5,497,846
GACC6.06 6.06 GACC Fairfield Inn & Suites Jonesboro 3408 Access Road Jonesboro AR 72401 4.71000% $4,928,615
GACC6.07 6.07 GACC TownePlace Suites Fayetteville North Springdale 5437 South 48th Street Springdale AR 72762 4.71000% $4,360,000
GACC7 7 GACC Costco JFK 605 Rockaway Turnpike Lawrence NY 11559 3.53900% $35,000,000
GACC8 8 GACC Capitol Center 1201 Main Street Columbia SC 29201 4.12000% $32,250,000
CREFI9 9 CREFI Hotel Mela Times Square 120 West 44th Street New York NY 10036 4.19000% $31,800,000
GACC10 10 GACC Tustin Centre I & II 1525 and 1551 North Tustin Avenue Santa Ana CA 92705 3.61600% $31,500,000
AREF11 11 AREF One Imeson 1 Imeson Park Boulevard Jacksonville FL 32218 4.45100% $28,000,000
CREFI12 12 CREFI Salt Lake City Hotel Portfolio Various Various UT Various 4.44800% $27,860,000
CREFI12.01 12.01 CREFI TownePlace Suites West Valley City 5473 High Market Drive West Valley City UT 84120 4.44800% $10,400,000
CREFI12.02 12.02 CREFI Staybridge Suites Midvale 747 West Blue Vista Lane Midvale UT 84047 4.44800% $9,060,000
CREFI12.03 12.03 CREFI Fairfield Inn & Suites Midvale 7141 South FL Smidth Drive Midvale UT 84047 4.44800% $8,400,000
GACC13 13 GACC IRG Portfolio Various Various OH Various 4.66000% $27,500,000
GACC13.01 13.01 GACC HBP Euclid 23555 Euclid Avenue Euclid OH 44117 4.66000% $9,284,524
GACC13.02 13.02 GACC LMA Massillon & Building E 1204-1210 Massillon Road Akron OH 44306 4.66000% $6,861,905
GACC13.03 13.03 GACC LMA Building D 1204-1210 Massillon Road Akron OH 44306 4.66000% $5,840,476
GACC13.04 13.04 GACC NRR Commerce 655 North River Road Northwest Warren OH 44483 4.66000% $3,038,095
GACC13.05 13.05 GACC Rockside Commerce 16485 Rockside Road Maple Heights OH 44137 4.66000% $2,475,000
CREFI14 14 CREFI Station Place III 700 2nd Street Northeast Washington D.C. DC 20002 3.60000% $26,000,000
GACC15 15 GACC Moffett Place Building 4 1190 Bordeaux Drive Sunnyvale CA 94089 3.63650% $25,250,000
CREFI16 16 CREFI Corporate Woods Portfolio Various Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $25,000,000
CREFI16.01 16.01 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 82 10851 Mastin Boulevard Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $3,891,709
CREFI16.02 16.02 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 40 9401 Indian Creek Parkway Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $3,663,283
CREFI16.03 16.03 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 84 10801 Mastin Boulevard Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $3,570,220
CREFI16.04 16.04 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 32 9225 Indian Creek Parkway Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $2,690,355
CREFI16.05 16.05 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 34 10950 Grandview Drive Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $1,302,876
CREFI16.06 16.06 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 14 8717 West 110th Street Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $1,218,274
CREFI16.07 16.07 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 70 9900 West 109th Street Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $1,159,052
CREFI16.08 16.08 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 9 9200 Indian Creek Parkway Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $1,082,910
CREFI16.09 16.09 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 6 8900 Indian Creek Parkway Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $1,074,450
CREFI16.1 16.1 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 12 10975 Benson Drive Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $1,057,530
CREFI16.11 16.11 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 27 10975 Grandview Drive Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $1,032,149
CREFI16.12 16.12 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 51 9393 West 110th Street Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $888,325
CREFI16.13 16.13 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 55 9300 West 110th Street Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $871,404
CREFI16.14 16.14 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 65 9900 College Boulevard Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $558,376
CREFI16.15 16.15 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 3 8700 Indian Creek Parkway Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $558,376
CREFI16.16 16.16 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 75 10800 Farley Street Overland Park KS 66210 4.45000% $380,711
AREF17 17 AREF FedEx Ground - Durham 4357 South Alston Avenue Durham NC 27713 4.07000% $22,500,000
GACC18 18 GACC Integrated Health Campus 240-250 Cetronia Road Allentown PA 18104 4.34000% $22,000,000
CREFI19 19 CREFI 337 Lafayette Street 337 Lafayette Street New York NY 10012 4.55900% $21,500,000
CREFI20 20 CREFI Hampton Inn Majestic Chicago 22 West Monroe Street Chicago IL 60603 4.22000% $21,500,000
AREF21 21 AREF Promenade at West End Phase II 2910 West Loop 289 Lubbock TX 79407 4.72600% $21,350,000
GACC22 22 GACC 3600 Massie 3600 Massie Court West Sacramento CA 95691 4.28000% $20,120,000
GACC23 23 GACC Colorado Center 2401, 2425, 2501 and 2525 Colorado Avenue; 2400, 2450 and 2500 Broadway Santa Monica CA 90404 3.56250% $20,000,000
AREF24 24 AREF Sierra Center 3000 Baldwin Park Boulevard Baldwin Park CA 91706 4.84000% $19,000,000
CREFI25 25 CREFI 2121 Wilshire Boulevard 2121 Wilshire Boulevard Santa Monica CA 90403 4.51000% $17,250,000
AREF26 26 AREF Harrison Luxury Apartments 1210 Morse Avenue Royal Oak MI 48067 4.61500% $16,000,000
GACC27 27 GACC Gurnee Mills 6170 West Grand Avenue Gurnee IL 60031 3.99000% $15,000,000
AREF28 28 AREF Miramar Parkway Plaza 3102-3372 South University Drive Miramar FL 33025 4.41500% $14,100,000
CREFI29 29 CREFI Port Gardner Building 2801- 2802 Wetmore Avenue Everett WA 98201 4.47000% $13,000,000
AREF30 30 AREF Hampton Inn & Suites Las Vegas 3245 Saint Rose Parkway Henderson NV 89052 4.73200% $12,750,000
GACC31 31 GACC Palma Sola Square & DeSoto Plaza Various Bradenton FL Various 5.00000% $12,450,000
GACC31.01 31.01 GACC Palma Sola Square 5505-5805 Manatee Avenue West Bradenton FL 34209 5.00000% $11,700,000
GACC31.02 31.02 GACC DeSoto Plaza 3201-3213 Manatee Avenue West Bradenton FL 34205 5.00000% $750,000
AREF32 32 AREF Cleveland East Various Various OH Various 5.21700% $12,000,000
AREF32.01 32.01 AREF Landerbrook Corporate Center 5900, 5910, 5920 Landerbrook Drive Mayfield Heights OH 44124 5.21700% $8,400,000
AREF32.02 32.02 AREF Metropolitan Plaza 22901 Millcreek Boulevard Highland Hills OH 44122 5.21700% $3,600,000
AREF33 33 AREF Independence Park 1776, 1804, 1808, 1810, & 1820 Plainfield Pike Cranston RI 2921 4.54500% $11,620,000
AREF34 34 AREF The Fountains 34718-35084 US Highway 19 North Palm Harbor FL 34684 4.68200% $11,475,000
AREF35 35 AREF Arizona Retail Portfolio Various Various AZ Various 5.03000% $11,102,258
AREF35.01 35.01 AREF 9460 E. Golf Links Road 9460 East Golf Links Road Tucson AZ 85730 5.03000% $3,394,611
AREF35.02 35.02 AREF 725 West Baseline Road 725 West Baseline Road Tempe AZ 85283 5.03000% $3,071,705
AREF35.03 35.03 AREF 1675 West Valencia Road 1675 West Valencia Road Tucson AZ 85746 5.03000% $2,530,295
AREF35.04 35.04 AREF 1988 North Alma School Road 1988 North Alma School Road Chandler AZ 85224 5.03000% $2,105,647
AREF36 36 AREF Mocksville Commons & Peru Marketplace Various Various Various Various 4.30500% $10,650,000
AREF36.01 36.01 AREF Peru Marketplace 5243, 5255, 5259, & 5301 IL-251 Peru IL 61354 4.30500% $5,857,500
AREF36.02 36.02 AREF Mocksville Commons 191, 195, 207, & 223 Cooper Creek Drive Mocksville NC 27028 4.30500% $4,792,500
GACC37 37 GACC Covance Business Center 8211 Scicor Drive Indianapolis IN 46214 4.45000% $10,000,000
CREFI38 38 CREFI 19500 South Dixie Highway 19500 South Dixie Highway Cutler Bay FL 33157 4.14000% $10,000,000
CREFI39 39 CREFI Bennetts Creek Crossing 3575 and 3605 Bridge Road and 5645 Shoulders Hill Road Suffolk VA 23435 4.56000% $9,500,000
GACC40 40 GACC 4400 Broadway 4400 East Broadway Boulevard Tucson AZ 85711 4.52000% $9,500,000
GACC41 41 GACC Hampton Inn Hilton Head 1 Dillon Road Hilton Head Island SC 29926 5.25000% $9,500,000
CREFI42 42 CREFI Pacific Woods Apartments 16350 Harbor Boulevard Fountain Valley CA 92704 3.45000% $8,600,000
AREF43 43 AREF Collierville Portfolio Various Various TN Various 5.56000% $8,595,000
AREF43.01 43.01 AREF Ripley Oaks 449 U.S. Highway 72 Collierville TN 38017 5.56000% $1,695,000
AREF43.02 43.02 AREF 435 Washington 435 Washington Street Collierville TN 38017 5.56000% $1,680,000
AREF43.03 43.03 AREF Magnolias on Main 153,155,165 North Main Street Collierville TN 38017 5.56000% $1,200,000
AREF43.04 43.04 AREF Pecan Ridge 205 Mount Pleasant Collierville TN 38017 5.56000% $1,080,000
AREF43.05 43.05 AREF Wilfong 5155 Wilfong Street Memphis TN 38134 5.56000% $930,000
AREF43.06 43.06 AREF 37 NorthStar 37 Northstar Drive Jackson TN 38305 5.56000% $885,000
AREF43.07 43.07 AREF Collierville Commerce Center 432 West US Highway 72 Collierville TN 38017 5.56000% $480,000
AREF43.08 43.08 AREF Collierville Plaza 141 Highway 72 Collierville TN 38017 5.56000% $360,000
AREF43.09 43.09 AREF Magnolia Crossing 318 Mount Pleasant Road Collierville TN 38017 5.56000% $285,000
GACC44 44 GACC Intech Ten 6640 Intech Boulevard Indianapolis IN 46278 4.13000% $8,282,000
GACC45 45 GACC Holiday Inn & Suites Albuquerque Airport 1501 Sunport Place Southeast Albuquerque NM 87106 5.90000% $7,200,000
GACC46 46 GACC Brookriver 7929 Brookriver Drive Dallas TX 75247 4.49000% $7,000,000
AREF47 47 AREF Heather Ridge Apartments 212 Heather Ridge Drive Fayetteville NC 28331 5.28800% $6,600,000
AREF48 48 AREF Lakeridge Commons 4505 98th Street Lubbock TX 79424 4.47000% $5,550,000
CREFI49 49 CREFI Amsdell - Amelia Island 2.0 2641 Bailey Road Amelia Island FL 32034 4.28000% $5,100,000
CREFI50 50 CREFI CityLine EZ Storage 21500 Gratiot Avenue Eastpointe MI 48021 4.49000% $5,050,000
GACC51 51 GACC Hunters Ridge Apartments 301 Panorama Boulevard Alamogordo NM 88310 4.85000% $4,500,000
CREFI52 52 CREFI Airport Circle Shopping Center 7500 South Crescent Boulevard Pennsauken NJ 8109 4.20000% $4,300,000
GACC53 53 GACC Walgreens Geary 25 Point Lobos Avenue San Francisco CA 94121 4.86900% $4,000,000
CREFI54 54 CREFI Eagle and Atlantis Self Storage Portfolio Various Various Various Various 4.72000% $4,000,000
CREFI54.01 54.01 CREFI Atlantis Self Storage 2303 North State Street Bunnell FL 32110 4.72000% $2,450,000
CREFI54.02 54.02 CREFI Eagle Self Storage 1998 East Conner Street & 15560 Stony Creek Way Noblesville IN 46060 4.72000% $1,550,000
AREF55 55 AREF East Towne Plaza 2901 WIlliamsburg Road Richmond VA 23231 5.04000% $3,975,000
GACC56 56 GACC 6600 Walmore 6600 Walmore Road Niagara Falls NY 14304 4.77000% $3,250,000
CREFI57 57 CREFI Redeker Place 6730 Redeker Place Newark CA 94560 4.00000% $3,000,000
AREF58 58 AREF West Burlington Plaza 116 West Agency Road West Burlington IA 52655 5.23000% $2,100,000

 

 

 

 

CD 2017-CD6 - Mortgage Loan Schedule

 

                Servicing Fee Rate
    Mortgage Loan   Cut-off Date Maturity Date Due Current Monthly Master Servicing Primary Servicing
ID Loan Number  Seller Mortgage Loan Name Stated Principal Balance or ARD Date Debt Service Fee Rate Fee Rate
CREFI1 1 CREFI Headquarters Plaza $75,000,000 11/6/2027 6              281,260.42 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC2 2 GACC U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 $59,762,173 9/6/2027 6              306,929.67 0.00250% 0.00000%
GACC2.01 2.01 GACC U-Haul of Medford $10,875,046           
GACC2.02 2.02 GACC U-Haul Center of Salisbury $5,181,805           
GACC2.03 2.03 GACC U-Haul Center North Rancho $4,996,339           
GACC2.04 2.04 GACC U-Haul Lincoln Park $4,659,128           
GACC2.05 2.05 GACC U-Haul of Inwood $4,102,731           
GACC2.06 2.06 GACC U-Haul Center Albany $3,394,588           
GACC2.07 2.07 GACC U-Haul Storage Black Rock $2,796,039           
GACC2.08 2.08 GACC U-Haul Center of Rockville $2,439,158           
GACC2.09 2.09 GACC U-Haul Storage Ivar Avenue $2,312,704           
GACC2.1 2.1 GACC U-Haul Center of Round Rock $2,152,529           
GACC2.11 2.11 GACC U-Haul Storage Glendora $2,118,807           
GACC2.12 2.12 GACC U-Haul Center Texas Avenue $2,104,757           
GACC2.13 2.13 GACC U-Haul Storage Tarrant Road $1,790,027           
GACC2.14 2.14 GACC U-Haul Storage Hulen $1,646,712           
GACC2.15 2.15 GACC U-Haul Center Beaumont $1,500,588           
GACC2.16 2.16 GACC U-Haul Storage Waxahachie $1,483,727           
GACC2.17 2.17 GACC U-Haul Center of Olathe $1,416,285           
GACC2.18 2.18 GACC U-Haul Kings Highway $1,065,024           
GACC2.19 2.19 GACC U-Haul Storage I-30 $1,025,683           
GACC2.2 2.2 GACC U-Haul Storage Laurelwood $1,022,873           
GACC2.21 2.21 GACC U-Haul Center Downtown $851,457           
GACC2.22 2.22 GACC U-Haul Storage Business Avenue $826,166           
GACC3 3 GACC Burbank Office Portfolio $50,000,000 10/6/2024 6              152,459.72 0.00250% 0.00000%
GACC3.01 3.01 GACC Media Studios $19,068,182           
GACC3.02 3.02 GACC The Pointe $16,106,061           
GACC3.03 3.03 GACC 3800 Alameda $9,045,455           
GACC3.04 3.04 GACC Central Park $5,780,303           
GACC4 4 GACC Homewood Suites Savannah $41,843,330 8/6/2027 6              212,309.01 0.00250% 0.00250%
CREFI5 5 CREFI Troy Officentre Portfolio $41,250,000 10/6/2022 6              161,975.00 0.00250% 0.00000%
CREFI5.01 5.01 CREFI East Big Beaver Road Office $25,700,000           
CREFI5.02 5.02 CREFI Livernois Road Office $15,550,000           
GACC6 6 GACC Lightstone Portfolio $40,000,000 8/6/2027 6              162,233.33 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC6.01 6.01 GACC Hampton Inn & Suites Ft. Myers Beach $6,445,538           
GACC6.02 6.02 GACC aloft Rogers Bentonville $6,445,538           
GACC6.03 6.03 GACC Residence Inn Baton Rouge Siegen Lane $6,256,000           
GACC6.04 6.04 GACC Courtyard Baton Rouge Siegen Lane $6,066,462           
GACC6.05 6.05 GACC TownePlace Suites New Orleans Metairie $5,497,846           
GACC6.06 6.06 GACC Fairfield Inn & Suites Jonesboro $4,928,615           
GACC6.07 6.07 GACC TownePlace Suites Fayetteville North Springdale $4,360,000           
GACC7 7 GACC Costco JFK $35,000,000 11/6/2027 6              106,661.53 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC8 8 GACC Capitol Center $32,250,000 10/6/2027 6              114,415.83 0.00250% 0.00250%
CREFI9 9 CREFI Hotel Mela Times Square $31,800,000 11/6/2022 6              114,736.17 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC10 10 GACC Tustin Centre I & II $31,500,000 8/1/2027 1               98,084.00 0.00250% 0.00250%
AREF11 11 AREF One Imeson $27,966,261 10/6/2027 6              141,057.84 0.00250% 0.00250%
CREFI12 12 CREFI Salt Lake City Hotel Portfolio $27,860,000 11/6/2027 6              140,303.04 0.00250% 0.00250%
CREFI12.01 12.01 CREFI TownePlace Suites West Valley City $10,400,000           
CREFI12.02 12.02 CREFI Staybridge Suites Midvale $9,060,000           
CREFI12.03 12.03 CREFI Fairfield Inn & Suites Midvale $8,400,000           
GACC13 13 GACC IRG Portfolio $27,401,208 8/6/2027 6              141,964.99 0.00250% 0.00000%
GACC13.01 13.01 GACC HBP Euclid $9,251,170           
GACC13.02 13.02 GACC LMA Massillon & Building E $6,837,254           
GACC13.03 13.03 GACC LMA Building D $5,819,495           
GACC13.04 13.04 GACC NRR Commerce $3,027,181           
GACC13.05 13.05 GACC Rockside Commerce $2,466,109           
CREFI14 14 CREFI Station Place III $26,000,000 11/1/2027 1               80,600.00 0.00250% 0.00000%
GACC15 15 GACC Moffett Place Building 4 $25,250,000 8/6/2027 6               79,068.62 0.00250% 0.00000%
CREFI16 16 CREFI Corporate Woods Portfolio $24,936,520 9/6/2027 6              125,929.69 0.00250% 0.00000%
CREFI16.01 16.01 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 82 $3,881,827           
CREFI16.02 16.02 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 40 $3,653,981           
CREFI16.03 16.03 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 84 $3,561,155           
CREFI16.04 16.04 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 32 $2,683,524           
CREFI16.05 16.05 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 34 $1,299,568           
CREFI16.06 16.06 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 14 $1,215,181           
CREFI16.07 16.07 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 70 $1,156,109           
CREFI16.08 16.08 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 9 $1,080,161           
CREFI16.09 16.09 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 6 $1,071,722           
CREFI16.1 16.1 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 12 $1,054,844           
CREFI16.11 16.11 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 27 $1,029,528           
CREFI16.12 16.12 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 51 $886,069           
CREFI16.13 16.13 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 55 $869,192           
CREFI16.14 16.14 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 65 $556,958           
CREFI16.15 16.15 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 3 $556,958           
CREFI16.16 16.16 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 75 $379,744           
AREF17 17 AREF FedEx Ground - Durham $22,500,000 8/6/2027 6               78,856.25 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC18 18 GACC Integrated Health Campus $22,000,000 9/1/2027 1               82,218.89 0.00250% 0.00000%
CREFI19 19 CREFI 337 Lafayette Street $21,500,000 11/6/2027 6               84,404.82 0.00250% 0.00250%
CREFI20 20 CREFI Hampton Inn Majestic Chicago $21,462,016 10/6/2024 6              116,112.84 0.00250% 0.00250%
AREF21 21 AREF Promenade at West End Phase II $21,350,000 10/6/2027 6               86,886.20 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC22 22 GACC 3600 Massie $20,120,000 10/6/2027 6               74,153.38 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC23 23 GACC Colorado Center $20,000,000 8/9/2027 9               61,354.17 0.00250% 0.00000%
AREF24 24 AREF Sierra Center $18,955,430 9/6/2027 6              100,146.31 0.00250% 0.00250%
CREFI25 25 CREFI 2121 Wilshire Boulevard $17,250,000 11/6/2027 6               66,992.29 0.00250% 0.00250%
AREF26 26 AREF Harrison Luxury Apartments $16,000,000 9/6/2027 6               63,584.44 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC27 27 GACC Gurnee Mills $14,722,913 10/1/2026 1               71,525.84 0.00250% 0.00000%
AREF28 28 AREF Miramar Parkway Plaza $14,079,746 10/6/2027 6               73,859.09 0.00250% 0.00250%
CREFI29 29 CREFI Port Gardner Building $13,000,000 8/1/2027 1               50,039.17 0.00250% 0.01000%
AREF30 30 AREF Hampton Inn & Suites Las Vegas $12,686,254 8/6/2027 6               72,558.02 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC31 31 GACC Palma Sola Square & DeSoto Plaza $12,395,004 7/6/2027 6               66,834.29 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC31.01 31.01 GACC Palma Sola Square $11,648,317           
GACC31.02 31.02 GACC DeSoto Plaza $746,687           
AREF32 32 AREF Cleveland East $12,000,000 7/6/2022 6               53,909.00 0.00250% 0.00000%
AREF32.01 32.01 AREF Landerbrook Corporate Center $8,400,000           
AREF32.02 32.02 AREF Metropolitan Plaza $3,600,000           
AREF33 33 AREF Independence Park $11,620,000 8/6/2027 6               45,477.78 0.00250% 0.00250%
AREF34 34 AREF The Fountains $11,475,000 9/6/2027 6               46,264.01 0.00250% 0.00250%
AREF35 35 AREF Arizona Retail Portfolio $11,021,101 1/5/2026 5               60,953.13 0.00250% 0.00250%
AREF35.01 35.01 AREF 9460 E. Golf Links Road $3,369,796           
AREF35.02 35.02 AREF 725 West Baseline Road $3,049,251           
AREF35.03 35.03 AREF 1675 West Valencia Road $2,511,799           
AREF35.04 35.04 AREF 1988 North Alma School Road $2,090,255           
AREF36 36 AREF Mocksville Commons & Peru Marketplace $10,650,000 8/6/2027 6               39,480.44 0.00250% 0.00250%
AREF36.01 36.01 AREF Peru Marketplace $5,857,500           
AREF36.02 36.02 AREF Mocksville Commons $4,792,500           
GACC37 37 GACC Covance Business Center $9,985,735 10/6/2027 6               52,584.93 0.00250% 0.00000%
CREFI38 38 CREFI 19500 South Dixie Highway $9,960,003 8/1/2027 1               48,552.16 0.00250% 0.01000%
CREFI39 39 CREFI Bennetts Creek Crossing $9,500,000 6/1/2027 1               37,303.33 0.00250% 0.01000%
GACC40 40 GACC 4400 Broadway $9,500,000 10/6/2027 6               36,976.11 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC41 41 GACC Hampton Inn Hilton Head $9,469,946 8/6/2022 6               52,459.35 0.00250% 0.00250%
CREFI42 42 CREFI Pacific Woods Apartments $8,600,000 10/6/2027 6               25,549.17 0.00250% 0.00250%
AREF43 43 AREF Collierville Portfolio $8,464,860 1/5/2027 5               53,089.24 0.00250% 0.00250%
AREF43.01 43.01 AREF Ripley Oaks $1,669,335           
AREF43.02 43.02 AREF 435 Washington $1,654,563           
AREF43.03 43.03 AREF Magnolias on Main $1,181,830           
AREF43.04 43.04 AREF Pecan Ridge $1,063,647           
AREF43.05 43.05 AREF Wilfong $915,919           
AREF43.06 43.06 AREF 37 NorthStar $871,600           
AREF43.07 43.07 AREF Collierville Commerce Center $472,732           
AREF43.08 43.08 AREF Collierville Plaza $354,549           
AREF43.09 43.09 AREF Magnolia Crossing $280,685           
GACC44 44 GACC Intech Ten $8,282,000 9/6/2027 6               29,454.01 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC45 45 GACC Holiday Inn & Suites Albuquerque Airport $7,166,671 6/6/2022 6               42,705.83 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC46 46 GACC Brookriver $6,991,638 10/6/2027 6               35,426.39 0.00250% 0.00250%
AREF47 47 AREF Heather Ridge Apartments $6,593,453 10/6/2027 6               36,600.94 0.00250% 0.00250%
AREF48 48 AREF Lakeridge Commons $5,550,000 9/6/2027 6               21,362.88 0.00250% 0.00250%
CREFI49 49 CREFI Amsdell - Amelia Island 2.0 $5,100,000 11/6/2027 6               18,796.33 0.00250% 0.00000%
CREFI50 50 CREFI CityLine EZ Storage $5,050,000 11/6/2027 6               19,525.26 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC51 51 GACC Hunters Ridge Apartments $4,479,459 7/6/2027 6               23,746.13 0.00250% 0.00250%
CREFI52 52 CREFI Airport Circle Shopping Center $4,300,000 11/6/2027 6               21,027.74 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC53 53 GACC Walgreens Geary $4,000,000 7/6/2027 6               16,771.00 0.00250% 0.00250%
CREFI54 54 CREFI Eagle and Atlantis Self Storage Portfolio $4,000,000 11/6/2027 6               16,257.78 0.00250% 0.00250%
CREFI54.01 54.01 CREFI Atlantis Self Storage $2,450,000           
CREFI54.02 54.02 CREFI Eagle Self Storage $1,550,000           
AREF55 55 AREF East Towne Plaza $3,975,000 1/5/2026 5               17,251.50 0.00250% 0.00250%
GACC56 56 GACC 6600 Walmore $3,250,000 11/6/2027 6               21,037.78 0.00250% 0.00250%
CREFI57 57 CREFI Redeker Place $3,000,000 10/6/2027 6               10,333.33 0.00250% 0.00250%
AREF58 58 AREF West Burlington Plaza $2,100,000 12/5/2025 5                 9,457.58 0.00250% 0.00250%

 

 

 

 

CD 2017-CD6 - Mortgage Loan Schedule

 

        Interest          
    Mortgage Loan   Accrual Letter of   Part of Leasehold Current Mezzanine
ID Loan Number  Seller Mortgage Loan Name Method Credit Post-ARD Revised Rate Whole Loan Interest or Subordinate Debt
CREFI1 1 CREFI Headquarters Plaza Actual/360 None   Yes Fee Simple/Leasehold No
GACC2 2 GACC U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Actual/360 None The greater of (i) 6.7025% per annum and (ii) the 10-year treasury yield as of the anticipated repayment date plus 4.520%. Yes Fee Simple No
GACC2.01 2.01 GACC U-Haul of Medford         Fee Simple  
GACC2.02 2.02 GACC U-Haul Center of Salisbury         Fee Simple  
GACC2.03 2.03 GACC U-Haul Center North Rancho         Fee Simple  
GACC2.04 2.04 GACC U-Haul Lincoln Park         Fee Simple  
GACC2.05 2.05 GACC U-Haul of Inwood         Fee Simple  
GACC2.06 2.06 GACC U-Haul Center Albany         Fee Simple  
GACC2.07 2.07 GACC U-Haul Storage Black Rock         Fee Simple  
GACC2.08 2.08 GACC U-Haul Center of Rockville         Fee Simple  
GACC2.09 2.09 GACC U-Haul Storage Ivar Avenue         Fee Simple  
GACC2.1 2.1 GACC U-Haul Center of Round Rock         Fee Simple  
GACC2.11 2.11 GACC U-Haul Storage Glendora         Fee Simple  
GACC2.12 2.12 GACC U-Haul Center Texas Avenue         Fee Simple  
GACC2.13 2.13 GACC U-Haul Storage Tarrant Road         Fee Simple  
GACC2.14 2.14 GACC U-Haul Storage Hulen         Fee Simple  
GACC2.15 2.15 GACC U-Haul Center Beaumont         Fee Simple  
GACC2.16 2.16 GACC U-Haul Storage Waxahachie         Fee Simple  
GACC2.17 2.17 GACC U-Haul Center of Olathe         Fee Simple  
GACC2.18 2.18 GACC U-Haul Kings Highway         Fee Simple  
GACC2.19 2.19 GACC U-Haul Storage I-30         Fee Simple  
GACC2.2 2.2 GACC U-Haul Storage Laurelwood         Fee Simple  
GACC2.21 2.21 GACC U-Haul Center Downtown         Fee Simple  
GACC2.22 2.22 GACC U-Haul Storage Business Avenue         Fee Simple  
GACC3 3 GACC Burbank Office Portfolio Actual/360 None   Yes Fee Simple Yes
GACC3.01 3.01 GACC Media Studios         Fee Simple  
GACC3.02 3.02 GACC The Pointe         Fee Simple  
GACC3.03 3.03 GACC 3800 Alameda         Fee Simple  
GACC3.04 3.04 GACC Central Park         Fee Simple  
GACC4 4 GACC Homewood Suites Savannah Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
CREFI5 5 CREFI Troy Officentre Portfolio Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
CREFI5.01 5.01 CREFI East Big Beaver Road Office         Fee Simple  
CREFI5.02 5.02 CREFI Livernois Road Office         Fee Simple  
GACC6 6 GACC Lightstone Portfolio Actual/360 None   Yes Fee Simple No
GACC6.01 6.01 GACC Hampton Inn & Suites Ft. Myers Beach         Fee Simple  
GACC6.02 6.02 GACC aloft Rogers Bentonville         Fee Simple  
GACC6.03 6.03 GACC Residence Inn Baton Rouge Siegen Lane         Fee Simple  
GACC6.04 6.04 GACC Courtyard Baton Rouge Siegen Lane         Fee Simple  
GACC6.05 6.05 GACC TownePlace Suites New Orleans Metairie         Fee Simple  
GACC6.06 6.06 GACC Fairfield Inn & Suites Jonesboro         Fee Simple  
GACC6.07 6.07 GACC TownePlace Suites Fayetteville North Springdale         Fee Simple  
GACC7 7 GACC Costco JFK Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
GACC8 8 GACC Capitol Center Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
CREFI9 9 CREFI Hotel Mela Times Square Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
GACC10 10 GACC Tustin Centre I & II Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
AREF11 11 AREF One Imeson Actual/360 Yes - $280,000   No Fee Simple No
CREFI12 12 CREFI Salt Lake City Hotel Portfolio Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
CREFI12.01 12.01 CREFI TownePlace Suites West Valley City         Fee Simple  
CREFI12.02 12.02 CREFI Staybridge Suites Midvale         Fee Simple  
CREFI12.03 12.03 CREFI Fairfield Inn & Suites Midvale         Fee Simple  
GACC13 13 GACC IRG Portfolio Actual/360 None   Yes Fee Simple No
GACC13.01 13.01 GACC HBP Euclid         Fee Simple  
GACC13.02 13.02 GACC LMA Massillon & Building E         Fee Simple  
GACC13.03 13.03 GACC LMA Building D         Fee Simple  
GACC13.04 13.04 GACC NRR Commerce         Fee Simple  
GACC13.05 13.05 GACC Rockside Commerce         Fee Simple  
CREFI14 14 CREFI Station Place III Actual/360 None   Yes Fee Simple No
GACC15 15 GACC Moffett Place Building 4 Actual/360 None   Yes Fee Simple Yes
CREFI16 16 CREFI Corporate Woods Portfolio Actual/360 None   Yes Fee Simple No
CREFI16.01 16.01 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 82         Fee Simple  
CREFI16.02 16.02 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 40         Fee Simple  
CREFI16.03 16.03 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 84         Fee Simple  
CREFI16.04 16.04 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 32         Fee Simple  
CREFI16.05 16.05 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 34         Fee Simple  
CREFI16.06 16.06 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 14         Fee Simple  
CREFI16.07 16.07 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 70         Fee Simple  
CREFI16.08 16.08 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 9         Fee Simple  
CREFI16.09 16.09 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 6         Fee Simple  
CREFI16.1 16.1 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 12         Fee Simple  
CREFI16.11 16.11 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 27         Fee Simple  
CREFI16.12 16.12 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 51         Fee Simple  
CREFI16.13 16.13 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 55         Fee Simple  
CREFI16.14 16.14 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 65         Fee Simple  
CREFI16.15 16.15 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 3         Fee Simple  
CREFI16.16 16.16 CREFI Corporate Woods - Building 75         Fee Simple  
AREF17 17 AREF FedEx Ground - Durham Actual/360 None The greater of (i) 4.0700% plus 300 basis points or (ii) the treasury rate as of the anticipated repayment date plus 300 basis points. No Fee Simple No
GACC18 18 GACC Integrated Health Campus Actual/360 None   Yes Fee Simple No
CREFI19 19 CREFI 337 Lafayette Street Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
CREFI20 20 CREFI Hampton Inn Majestic Chicago Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
AREF21 21 AREF Promenade at West End Phase II Actual/360 Yes - $1,865,000   No Fee Simple No
GACC22 22 GACC 3600 Massie Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
GACC23 23 GACC Colorado Center Actual/360 None   Yes Fee Simple Yes
AREF24 24 AREF Sierra Center Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
CREFI25 25 CREFI 2121 Wilshire Boulevard Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
AREF26 26 AREF Harrison Luxury Apartments Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
GACC27 27 GACC Gurnee Mills Actual/360 None   Yes Fee Simple No
AREF28 28 AREF Miramar Parkway Plaza Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
CREFI29 29 CREFI Port Gardner Building Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
AREF30 30 AREF Hampton Inn & Suites Las Vegas Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
GACC31 31 GACC Palma Sola Square & DeSoto Plaza Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
GACC31.01 31.01 GACC Palma Sola Square         Fee Simple  
GACC31.02 31.02 GACC DeSoto Plaza         Fee Simple  
AREF32 32 AREF Cleveland East Actual/360 None   Yes Fee Simple No
AREF32.01 32.01 AREF Landerbrook Corporate Center         Fee Simple  
AREF32.02 32.02 AREF Metropolitan Plaza         Fee Simple  
AREF33 33 AREF Independence Park Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
AREF34 34 AREF The Fountains Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
AREF35 35 AREF Arizona Retail Portfolio Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple Yes
AREF35.01 35.01 AREF 9460 E. Golf Links Road         Fee Simple  
AREF35.02 35.02 AREF 725 West Baseline Road         Fee Simple  
AREF35.03 35.03 AREF 1675 West Valencia Road         Fee Simple  
AREF35.04 35.04 AREF 1988 North Alma School Road         Fee Simple  
AREF36 36 AREF Mocksville Commons & Peru Marketplace Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
AREF36.01 36.01 AREF Peru Marketplace         Fee Simple  
AREF36.02 36.02 AREF Mocksville Commons         Fee Simple  
GACC37 37 GACC Covance Business Center Actual/360 None   Yes Fee Simple No
CREFI38 38 CREFI 19500 South Dixie Highway Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
CREFI39 39 CREFI Bennetts Creek Crossing Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
GACC40 40 GACC 4400 Broadway Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
GACC41 41 GACC Hampton Inn Hilton Head Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
CREFI42 42 CREFI Pacific Woods Apartments Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
AREF43 43 AREF Collierville Portfolio Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
AREF43.01 43.01 AREF Ripley Oaks         Fee Simple  
AREF43.02 43.02 AREF 435 Washington         Fee Simple  
AREF43.03 43.03 AREF Magnolias on Main         Fee Simple  
AREF43.04 43.04 AREF Pecan Ridge         Fee Simple  
AREF43.05 43.05 AREF Wilfong         Fee Simple  
AREF43.06 43.06 AREF 37 NorthStar         Fee Simple  
AREF43.07 43.07 AREF Collierville Commerce Center         Fee Simple  
AREF43.08 43.08 AREF Collierville Plaza         Fee Simple  
AREF43.09 43.09 AREF Magnolia Crossing         Fee Simple  
GACC44 44 GACC Intech Ten Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
GACC45 45 GACC Holiday Inn & Suites Albuquerque Airport Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
GACC46 46 GACC Brookriver Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
AREF47 47 AREF Heather Ridge Apartments Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
AREF48 48 AREF Lakeridge Commons Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
CREFI49 49 CREFI Amsdell - Amelia Island 2.0 Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
CREFI50 50 CREFI CityLine EZ Storage Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
GACC51 51 GACC Hunters Ridge Apartments Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
CREFI52 52 CREFI Airport Circle Shopping Center Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
GACC53 53 GACC Walgreens Geary Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
CREFI54 54 CREFI Eagle and Atlantis Self Storage Portfolio Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
CREFI54.01 54.01 CREFI Atlantis Self Storage         Fee Simple  
CREFI54.02 54.02 CREFI Eagle Self Storage         Fee Simple  
AREF55 55 AREF East Towne Plaza Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
GACC56 56 GACC 6600 Walmore Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
CREFI57 57 CREFI Redeker Place Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No
AREF58 58 AREF West Burlington Plaza Actual/360 None   No Fee Simple No

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C-1

 

FORM OF TRANSFEREE AFFIDAVIT

 

AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 860E(e)(4) OF THE
INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986, AS AMENDED

 

STATE OF NEW YORK )
  )             ss:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )

 

                                     , being first duly sworn, deposes and says:

 

1.       That he/she is a                                       of                                       (the “Purchaser”), a                                       duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of                                       on behalf of which he/she makes this affidavit.

 

2.       That the Purchaser’s Taxpayer Identification Number is                             .

 

3.       That the Purchaser of the CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6, Class R (the “Class R Certificate”) is a Permitted Transferee (as defined in Article I of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into and executed in connection with the issuance of the CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6), or is acquiring the Class R Certificate for the account of, or as agent (including as a broker, nominee, or other middleman) for, a Permitted Transferee and has received from such person or entity an affidavit substantially in the form of this affidavit.

 

4.       That the Purchaser historically has paid its debts as they have come due and intends to pay its debts as they come due in the future and the Purchaser intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Class R Certificate as they become due.

 

5.       That the Purchaser understands that it may incur tax liabilities with respect to the Class R Certificate in excess of any cash flow generated by the Class R Certificate.

 

6.       That the Purchaser will not transfer the Class R Certificate to any person or entity from which the Purchaser has not received an affidavit substantially in the form of this affidavit or as to which the Purchaser has actual knowledge that the requirements set forth in paragraph 3, paragraph 4 or paragraph 7 hereof are not satisfied or that the Purchaser has reason to know does not satisfy the requirements set forth in paragraph 4 hereof.

 

7.       That the Purchaser is not a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person and is not purchasing the Class R Certificate for the account of, or as an agent (including as a broker, nominee or other middleman) for, a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person and is otherwise a Permitted Transferee.

 

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8.            That the Purchaser agrees to such amendments of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as may be required to further effectuate the restrictions on transfer of the Class R Certificate to a “disqualified organization,” an agent thereof, or a person that does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph 4, paragraph 7 and paragraph 11 hereof.

 

9.            That, if a “tax matters person” is required to be designated with respect to the Trust REMICs, the Purchaser agrees to act as “tax matters person” and to perform the functions of “tax matters partner” of the Trust REMICs pursuant to Section 4.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and agrees to the irrevocable designation of the Certificate Administrator as the Purchaser’s agent in performing the function of “tax matters person” and “tax matters partner”.

 

10.          That the Purchaser agrees to the designation of the Certificate Administrator as the “representative” of the Trust REMICs under Section 6223 of the Code and to the Certificate Administrator making any elections allowed under the Code to avoid the application of Section 6221 of the Code (or successor provisions) to any REMIC and to avoid payment by any Trust REMIC under Section 6226 of the Code (or successor provisions) of any tax, penalty, interest or other amount imposed under the Code that would otherwise be imposed on any Holder of any Class R Certificate, past or present.

 

11.          The Purchaser agrees to be bound by and to abide by the provisions of Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement concerning registration of the transfer and exchange of the Class R Certificate.

 

12.          The Purchaser will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the Purchaser or any other U.S. Tax Person.

 

13.          Check the applicable paragraph:

 

☐           The present value of the anticipated tax liabilities associated with holding the Class R Certificate, as applicable, does not exceed the sum of:

 

(i)         the present value of any consideration given to the Purchaser to acquire such Class R Certificate;

 

(ii)        the present value of the expected future distributions on such Certificate; and

 

(iii)       the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated with holding such Class R Certificate as the related REMIC generates losses.

 

For purposes of this calculation, (i) the Purchaser is assumed to pay tax at the highest rate currently specified in Code Section 11(b) (but the tax rate in Code Section 55(b)(1)(B) may be used in lieu of the highest rate specified in Code Section 11(b) if the Purchaser has been subject to the alternative minimum tax under Code Section 55 in the preceding two years and will compute its taxable income in the current taxable year using the alternative minimum tax rate) and (ii) present values are computed using a discount rate

 

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equal to the short-term Federal rate prescribed by Code Section 1274(d) for the month of the transfer and the compounding period used by the Purchaser.

 

☐           The transfer of the Class R Certificate complies with U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(5) and (6) and, accordingly,

 

(i)        the Purchaser is an “eligible corporation,” as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), as to which income from the Class R Certificate will only be taxed in the United States;

 

(ii)       at the time of the transfer, and at the close of the Purchaser’s two fiscal years preceding the year of the transfer, the Purchaser had gross assets for financial reporting purposes (excluding any obligation of a person related to the Purchaser within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii)) in excess of $100 million and net assets in excess of $10 million;

 

(iii)       the Purchaser will transfer the Class R Certificate only to another “eligible corporation,” as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), in a transaction that satisfies the requirements of Section 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), (ii) and (iii) and Section 1.860E-1(c)(5) of the U.S. Treasury Regulations; and

 

(iv)       the Purchaser determined the consideration paid to it to acquire the Class R Certificate based on reasonable market assumptions (including, but not limited to, borrowing and investment rates, prepayment and loss assumptions, expense and reinvestment assumptions, tax rates and other factors specific to the Purchaser) that it has determined in good faith.

 

☐           None of the above.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be executed on its behalf by its                                             this          day of                        , 20     .

 

  [The Purchaser]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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Personally appeared before me the above-named                                 , known or proved to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and to be the of the Purchaser, and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same as his/her free act and deed and the free act and deed of the Purchaser.

 

Subscribed and sworn before me this          day of                        , 20     .

       
NOTARY PUBLIC  
COUNTY OF     
STATE OF      

 

My commission expires the          day of                        , 20     .

 

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EXHIBIT C-2

 

FORM OF TRANSFEROR LETTER

 

[Date]

 


Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC N9300-070

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers CD 2017-CD6

 

Re:Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to the CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6, Class R

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

[Transferor] has reviewed the attached affidavit of [Transferee], and has no actual knowledge that such affidavit is not true or that [Transferee] is not a Permitted Transferee (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement defined in the attached affidavit) and has no actual knowledge or reason to know that the information contained in the attached affidavit is not true. No purpose of [Transferor] relating to the transfer of the Class R Certificate by [Transferor] to [Transferee] is or will be to impede the assessment of any tax.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  [Transferor]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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EXHIBIT C-3

 

FORM OF TRANSFEREE Certificate for TRANSFERS OF RR Certificates

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Registrar

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC N9300-070
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Certificate Transfers Group CD 2017-CD6

 

Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC
40 West 57th Street, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Mike Schulte

Facsimile number: (646) 560-1745

 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with copies via email to:

lainie.kaye@db.com, and

cmbs.requests@db.com

 

Re:CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, Paying Agent and Custodian

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

[_____] (the “Purchaser”) hereby certifies, represents and warrants to each of the addressees hereto:

 

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1.The Purchaser is acquiring (the “Transfer”) $[_____] aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class [E-RR][F-RR][G-RR][H-RR] Certificates from [_____] (the “Transferor”).

 

2.The Purchaser is aware that the Certificate Registrar will not register any transfer of any portion of the RR Certificates by the Transferor unless the Purchaser, or such Purchaser’s agent, delivers to the Certificate Registrar, among other things, a certificate in substantially the same form as this certificate. The Purchaser expressly agrees that it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any representation contained in such certificate is false.

 

3.The Transfer is in compliance with any applicable credit risk retention agreement in effect between the Retaining Sponsor and the Transferor (the “Risk Retention Agreement”).

 

4.If the Purchaser is an insurance company general account relying on PTCE 95-60 to cover its acquisition of the RR Certificates, (a) all of the conditions of Parts I and III of PTCE 95-60 will be satisfied with respect to the acquisition of the RR Certificates and (b) the acquisition of the RR Certificates will be effected through Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or an Affiliate thereof

 

5.Check one of the following:

 

☐           The Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to each of the addressees hereto that:

 

A.It is a “majority-owned affiliate”, as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rule, of the Transferor (a “Majority-Owned Affiliate”).

 

B.It is not acquiring the RR Certificates as a nominee, trustee or agent for any person that is not a Majority-Owned Affiliate, and that for so long as it retains its interest in the RR Certificates (or until the end of the Retained Certificate Transfer Restriction Period), it will remain a Majority-Owned Affiliate.

 

C.It will deliver a joinder agreement substantially in the form attached to the Risk Retention Agreement pursuant to which it has agreed to be bound by the terms of the Risk Retention Agreement to the same extent as if it was the Transferor itself.

 

☐             The Transfer will occur on and after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, and the Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to each of the addressees hereto that:

 

A.It will execute and deliver to the Retaining Sponsor a new credit risk retention agreement in accordance with the Risk Retention Agreement.

 

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B.If required by the Retaining Sponsor, an affiliate of the Purchaser will execute and deliver a guaranty, if required under the Risk Retention Agreement.

 

C.It will comply with any additional requirements and satisfy any additional conditions set forth under the Risk Retention Agreement applicable to the Transfer and the Purchaser as an eligible Third Party Purchaser.

 

☐           The Transfer will occur after the termination of the Retained Certificate Transfer Restriction Period.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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EXHIBIT C-4

 

FORM OF TRANSFEROR Certificate for TransferS of
RR Certificates

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Registrar

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC N9300-070
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Certificate Transfers Group CD 2017-CD6

 

Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC
40 West 57th Street, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Mike Schulte

Facsimile number: (646) 560-1745

 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with copies via email to:

 

lainie.kaye@db.com, and

cmbs.requests@db.com

 

Re:CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 (the “Certificates”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This is delivered to you in connection with the transfer (the “Transfer”) by [______] (the “Transferor”) to [______] (the “Transferee”) of [$[_____] aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class [E-RR][F-RR][G-RR][H-RR] Certificates]. The Certificates were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, Paying Agent and Custodian. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set

 

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forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you that:

 

1.The Transfer is in compliance with any applicable credit risk retention agreement in effect between the Retaining Sponsor and the Transferor (the “Risk Retention Agreement”) and the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2.If the Transferee is an insurance company general account relying on PTCE 95-60 to cover its acquisition of the RR Certificates, to the Transferor’s knowledge (a) all of the conditions of Parts I and III of PTCE 95-60 will be satisfied with respect to the acquisition of the RR Certificates and (b) the acquisition of the RR Certificates will be effected through Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or an Affiliate thereof.

 

3.Check one of the following:

 

☐          The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to you that:

 

A.The Transferee is a “majority-owned affiliate”, as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rule, of the Transferor (a “Majority-Owned Affiliate”).

 

B.The Transferor has satisfied all of the conditions under the Risk Retention Agreement applicable to transfers by the Transferor to a Majority-Owned Affiliate.

 

☐             The Transfer will occur on and after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, and the Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to you that:

 

A.The Transferor has satisfied all of the conditions under the Risk Retention Agreement applicable to transfers by the Transferor to eligible Third Party Purchasers.

 

☐             The Transfer will occur after the termination of the Retained Certificate Transfer Restriction Period.

 

4.The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to you that the Transferor has provided notice of the Transfer to the Retaining Sponsor and the Retaining Sponsor has consented to the Transfer, a copy of which is attached hereto.

 

5.The Transferor understands that the Transferee has delivered to you a Transferee Certificate in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit C-3. The Transferor does not know or believe that any representation contained therein is false.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

 

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    [TRANSFEROR]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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EXHIBIT D-1

 

FORM OF INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC N9300-070

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers CD 2017-CD6

 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with a copy via email to:

 

cmbs.requests@db.com

 

Re:Transfer of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6: Class [ ]

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter is delivered pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into and executed in connection with the above-referenced transaction, on behalf of the holders of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 (the “Certificates”) with respect to the transfer by [__________] (the “Seller”) to the undersigned (the “Purchaser”) of [$_____ aggregate Certificate Balance][_____% Percentage Interest] of Class [_____] Certificates, in certificated fully registered form (such registered interest, the “Certificate”). Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In connection with such transfer, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants to you as follows:

 

[For Institutional Accredited Investors only] 1. The Purchaser is an institutional investor that is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 (a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or an entity in which all of the equity owners are institutional investors that are “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act (an “Institutional Accredited Investor”), and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the investment in the Certificate, and the Purchaser and any accounts for which the Purchaser is acting are each able to bear the economic risk of the investment. The Purchaser is acquiring the Certificate for its own account or for one or more accounts

 

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(each of which is an Institutional Accredited Investor) as to each of which the Purchaser exercises sole investment discretion. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to reimburse the Trust for any costs incurred by it in connection with this transfer.

 

[For Qualified Institutional Buyers only] 1. The Purchaser is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Purchaser is aware that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, and the Purchaser has had the opportunity to obtain the information required to be provided pursuant to paragraph (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A.

 

2.The Purchaser’s intention is to acquire the Certificate (a) for investment for the Purchaser’s own account or (b) for reoffer, resale, pledge or other transfer to (i) “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of, and in transactions complying with, Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, (ii) institutional investors that are “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act or any entity in which all of the equity owners are institutional investors that are “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act, or (iii) pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject in the case of this clause (iii) to (a) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of a letter substantially in the form hereof, (b) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Certificate Registrar that such reoffer, resale, pledge or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (c) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of such other evidence acceptable to the Certificate Registrar that such reoffer, resale, pledge or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and other applicable laws (including applicable state and foreign securities laws), and (d) a written undertaking to reimburse the Trust for any costs incurred by it in connection with the proposed transfer. It understands that the Certificate (and any subsequent Individual Certificate) has not been registered under the Securities Act, by reason of a specified exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the Purchaser’s investment intent (or intent to resell to only certain investors in certain exempted transactions) as expressed herein.

 

3.The Purchaser acknowledges that the Certificate (and any Certificate issued on transfer or exchange thereof) has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any State or any other jurisdiction, and that the Certificate cannot be reoffered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred unless it is registered or qualified thereunder or unless an exemption from such registration or qualification is available.

 

4.The Purchaser has reviewed the Private Placement Memorandum dated November 17, 2017, relating to the Certificates (the “Private Placement Memorandum”) and the agreements and other materials referred to therein and has had the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Private Placement Memorandum.

 

5.The Purchaser hereby undertakes to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in its capacity as an owner of an Individual Certificate or Certificates, as the case may be (each, a “Certificateholder”), in all respects as if it were a signatory

 

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thereto. This undertaking is made for the benefit of the Trust, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and all Certificateholders present and future.

 

6.The Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer any portion of the Certificate, except in compliance with Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

7.Check one of the following:

 

The Purchaser is a “U.S. Tax Person” (as defined below) and it has attached hereto an Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9 (or successor form).

 

The Purchaser is not a “U.S. Tax Person” (as defined below) and under applicable law in effect on the date hereof, no taxes will be required to be withheld by the Certificate Registrar (or its agent) with respect to distributions to be made on the Certificate(s). The Purchaser has attached hereto [(i) a duly executed IRS Form W-8BEN (or successor form) if the Purchaser is an individual, or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or successor form) if the Purchaser is an entity, which identifies such Purchaser as the beneficial owner of the Certificate(s) and states that such Purchaser is not a U.S. Tax Person, (ii) two duly executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY (and all appropriate attachments) or (iii)]* two duly executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form), which identify such Purchaser as the beneficial owner of the Certificate(s) and state that interest and original issue discount on the Certificate(s) is, or is expected to be, effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. The Purchaser agrees to provide to the Certificate Registrar updated [IRS Forms W-8BEN, IRS Forms W-8BEN-E, IRS Forms W-8IMY or]* IRS Forms W-8ECI[, as the case may be]*, any applicable successor IRS forms, or such other certifications as the Certificate Registrar may reasonably request, on or before the date that any such IRS form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, or promptly after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent IRS form of certification furnished by it to the Certificate Registrar.

 

For purposes of this paragraph 7, “U.S. Tax Person” means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations), or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source, or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Tax Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 that have elected to be treated as U.S. Tax Persons).

 

Please make all payments due on the Certificates: **

 

 

 

*Delete for Class R.

 

**Only to be filled out by Purchasers of Individual Certificates. Please select (a) or (b).

 

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(a)       by wire transfer to the following account at a bank or entity in New York, New York, having appropriate facilities therefor:

 

Account number:  
   
Institution:  

 

(b)by mailing a check or draft to the following address:
 
   
   

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  [Purchaser]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated: ________________, 20___

 

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EXHIBIT D-2

 

FORM OF ERISA REPRESENTATION LETTER

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC N9300-070

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers CD 2017-CD6


Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with a copy via email to:

 

cmbs.requests@db.com

 

Re:CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6, Class [ ]

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

_______________ (the “Purchaser”) intends to purchase from _______________ (the “Seller”) [$_____ initial Certificate Balance] [$_____ initial Notional Amount][ or _____% Percentage Interest] of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6, Class [_____], CUSIP No. _____ (the “Certificates”), issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into and executed in connection with the above-referenced transaction. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Purchaser hereby certifies, represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar and the Trustee that:

 

The Purchaser is not and will not become (a) an employee benefit plan or other retirement arrangement, including an individual retirement account or a Keogh plan, which is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), Code Section 4975, a governmental plan, as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA, or other plan subject to any federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) which is to a material extent similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code (each, a “Plan”), or (b) a collective investment fund whose underlying assets include Plan assets by reason of a Plan’s investment in the collective investment fund (pursuant to U.S. Department of Labor Regulation Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, or Similar Law), an insurance company using assets of separate accounts or general accounts which are deemed pursuant to ERISA or any Similar Law to include assets of Plans, or other person acting on behalf of any such Plan or using the assets of

 

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any such Plan, other than (except in the case of the Class S and Class R Certificates) an insurance company using the assets of its general account under circumstances whereby such purchase and the subsequent holding of such Certificate by such insurance company would be exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of Section 406 and 407 of ERISA and Code Section 4975 under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60, or a substantially similar exemption under Similar Law; and

 

The Purchaser understands that if the Purchaser is a person referred to in clause (a) or (b) above, except in the case of the Class S and Class R Certificates, which may not be transferred unless the transferee represents it is not such a person, such Purchaser is required to provide to the Certificate Registrar any Opinions of Counsel, officers’ certificates or agreements as may be required by such persons, and which establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Registrar that the purchase and holding of the Certificates by or on behalf of a Plan will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 406 and Section 407 of ERISA or Code Section 4975 or any corresponding provision of any Similar Law, and will not subject the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Certificate Registrar to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA, Code Section 4975 or Similar Law), which Opinions of Counsel, officers’ certificates or agreements shall not be at the expense of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Certificate Registrar.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser hereby executes this ERISA Representation Letter on this ____ day of ____, 20 __.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  [Purchaser]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

1055 10th Avenue SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414

 

Attention: Document Custody Group – CD 2017-CD6

 

Re:Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6

 

Dear __________________:

 

In connection with the administration of the Mortgage Files held by, or on behalf of, you as Custodian under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned hereby requests a release of the Mortgage File (or the portion thereof specified below) held by you as Custodian with respect to the following described Mortgage Loan for the reason indicated below:

 

Mortgagor’s Name:  
Address:      
Asset No.:    

 

If only particular documents in the Mortgage File are requested, please specify which:

 

Reason for requesting file (or portion thereof):

 

_____ 1.Mortgage Loan paid in full. Such [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer][Other Servicer][Other Special Servicer] hereby certifies that all amounts received in connection with the Mortgage Loan have been or will be, following such [Master Servicer’s] [Special Servicer’s] [Other Servicer’s][Other Special Servicer’s] release of the Mortgage File, credited to the Collection Account pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

_____2.The Mortgage Loan is being foreclosed.

 

_____3.Other. (Describe)

 

The undersigned acknowledges that the above Mortgage File (or requested portion thereof) will be held by the undersigned in accordance with the provisions of the

 

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[Pooling and Servicing Agreement][Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement] and will be returned to you or your designee within ten (10) days of our receipt thereof, unless [the [Other Servicer][Other Special Servicer] requires such Mortgage File pursuant to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement or Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.][the Mortgage Loan has been paid in full or otherwise liquidated, in which case the Mortgage File (or such portion thereof) will be retained by us permanently, or unless the Mortgage Loan is being foreclosed,] in which case the Mortgage File (or such portion thereof) will be returned when no longer required by us for such purpose.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

  [MASTER SERVICER][SPECIAL SERVICER][OTHER SERVICER][OTHER SPECIAL SERVICER]
     
  By:
    Name:
    Title:

 

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EXHIBIT F

 

SECURITIES LEGEND

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS, AND ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (2) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (“QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”), PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER, WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED, IN EACH CASE, THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (3) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO OTHER INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS ARE INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS THAT ARE “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (4) (EXCEPT WITH RESPECT TO THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES) TO INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS SUCH TERMS ARE DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D-1 TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER OR (OTHER THAN WITH RESPECT TO A RESIDUAL CERTIFICATE) AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, AND MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF SUCH TRANSFEREE IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A.

 

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EXHIBIT G

 

FORM OF REGULATION S TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC N9300-070

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers CD 2017-CD6

 

Re:Transfer of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 Class [    ]

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 5.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), and executed in connection with the above-referenced transaction, on behalf of the holders of the CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6, Class [_] (the “Certificates”) in connection with the transfer by the undersigned (the “Transferor”) to                                       (the “Transferee”) of $                     Certificate Balance of Certificates, in fully registered form (each, an “Individual Certificate”), or a beneficial interest of such aggregate Certificate Balance in the Regulation S Global Certificate (the “Global Certificate”) maintained by The Depository Trust Company or its successor as Depositary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (such transferred interest, in either form, being the “Transferred Interest”).

 

In connection with such transfer, the Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificates and (i) with respect to transfers made in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Transferor does hereby certify that:

 

(1)       the offer of the Transferred Interest was not made to a person in the United States;

 

[(2)     at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was an institution that was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the Transferee was an institution that was outside the United States;]*

 

[(2)      the transaction was executed with a Transferee that was an institution or reasonably believed to be an institution by the Transferor or anyone acting on its behalf in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither there undersigned nor

 

 

 

* Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

 

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any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;]*

 

(3)       no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

 

(4)       the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

or (ii) with respect to transfers made in reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Certificates that are being transferred are not “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer.

 

  [Insert Name of Transferor]
     
  By:
    Name:
    Title:

  

Dated: ________________, 20     

 

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EXHIBIT H

 

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR EXCHANGE OR TRANSFER FROM RULE 144A
GLOBAL CERTIFICATE TO REGULATION S GLOBAL
CERTIFICATE DURING THE RESTRICTED PERIOD

 

(Exchanges or transfers pursuant to Section 5.02(c)(ii)(A) of
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC N9300-070

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers CD 2017-CD6

 

Re:Transfer of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6, Class [    ]

 

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), and executed in connection with the above-referenced transaction. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This letter relates to US $                     aggregate Certificate Balance of Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of Rule 144A Global Certificate (CUSIP No.                     ) with the Depository in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest for an interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate (CUSIP No.                     ) to be held with [Euroclear] [Clearstream]* (Common Code) through the Depositary.

 

In connection with such request and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected in accordance with the Transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

 

(1)       the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States,

 

[(2)      at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was an institution that was outside the United States or the Transferor and any persons acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the Transferee was outside the United States,]**

 

 

 

* Select appropriate depository.

 

** Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

 

 

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[(2)      the transaction was executed with a Transferee that was an institution or reasonably believed to be an institution by the Transferor or anyone acting on its behalf in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States,]*

 

(3)       no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable, and

 

(4)       the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer.

 

  [Insert Name of Transferor]
     
  By:
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated: ________________, 20__

 

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EXHIBIT I

 

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR EXCHANGE OR TRANSFER FROM RULE 144A
GLOBAL CERTIFICATE TO REGULATION S GLOBAL
CERTIFICATE AFTER THE RESTRICTED PERIOD

 

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.02(c)(ii)(B) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Sixth Street & Marquette Avenue

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479-0113

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers CD 2017-CD6

 

Re:Transfer of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6, Class [    ]

 

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), and executed in connection with the above-referenced transaction. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The letter relates to U.S. $                     aggregate Certificate Balance of Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of the Rule 144A Global Certificate (CUSIP No.                     ) with the Depository in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in the Certificates for an interest in the Regulation S Global Certificate (Common Code No.                     ).

 

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and, (i) with respect to transfers made in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Transferor does hereby certify that:

 

(1)       the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States,

 

[(2)      at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was an institution that was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States,]*

 

 

 

* Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

 

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[(2)      the transaction was executed with a Transferee that was an institution or reasonably believed to be an institution by the Transferor or anyone acting on its behalf in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States,]*

 

(3)       no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable, and

 

(4)       the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act;

 

or (ii) with respect to transfers made in reliance on Rule 144 under the Securities Act, the Transferor does hereby certify that the Certificates that are being transferred are not “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer.

 

  [Insert Name of Transferor]
     
  By:
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated: _______________, 20___

 

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EXHIBIT J

 

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR EXCHANGE OR TRANSFER FROM REGULATION S GLOBAL
CERTIFICATE TO RULE 144A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE DURING THE RESTRICTED PERIOD

 

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to Section 5.02(c)(ii)(C)
of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC N9300-070

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479

Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers CD 2017-CD6

 

Re:Transfer of CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6, Class [    ]

 

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), and executed in connection with the above-referenced transaction. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This letter relates to U.S. $                     aggregate Certificate Balance of Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of the Regulation S Global Certificate (CUSIP No.                     ) with [Euroclear] [Clearstream]* (Common Code                     ) through the Depository in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested a transfer of such beneficial interest in the Certificates for an interest in the Regulation 144A Global Certificate (CUSIP No.                     ).

 

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such Certificates are being transferred in accordance with (i) the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and (ii) Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Certificates for its own account with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment discretion and the transferee and any such account is “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, in each case in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or an jurisdiction.

 

 

 

* Select appropriate depositary.

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer.

         
  [Insert Name of Transferor]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated: ______________, 20__

 

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EXHIBIT K

 

FORM OF DISTRIBUTION DATE STATEMENT

 

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(WELLS FARGO LOGO) CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

Series 2017-CD6

For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Payment Date: 12/15/17
Corporate Trust Services Record Date: 11/30/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Determination Date: 12/11/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747
                 
        DISTRIBUTION DATE STATEMENT      
        Table of Contents      
                 
                 
                 
        STATEMENT SECTIONS PAGE(s)      
        Certificate Distribution Detail 2      
        Certificate Factor Detail 3      
        Reconciliation Detail 4      
        Other Required Information 5      
        Cash Reconciliation Detail 6      
        Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification Tables 7 - 9      
        Mortgage Loan Detail 10      
        NOI Detail 11      
        Principal Prepayment Detail 12      
        Historical Detail 13      
        Delinquency Loan Detail 14      
        Specially Serviced Loan Detail 15 - 16      
        Advance Summary 17      
        Modified Loan Detail 18      
        Historical Liquidated Loan Detail 19      
        Historical Bond / Collateral Realized Loss Reconciliation 20      
        Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Detail 21 - 22      
        Supplemental Reporting 23      
                 
                 

      Depositor       Master Servicer       Special Servicer       Asset Representations      
                             

Reviewer/Operating Advisor

     
                                     
      Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation       Wells Fargo Bank, National Association      

LNR Partners, LLC

      Park Bridge Lender Services LLC      
                               
      60 Wall Street       Three Wells Fargo, MAC D1050-084       1601 Washington Avenue       600 Third Avenue      
      New York, NY 10005       401 S. Tryon Street, 8th Floor       Suite 700       40th Floor      
            Charlotte, NC 28202       Miami Beach, FL 33139       New York, NY 10022      
                                   
                                   
      Contact:                Helaine M. Kaplan       Contact:       REAM_InvestorRelations@       Contact:             www.lnrpartners.com       Contact:              David Rodgers      
      Phone Number:    (212) 250-5270                           wellsfargo.com       Phone Number:  (305) 695-5600       Phone Number:   (212) 310-9821      
                                     
                                     
 

This report is compiled by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from information provided by third parties. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. has not independently confirmed the accuracy of the information.

 

Please visit www.ctslink.com for additional information and if applicable, any special notices and any credit risk retention notices. In addition, certificateholders may register online for email notification when special notices are posted. For information or assistance please call 866-846-4526.

 
                                     

  

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(WELLS FARGO LOGO) CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

Series 2017-CD6

For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Payment Date: 12/15/17
Corporate Trust Services Record Date: 11/30/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Determination Date: 12/11/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747

                                                     
    Certificate Distribution Detail    
                                                     
    Class    CUSIP   Pass-Through
Rate
  Original
Balance
  Beginning
Balance
  Principal
Distribution
  Interest
Distribution
  Prepayment
Premium
  Realized Loss/
Additional Trust
Fund Expenses
  Total
Distribution
  Ending
Balance
  Current
 Subordination
Level (1)
   
    A-1       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-2       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-3       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-SB       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-4       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-5       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-M       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    B       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    C       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    D       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    E-RR       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    F-RR       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    G-RR       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    H-RR       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    S       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    R       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    Totals           0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
                                                     
    Class    CUSIP   Pass-Through
Rate
  Original
Notional
Amount
  Beginning
Notional
Amount
  Interest
Distribution
  Prepayment
Premium
  Total
Distribution
  Ending
Notional
Amount
               
    X-A       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00                
    X-B       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00                
    X-D       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00                
   

(1) Calculated by taking (A) the sum of the ending certificate balance of all classes less (B) the sum of (i) the ending balance of the designated class and (ii) the ending certificate balance of all classes which are not subordinate to the designated class and dividing the result by (A).

 

 

 

   
                                                     

 

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(WELLS FARGO LOGO) CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

Series 2017-CD6

For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Payment Date: 12/15/17
Corporate Trust Services Record Date: 11/30/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Determination Date: 12/11/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747

                   
                   
Certificate Factor Detail
                   
  Class CUSIP

Beginning
Balance

Principal
Distribution

Interest
Distribution

Prepayment
Premium

Realized Loss/
Additional Trust
Fund Expenses

Ending
Balance

 
   
   
  A-1   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-2   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-3   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-SB   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-4   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-5   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-M   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  B   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  C   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  D   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  E-RR   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  F-RR   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  G-RR   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  H-RR   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  S   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  R   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
                   
  Class CUSIP

Beginning

Notional

Amount

Interest

Distribution

Prepayment

Premium

Ending

Notional

Amount

     
       
       
  X-A   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000      
  X-B   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000      
  X-D   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000      
                   
 

   
                   
                   
                   
                   

 

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(WELLS FARGO LOGO) CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

Series 2017-CD6


For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Payment Date: 12/15/17
Corporate Trust Services Record Date: 11/30/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Determination Date: 12/11/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747

                                             
    Reconciliation Detail    
    Principal Reconciliation    
        Stated Beginning
Principal Balance
  Unpaid Beginning
Principal Balance
  Scheduled
Principal
  Unscheduled
Principal
  Principal
Adjustments
  Realized Loss   Stated Ending
Principal Balance
  Unpaid Ending
Principal Balance
  Current Principal
Distribution Amount
   
    Total   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
                                                   
    Certificate Interest Reconciliation                                
                                     
    Class   Accrual
Dates
  Accrual
Days
  Accrued
Certificate
Interest
  Net Aggregate
Prepayment
Interest Shortfall
  Distributable
Certificate
Interest
  Distributable
Certificate Interest
Adjustment
  WAC CAP
Shortfall
  Interest
Shortfall/(Excess)
  Interest
Distribution
  Remaining Unpaid
Distributable
Certificate Interest
   
    A-1   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-2   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-3   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-SB   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-4   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-5   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    X-A   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    X-B   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    X-D   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-M   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    B   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    C   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    D   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    E-RR   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    F-RR   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00     0.00      
    G-RR   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00     0.00      
    H-RR   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    Totals       0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   

 

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(WELLS FARGO LOGO) CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

Series 2017-CD6


For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Payment Date: 12/15/17
Corporate Trust Services Record Date: 11/30/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Determination Date: 12/11/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747
                                       
    Other Required Information  
                                       
                                       
    Available Distribution Amount (1)       0.00                            
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
    Controlling Class Information         Appraisal Reduction Amount        
                     
              Loan
Number
    Appraisal     Cumulative     Most Recent      
    Controlling Class:             Reduction     ASER    

App. Reduction

     
    Effective as of: mm/dd/yyyy             Effected     Amount     Date      
                                       
    Controlling Class Representative:                                  
    Effective as of: mm/dd/yyyy                                  
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
              Total                        
                                   
   

(1) The Available Distribution Amount includes any Prepayment Fees

                             
                                       
                                       

 

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(WELLS FARGO LOGO) CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

Series 2017-CD6


For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Payment Date: 12/15/17
Corporate Trust Services Record Date: 11/30/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Determination Date: 12/11/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747

                 
                 
  Cash Reconciliation Detail  
                 
                 
  Total Funds Collected       Total Funds Distributed      
                 
  Interest:       Fees:      
  Scheduled Interest 0.00     Master Servicing Fee - Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 0.00    
  Interest reductions due to Nonrecoverability Determinations 0.00     Trustee Fee - Wilmington Trust, National Association 0.00    
  Interest Adjustments 0.00     Certificate Administrator Fee - Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 0.00    
  Deferred Interest 0.00     CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee 0.00    
  ARD Interest 0.00     Operating Advisor Fee - Park Bridge Lender Services LLC 0.00    
  Default Interest and Late Payment Charges 0.00     Asset Representations Reviewer Fee - Park Bridge Lender 0.00    
  Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall
0.00
    Services LLC      
  Net Prepayment Interest Excess 0.00     Total Fees   0.00  
  Extension Interest 0.00          
  Interest Reserve Withdrawal 0.00        
  Total Interest Collected   0.00   Additional Trust Fund Expenses:      
          Reimbursement for Interest on Advances 0.00    
  Principal:       ASER Amount 0.00    
  Scheduled Principal 0.00     Special Servicing Fee 0.00    
  Unscheduled Principal 0.00     Attorney Fees & Expenses 0.00    
  Principal Prepayments 0.00     Bankruptcy Expense 0.00    
  Collection of Principal after Maturity Date 0.00     Taxes Imposed on Trust Fund 0.00    
  Recoveries from Liquidation and Insurance Proceeds 0.00     Non-Recoverable Advances 0.00    
  Excess of Prior Principal Amounts paid 0.00     Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts 0.00    
  Curtailments 0.00     Other Expenses 0.00    
  Negative Amortization 0.00     Total Additional Trust Fund Expenses  0.00  
  Principal Adjustments 0.00        
  Total Principal Collected 0.00    Interest Reserve Deposit   0.00  
                 
          Payments to Certificateholders & Others:      
  Other:       Interest Distribution 0.00    
  Prepayment Penalties/Yield Maintenance Charges 0.00     Principal Distribution 0.00    
  Repayment Fees 0.00     Prepayment Penalties/Yield Maintenance Charges 0.00    
  Borrower Option Extension Fees 0.00     Borrower Option Extension Fees 0.00    
  Excess Liquidation Proceeds 0.00     Net Swap Counterparty Payments Received 0.00    
  Net Swap Counterparty Payments Received 0.00     Total Payments to Certificateholders & Others 0.00  
  Total Other Collected   0.00   Total Funds Distributed   0.00  
  Total Funds Collected   0.00      
                 

 

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(WELLS FARGO LOGO) CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

Series 2017-CD6


For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Payment Date: 12/15/17
Corporate Trust Services Record Date: 11/30/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Determination Date: 12/11/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747
                                 
 

Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification Tables

Aggregate Pool

 
                                 
  Scheduled Balance   State    (3)  
         
  Scheduled
Balance

# of

loans

Scheduled

Balance

% of

Agg.

Bal.

WAM

(2)

WAC

Weighted

Avg DSCR (1)

  State

# of

Props.

Scheduled

Balance

% of

Agg.

Bal.

WAM

(2)

WAC

Weighted

Avg DSCR (1)

 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals               Totals              
                                 
                                 
  Debt Yield Ratio (4)                  
                     
  Debt Yield Ratio

# of

loans

Scheduled

Balance

% of

Agg.

Bal.

WAM

(2)

WAC

Weighted

Avg DSCR (1)

                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals                              
                                 
  See footnotes on last page of this section.  
                                 

 

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(WELLS FARGO LOGO) CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

Series 2017-CD6


For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Payment Date: 12/15/17
Corporate Trust Services Record Date: 11/30/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Determination Date: 12/11/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747
                                 
                                 
  Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification Tables
Aggregate Pool
 
                                 
  Debt Service Coverage Ratio   Property Type   (3)  
                                 
  Debt Service
Coverage Ratio
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
  Property Type # of
Props.
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals               Totals              
                                 
  Note Rate   Seasoning  
                                 
  Note
Rate
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
  Seasoning # of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals               Totals              
                                 
  See footnotes on last page of this section.  
                                 

 

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  Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification Tables
Aggregate Pool
 
         
  Anticipated Remaining Term (ARD and Balloon Loans)   Remaining Stated Term (Fully Amortizing Loans)  
                                 
  Anticipated Remaining
Term (2)
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
  Remaining Stated
Term
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals               Totals              
                                 
  Remaining Amortization Term (ARD and Balloon Loans)   Age of Most Recent NOI  
                                 
  Remaining Amortization
Term
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
  Age of Most
Recent NOI
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals               Totals              
                                 
 

(1) Debt Service Coverage Ratios are updated periodically as new NOI figures become available from borrowers on an asset level. In all cases the most current DSCR provided by the Servicer is used.

To the extent that no DSCR is provided by the Servicer, information from the offering document is used. The Trustee makes no representations as to the accuracy of the data provided by the borrower for this calculation.

 
     
 

(2) Anticipated Remaining Term and WAM are each calculated based upon the term from the current month to the earlier of the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable, and the Maturity Date.

 
     
 

(3) Data in this table was calculated by allocating pro-rata the current loan information to the properties based upon the Cut-Off Date balance of each property as disclosed in the offering document.

 
     
  The Scheduled Balance Totals reflect the aggregate balances of all pooled loans as reported in the CREFC Loan Periodic Update File. To the extent that the Scheduled Balance Total figure for the “State” and ” Property ” stratification tables is not equal to the sum of the scheduled balance figures for each state or property, the difference is explained by loans that have been modified into a split loan structure. The “State” and “Property” stratification tables do not include the balance of the subordinate note (sometimes called the B-piece or a “hope note”) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure. Rather, the scheduled balance for each state or property only reflects the balance of the senior note (sometimes called the A-piece) of a loan that has been modified into a split-loan structure.  
     
  Note: There are no Hyper-Amortization Loans included in the Mortgage Pool.  
         

 

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Frederick, MD 21701-4747
                                       
  Mortgage Loan Detail  
     
  Loan
Number
ODCR Property
Type (1)
City State Interest
Payment
Principal
Payment
Gross
Coupon
Anticipated
Repayment
Date
Maturity
Date
Neg.
Amort
(Y/N)
Beginning
Scheduled
Balance
Ending
Scheduled
Balance
Paid
Thru
Date
Appraisal
Reduction
Date
Appraisal
Reduction
Amount
Res.
Strat.
(2)
Mod.
Code
(3)
 
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
  Totals                                    
                                             
(1) Property Type Code (2) Resolution Strategy Code (3) Modification Code
     
  MF - Multi-Family

SS

-

Self Storage

1 - Modification 7 - REO 11 - Full Payoff 1 - Maturity Date Extension 6 - Capitalization on Interest  
  RT - Retail 98 -

Other

2 - Foreclosure 8 - Resolved 12   - Reps and Warranties 2 - Amortization Change 7 - Capitalization on Taxes  
  HC - Health Care SE -

Securities

3 - Bankruptcy 9 - Pending Return 13 - TBD 3 - Principal Write-Off 8 - Other  
  IN   - Industrial CH -

Cooperative Housing

4 - Extension to Master Servicer 98 - Other 4 - Blank 9 - Combination  
  MH - Mobile Home Park WH - Warehouse 5 - Note Sale 10 Deed in Lieu Of 5 - Temporary Rate Reduction 10  -

Forbearance

 
  OF - Office

ZZ

-

Missing Information

6 -

DPO

   

Foreclosure

                   
 

MU

-

Mixed Use

SF -

Single Family

                               
 

LO

- Lodging                                      
                                             

 

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Frederick, MD 21701-4747
                       
  NOI Detail  
                       
  Loan
Number
ODCR Property
Type
City State Ending
Scheduled
Balance
Most
Recent
Fiscal NOI (1)
Most
Recent
NOI (1)
Most Recent
NOI Start
Date
Most Recent
NOI End
Date
 
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
  Total                    
                       

(1) The Most Recent Fiscal NOI and Most Recent NOI fields correspond to the financial data reported by the Master Servicer. An NOI of 0.00 means the Master Servicer did not report NOI figures in their loan level reporting.

                       
                       

 

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  Principal Prepayment Detail  
                 
  Loan Number Loan Group Offering Document Principal Prepayment Amount Prepayment Penalties  
  Cross-Reference Payoff Amount Curtailment Amount Prepayment
Premium
Yield Maintenance
Charge
 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
  Totals              
                 
                 
                 
                 

 

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  Historical Detail  
                                           
  Delinquencies Prepayments Rate and Maturities  
  Distribution 30-59 Days 60-89 Days 90 Days or More Foreclosure REO Modifications Curtailments Payoff Next Weighted Avg. WAM  
  Date # Balance # Balance # Balance # Balance # Balance # Balance # Amount # Amount Coupon Remit  
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
  Note: Foreclosure and REO Totals are excluded from the delinquencies.                    
                       

 

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  Delinquency Loan Detail  
                               
  Loan Number Offering
Document
Cross-Reference
# of
Months
Delinq.
Paid Through
Date
Current
P & I
Advances
Outstanding
P & I
Advances **
Status of
Loan  (1)
Resolution
Strategy
Code  (2)
Servicing
Transfer Date
Foreclosure
Date
Actual
Principal
Balance
Outstanding
Servicing
Advances
Bankruptcy
Date
REO
Date
 
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
  Totals                            
                                         
                                         
        (1) Status of Mortgage Loan     (2) Resolution Strategy Code    
                                         
    A - Payment Not Received 0 - Current 4 -

Performing Matured Balloon

1 - Modification 7 - REO 11 -

Full Payoff

   
        But Still in Grace Period 1 - 30-59 Days Delinquent Non Performing Matured Balloon 2 - Foreclosure 8 - Resolved 12  - Reps and Warranties    
        Or Not Yet Due 2 - 60-89 Days Delinquent 6 - 121+ Days Delinquent 3 - Bankruptcy 9 - Pending Return 13 - TBD    
    B - Late Payment But Less 3 - 90-120 Days Delinquent       4 - Extension to Master Servicer 98 -

Other

   
        Than 30 Days Delinquent           5 - Note Sale 10  -

Deed In Lieu Of

   
    ** Outstanding P & I Advances include the current period advance. 6 - DPO    

    Foreclosure

         
               
                                         

 

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  Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 1  
                                 
  Loan
Number
Offering
Document
Cross-Reference
Servicing
Transfer
Date
Resolution
Strategy
Code (1)
Scheduled
Balance
Property
Type (2)
State Interest
Rate
Actual
Balance
Net
Operating
Income
DSCR
Date
DSCR Note
Date
Maturity
Date
Remaining
Amortization
Term
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                               
(1) Resolution Strategy Code (2) Property Type Code            
                               
  1 -  Modification 7 - REO 11 - Full Payoff MF - Multi-Family SS -

Self Storage

 
  2 -  Foreclosure 8 - Resolved 12 Reps and Warranties RT - Retail 98 -

Other

 
  3 -  Bankruptcy 9 - Pending Return 13 - TBD HC - Health Care SE -

Securities

 
  4 -  Extension to Master Servicer 98 - Other IN - Industrial CH -

Cooperative Housing

 
  5 -  Note Sale 10  - Deed in Lieu Of MH - Mobile Home Park WH -

Warehouse

 
  6 -  DPO     Foreclosure      

OF

-

Office

ZZ

Missing Information

 
                 

MU

Mixed Use

SF  Single Family   
                 

LO

Lodging

       
                               

 

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Frederick, MD 21701-4747
                     
  Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 2  
                     
  Loan
Number
Offering
Document
 Cross-Reference 
Resolution
Strategy
Code (1)
Site
Inspection
Date
Phase 1 Date Appraisal Date Appraisal
Value
Other REO
Property Revenue

Comment from Special Servicer

 
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                     
                               
(1) Resolution Strategy Code (2) Property Type Code            
                               
  1 -    Modification 7 - REO 11 - Full Payoff MF - Multi-Family SS -

Self Storage

 
  2 -    Foreclosure 8 - Resolved 12 Reps and Warranties RT - Retail 98 -

Other

 
  3 -    Bankruptcy 9 - Pending Return 13 - TBD HC - Health Care SE -

Securities

 
  4 -    Extension to Master Servicer 98 - Other IN - Industrial CH -

Cooperative Housing

 
  5 -    Note Sale 10  - Deed in Lieu Of MH - Mobile Home Park WH -

Warehouse

 
  6 -    DPO     Foreclosure      

OF

-

Office

ZZ

-

Missing Information

 
                 

MU

-

Mixed Use

SF  - Single Family   
                 

LO

-

Lodging

       
                               

 

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Advance Summary
             
  Loan Group  Current P&I
Advances
Outstanding P&I
Advances
Outstanding Servicing
Advances
Current Period Interest
on P&I and Servicing
Advances Paid
 
             
             
  Totals 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             

 

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  Modified Loan Detail  
                   
  Loan
Number
Offering
Document
Cross-Reference
Pre-Modification
Balance
Post-Modification
Balance
Pre-Modification
Interest Rate
Post-Modification
Interest Rate
Modification
Date
Modification Description  
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
  Totals                
                   
                   
                   

 

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(WELLS FARGO LOGO) CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

Series 2017-CD6


For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Payment Date: 12/15/17
Corporate Trust Services Record Date: 11/30/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Determination Date: 12/11/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747
                             
  Historical Liquidated Loan Detail  
                             
  Distribution
Date
ODCR Beginning
Scheduled
Balance
Fees,
Advances,
and Expenses *
Most Recent
Appraised
Value or BPO
Gross Sales
Proceeds or
Other Proceeds
Net Proceeds
Received on
Liquidation
Net Proceeds
Available for
Distribution
Realized
Loss to Trust
Date of Current
Period Adj.
to Trust
Current Period
Adjustment
to Trust
Cumulative
Adjustment
to Trust
Loss to Loan
with Cum
Adj. to Trust
 
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
  Current Total                        
  Cumulative Total                        
                             
  * Fees, Advances and Expenses also include outstanding P & I advances and unpaid fees (servicing, trustee, etc.).  
                             

 

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(WELLS FARGO LOGO) CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

Series 2017-CD6


For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Payment Date: 12/15/17
Corporate Trust Services Record Date: 11/30/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Determination Date: 12/11/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747
                                                                       
  Historical Bond/Collateral Loss Reconciliation Detail  
     
  Distribution
Date
    Offering
Document
Cross-Reference
    Beginning
Balance
at Liquidation
    Aggregate
Realized Loss
on Loans
    Prior Realized
Loss Applied
to Certificates
    Amounts
Covered by
Credit Support
    Interest
(Shortages)/
Excesses
    Modification
/Appraisal
Reduction Adj.
    Additional
(Recoveries)
/Expenses
    Realized Loss
Applied to
Certificates to Date
    Recoveries of
Realized Losses
Paid as Cash
    (Recoveries)/
Losses Applied to
Certificate Interest
 
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                         
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
  Totals                                                              
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 

 

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(WELLS FARGO LOGO) CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

Series 2017-CD6


For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Payment Date: 12/15/17
Corporate Trust Services Record Date: 11/30/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Determination Date: 12/11/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747
                                                                 
  Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Detail - Part 1  
                                                                 
  Offering
Document
Cross-
Reference
    Stated
Principal
Balance at
Contribution
    Current
Ending
Scheduled
Balance
    Special Servicing Fees     ASER     (PPIS) Excess     Non-Recoverable
(Scheduled
Interest)
    Interest on
Advances
    Modified Interest
Rate (Reduction)
/Excess
 
Monthly     Liquidation     Work Out
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
  Totals                                                              
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 

 

Page 21 of 23 

 

 

       
(WELLS FARGO LOGO) CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

Series 2017-CD6


For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Payment Date: 12/15/17
Corporate Trust Services Record Date: 11/30/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Determination Date: 12/11/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747
                 
  Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Detail - Part 2  
                 
  Offering
Document
Cross-Reference
Stated Principal
Balance at
Contribution
Current Ending
Scheduled
Balance
Reimb of Advances to the Servicer Other (Shortfalls)/
Refunds
Comments  
Current Month Left to Reimburse
Master Servicer
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
  Totals              
  Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Detail Part 2 Total 0.00      
  Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Detail Part 1 Total 0.00      
  Total Interest Shortfall Allocated to Trust 0.00      
                 
                 
                 
                 

 

Page 22 of 23 

 

 

       
(WELLS FARGO LOGO) CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

Series 2017-CD6


For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Payment Date: 12/15/17
Corporate Trust Services Record Date: 11/30/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Determination Date: 12/11/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747
     
     
  Supplemental Reporting  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

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EXHIBIT L-1A

 

Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower PartY
(for Persons other than the Controlling Class Representative and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – CD 2017-CD6

 

with copies to:

ct.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and
trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Re:Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6

 

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.          The undersigned is a certificateholder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class ___ Certificates, and is neither the Controlling Class Representative nor a Controlling Class Certificateholder.

 

2.          In the case of a Publicly Offered Certificate, the undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

 

3.          The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

 

4.          The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned shall keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information shall not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the

 

L-1A-1

 

 

undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part.

 

The undersigned shall not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

 

5.          The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

 

6.          The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations and covenants contained herein remain true and correct.

 

7.          Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

[BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused, its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.]

 

 [Certificateholder][Beneficial Owner][Prospective Purchaser]
   
 By: 
Title:
  Company:
  Phone:

  

L-1A-2

 

 

EXHIBIT L-1B

 

Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower PartY
(for the Controlling Class Representative and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
Three Wells Fargo
401 South Tryon Street, 8th Floor
MAC D1050-084
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: CD 2017-CD6 Asset Manager

Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

LNR Partners, LLC
1601 Washington Avenue, Suite 700
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Andrew J. Sossen, Esq. and Job Warshaw

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee – CD 2017-CD6

 

Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
c/o Park Bridge Financial LLC
600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Attention: CD 2017-CD6-Surveillance Manager

 

(with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate Trust Services

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – CD 2017-CD6

with copies to:

 

ct.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and

trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

 
   
Re:Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6

 

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.          The undersigned is [the Controlling Class Representative][a Controlling Class Certificateholder].

 

L-1B-1

 

 

3.          The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

 

4.          The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned shall keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information shall not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, unless required to do so by law, regulation or legal, judicial or administrative process; provided, however, that the confidentiality requirement detailed above shall not apply to information which (i) is already in the undersigned’s possession, (ii) is or becomes publicly available other than as a result of a disclosure by the undersigned in breach of this agreement or (iii) is or becomes available to the undersigned from a source other than the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

The undersigned shall not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

 

5.          The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

 

6.          At any time the undersigned becomes a Borrower Party with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the undersigned shall deliver the certification attached as Exhibit L-1D to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and shall deliver to the applicable parties the notices attached as Exhibit L-1E and Exhibit L-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

7.          The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations and covenants contained herein remain true and correct.

 

8.          The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

 

L-1B-2

 

 

9.          Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

[BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused, its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.]

 

 [The Controlling Class Representative][a Controlling Class Certificateholder]
   
 By:   
Title:
  Company:
  Phone:

 

L-1B-3

 

  

EXHIBIT L-1C

 

Form of Investor Certification for Borrower PartY
(for Persons other than the Controlling Class Representative and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)

 

[Date]

  

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
Three Wells Fargo
401 South Tryon Street, 8th Floor
MAC D1050-084
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: CD 2017-CD6 Asset Manager

Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

LNR Partners, LLC
1601 Washington Avenue, Suite 700
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Andrew J. Sossen, Esq. and Job Warshaw

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee – CD 2017-CD6

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate Trust Services

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – CD 2017-CD6

with copies to:

 

ct.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and

trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

 

Re:Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6

 

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

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1.          The undersigned is a certificateholder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class ___ Certificates, and is neither the Controlling Class Representative nor a Controlling Class Certificateholder.

 

2           The undersigned is a Borrower Party.

 

3.          The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned shall keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information shall not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part.

 

The undersigned shall not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

 

4.          The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

 

5.          The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations and covenants contained herein remain true and correct.

 

6.          Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

[BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.]

 

 [Certificateholder][Beneficial Owner][Prospective Purchaser]
   
 By: 
Title:

 

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  Company:
  Phone:

 

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EXHIBIT L-1D

 

Form of Investor Certification for Borrower PartY
(for the Controlling Class Representative and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
Three Wells Fargo
401 South Tryon Street, 8th Floor
MAC D1050-084
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: CD 2017-CD6 Asset Manager

Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

LNR Partners, LLC
1601 Washington Avenue, Suite 700
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Andrew J. Sossen, Esq. and Job Warshaw

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee – CD 2017-CD6

 

Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
c/o Park Bridge Financial LLC
600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Attention: CD 2017-CD6-Surveillance Manager

 

(with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate Trust Services

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – CD 2017-CD6

 

with copies to:

 

ct.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and

trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 
   
Re:Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6

 

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.          The undersigned is [the Controlling Class Representative][a Controlling Class Certificateholder].

 

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2          The undersigned is a Borrower Party with respect to the following Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loans:

 

[IDENTIFY CONFLICTED CONTROLLING CLASS MORTGAGE LOANS] (the “Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loans”)

 

3.          Except with respect to the Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loans, the undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned shall keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information shall not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part.

 

The undersigned shall not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

 

4.          The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that it is prohibited from accessing, reviewing and using Conflicted Information (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) relating to the Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loans to the extent the undersigned receives access to such Conflicted Information on the Certificate Administrator’s website or otherwise receives access to such Conflicted Information in connection with its duties, or exercise of its rights pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

5.          The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representative and shall indemnify each party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

 

6.          To the extent the undersigned receives access to any Conflicted Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Conflicted Information, the undersigned shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide such Conflicted Information to the related Borrower or (A) any employees or personnel of the undersigned or any Affiliate involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower or the related Mortgaged Property or (B) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related

 

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Borrower, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

 

7.          The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations and covenants contained herein remain true and correct.

 

8.          The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

 

9.          Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

[BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.]

 [The Controlling Class Representative][a Controlling Class Certificateholder]
   
 By: 
Title:
  Company:
  Phone:

 

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EXHIBIT L-1E

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONFLICTED CONTROLLING CLASS HOLDER

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
Three Wells Fargo
401 South Tryon Street, 8th Floor
MAC D1050-084
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: CD 2017-CD6 Asset Manager

Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

LNR Partners, LLC
1601 Washington Avenue, Suite 700
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Andrew J. Sossen, Esq. and Job Warshaw

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee – CD 2017-CD6

 

Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
c/o Park Bridge Financial LLC
600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Attention: CD 2017-CD6-Surveillance Manager

 

(with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate Trust Services

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – CD 2017-CD6

 

with copies to:

 

ct.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and

trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 
   
Re:Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6

 

THIS NOTICE IDENTIFIES A “CONFLICTED CONTROLLING CLASS MORTGAGE LOAN” RELATING TO THE CD 2017-CD6 MORTGAGE TRUST COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2017-CD6, REQUIRING ACTION BY YOU AS THE RECIPIENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.32 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

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In accordance with Section 4.02(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned (the “Conflicted Controlling Class Holder”) hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.          The undersigned is [the Controlling Class Representative] [a Controlling Class Certificateholder] as of the date hereof.

 

2.          The undersigned has become a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder with respect to the following Mortgage Loan(s) (“Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loans”):

 

Mortgage Loan Number ODCR Loan Name Borrower Name
       
       
       

 

3.          As of the date above, the undersigned is the beneficial owner of the following certificates, and is providing the below information to the addressees hereto for purposes of their compliance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including, the Certificate Administrator’s determination as to whether a Consultation Termination Event or Control Termination Event is in effect with respect to the Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loans listed in paragraph 2 if any such mortgage loan is a Conflicted Loan:

 

CUSIP Class Outstanding Certificate Balance Initial Certificate Balance
       
       
       

 

4.          The undersigned is simultaneously providing notice to the Certificate Administrator in the form of Exhibit L-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, requesting termination of access to any Conflicted Information. The undersigned acknowledges that it is not permitted to access and shall not access any Conflicted Information relating to the Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loans on the Certificate Administrator’s website unless and until it has (i) delivered notice of the termination of the related Conflicted Controlling Class Holder status and (ii) submitted a new investor certification in accordance with Section 4.02(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

5.          The undersigned agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund

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from any damage, loss, cost or liability (including legal fees and expenses and the cost of enforcing this indemnity) arising out of or resulting from any unauthorized access by the undersigned or any agent, employee, representative or person acting on its behalf of any Conflicted Information relating to the Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loans listed in Paragraph 2 above.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year written above.

 

 [Controlling Class Representative][a Controlling Class Certificateholder]
   
 By:   
  Name:
Title:
  Phone:
  Email:
  Address:

 

L-1E-3

 

 

EXHIBIT L-1F

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONFLICTED CONTROLLING CLASS HOLDER TO CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

 

[Date]

 

Via: Email
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – CD 2017-CD6
ct.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and
trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

[with a copy to:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
8480 Stagecoach Circle
Frederick, Maryland 21701-4747
Attention: CD 2017-CD6]

 

Re:Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6

 

In accordance with Section 4.02(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned (the “Conflicted Controlling Class Holder”) hereby directs you as follows:

 

1.          The undersigned is the [Controlling Class Representative][a Controlling Class Certificateholder] as of the date hereof.

 

2.          The undersigned has become a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder with respect to the following Mortgage Loan(s) (“Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loans”): 

 

Mortgage Loan Number ODCR Loan Name Borrower Name
       
       

 

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3.          The following USER IDs for the Secure Data Room are affiliated with the undersigned and access to any information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website with respect to the CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust securitization should be revoked as to such users:

   
   
   
   

 

4.          The undersigned acknowledges that it is not permitted to access and shall not access any Conflicted Information with respect to such Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loans on the Certificate Administrator’s website unless and until it (i) is no longer a Conflicted Controlling Class Holder with respect to such Conflicted Controlling Class Mortgage Loans, (ii) has delivered notice of the related Conflicted Controlling Class Holder status and (iii) has submitted an investor certification in the form of Exhibit L-1E to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year written above.

 

 [Controlling Class Representative][a Controlling Class Certificateholder]
  
    
 Name:
Title:
 Phone:
 Email:
 Address:

 

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The undersigned hereby acknowledges that
access to CTSLink has been revoked for
the users listed in Paragraph 3.

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Certificate Administrator

 

   
Name:  
Title:  


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EXHIBIT L-1G

 

Form of Certification of the Controlling Class Representative

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
Three Wells Fargo
401 South Tryon Street, 8th Floor
MAC D1050-084
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: CD 2017-CD6 Asset Manager

Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

LNR Partners, LLC
1601 Washington Avenue, Suite 700
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Andrew J. Sossen, Esq. and Job Warshaw

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee – CD 2017-CD6

 

Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
c/o Park Bridge Financial LLC
600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Attention: CD 2017-CD6-Surveillance Manager

(with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate Trust Services

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – CD 2017-CD6 

 

with copies to:

 

ct.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and

trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with copies via email to:

 

lainie.kaye@db.com, and

cmbs.requests@db.com

 

   
Re:Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6

 

In accordance with Section 3.29(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.          The undersigned has been appointed to act as the Controlling Class Representative.

 

2.          The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

 

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3.          If the undersigned becomes a Borrower Party with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the undersigned agrees to and shall deliver the certification attached as Exhibit L-1D to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and shall deliver to the applicable parties the notices attached as Exhibit L-1E and Exhibit L-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

4.          The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

 

5.          Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

[BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.]

 

 [The Controlling Class Representative][a Controlling Class Certificateholder]
   
 By: 
Title:
  Company:
  Phone:

 

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EXHIBIT L-2

 

FORM OF FINANCIAL MARKET PUBLISHER CERTIFICATION

 

This Certification has been prepared for provision of information to the market data providers listed in Paragraph 1 below pursuant to the direction of the Depositor.

 

In connection with the CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, paying agent and custodian, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.The undersigned is an employee or agent of BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., Moody’s Analytics, Bloomberg Financial Markets, L.P., CMBS.com, Inc., Intex Solutions, Inc., Trepp, LLC, Interactive Data Corporation, Markit LLC or Thomson Reuters Corporation, a market data provider that has been given access to the Distribution Date Statements, CREFC® reports and supplemental notices delivered or made available pursuant to Section 4.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to Privileged Persons on www.ctslink.com (the “Website”) by request of the Depositor.

 

2.The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representation above remains true and correct.

 

3.Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the agreement pursuant to which the Certificates were issued.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

 

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EXHIBIT M

 

FORM OF NOTIFICATION FROM CUSTODIAN

 

[DATE]

 

To the Persons Listed on the attached Schedule A

 

Re:Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby notifies you that, based upon the review required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan set forth on the attached defect schedule contains a document or documents which (i) has not been executed or received, (ii) has not been recorded or filed (if required), (iii) is unrelated to the Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (iv) appears not to be what they purport to be or has been torn in any materially adverse manner or (v) is mutilated or otherwise defaced, in each case as more fully described on the attached defect schedule.

 

The Custodian has no responsibility to determine, and expresses no opinion with respect thereto, whether any document or opinion is legal, valid, binding or enforceable, whether the text of any assignment or endorsement is in proper or recordable form (except, if applicable, to determine if the Trustee is the assignee or endorsee), whether any document has been recorded in accordance with the requirements of any applicable jurisdiction, whether a blanket assignment is permitted in any applicable jurisdiction, or whether any Person executing any document or rendering any opinion is authorized to do so or whether any signature thereon is genuine.

 

Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Custodian
   
 By: 
Name:
Title:

 

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SCHEDULE A
TO
FORM OF NOTIFICATION FROM CUSTODIAN

 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with copies via email to:

 

lainie.kaye@db.com, and

cmbs.requests@db.com

 

Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Attention: CD 2017-CD6-Surveillance Manager

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
Three Wells Fargo
401 South Tryon Street, 8th Floor
MAC D1050-084
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: CD 2017-CD6 Asset Manager

Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

LNR Partners, LLC
1601 Washington Avenue, Suite 700
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Andrew J. Sossen, Esq. and Job Warshaw

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate Trust Services
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – CD 2017-CD6

 

with copies to:

ct.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com; and
trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

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Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee – CD 2017-CD6

 

If no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing:

 

Argentic Securities Income USA LLC
40 West 57th Street, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Darren Gluck
Facsimile: (646) 560-1703
Email: dgluck@argenticmgmt.com

 

To the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller:

 

[German American Capital Corporation
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with copies via email to:

 

lainie.kaye@db.com, and

cmbs.requests@db.com]

 

[Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.

390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor

New York, New York 10013

Attention: Paul Vanderslice]

 

with a copy to:

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.

390 Greenwich Street, 7th Floor

New York, New York 10013

Attention: Richard Simpson

 

with copies by electronic mail to:

 

Richard.simpson@citi.com;
ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com]

 

[Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC
40 West 57th Street, 29th Floor

New York, New York 10019

 

M-3

 

 

Attention: Mike Schulte]

 

M-4

 

 

DEFECT SCHEDULE
TO FORM OF NOTIFICATION FROM CUSTODIAN

 

M-5

 

 

EXHIBIT N-1

 

FORM OF CLOSING DATE CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION

[Date]

 

[                 ]
[                 ]
[                 ]
Attention: [                 ]

 

Re:Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6

 

In accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Custodian hereby certifies that, with respect to each Mortgage Loan listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Schedule A, (a) the Custodian has in its possession the documents specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, (b) the foregoing documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Sellers as described in clause (a) above have been reviewed by it or by a Custodian on its behalf and appear regular on their face, appear to be executed and purports to relate to such Mortgage Loan, except as identified on the schedule attached hereto, and (c) each of the documents specified in Section 2.01(a)(ii), 2.01(a)(vii), 2.01(a)(xi) and 2.01(a)(xix) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement have been received, have been executed, appear to be what they purport to be, purport to be recorded or filed (as applicable) and have not been torn in any materially adverse manner or mutilated or otherwise defaced, and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Custodian
   
 By: 
Name:
Title:

 

N-1-1

 

  

SCHEDULE A
TO CLOSING DATE CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION

 

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

N-1-2

 

 

EXHIBIT N-2

 

FORM OF POST-CLOSING CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION

 

[Date]

 

[                 ]
[                 ]
[                 ]
Attention: [                 ]

 

Re:Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) relating to CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6

 

In accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Custodian hereby certifies, subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that, with respect to each Mortgage Loan listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Schedule A, all documents (other than documents referred to in clauses (xix) and (xx) of Section 2.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the documents referred to in clauses (iii), (iv)(B), (v)(B) and (viii)(B) of Section 2.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the assignments of financing statements referred to in clause (xiii) of Section 2.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) referred to in Section 2.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (in the case of the documents referred to in Section 2.01(a)(iv), (vi), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii) through (xvi) and (xviii) through (xx) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as identified to it in writing as a document required to be delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller) and any original recorded documents included in the delivery of a Mortgage File have been received, have been executed, appear to be what they purport to be, purport to be recorded or filed (as applicable) and have not been torn in any materially adverse manner or mutilated or otherwise defaced, and that such documents relate to the Mortgage Loans identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule, in each case, except as set forth on the attached schedule hereto.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Custodian
   
 By: 
Name:
Title:

 

N-2-1

 

 

SCHEDULE A
TO POST-CLOSING CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION

 

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

N-2-2

 

 

EXHIBIT O

 

FORM OF TRUSTEE BACKUP CERTIFICATION

 

CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust (The “Trust”)

 

The undersigned, __________, a __________ of Wilmington Trust, National Association on behalf of Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, certifies to [       ], Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation and its officers, directors and affiliates, to the extent that the following information is within the Trustee’s normal area of responsibilities and duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

 

1.I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Trustee and based on my knowledge and the compliance reviews conducted in preparing the Trustee compliance statements required for inclusion on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed to the Certificate Administrator and to the Depositor, the Trustee has fulfilled its obligations in all material respects under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

 

2.The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Trustee for asset-backed securities with respect to the Trustee or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Trustee and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

 

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Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Date: __________________

 

 WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
   
 By: 
Name:
Title:

 

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EXHIBIT P

 

FORM OF CUSTODIAN BACKUP CERTIFICATION

 

CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust (The “Trust”)

 

The undersigned, __________, a __________ of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as custodian (in such capacity, the “Custodian”), under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, certifies to [       ], Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation and its officers, directors and affiliates, to the extent that the following information is within the Custodian’s normal area of responsibilities and duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

 

1.I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Custodian and based on my knowledge and the compliance reviews conducted in preparing the Custodian compliance statements required for inclusion on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed to the Certificate Administrator and to the Depositor, the Custodian has fulfilled its obligations in all material respects under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

 

2.The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Custodian for asset-backed securities with respect to the Custodian or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Custodian and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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Date: _________________

 

 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
   
 By: 
Name:
Title:

 

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EXHIBIT Q

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR BACKUP CERTIFICATION

 

CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust (The “Trust”)

 

The undersigned, __________, a __________ of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor (the “Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, paying agent and custodian, certifies to [ ], Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, any other Depositor and its officers, directors and affiliates, respectively, to the extent that the following information is within the Certificate Administrator’s normal area of responsibilities and duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

 

1.I have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year [20___] (the “Annual Report”), and all reports on Form 10-D and Form 8-K to be filed in respect of periods included in the year covered by the Annual Report (collectively with the Annual Report, the “Reports”), of the Trust;

 

2.To my knowledge, the Reports taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the Annual Report;

 

3.To my knowledge, the distribution information required to be provided by the Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports is included in the Reports;

 

4.I am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based on my knowledge and the compliance reviews conducted in preparing the Certificate Administrator compliance statements required for inclusion on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed on any Reports, the Certificate Administrator has fulfilled its obligations in all material respects under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

 

5.

The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Certificate Administrator for asset-backed securities with respect to the Certificate Administrator or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Certificate Administrator and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing

 

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criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

 

In giving the certifications above, the Certificate Administrator has reasonably relied on information provided to it by the following unaffiliated persons: the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Depositor.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Date: _________________________

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

  

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EXHIBIT R

 

FORM OF OPERATING ADVISOR BACKUP CERTIFICATION

 

CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”)

 

1.Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), all information required to be submitted by the Operating Advisor to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K (the “Operating Advisor Reports”) have been submitted by the Operating Advisor to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, for inclusion in these reports;

 

2.Based on my knowledge, the operating advisor information contained in the Operating Advisor Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

 

3.The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Operating Advisor with respect to the Trust’s fiscal year ________ have been provided all information relating to the Operating Advisor’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, in order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

 

4.The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Operating Advisor for asset-backed securities with respect to the Operating Advisor or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Operating Advisor and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

 

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Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Date:           _________________

 

  PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC
     
  By:

Park Bridge Advisors LLC,

Its Sole Member

 

  By:

Park Bridge Financial LLC,

Its Sole Member

  

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

  

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EXHIBIT S

 

[RESERVED]

 

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EXHIBIT T

 

FORM OF MASTER SERVICER BACKUP CERTIFICATION

 

CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”)

 

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [_______________] of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”) under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, and the Master Servicer, on behalf of the Master Servicer, certify to [Name of Certifying Person(s) for Sarbanes-Oxley Certification], the Depositor, and its officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

 

1.Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), and assuming the accuracy of the statements required to be made by the Special Servicer, [each applicable Other Servicer and each applicable Other Special Servicer] in the backup certificate[s] delivered by the Special Servicer, [each applicable Other Servicer and each applicable Other Special Servicer] relating to the Relevant Period, all servicing information and all reports required to be submitted by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Sections 3.13(a) and 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K (the “Servicer Reports”) have been submitted by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion in these reports;

 

2.Based on my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the statements required to be made by the Special Servicer, [each applicable Other Servicer and each applicable Other Special Servicer] in the backup certificate[s] delivered by the Special Servicer, [each applicable Other Servicer and each applicable Other Special Servicer] relating to the Relevant Period, the master servicing information contained in the Servicer Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

 

3.

I am, or a servicing officer under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance reviews conducted in preparing the servicer compliance statements required for inclusion on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB with respect to the Master Servicer, and except as disclosed in the compliance certificate delivered by the Master Servicer under Section

 

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10.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Master Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects in the year to which such report applies;

 

4.The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Master Servicer with respect to the Trust’s fiscal year _____ have been provided all information relating to the Master Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

 

5.The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Master Servicer for asset-backed securities with respect to the Master Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Master Servicer and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

 

In giving the certification above, I have reasonably relied on and make no certification as to information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: [name(s) of servicer, sub-servicer, co-servicer, Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer or Other Trustee not retained by the master servicer giving certification] and, notwithstanding the foregoing certifications, neither I nor Master Servicer makes any certification under the foregoing clauses (2) and (3) with respect to the information in the Servicing Reports that is in turn dependent upon information provided by the Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or by any Other Servicer, Other Special Servicer or Other Trustee.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Date: _____________________

 

  Wells Fargo BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

   

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EXHIBIT U

 

FORM OF SPECIAL SERVICER BACKUP CERTIFICATION

 

CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”)

 

I, [identify the certifying individual], a [_______________ ] of LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”) under that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, and the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Special Servicer, certify to [Name of Certifying Person(s) for Sarbanes-Oxley Certification], the Depositor, and its officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

 

1.Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), all servicing information and all required reports required to be submitted by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K (the “Special Servicer Reports”) have been submitted by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, for inclusion in these reports;

 

2.Based on my knowledge, the special servicing information contained in the Special Servicer Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

 

3.I am, or an officer under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance reviews conducted in preparing the servicer compliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB with respect to the Special Servicer, and except as disclosed in the compliance certificate delivered by the Special Servicer under Section 10.11 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Special Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects in the year to which such report applies;

 

4.

The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Special Servicer with respect to the Trust’s fiscal year _____ have been provided all information relating to the Special Servicer assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, in order

 

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to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

 

5.The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Special Servicer for asset-backed securities with respect to the Special Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Special Servicer and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Date: ______________________

 

  lnr partners, llc
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

  

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EXHIBIT V

 

FORM OF SUB-SERVICER BACKUP CERTIFICATION

 

CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust (the “Trust”)

 

As contemplated by Section 10.08 of that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, [identify the certifying individual], a ____________ of ____________, a __________ [corporation] (the “Sub-Servicer”) as Sub-Servicer in connection with the sub-servicing of one or more Mortgage Loans and/or Serviced Companion Loan under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, on behalf of the Sub-Servicer, certify to [Name of Each Certifying Person for Sarbanes-Oxley Certification], the Depositor, the Master Servicer and their officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

 

1.I have reviewed the Servicer Reports and Sub-Servicer Reports (each as defined below) relating to the Mortgage Loans and/or Serviced Companion Loan delivered by the Sub-Servicer to the Master Servicer, pursuant to the Sub-Servicing Agreement dated [___________], 20[__] by and between the Sub-Servicer and the Master Servicer (the “Sub-Servicing Agreement”);

 

2.Based on my knowledge, with respect to the period ending [December 31, 20__] (the “Relevant Period”), all servicing information and all reports required to be submitted by the Sub-Servicer to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Servicer Reports”) for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period and inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D or Form 8-K have been submitted by the Sub-Servicer to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion in these reports;

 

3.Based on my knowledge, with respect to the Relevant Period, all servicing information and all reports required to be submitted by the Sub-Servicer to the Master Servicer pursuant to the Sub-Servicing Agreement (the “Sub-Servicer Reports”) have been submitted by the Sub-Servicer to the Master Servicer;

 

4.Based on my knowledge, the sub-servicer information contained in the Servicer Reports and Sub-Servicer Reports, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by these reports;

 

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5.Based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance review performed as required under Section [__] of the Sub-Servicing Agreement, and except as disclosed in the compliance certificate delivered pursuant to Section [__] of the Sub-Servicing Agreement, the Sub-Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Sub-Servicing Agreement in all material respects;

 

6.[I am, or a servicing officer under my supervision is, responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Sub-Servicer under the Sub-Servicing Servicing Agreement and based upon my knowledge and the annual compliance reviews conducted in preparing the servicer compliance statements for inclusion on Form 10-K pursuant Item 1123 of Regulation AB with respect to the Sub-Servicer, and except as disclosed in the compliance certificate delivered by the Sub-Servicer under Section [__] of the Sub-Servicing Agreement, the Sub-Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Sub-Servicing Agreement in all material respects in the year which such report applies];

 

7.

The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Sub-Servicer with respect to the Trust’s fiscal year _____ have been provided all information relating to the Sub-Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, in order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

  

8.The report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to the Sub-Servicer for asset-backed securities with respect to the Sub-Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Sub-Servicer and related attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria applicable to it required to be included in the annual report on Form 10-K for the Relevant Period in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 has been provided to the Depositor and to the Certificate Administrator for inclusion as an exhibit to such Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor for disclosure in such annual report on Form 10-K.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Sub-Servicing Agreement, or if not defined in the Sub-Servicing Agreement, then the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Date:           _________________

  

  [Insert NAME OF SUB-SERVICER]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

  

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EXHIBIT W

 

FORM OF SARBANES-OXLEY CERTIFICATION

 

I, [identify the certifying individual], certify that:

 

1.       I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K and all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K of the CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust (the “Exchange Act periodic reports”);

 

2.       Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.       Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

 

4.       Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements in all material respects; and

 

5.       All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K. 

 

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In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, LNR Partners, LLC, Wilmington Trust, National Association, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC and [list any sub-servicers].

 

Dated: ________________

  

   
  [_____]
  (Senior officer in charge of securitization of the depositor)


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EXHIBIT X 

 

MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER SUB-SERVICERS

 

Mortgage Loan Sub-Servicer Name
Troy Officentre Portfolio Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC
Amsdell - Amelia Island 2.0 Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC
Port Gardner Building Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC
19500 South Dixie Highway Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC
Bennetts Creek Crossing Principal Real Estate Investors, LLC
FedEx Ground - Durham CBRE Loan Services, Inc.
3600 Massie Preferred Capital Advisors, Inc.

 

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EXHIBIT Y

 

MORTGAGE LOANS WITH EARNOUT/HOLDBACK PROVISIONS

 

Mortgage Loan Reserve Original Reserve Balance
Promenade at West End Phase II Holdback Reserve $350,000
2121 Wilshire Boulevard Economic Holdback $700,000
Cleveland East Holdback Reserve $2,890,500

 

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EXHIBIT Z

 

FORM OF NRSRO CERTIFICATION

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 

Corporate Trust Services 

9062 Old Annapolis Road 

Columbia, Maryland 21045 

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

 

with copies to:

 

ct.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and 

trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Re:CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6  

 

In accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Agreement”), and executed in connection with the above-referenced transaction, with respect to the certificates issued thereunder (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies as follows:

 

1.             (a)       The undersigned is a Rating Agency; or

 

(b)       The undersigned is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization and either (x) has provided the Depositor with the appropriate certifications under Exchange Act Rule 17g-5(e), had access to the Depositor’s 17g-5 website prior to the Closing Date, is requesting access pursuant to the Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on such 17g-5 website pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement, and agrees that any confidentiality agreement applicable to the undersigned with respect to the information obtained from the Depositor’s 17g-5 website prior to the Closing Date shall also be applicable to information obtained from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website (including without limitation, to any information received by the Depositor for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website), or (y), if the undersigned did not have access to the Depositor’s 17g-5 website prior to the Closing Date, it hereby agrees that it shall be bound by the provisions of the confidentiality agreement attached hereto as Annex A which shall be applicable to it with respect to any information obtained from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, including any information that is obtained from the section of the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website that hosts the Depositor’s 17g-5 website after the Closing Date.

 

2.             The undersigned either (a) has not accessed information pursuant to Rule 17g–5(a)(3) ten (10) or more times during the most recently ended calendar year, or (b) has determined and maintained credit ratings for at least 10% of the issued securities and money

 

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market instruments for which it accessed information pursuant to Rule 17g–5(a)(3)(iii) in the calendar year prior to the year covered by the SEC Certification, if it accessed such information for 10 or more issued securities or money market instruments.

 

3.              The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, it is deemed to have recertified that the representations herein contained remain true and correct.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

 

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ANNEX A

 

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

 

This Confidentiality Agreement (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) is made in connection with [________] (together with its affiliates, “[_______]”, the “Furnishing Entities” and each a “Furnishing Entity”) furnishing certain financial, operational, structural and other information relating to the issuance of the CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 (the “Certificates”) pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, paying agent and custodian, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, and the assets underlying or referenced by the Certificates, including the identity of, and financial information with respect to borrowers, sponsors, guarantors, managers and lessees with respect to such assets (together, the “Collateral”) to you (the “NRSRO”) through the website of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as 17g-5 Information Provider under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including the [section of the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website that hosts the Depositor’s 17g-5 website after the Closing Date (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement]. Information provided by each Furnishing Entity is labeled as provided by the specific Furnishing Entity.

 

1.Definition of Confidential Information. For purposes of this Confidentiality Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” shall include the following information (irrespective of its source or form of communication, including information obtained by you through access to this site) that may be furnished to you by or on behalf of a Furnishing Entity in connection with the issuance or monitoring of a rating with respect to the Certificates: (x) all data, reports, interpretations, forecasts, records, agreements, legal documents and other information (such information, the “Evaluation Material”) and (y) any of the terms, conditions or other facts with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including the status thereof; provided, however, that the term Confidential Information shall not include information which:

 

-was or becomes generally available to the public (including through filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission or disclosure in an offering document) other than as a result of a disclosure by you or a NRSRO Representative (as defined in Section 2(c)(i) below) in violation of this Confidentiality Agreement;

 

-was or is lawfully obtained by you from a source other than a Furnishing Entity or its representatives that (i) is reasonably believed by you to be under no obligation to maintain the information as confidential and (ii) provides it to you without any obligation to maintain the information as confidential; or

 

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-is independently developed by the NRSRO without reference to any Confidential Information.

 

2.Information to Be Held in Confidence.

 

(a)You will use the Confidential Information solely for the purpose of determining or monitoring a credit rating on the Certificates and, to the extent that any information used is derived from but does not reveal any Confidential Information, for benchmarking, modeling or research purposes (the “Intended Purpose”).

 

(b)You acknowledge that you are aware that the United States and state securities laws impose restrictions on trading in securities when in possession of material, non-public information and that the NRSRO will advise (through policy manuals or otherwise) each NRSRO Representative who is informed of the matters that are the subject of this Confidentiality Agreement to that effect.

 

(c)You will treat the Confidential Information as private and confidential. Subject to Section 4, without the prior written consent of the applicable Furnishing Entity, you will not disclose to any person any Confidential Information, whether such Confidential Information was furnished to you before, on or after the date of this Confidentiality Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may:

 

(i)disclose the Confidential Information to any of the NRSRO’s affiliates, directors, officers, employees, legal representatives, agents and advisors (each, a “NRSRO Representative”) who, in the reasonable judgment of the NRSRO, need to know such Confidential Information in connection with the Intended Purpose; provided, that, prior to disclosure of the Confidential Information to a NRSRO Representative, the NRSRO shall have taken reasonable precautions to ensure, and shall be satisfied, that such NRSRO Representative will act in accordance with this Confidentiality Agreement;

 

(ii)solely to the extent required for compliance with Rule 17g-5(a)(3) of the Act (17 C.F.R. 240.17g-5), post the Confidential Information to the NRSRO’s password protected website; and

 

(iii)use information derived from the Confidential Information in connection with an Intended Purpose, if such derived information does not reveal any Confidential Information.

 

3.Disclosures Required by Law. If you or any NRSRO Representative is requested or required (orally or in writing, by interrogatory, subpoena, civil investigatory demand, request for information or documents, deposition or similar process relating to any legal proceeding, investigation, hearing or otherwise) to disclose any Confidential Information, you agree to provide the relevant Furnishing Entity with notice as soon as practicable (except in the case of regulatory or other governmental inquiry, examination or investigation, and otherwise to the extent practical and permitted by law, regulation or regulatory or other governmental authority) that a request to disclose the Confidential Information has been made so that the relevant Furnishing Entity may seek an

 

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appropriate protective order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded the Confidential Information if it so chooses. Unless otherwise required by a court or other governmental or regulatory authority to do so, and provided that you been informed by written notice that the related Furnishing Entity is seeking a protective order or other reasonable assurance for confidential treatment with respect to the requested Confidential Information, you agree not to disclose the Confidential Information while the Furnishing Entity’s effort to obtain such a protective order or other reasonable assurance for confidential treatment is pending. You agree to reasonably cooperate with each Furnishing Entity in its efforts to obtain a protective order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to the portion of the Confidential Information that is being disclosed, at the sole expense of such Furnishing Entity; provided, however, that in no event shall the NRSRO be required to take a position that such information should be entitled to receive such a protective order or reasonable assurance as to confidential treatment. If a Furnishing Entity succeeds in obtaining a protective order or other remedy, you agree to comply with its terms with respect to the disclosure of the Confidential Information, at the sole expense of such Furnishing Entity. If a protective order or other remedy is not obtained or if the relevant Furnishing Entity waives compliance with the provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement in writing, you agree to furnish only such information as you are legally required to disclose, at the sole expense of the relevant Furnishing Entity.

 

4.Obligation to Return Evaluation Material. Promptly upon written request by or on behalf of the relevant Furnishing Entity, all material or documents, including copies thereof, that contain Evaluation Material will be destroyed or, in your sole discretion, returned to the relevant Furnishing Entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the NRSRO may retain one or more copies of any document or other material containing Evaluation Material to the extent necessary for legal or regulatory compliance (or compliance with the NRSRO’s internal policies and procedures designed to ensure legal or regulatory compliance) and (b) the NRSRO may retain any portion of the Evaluation Material that may be found in backup tapes or other archive or electronic media or other documents prepared by the NRSRO and any Evaluation Material obtained in an oral communication; provided, that any Evaluation Material so retained by the NRSRO will remain subject to this Confidentiality Agreement and the NRSRO will remain bound by the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement.

 

5.Violations of this Confidentiality Agreement.

 

(a)The NRSRO will be responsible for any breach of this Confidentiality Agreement by you, the NRSRO or any NRSRO Representative.

 

(b)You agree promptly to advise each relevant Furnishing Entity in writing of any misappropriation or unauthorized disclosure or use by any person of the Confidential Information which may come to your attention and to take all steps reasonably requested by such Furnishing Entity to limit, stop or otherwise remedy such misappropriation, or unauthorized disclosure or use.

 

(c)You acknowledge and agree that the Furnishing Entities would not have an adequate remedy at law and would be irreparably harmed in the event that any of the

 

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provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that each Furnishing Entity shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive relief to prevent breaches of this Confidentiality Agreement and to specifically enforce the terms and provisions hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which a Furnishing Entity may be entitled at law or in equity. It is further understood and agreed that no failure to or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege.

 

6.Term. Notwithstanding the termination or cancellation of this Confidentiality Agreement and regardless of whether the NRSRO has provided a credit rating on a Security, your obligations under this Confidentiality Agreement will survive indefinitely.

 

7.Governing Law. This Confidentiality Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under the Confidentiality Agreement, the relationships of the parties and/or the interpretation and enforcement of the rights and duties of the parties shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed within such State.

 

8.Amendments. This Confidentiality Agreement may be modified or waived only by a separate writing by the NRSRO and each Furnishing Entity.

 

9.Entire Agreement. This Confidentiality Agreement represents the entire agreement between you and the Furnishing Entities relating to the treatment of Confidential Information heretofore or hereafter reviewed or inspected by you. This agreement supersedes all other understandings and agreements between us relating to such matters; provided, however, that, if the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement conflict with another agreement relating to the Confidential Information that specifically states that the terms of such agreement shall supersede, modify or amend the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement, then to the extent the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement conflict with such agreement, the terms of such agreement shall control notwithstanding acceptance by you of the terms hereof by entry into this website.

 

10.Contact Information. Notices for each Furnishing Entity under this Confidentiality Agreement, shall be directed as set forth below:

 

[__________________]

 

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EXHIBIT AA-1

 

FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE
FOR TRANSFER OF THE EXCESS SERVICING FEE RIGHTS

 

[Date]

 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with a copy via email to:

 

cmbs.requests@db.com

 

Re:Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6  

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by _________________ (the “Transferor”) to _________________ (the “Transferee”) of the Excess Servicing Fee Right established under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), and executed with respect to the above-referenced transaction. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferee hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Depositor, that:

 

1.              The Transferor is the lawful owner of the right to receive the Excess Servicing Fees with respect to the Mortgage Loans for which _________________ is the Master Servicer (the “Excess Servicing Fee Right”), with the full right to transfer the Excess Servicing Fee Right free from any and all claims and encumbrances whatsoever.

 

2.              Neither the Transferor nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered, transferred, pledged, sold or otherwise disposed of the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security to any person in any manner, (b) solicited any offer to buy or accept a transfer, pledge or other disposition of the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c) otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security with any person in any manner, (d) made any general solicitation with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or (e) taken any other action, which (in the case of any of the acts described in clauses (a) through (e) hereof) would constitute a distribution of the Excess Servicing Fee Right under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or would render the disposition of the Excess Servicing Fee Right a violation of Section 5 of the

 

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Securities Act or any state securities laws, or would require registration or qualification of the Excess Servicing Fee Right pursuant to the Securities Act or any state securities laws.

 

  Very truly yours,
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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EXHIBIT AA-2

 

FORM OF TRANSFEREE CERTIFICATE
FOR TRANSFER OF THE EXCESS SERVICING FEE RIGHTS

 

[Date]

 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with a copy via email to:

 

cmbs.requests@db.com

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
Three Wells Fargo
401 South Tryon Street, 8th Floor
MAC D1050-084
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: CD 2017-CD6 Asset Manager
Facsimile number: (704) 715-0036

 

with a copy via email to: 

commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

Re:Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6  

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by _________________ (the “Transferor”) to _________________ (the “Transferee”) of the Excess Servicing Fee Right established under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into and executed with respect to the above-referenced transaction. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferee hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as the Depositor and the Master Servicer, that:

 

1.              The Transferee is acquiring the right to receive Excess Servicing Fees with respect to the Mortgage Loans as to which __________________ is the applicable Master Servicer (the “Excess Servicing Fee Right”) for its own account for investment and not with a view to or for sale or transfer in connection with any distribution thereof, in whole or in part, in

 

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any manner which would violate the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or any applicable state securities laws.

 

2.              The Transferee understands that (a) the Excess Servicing Fee Right has not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or registered or qualified under any applicable state securities laws, (b) none of the Depositor, the Trustee, Certificate Administrator or the Certificate Registrar is obligated so to register or qualify the Excess Servicing Fee Right, and (c) the Excess Servicing Fee Right may not be resold or transferred unless it is (i) registered pursuant to the Securities Act and registered or qualified pursuant to any applicable state securities laws or (ii) sold or transferred in transactions which are exempt from such registration and qualification and (A) the Depositor has received a certificate from the prospective transferor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit AA-1 to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and (B) each of the Master Servicer and the Depositor have received a certificate from the prospective transferee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit AA-2 to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

3.              The Transferee understands that it may not sell or otherwise transfer the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any interest therein except in compliance with the provisions of Section 3.12 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which provisions it has carefully reviewed.

 

4.              Neither the Transferee nor anyone acting on its behalf has (a) offered, pledged, sold, disposed of or otherwise transferred the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security to any person in any manner, (b) solicited any offer to buy or accept a pledge, disposition or other transfer of the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security from any person in any manner, (c) otherwise approached or negotiated with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security with any person in any manner, (d) made any general solicitation with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security by means of general advertising or in any other manner, or (e) taken any other action with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security, which (in the case of any of the acts described in clauses (a) through (e) above) would constitute a distribution of the Excess Servicing Fee Right under the Securities Act, would render the disposition of the Excess Servicing Fee Right a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act or any state securities law or would require registration or qualification of the Excess Servicing Fee Right pursuant thereto. The Transferee will not act, nor has it authorized or will it authorize any person to act, in any manner set forth in the foregoing sentence with respect to the Excess Servicing Fee Right, any interest in the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any other similar security.

 

5.              The Transferee has been furnished with all information regarding (a) the Depositor, (b) the Excess Servicing Fee Right and any payments thereon, (c) the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust Fund created pursuant thereto, (d) the nature, performance and servicing of the Mortgage Loans, and (e) all related matters that it has requested.

 

6.              The Transferee is (a) a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act or (b) an “accredited investor” as defined in any of paragraphs (1),

 

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(2), (3) and (7) of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act or an entity in which all of the equity owners come within such paragraphs. The Transferee has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Excess Servicing Fee Right; the Transferee has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision; and the Transferee is able to bear the economic risks of such investment and can afford a complete loss of such investment.

 

7.              The Transferee agrees (i) to keep all information relating to the Trust, the Trust Fund and the parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and made available to it, confidential, (ii) not to use or disclose such information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act or would require registration of the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any Certificate pursuant to the Securities Act, and (iii) not to disclose such information, and to cause its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives not to disclose such information, in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, to any other Person other than such holder’s auditors, legal counsel and regulators, except to the extent such disclosure is required by law, court order or other legal requirement or to the extent such information is of public knowledge at the time of disclosure by such holder or has become generally available to the public other than as a result of disclosure by such holder; provided, however, that such holder may provide all or any part of such information to any other Person who is contemplating an acquisition of the Excess Servicing Fee Right if, and only if, such Person (x) confirms in writing such prospective acquisition and (y) agrees in writing to keep such information confidential, not to use or disclose such information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act or would require registration of the Excess Servicing Fee Right or any Certificates pursuant to the Securities Act and not to disclose such information, and to cause its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives not to disclose such information, in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, to any other Person other than such Persons’ auditors, legal counsel and regulators.

 

8.              The Transferee acknowledges that the holder of the Excess Servicing Fee Right shall not have any rights under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement except as set forth in Section 3.12(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and that the Excess Servicing Fee Rate may be reduced to the extent provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

  Very truly yours,
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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EXHIBIT BB

 

FORM OF OPERATING ADVISOR ANNUAL REPORT

 

Report Date: This report will be delivered annually no later than 120 days after the end of the calendar year, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association , as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer.
Transaction: CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6
Operating Advisor: Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
Special Servicer as of December 31: LNR Partners, LLC
Controlling Class Representative: [_________]

 

I.Population of Mortgage Loans that Were Considered in Compiling this Report

 

1.The Special Servicer has notified the Operating Advisor that [●] Specially Serviced Loans were transferred to special servicing in the prior calendar year [INSERT YEAR].

 

a.[●] of those Specially Serviced Loans are still being analyzed by the Special Servicer as part of the development of a Final Asset Status Report.

 

b.Final Asset Status Reports were issued with respect to [●] of such Specially Serviced Loans. This report is based only on the Specially Serviced Loans in respect of which a Final Asset Status Report has been issued. The Final Asset Status Reports may not yet be fully implemented.

 

2.The Special Servicer has notified the Operating Advisor that it has completed a Major Decision with respect to [●] Specially Serviced Loans [INSERT AFTER AN OPERATING ADVISOR CONSULTATION EVENT: and [●] non-Specially Serviced Loans], and provided the Major Decision Reporting Package or Final Asset Status Report with respect to [●] Specially Serviced Loans [INSERT AFTER AN OPERATING ADVISOR CONSULTATION EVENT: and [●] non-Specially Serviced Loans] to the operating advisor.

 

II.Executive Summary

 

Based on the requirements and qualifications set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as well as the items listed below, the Operating Advisor (in accordance with the Operating Advisor’s analysis requirements outlined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) has undertaken a limited review of the Special Servicer’s reported actions on the loans identified in this report. Based solely on such limited review and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein, the Operating Advisor believes, in its

 

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sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer [is/is not] operating in compliance with the Servicing Standard with respect to its performance of its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement during the prior calendar year on an “asset-level basis”. [The Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer has failed to materially comply with the Servicing Standard as a result of the following material deviations.]

 

[LIST OF MATERIAL DEVIATION ITEMS]

 

In addition, the Operating Advisor notes the following: [PROVIDE SUMMARY OF ANY ADDITIONAL MATERIAL INFORMATION].

 

[ADD RECOMMENDATION OF REPLACEMENT OF SPECIAL SERVICER, IF APPLICABLE]

 

III.       List of Items that Were Considered in Compiling this Report

 

In rendering our assessment herein, we examined and relied upon the accuracy and completeness of the items listed below:

 

1.Any Major Decision Reporting Packages received from the Special Servicer.

 

2.Reports by the Special Servicer made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the certificate administrator’s website that is relevant to the operating advisor’s obligations under the PSA and certain information it has reasonably requested from the special servicer [AFTER AN OPERATING ADVISOR CONSULTATION EVENT:] and each Asset Status Report (after the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event] and each Final Asset Status Report.

 

3.The Special Servicer’s assessment of compliance report, attestation report by a third party regarding the Special Servicer’s compliance with its obligations, and non-discretionary portions of net present value calculations.

 

4.[LIST OTHER REVIEWED INFORMATION]

 

5.[INSERT IF AFTER AN OPERATING ADVISOR CONSULTATION EVENT:] Consulted with the Special Servicer as provided under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement Asset Status Reports and Major Decision Reporting Packages or Asset Status Reports with respect to Major Decisions.

 

6.[INSERT IF AFTER AN OPERATING ADVISOR CONSULTATION EVENT:] During the prior year, the Operating Advisor consulted with the Special Servicer regarding its strategy plan for a limited number of issues related to the following Specially Serviced Loans: [LIST]. The Operating Advisor participated in discussions and made strategic observations and recommended alternative courses of action to the extent it deemed such observations and recommendations appropriate.

 

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NOTE: The Operating Advisor’s review of the above materials should be considered a limited investigation and not be considered a full or limited audit. For instance, we did not review each page of the Special Servicer’s policy and procedure manuals (including amendments and appendices), review underlying lease agreements or similar underlying documents, re-engineer the quantitative aspects of their net present value calculation, visit any related property, visit the Special Servicer, visit the Directing Certificateholder or interact with any borrower. In addition, our review of the net present value calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portions of the applicable formulas, and as such, does not take into account the reasonableness of the discretionary portions of such formulas.

 

III. Qualifications and Disclaimers Related to the Work Product Undertaken and Opinions Related to this Report

 

1.[As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Operating Advisor is not required to report on instances of non-compliance with, or deviations from, the Servicing Standard or the special servicer’s obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that the Operating Advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, to be immaterial.]

 

2.In rendering our assessment herein, we have assumed that all executed factual statements, instruments, and other documents that we have relied upon in rendering this assessment have been executed by persons with legal capacity to execute such documents.

 

3.Other than the receipt of any Major Decision Reporting Package, the Operating Advisor did not participate in, or have access to, the Special Servicer’s and Directing Certificateholder’s discussion(s) regarding any Specially Serviced Loan. The Operating Advisor does not have authority to speak with the Directing Certificateholder or borrower directly. As such, the Operating Advisor relied upon the information delivered to it by the Special Servicer as well as its interaction with the Special Servicer, if any, in gathering the relevant information to generate this report. The services that we perform are not designed and cannot be relied upon to detect fraud or illegal acts should any exist.

 

4.The Special Servicer has the legal authority and responsibility to service any Specially Serviced Loans pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Operating Advisor has no responsibility or authority to alter the standards set forth therein or the actions of the Special Servicer.

 

5.Confidentiality and other contractual limitations limit the Operating Advisor’s ability to outline the details or substance of any communication held between it and the Special Servicer regarding any Specially Serviced Loans and certain information it reviewed in connection with its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As a result, this report may not reflect all the relevant information that the Operating Advisor is given access to by the Special Servicer.

 

6.The Operating Advisor is not empowered to speak with any investors directly. If the investors have questions regarding this report, they should address such questions to the certificate administrator through the certificate administrator’s website.

 

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7.This report does not constitute recommendations to buy, sell or hold any security, nor does the Operating Advisor take into account market prices of securities or financial markets generally when performing its limited review of the Special Servicer as described above. The Operating Advisor does not have a fiduciary relationship with any Certificateholder or any other party or individual. Nothing is intended to or should be construed as creating a fiduciary relationship between the Operating Advisor and any Certificateholder, party or individual.

 

Terms used but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

     
  PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC
     
  By: Park Bridge Advisors LLC
    Its Sole Member
     
  By: Park Bridge Financial LLC
    Its Sole Member
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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EXHIBIT CC

 

ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE NOTIFICATION

 

**SEND VIA FAX TO (410) 715-2380 AND VIA EMAIL TO [cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com] AND [_____] AND VIA OVERNIGHT MAIL TO THE ADDRESSES IMMEDIATELY BELOW**

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

Corporate Trust Services

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045

Attention: Corporate Trust Services – CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust

 

with copies to:

 

ct.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and

trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation,
as Depositor
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with a copy via email to:

 

cmbs.requests@db.com

 

Re:**Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure Required **

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In accordance with Section [10.06][10.07][10.09] of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), entered into between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “Special Servicer”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, the undersigned, as                          , hereby notifies you that certain events have come to our attention that [will] [may] need to be disclosed on Form [10-D][10-K][8-K].

 

Description of Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

 

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List of any Attachments hereto to be included in the Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

 

Any inquiries related to this notification should be directed to                          , phone number:                          ; email address:                          .

     
  [NAME OF PARTY], as [role]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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EXHIBIT DD-1

 

FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY BY TRUSTEE FOR MASTER SERVICER

 

RECORDING REQUESTED BY:


Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
Three Wells Fargo
401 South Tryon Street, 8th Floor
MAC D1050-084
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202

 

 

SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER’S USE

 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, incorporated and existing under the laws of the United States, having its usual place of business at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890 as Trustee (the “Trustee”) pursuant to that Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Agreement”) between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer (the “Special Servicer”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, and the Trustee hereby constitutes and appoints the Master Servicer, by and through the Master Servicer’s officers, the Trustee’s true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, in the Trustee’s name, place and stead and for the Trustee’s benefit, in connection with all mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) serviced by the Servicer and all properties (“Properties”) administered by the Master Servicer pursuant to the Agreement, to execute and acknowledge in writing or by facsimile stamp all documents customarily and reasonably necessary and appropriate to effectuate the enumerated transactions described in items 1 through 12 below with respect to the Mortgage Loans and Properties; provided however, that the documents described below may only be executed and delivered by such Attorneys-in-Fact if such documents are required or permitted under the Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

 

1.The endorsement on behalf of the Trustee of all checks, drafts and/or other negotiable instruments made payable to the Trustee and draw upon, replace, substitute, release or amend letters of credit standing as collateral securing any Mortgage Loan.

 

2.The modification or re-recording of a Mortgage or deed of trust, where said modification or re-recording is solely for the purpose of correcting the Mortgage or deed of trust to conform same to the original intent of the parties thereto or to correct title errors

 

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discovered after such title insurance was issued; provided that (i) said modification or re-recording, in either instance, does not adversely affect the lien of the Mortgage or deed of trust as insured and (ii) otherwise conforms to the provisions of the Agreement.

 

3.The subordination of the lien of a Mortgage or deed of trust to an easement in favor of a public utility company of a government agency or unit with powers of eminent domain; this section shall include, without limitation, the execution of partial satisfactions/releases, partial reconveyances or the execution or requests to trustees to accomplish same.

 

4.The conveyance of the properties to the mortgage insurer, or the closing of the title to the property to be acquired as real estate owned, or conveyance of title to real estate owned.

 

5.The completion of loan assumption agreements.

 

6.The full satisfaction/release of a Mortgage or deed of trust or full conveyance upon payment and discharge of all sums secured thereby, including, without limitation, cancellation of the related Mortgage Note.

 

7.The assignment of any Mortgage or deed of trust and the related Mortgage Note, in connection with the repurchase of the mortgage loan secured and evidenced thereby.

 

8.The full assignment of a Mortgage or deed of trust upon payment and discharge of all sums secured thereby in conjunction with the refinancing thereof, including, without limitation, the assignment of the related Mortgage Note.

 

9.The full enforcement of and preservation of the Trustee’s interests in the Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or deeds of trust, and in the proceeds thereof, by way of, including but not limited to, foreclosure, the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, or the completion of judicial or non-judicial foreclosure or the termination, cancellation or rescission of any such foreclosure, the initiation, prosecution and completion of eviction actions or proceedings with respect to, or the termination, cancellation or rescission of any such eviction actions or proceedings, and the pursuit of title insurance, hazard insurance and claims in bankruptcy proceedings, including, without limitation, any and all of the following acts:

 

a.the substitution of trustee(s) serving under a deed of trust, in accordance with state law and the deed of trust;

 

b.the preparation and issuance of statements of breach or non-performance;

 

c.the preparation and filing of notices of default and/or notices of sale;

 

d.the cancellation/rescission of notices of default and/or notices of sale;

 

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e.the taking of deed in lieu of foreclosure;

 

f.the filing, prosecution and defense of claims, and to appear on behalf of the Trustee, in bankruptcy cases affecting Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or deeds of trust;

 

g.the preparation and service of notices to quit and all other documents necessary to initiate, prosecute and complete eviction actions or proceedings;

 

h.the tendering, filing, prosecution and defense, as applicable, of hazard insurance and title insurance claims, including but not limited to appearing on behalf of the Trustee in quiet title actions; and

 

i.the preparation and execution of such other documents and performance of such other actions as may be necessary under the terms of the Mortgage, deed of trust or state law to expeditiously complete said transactions in paragraphs 9.a. through 9.h. above.

 

10.With respect to the sale of property acquired through a foreclosure or deed-in lieu of foreclosure, including, without limitation, the execution of the following documentation:

 

a.listing agreements;

 

b.purchase and sale agreements;

 

c.grant/warranty/quit claim deeds or any other deed causing the transfer of title of

 

the property to a party contracted to purchase same;
 

d.escrow instructions; and

 

e.any and all documents necessary to effect the transfer of property.

 

11.The modification or amendment of escrow agreements established for repairs to the mortgaged property or reserves for replacement of personal property.

 

12.The execution and delivery of the following:

 

a.any and all financing statements, continuation statements and other documents or instruments necessary to maintain the lien created by the Mortgage, deed of trust or other security document in the related Mortgage File or the related Mortgaged Property and other related collateral;

 

b.any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of partial or full defeasance, and all other comparable instruments; and

 

c.any and all assumptions, modifications, waivers, substitutions, extensions, amendments, consents to transfers of interests in borrowers, consents to any subordinate financings to be secured by any related Mortgaged Property, consents to

 

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any mezzanine financing to be secured by the ownership interests in a borrower, consents to and monitoring of the application of any proceeds of insurance policies or condemnation awards to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or otherwise, documents relating to the management, operation, maintenance, repair, leasing and marketing of the related Mortgaged Properties (including agreements and requests by any borrower with respect to modifications of the standards of operation and management of such Mortgaged Properties or the replacement of asset managers), documents exercising any or all of the rights, powers and privileges granted or provided to the holder of any Mortgage Loan under the related loan documents, lease subordination agreements, non-disturbance and attornment agreements or other leasing or rental arrangements, any easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, equitable servitudes, or land use or zoning requirements with respect to the Mortgaged Properties, instruments relating to the custody of any collateral that now secures or hereafter may secure any Mortgage Loan and any other consents.

 

The undersigned gives said Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to execute such instruments and to do and perform all and every act and thing necessary and proper to carry into effect the power or powers granted by or under this Limited Power of Attorney as fully as the undersigned might or could do, and hereby does ratify and confirm to all that said Attorney-in-Fact shall be effective as of the date set forth below.

 

This appointment is to be construed and interpreted as a limited power of attorney. The enumeration of specific items, rights, acts or powers herein is not intended to, nor does it give rise to, and it is not to be construed as a general power of attorney.

 

Solely to the extent that the Master Servicer has the power to delegate its rights or obligations under the Agreement, the Master Servicer also has the power to delegate the authority given to it by Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, under this Limited Power of Attorney, for purposes of performing its obligations and duties by executing such additional powers of attorney in favor of its attorneys-in-fact as are necessary for such purpose. The Master Servicer’s attorneys-in-fact shall have no greater authority than that held by the Master Servicer.

 

Nothing contained herein shall: (i) limit in any manner any indemnification provided to the Trustee under the Agreement, (ii) limit in any manner the rights and protections afforded the Trustee under the Agreement, or (iii) be construed to grant the Master Servicer the power to initiate or defend any suit, litigation or proceeding in the name of Wilmington Trust, National Association except as specifically provided for herein. If the Master Servicer receives any notice of suit, litigation or proceeding in the name of Wilmington Trust, National Association, then the Master Servicer shall promptly forward a copy of same to the Trustee.

 

This limited power of attorney is not intended to extend the powers granted to the Master Servicer under the Agreement or to allow the Master Servicer to take any action with respect to Mortgages, deeds of trust or Mortgage Notes not authorized by the Agreement.

 

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The Master Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee and its directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by reason or result of the negligent use, or negligent or willful misuse, of this Limited Power of Attorney by the Master Servicer. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the termination of this Limited Power of Attorney and the Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee under the Agreement.

 

This Limited Power of Attorney is entered into and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles of such state.

 

Third parties without actual notice may rely upon the exercise of the power granted under this Limited Power of Attorney; and may be satisfied that this Limited Power of Attorney shall continue in full force and effect and has not been revoked unless an instrument of revocation has been made in writing by the undersigned.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for [_____________] has caused its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and these presents to be signed and acknowledged in its name and behalf by a duly elected and authorized signatory this ___________ day of ____________.

       
  Wilmington Trust, National Association,  
  as Trustee for [________________]  
       
  By:    
    Name:  
    Title:  
       
  Prepared by:  
       
       
    Name:  

 

Witness:

 

 

 

Witness:

 

 

 

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State of Delaware}

County of ____}

 

On ________________________, before me, _________________________________Notary Public, personally appeared ___________________________, who proved to me on the basis of

satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her authorized capacity and that by his/her signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

 

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of Delaware that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

Witness my hand and official seal.

 

   
   
Notary signature  

 

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EXHIBIT DD-2

 

FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY BY TRUSTEE FOR SPECIAL SERVICER

 

RECORDING REQUESTED BY:

 

LNR Partners, LLC

1601 Washington Avenue, Suite 700

Miami Beach, Florida 33139

 

 

SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER’S USE

 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, incorporated and existing under the laws of the United States, having its usual place of business at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890 as Trustee (the “Trustee”) pursuant to that Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Agreement”) by and among Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer (in such capacity, the “Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as Special Servicer (the “Special Servicer”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, and the Trustee hereby constitutes and appoints the Special Servicer, by and through the Special Servicer’s officers and authorized employees, the Trustee’s true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact, in the Trustee’s name, place and stead and for the Trustee’s benefit, in connection with all mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”) serviced by the Special Servicer and all properties (“REO Properties”) administered by the Special Servicer pursuant to the Agreement, to execute and acknowledge in writing or by facsimile stamp all documents customarily and reasonably necessary and appropriate to effectuate the enumerated transactions described in items 1 through 12 below with respect to the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties; provided however, that the documents described below may only be executed and delivered by such Attorneys-in-Fact if such documents are required or permitted under the terms of the Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.

 

1.The endorsement on behalf of the Trustee of all checks, drafts and/or other negotiable instruments made payable to the Trustee and to draw upon, replace, substitute, release or amend letters of credit standing as collateral securing any Mortgage Loan.

 

2.The modification or re-recording of a Mortgage or deed of trust, where said modification or re-recording is solely for the purpose of correcting such Mortgage or deed of trust to conform same to the original intent of the parties thereto or to correct title errors discovered after such title insurance was issued; provided that said modification or re-recording, in either instance, (i) does not adversely affect the lien of the Mortgage or deed

 

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of trust as insured and (ii) otherwise conforms to the provisions of the Agreement.

 

3.The subordination of the lien of a Mortgage or deed of trust to an easement in favor of a public utility company or a government agency or unit with powers of eminent domain; this section shall include, without limitation, the execution of partial satisfactions/releases, partial reconveyances or the execution or requests to trustees to accomplish same.

 

4.The conveyance of any property to the mortgage insurer, or the closing of title to any mortgaged property (a “Mortgaged Property”) to be acquired as REO Property, or conveyance of title to any REO Property.

 

5.The completion of loan assumption agreements and transfers of interest in borrower entities.

 

6.The full satisfaction/release of a Mortgage or deed of trust or full conveyance upon payment and discharge of all sums secured thereby, including, without limitation, cancellation of the related Mortgage Note.

 

7.The assignment of any Mortgage or deed of trust and the related Mortgage Note and other loan documents, in connection with the purchaser or repurchase of the mortgage loan secured and evidenced thereby.

 

8.The full assignment of a Mortgage or deed of trust upon payment and discharge of all sums secured thereby in conjunction with the refinancing thereof, including, without limitation, the assignment of the related Mortgage Note and other loan documents.

 

9.The full enforcement of and preservation of the Trustee’s interests in any Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or deeds of trust, and in the proceeds thereof, by way of, including but not limited to, taking title to any Mortgaged Property on behalf of the Trust, foreclosure, the taking of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, or the completion of judicial or non-judicial foreclosure and/or any related litigation, including without limitation, guaranty or receivership litigation, or litigation on the Mortgage Note or the termination, cancellation or rescission of any such foreclosure or the initiation, prosecution and completion of eviction actions or proceedings with respect to, or the termination, cancellation or rescission of any such eviction actions or proceedings, the initiation or defense of any litigation related to the ownership of any REO Property and the pursuit of title insurance, hazard insurance and claims in bankruptcy proceedings, including, without limitation, any and all of the following acts:

 

a.the substitution of trustee(s) serving under a deed of trust, in accordance with state law and the deed of trust;

 

b.the preparation and issuance of statements of breach or non-performance;

 

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c.the preparation and filing of notices of default and/or notices of sale;

 

d.the cancellation/rescission of notices of default and/or notices of sale;

 

e.the taking of deed in lieu of foreclosure;

 

f.the filing, prosecution and defense of claims, and to appear on behalf of the Trustee, in bankruptcy cases affecting any Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or deeds of trust;

 

g.the preparation and service of notices to quit and all other documents necessary to initiate, prosecute and complete eviction actions or proceedings;

 

h.the tendering, filing, prosecution and defense, as applicable, of hazard insurance and title insurance claims, including but not limited to appearing on behalf of the Trustee in quiet title actions;

 

i.the creation of a wholly owned entity of the Trust for purposes of holding foreclosed property; and

 

j.the preparation and execution of such other documents and performance of such other actions as may be necessary under the terms of the Mortgage, deed of trust or state law to expeditiously complete said transactions in paragraphs 9a. through 9.i. above.

 

10.With respect to the sale of property acquired through a foreclosure or deed-in lieu of foreclosure, including, without limitation, the execution of the following documentation:

 

a.listing agreements;

 

b.purchase and sale agreements;

 

c.grant/warranty/quit claim deeds or any other deed causing the transfer of title of

 

the property to a party contracted to purchase same;

 

d.escrow instructions; and

 

e.any and all documents necessary to effect the transfer of property.

 

11.The modification or amendment of escrow agreements established for repairs to the mortgaged property or reserves for replacement of personal property.

 

12.Execute and/or file such documents and take such other action as is proper an necessary to defend the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee, in litigation and to resolve such litigation, provided such resolution shall not include any admission of fault or wrongdoing by the Trustee or, without the Trustee’s consent, subject the Trustee to any form of injunctive relief.

 

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13.The execution and delivery of the following:

 

a.any and all financing statements, continuation statements and other documents or instruments necessary to maintain the lien created by the Mortgage, deed of trust or other security document in the related Mortgage File or the related Mortgaged Property and other related collateral;

 

b.any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of partial or full defeasance, and all other comparable instruments; and

 

c.any and all assumptions, modifications, waivers, substitutions, extensions, amendments, consents to transfers of interests in borrowers, consents to any subordinate financings to be secured by any related Mortgaged Property, consents to any mezzanine financing to be secured by the ownership interests in a borrower, consents to and monitoring of the application of any proceeds of insurance policies or condemnation awards to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property, REO Property or otherwise, documents relating to the management, operation, maintenance, repair, leasing and marketing of the related Mortgaged Properties (including agreements and requests by any borrower with respect to modifications of the standards of operation and management of such Mortgaged Properties or the replacement of asset managers) or REO Properties, documents exercising any or all of the rights, powers and privileges granted or provided to the holder of any Mortgage Loan under the related loan documents, lease subordination agreements, non-disturbance and attornment agreements or other leasing or rental arrangements, management agreements, any easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions, equitable servitudes, or land use or zoning requirements with respect to the Mortgaged Properties or REO Properties, instruments relating to the custody of any collateral that now secures or hereafter may secure any Mortgage Loan and any other consents and any and all documents, instruments and certifications as are reasonably necessary to complete or accomplish the Special Servicer’s duties and responsibilities under the Agreement.

 

The undersigned gives said Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to execute such instruments and to do and perform all and every act and thing necessary and proper to carry into effect the power or powers granted by or under this Limited Power of Attorney as fully as the undersigned might or could do, and hereby does ratify and confirm to all that said Attorney-in-Fact shall be effective as of the date set forth below.

 

This appointment is to be construed and interpreted as a limited power of attorney. The enumeration of specific items, rights, acts or powers herein is not intended to, nor does it give rise to, and it is not to be construed as a general power of attorney.

 

Solely to the extent that the Special Servicer has the power to delegate its rights or obligations under the Agreement, the Special Servicer also has the power to delegate the authority given to it by Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, under this Limited Power of Attorney, for purposes of performing its obligations and duties by executing such additional powers of

 

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attorney in favor of its attorneys-in-fact as are necessary for such purpose. The Special Servicer’s attorneys-in-fact shall have no greater authority than that held by the Special Servicer.

 

Nothing contained herein shall: (i) limit in any manner any indemnification provided to the Trustee under the Agreement, (ii) limit in any manner the rights and protections afforded the Trustee under the Agreement, or (iii) be construed to grant the Special Servicer the power to initiate or defend any suit, litigation or proceeding in the name of Wilmington Trust, National Association except as specifically provided for herein or in the Agreement. If the Special Servicer receives any notice of suit, litigation or proceeding in the name of Wilmington Trust, National Association, then the Special Servicer shall promptly forward a copy of same to the Trustee.

 

This limited power of attorney is not intended to extend or limit the powers granted to the Special Servicer under the Agreement or to allow the Special Servicer to take any action with respect to Mortgages, deeds of trust or Mortgage Notes not authorized by the Agreement.

 

The Special Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Trustee and its directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by the Trustee by reason or result of the negligent use, or negligent or willful misuse, of this Limited Power of Attorney by the Special Servicer of the powers granted. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the termination of this Limited Power of Attorney and the Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee under the Agreement.

 

This Limited Power of Attorney is entered into and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of law principles of such state.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for [_____________] has caused its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and these presents to be signed and acknowledged in its name and behalf by a duly elected and authorized signatory this ___________ day of ____________.

       
  Wilmington Trust, National Association,  
  as Trustee for [________________]  
       
  By:    
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

Witness:

 

 

 

Witness:

 

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State of Delaware}

County of ____}

 

On ________________________, before me, _________________________________Notary Public, personally appeared ___________________________, who proved to me on the basis of

satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her authorized capacity and that by his/her signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

 

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of Delaware that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

Witness my hand and official seal.

 

 

Notary signature

 

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EXHIBIT EE

 

FORM OF NON-SERVICED MORTGAGE LOAN NOTIFICATION

 

[Date]
 

[Other Depositor]
[Address Line 1]
[Address Line 2]
Attn: [Contact Person]
[Other Trustee]*
[Address Line 1]
[Address Line 2]
Attn: [Contact Person]
*If the Other Trustee is comprised of multiple entities (such as a separate trustee and certificate administrator), this form shall be addressed to each such entity
   
[Other Servicer]
[Address Line 1]
[Address Line 2]
Attn: [Contact Person]
[Other Special Servicer]
[Address Line 1]
[Address Line 2]
Attn: [Contact Person]
   
[Other Operating Advisor]
[Address Line 1]
[Address Line 2]
Attn: [Contact Person]
[Other Asset Representations Reviewer]
[Address Line 1]
[Address Line 2]
Attn: [Contact Person]

 

Re:[Other Securitization Trust]

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is hereby made to the [Trust][Pooling] and Servicing Agreement, dated as of [_____] (the “Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), by and among [_____], as Depositor, [_____], as master servicer, [_____], as special servicer, [_____], as certificate administrator and as trustee, and [_____], as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them (or an analogous term) in the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The undersigned is the certificate administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “CD6 PSA”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor (the “CD6 Depositor”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “CD6 Master Servicer”), LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer (the “CD6 Special Servicer”), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “CD6 Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “CD6 Trustee”), and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor (in such capacity, the “CD6 Operating Advisor”) and asset representations reviewer (in such capacity, the “CD6 Asset Representations Reviewer”), pursuant to which the CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust (the “CD6 Trust”) was

 

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established and the [U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17][Burbank Office Portfolio][IRG Portfolio][Station Place III][Moffett Place Building 4][Corporate Woods Portfolio][Integrated Health Campus][Colorado Center][Gurnee Mills][Cleveland East][Covance Business Center] Companion Loan was transferred to the CD6 Trust as of November 30, 2017 (the “Closing Date”).

 

The undersigned hereby notifies you that, as of the Closing Date:

 

1.          Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee under the CD6 PSA, is the holder of the [U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17][Burbank Office Portfolio][IRG Portfolio][Station Place III][Moffett Place Building 4][Corporate Woods Portfolio][Integrated Health Campus][Colorado Center][Gurnee Mills][Cleveland East][Covance Business Center] Companion Loan.

 

2.          The [U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17][Burbank Office Portfolio][IRG Portfolio][Station Place III][Moffett Place Building 4][Corporate Woods Portfolio][Integrated Health Campus][Colorado Center][Gurnee Mills][Cleveland East][Covance Business Center] Mortgage Loan [is][is not] a Significant Obligor (as such term is defined in the CD6 PSA) under the CD6 PSA.

 

3.          The contact information for the CD6 Depositor, CD6 Trustee, the CD6 Certificate Administrator, the CD6 Master Servicer, the CD6 Special Servicer, the CD6 Operating Advisor, the CD6 Asset Representations Reviewer, each Rating Agency (as defined in the CD6 PSA) and the Controlling Class Representative (as defined in the CD6 PSA) with respect to the [U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17][Burbank Office Portfolio][IRG Portfolio][Station Place III][Moffett Place Building 4][Corporate Woods Portfolio][Integrated Health Campus][Colorado Center][Gurnee Mills][Cleveland East][Covance Business Center] Companion Loan are as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto.

 

4.          You are directed to remit to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as the CD6 Master Servicer, to the collection account set forth on Schedule II attached hereto no later than one (1) Business Day after each Determination Date (as defined in the CD6 PSA) all amounts payable to, and to forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as CD6 Master Servicer, no later than one (1) Business Day after each Determination Date (as defined in the CD6 PSA) all reports, statements, documents, communications and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to, the holder of the [U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17][Burbank Office Portfolio][IRG Portfolio][Station Place III][Moffett Place Building 4][Corporate Woods Portfolio][Integrated Health Campus][Colorado Center][Gurnee Mills][Cleveland East][Covance Business Center] Companion Loan, under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the [U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17][Burbank Office Portfolio][IRG Portfolio][Station Place III][Moffett Place Building 4][Corporate Woods Portfolio][Integrated Health Campus][Colorado Center][Gurnee Mills][Cleveland East][Covance Business Center] Co-Lender Agreement, as applicable.

 

5.          The CD6 Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

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6.          A copy of an executed version of the CD6 PSA is [attached hereto][enclosed herewith].

 

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

     
  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator for the Holders of the CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6
     
  By:  
    [Name]
    [Title]

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

TO FORM OF NOTICE FROM THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

REGARDING [NON-SERVICED WHOLE LOAN]

 

CD6 Depositor:  

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation

60 Wall Street

New York, New York, 10005

Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with copies via email to:

 

lainie.kaye@db.com, and

cmbs.requests@db.com

 

CD6 Trustee:

 

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee – CD 2017-CD6

 

with a copy to:

 

E-mail: cmbstrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

CD6 Certificate Administrator:  

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate Trust Services
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – CD 2017-CD6

 

with copies to:

ct.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com; and
trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

CD6 Master Servicer:  

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
Three Wells Fargo
401 South Tryon Street, 8th Floor
MAC D1050-084
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: CD 2017-CD6 Asset Manager
Facsimile number: (704) 715-0036

 

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with a copy to:

 

commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

CD6 Special Servicer:  

LNR Partners, LLC
1601 Washington Avenue, Suite 700
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Andrew J. Sossen, Esq. and Job Warshaw
Fax Number: (305) 695-5601

 
with copies to:

 

asossen@starwood.com, jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrpartners.com

 

CD6 Operating Advisor:   Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Attention:  CD 2017-CD6-Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)
CD6 Asset Representations Reviewer:   Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Attention:  CD 2017-CD6-Surveillance Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously via email to cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)
CD6 Rating Agencies:  

DBRS, Inc.

333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1800

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance

Facsimile No.: (312) 332-3492

Email: cmbs.surveillance@dbrs.com

 

Fitch Ratings, Inc.
33 Whitehall Street
New York, New York 10004
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
Facsimile No.: (212) 635-0295

 

 EE-5

 

 

 

Email: info.cmbs@fitchratings.com

 

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
7 World Trade Center
New York, New York 10007
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
Facsimile No.: (212) 553-1350
Email:cmbssurveillance@moodys.com

 

CD6 Controlling Class Representative:   Argentic Securities Income USA LLC
40 West 57th Street, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention:  Darren Gluck
Facsimile:  (646) 560-1703
Email:  dgluck@argenticmgmt.com

 

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SCHEDULE II TO FORM OF NOTICE

 

FROM THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

REGARDING [NON-SERVICED WHOLE LOAN]

 

Account:    Collection Account

 

Account #:[______]

 

Title:Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 Collection Account

 

Location:[___]

 

 EE-7

 

 

EXHIBIT FF

 

FORM OF SERVICED COMPANION LOAN NOTEHOLDER CERTIFICATION

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
Three Wells Fargo
401 South Tryon Street, 8th Floor
MAC D1050-084
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: CD 2017-CD6 Asset Manager
Facsimile number: (704) 715-0036

Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate Trust Services

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – CD 2017-CD6

 

with copies to:

 

ct.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and

trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Re:CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust – Companion Loan

 

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of November 1, 2017, between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, paying agent and custodian, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, with respect to any Companion Loan (as defined in the Agreement), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.       The undersigned is a Companion Loan Noteholder (as defined in the Agreement).

 

2.       The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned shall keep the Information confidential (except from such outside

 

 FF-1

 

 

persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information shall not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner, in whole or in part.

 

The undersigned shall not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

 

3.       The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations contained herein remain true and correct.

 

4.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

 

5.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year written above.

 

 [Companion Loan Noteholder]
   
 By: 
Title:
Company:
Phone:

 

 FF-2

 

 

EXHIBIT GG

 

[RESERVED]

 

 GG-1

 

 

EXHIBIT HH

 

FORM OF ASSET REVIEW REPORT BY THE
ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER1

 

To: [Addresses of Recipients]

 

Re:CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In accordance with Section 11.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), the undersigned, as asset representations reviewer (the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), has performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Mortgage Loan identified by the Certificate Administrator, and is hereby issuing the following Asset Review Report.

 

1.We have performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Mortgage Loan identified by the Certificate Administrator and our conclusion is that there is [no evidence of a failed Test][evidence of [•] failed Tests as specifically detailed on the scorecard attached hereto as Exhibit A] with respect to the Delinquent Mortgage Loans.

 

2.A conclusion by the Asset Representations Reviewer of a passed Test or a failed Test shall not constitute a determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of (i) the existence or nonexistence of a Material Defect, or (ii) whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller. In addition, the Tests may not be sufficient to determine every instance of noncompliance.

 

3.The Asset Representations Reviewer, other than forwarding this report to the persons listed above, will not be required to take or participate in any other or further action with respect to the aforementioned Asset Review Report.

 

4.Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

 

 

1  This report is an indicative report, and the Asset Representations Reviewer will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of this report, subject to compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

 

 HH-1

 

 

 

PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC,

as Asset Representations Reviewer

   
By:Park Bridge Advisors LLC, a New York limited liability company, its sole member

 

By:Park Bridge Financial LLC, a New York limited liability company, its sole member

 

  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 HH-2

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Detailed Scorecard
[Template Example Below]

 

Test Failures
Loan # Loan Name Mortgage Loan Seller R&W # R&W Name Test Description Findings
[Insert Loan Number] [Insert Loan Name] [Insert Mortgage Loan Seller] 21 Compliance with Usury Laws [Insert Test Description] [Insert Test findings]
31 Single-Purpose Entity    

 

 HH-3

 

 

EXHIBIT II

 

FORM OF ASSET REVIEW REPORT SUMMARY
BY THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER2

 

To: [Addresses of Recipients]

 

Re: CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In accordance with Section 11.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), the undersigned, as asset representations reviewer (the “Asset Representations Reviewer”), has performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Mortgage Loan identified by the Certificate Administrator, and is hereby issuing the following Asset Review Report Summary.

 

1.We have performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Mortgage Loan identified by the Certificate Administrator and our conclusion is that there is [no evidence of a failed Test][evidence of [•] failed Tests as identified on the summary scorecard attached hereto as Exhibit A] with respect to the Delinquent Mortgage Loans.

 

2.A conclusion by the Asset Representations Reviewer of a passed Test or a failed Test shall not constitute a determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of (i) the existence or nonexistence of a Material Defect, or (ii) whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller. In addition, the Tests may not be sufficient to determine every instance of noncompliance.

 

3.The Asset Representations Reviewer, other than forwarding this Asset Review Report Summary to the parties listed above, will not be required to take or participate in any other or further action with respect to the aforementioned Asset Review Report Summary.

 

4.Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

 

 

2 This report is an indicative report, and the Asset Representations Reviewer will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of this report, subject to compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

 

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PARK BRIDGE LENDER SERVICES LLC,

as Asset Representations Reviewer

   
By:Park Bridge Advisors LLC, a New York limited liability company, its sole member

 

By:Park Bridge Financial LLC, a New York limited liability company, its sole member

 

  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 II-2

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Summary Scorecard
[Template Example Below]

 

Test failures
Loan # Loan Name Mortgage Loan Seller Representations and Warranty # Representation and Warranty
Name
[Insert Loan #] [Insert Loan Name] [Insert Mortgage Loan Seller] 21 Compliance with Usury Laws
31 Single-Purpose Entity

 

 II-3

 

 

EXHIBIT JJ

 

ASSET REVIEW PROCEDURES

 

Subject to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Exhibit sets forth Asset Representations Reviewer’s review procedures for each Delinquent Mortgage Loan based on the information provided for an Asset Review. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Exhibit JJ and the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall control and govern the Asset Representation Reviewer’s responsibilities and duties with respect to Asset Reviews.

 

Call for Review and Collection and Inventory of Review Materials

 

Step 1 Asset Representations Reviewer (“ARR”) receives the following items before beginning its review from the parties specified in Section 11.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement:

 

Notice of Asset Review Trigger (with attachments)

 

Asset Review Vote Election

 

Notice of Affirmative Asset Review Vote

 

List of all Delinquent Mortgage Loans subject to the Asset Review

 

Review Materials for each Delinquent Mortgage Loan via Secure Data Room access, including the Diligence File

 

Any Unsolicited Information (if applicable)

 

Step 2 For each Delinquent Mortgage Loan, ARR inventories all Review Materials to which ARR is provided access in the Secure Data Room to determine what, if any, Review Materials for such Delinquent Mortgage Loan are missing, using the list of documents in Section 2.01(a)(i) through Section 2.01(a)(xxi) of this Agreement, any comparable lists included in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, and any closing checklist from the origination of such Delinquent Mortgage Loan, to guide its review and determination

 

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Step 3If ARR determines that the information made available to it in the Secure Data Room with respect to any Delinquent Mortgage Loan is missing any documents required to complete an Asset Review of such Delinquent Mortgage Loan, ARR shall prepare a list of such missing documents and notify Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) and Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) or applicable Mortgage Loan Seller of such missing documents. If the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, does not provide such document as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the ARR shall notify the related Mortgage Loan Seller of such missing information

 

Analysis and Testing of Representations and Warranties

 

Step 4For each Delinquent Mortgage Loan for which ARR has received all Review Materials required to complete an Asset Review of such Delinquent Mortgage Loan, ARR tests such Delinquent Mortgage Loan for compliance with each representation and warranty made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Delinquent Mortgage Loan as follows:

 

ARR reviews each representation and warranty and each item included in the Review Materials applicable or related to such representation or warranty to determine whether there is any evidence that such representation or warranty was not true when made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller

 

For each representation and warranty, ARR lists

 

all items from the Review Materials reviewed or used in its testing of such representation and warranty

   

whether ARR has determined that there is any evidence that such representation or warranty was not true when made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, and

   

if so, stating the aspect of the applicable representation or warranty that does not appear to have been true when made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller and ARR’s basis for its conclusion

   

completing the Asset Review Report by setting forth, for each Delinquent Mortgage Loan, the information contemplated herein with respect to each representation and warranty

   

ARR will not attempt (and has no obligation) to determine the materiality of any potential breach of a representation or warranty that it discovers evidence of during its review as contemplated herein.

 

 JJ-2

 

 

EXHIBIT KK

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR REQUESTING ACCESS TO SECURE DATA ROOM

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate Trust Services

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services – CD 2017-CD6
trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Attention: CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6

 

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining access to the Secure Data Room pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, paying agent and custodian, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.          The undersigned is an authorized representative of [the Asset Representations Reviewer][of the Depositor].

 

2.          The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that (a) access to the Secure Data Room is being granted to it solely for purposes of the undersigned carrying out its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (b) it will not disseminate or otherwise make information contained on the Secure Data Room available to any other person except in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or otherwise with the written consent of the Depositor and (c) it will only access information relating to the Mortgage Loans to which the Asset Review relates.

 

3.          The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Secure Data Room, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations above remains true and correct.

 

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4.          [The undersigned is not a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or a prospective purchaser of any Certificate.]*

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

 

  [NAME OF PARTY], as [role]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated:__________________

 

[Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation]  
     
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 

 

    Required to the extent that a party other than the Asset Representations Reviewer is identified by the Depositor as needing access to the Secure Data Room.

 

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EXHIBIT LL

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF [ADDITIONAL DELINQUENT MORTGAGE LOAN][CESSATION OF DELINQUENT MORTGAGE LOAN][CESSATION OF ASSET REVIEW TRIGGER]

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
Three Wells Fargo
401 South Tryon Street, 8th Floor
MAC D1050-084
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: CD 2017-CD6 Asset Manager
Facsimile number: (704) 715-0036

With a copy by email to:

commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

Park Bridge Lender Services LLC
600 Third Avenue, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10016
Attention:  CD 2017-CD6 Surveillance

Manager (with a copy sent contemporaneously

via email to

cmbs.notices@parkbridgefinancial.com)

   

LNR Partners, LLC
1601 Washington Avenue, Suite 700
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Andrew J. Sossen, Esq. and Job Warshaw
Fax Number: (305) 695-5601

 

with copies to:

 

tnealon@lnrpartners.com,

asossen@starwood.com,

jwarshaw@lnrpartners.com and

lnr.cmbs.notices@lnrpartners.com

Argentic Securities Income USA LLC
40 West 57th Street, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention:  Darren Gluck
Facsimile:  (646) 560-1703
Email:  dgluck@argenticmgmt.com
   
Attention:CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6

 

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In accordance with Section 11.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, LNR Partners, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”), paying agent and custodian, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer, the Certificate Administrator hereby notifies you that as of [RELATED DISTRIBUTION DATE]:

 

1.            _____ An additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Mortgage Loan.

 

2.            _____ A Mortgage Loan has ceased to be a Delinquent Mortgage Loan.

 

3.            _____ An Asset Review Trigger has ceased to exist.

 

(check all that apply)

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator for the Holders of the CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6
     
  By:  
    [Name]
    [Title]

 

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EXHIBIT MM

 

Form of Certificate Administrator Receipt in Respect of Certificates Evidencing Some or All of the RETAINED CERTIFICATES

 

[Date]

 

Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Lainie Kaye

 

with copies via email to:

lainie.kaye@db.com, and
cmbs.requests@db.com

 

Argentic Real Estate Finance LLC
40 West 57th Street, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Mike Schulte

 

Argentic Securities Holdings Cayman Limited
40 West 57th Street, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Mark Sweeney
Facsimile: (646) 560-1759
Email: msweeney@argenticmgmt.com

 

Re:CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD6 (Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation as Depositor)

 

In accordance with Section 5.01(j) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2017 (the “Agreement”), pursuant to which the captioned series of commercial mortgage pass-through certificates (the “Certificates”) were issued, the undersigned, as Certificate Administrator, hereby acknowledges receipt and possession of, and further agrees that it will hereafter hold in the Retained Certificates Safekeeping Account, the Certificates identified on Schedule I attached hereto (the “Subject Certificates”), which constitute some or all of the Retained Certificates, for the benefit of Argentic Securities Holdings Cayman Limited, the registered holder of the Subject Certificates, pursuant to the Agreement. Payments on the Subject Certificates will be made to the registered holder thereof in accordance with the Agreement, including pursuant to any written wiring instructions provided in accordance with the Agreement.

 

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This receipt is solely for the benefit of the addressee and is non-transferable. Possession of this receipt by any other Person will not entitle such Person to delivery of, or any rights in respect of, the Subject Certificates. The Subject Certificates are subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in, and may not be released from the Retained Certificates Safekeeping Account except in accordance with, the Agreement.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall the respective meanings set forth in the Agreement.

 

  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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Schedule I

 

Certificates Registered in the Name of Argentic Securities Holdings Cayman Limited

 

Class
(CUSIP)

Certificate
No.

Initial
Certificate Balance

     
     
     
     

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SCHEDULE I

 

DIRECTING HOLDERS

 

Mortgage Loan Directing Holder Contact Information

All Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans and the Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgage Loan*)

 

Argentic Securities Income USA LLC Argentic Securities Income USA LLC
40 West 57th Street, 29th Floor
New York, New York 10019
Attention:  Darren Gluck
Facsimile:  (646) 560-1703
Email:  dgluck@argenticmgmt.com
     
*  During such time as the holder of the related controlling subordinate companion loan is no longer permitted to exercise control or consultation rights due to the occurrence and continuance of a control appraisal period under the related intercreditor agreement, the Directing Holder will have generally similar (although not necessarily identical) consent and consultation rights with respect to the Arizona Retail Portfolio Mortgage Loan as it does for the other Mortgage Loans in the pool.
     

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SCHEDULE II

 

SERVICING CRITERIA TO BE ADDRESSED IN ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE

 

The assessment of compliance to be delivered shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified below as “Relevant Servicing Criteria” (with each Servicing Function Participant deemed to be responsible for the items applicable to the functions it is performing and for which the party that retained such Servicing Function Participant is responsible):

 

Relevant Servicing Criteria Applicable
Party(ies)
Reference Criteria  
  General Servicing Considerations  
1122(d)(1)(i) Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements. Cert. Admin.
Master Servicer
Special Servicer
1122(d)(1)(ii) If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities. Cert. Admin.
Master Servicer
Special Servicer
1122(d)(1)(iii) Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the mortgage loans are maintained. N/A
1122(d)(1)(iv) A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements. Master Servicer
Special Servicer
1122(d)(1)(v) Aggregation of information, as applicable, is mathematically accurate and the information conveyed accurately reflects the information. Master Servicer
Special Servicer
Certificate Administrator
  Cash Collection and Administration  
1122(d)(2)(i) Payments on mortgage loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. Master Servicer
Special Servicer

 

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Relevant Servicing Criteria Applicable
Party(ies)
Reference Criteria  
1122(d)(2)(ii) Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel. Cert. Admin.
1122(d)(2)(iii) Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements. Trustee
Master Servicer
Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(iv) The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements. Cert. Admin.
Master Servicer
Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(v) Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements.  For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act. Cert. Admin.
Master Servicer
Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(vi) Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access. Cert. Admin.
Master Servicer
Special Servicer
1122(d)(2)(vii) Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts.  These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items.  These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. Cert. Admin.
Master Servicer
Special Servicer
  Investor Remittances and Reporting  

 

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Relevant Servicing Criteria Applicable
Party(ies)
Reference Criteria  
1122(d)(3)(i) Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements.  Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the Master Servicer. Cert. Admin.
Operating Adv.
(excluding clauses (C) and (D) in the case of the Operating Adv.)
1122(d)(3)(ii) Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements. Cert. Admin.
1122(d)(3)(iii) Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Master Servicer’s investor records or Certificate Administrator’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. Cert. Admin.
 
1122(d)(3)(iv) Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements. Cert. Admin.
  Pool Asset Administration  
1122(d)(4)(i) Collateral or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related mortgage loan documents. Custodian
Master Servicer
Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(ii) Mortgage loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements. Custodian
1122(d)(4)(iii) Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements. Master Servicer
Special Servicer

 

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Relevant Servicing Criteria Applicable
Party(ies)
Reference Criteria  
1122(d)(4)(iv) Payments on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents are posted to the Master Servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents. Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(v) The Master Servicer’s records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Master Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance. Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(vi) Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s mortgage loans (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset documents. Master Servicer
Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(vii) Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements. Special Servicer
Operating Adv.
1122(d)(4)(viii) Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a mortgage loan is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements.  Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent mortgage loans including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment). Master Servicer
Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(ix) Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans with variable rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan documents. Master Servicer

 

Sch. II-4

 

 

Relevant Servicing Criteria Applicable
Party(ies)
Reference Criteria  
1122(d)(4)(x) Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts): (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s mortgage loan documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable mortgage loan documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related mortgage loans, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xi) Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xii) Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission. Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xiii) Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xiv) Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements. Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xv) Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements. N/A

 

At all times that the Master Servicer and Special Servicer are the same entity, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may provide a combined assessment of compliance in respect of their combined responsibilities under Section 1122 of Regulation AB.

 

Sch. II-5

 

 

SCHEDULE III

 

CLASS A-SB PLANNED PRINCIPAL BALANCE SCHEDULE

 

Period

Balance($)

1 61,062,000.00
2 61,062,000.00
3 61,062,000.00
4 61,062,000.00
5 61,062,000.00
6 61,062,000.00
7 61,062,000.00
8 61,062,000.00
9 61,062,000.00
10 61,062,000.00
11 61,062,000.00
12 61,062,000.00
13 61,062,000.00
14 61,062,000.00
15 61,062,000.00
16 61,062,000.00
17 61,062,000.00
18 61,062,000.00
19 61,062,000.00
20 61,062,000.00
21 61,062,000.00
22 61,062,000.00
23 61,062,000.00
24 61,062,000.00
25 61,062,000.00
26 61,062,000.00
27 61,062,000.00
28 61,062,000.00
29 61,062,000.00
30 61,062,000.00
31 61,062,000.00
32 61,062,000.00
33 61,062,000.00
34 61,062,000.00
35 61,062,000.00
36 61,062,000.00
37 61,062,000.00
38 61,062,000.00
39 61,062,000.00
40 61,062,000.00
41 61,062,000.00
42 61,062,000.00
43 61,062,000.00
44 61,062,000.00
45 61,062,000.00
46 61,062,000.00
47 61,062,000.00
48 61,062,000.00
49 61,062,000.00
50 61,062,000.00
51 61,062,000.00
52 61,062,000.00
53 61,062,000.00
54 61,062,000.00
55 61,062,000.00
56 61,062,000.00
57 61,062,000.00
58 61,062,000.00
59 61,062,000.00

Period

Balance($)

60 61,061,962.96
61 59,984,159.17
62 58,974,089.02
63 57,960,199.65
64 56,728,172.14
65 55,705,777.04
66 54,608,356.33
67 53,577,940.53
68 52,472,728.24
69 51,434,231.42
70 50,391,806.93
71 49,274,929.01
72 48,224,333.20
73 47,099,517.39
74 46,040,688.83
75 44,977,855.03
76 43,771,300.92
77 42,699,873.87
78 41,554,821.86
79 40,475,005.34
80 39,321,803.53
81 38,233,534.44
82 37,141,147.79
83 35,975,735.21
84 34,926,779.78
85 33,807,293.93
86 32,750,113.02
87 31,688,923.66
88 30,425,238.68
89 29,355,222.11
90 28,215,276.51
91 27,136,875.60
92 25,988,785.10
93 24,901,936.62
94 23,810,966.17
95 22,650,665.06
96 21,551,152.25
97 20,382,552.71
98 19,298,116.15
99 18,215,730.47
100 16,941,934.22
101 15,850,636.32
102 14,693,063.41
103 13,593,265.19
104 12,427,434.82
105 11,319,072.43
106 10,206,521.88
107 9,028,303.52
108 7,937,697.79
109 6,783,093.46
110 5,683,977.91
111 4,602,406.73
112 3,341,417.19
113 2,251,006.49
114 1,098,324.70
115 and thereafter 0
   


Sch. III-1

 

 

SCHEDULE IV

 

ADDITIONAL FORM 10-D DISCLOSURE

 

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column (with each Servicing Function Participant deemed to be responsible for the following items for which the party that retained such Servicing Function Participant is responsible) are obligated pursuant to Section 10.06 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to disclose to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator any information described in the corresponding Form 10-D Item described in the “Item on Form 10-D” column to the extent such party has actual knowledge (and in the case of financial statements required to be provided in connection with Item 6 below, possession) of such information (other than information as to itself). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific written notice to the contrary from the Depositor or Mortgage Loan Sellers. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to conclusively assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus. For this CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus.

 

Item on Form 10-D Party Responsible
Item 1: Distribution and Pool Performance Information: Only with respect to any information required by 1121 which is NOT included on the Distribution Date Statement

     Each Master Servicer (only with respect to 1121(a)(12) as to non Specially Serviced Loans)

     Special Servicer (only with respect to 1121(a)(12) as to Specially Serviced Loans)

     Depositor

     Certificate Administrator

     Asset Representations Reviewer

     Each Mortgage Loan Seller (only with respect to 1121(c)(2))

Item 2: Legal Proceedings:
Item 1117 of Regulation AB (to the extent material to Certificateholders)

     Master Servicer (as to itself)

     Special Servicer (as to itself)

     Trustee (as to itself)

     Certificate Administrator (as to itself)

     Depositor (as to itself) 

 

Sch. IV-1 

 

     Any other Reporting Servicer (as to itself)

     Trustee/Certificate Administrator/Master Servicer/Depositor/Special Servicer as to the Trust (whichever of them is in principal control of the proceedings)

     Each Mortgage Loan Seller

     Originators under Item 1110 of Regulation AB (to be provided by the Depositor)

     Party under Item 1100(d)(1) of Regulation AB (to be provided by the Depositor)

Item 3:  Sale of Securities and Use of Proceeds      Depositor
Item 4:  Defaults Upon Senior Securities

     Certificate Administrator

     Trustee

Item 5:  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders      Certificate Administrator
Item 6:  Significant Obligors of Pool Assets      Master Servicer
Item 7: Change in Sponsor Interest in the Securities:
Item 1124 of Regulation AB
     Each Mortgage Loan Seller
Item 8:  Significant Enhancement Provider Information      N/A
Item 9:  Other Information (information required to be disclosed on Form 8-K that was not properly disclosed)

     Any party responsible for disclosure items on Form 8-K to the extent of such items

Item 10:  Exhibits

     Depositor (exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K, such as material agreements)

     Certificate Administrator (Monthly Statement to Certificateholders)

 

Sch. IV-2 

 

SCHEDULE V

 

ADDITIONAL FORM 10-K DISCLOSURE

 

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column (with each Servicing Function Participant deemed to be responsible for the following items for which the party that retained such Servicing Function Participant is responsible) are obligated pursuant to Section 10.07 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to disclose to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator any information described in the corresponding Form 10-K Item described in the “Item on Form 10-K” column to the extent such party has actual knowledge (and in the case of financial statements required to be provided in connection with 1112(b) below, possession) of such information (other than information as to itself). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific written notice to the contrary from the Depositor or Mortgage Loan Sellers. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to conclusively assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus. For this CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus.

 

Item on Form 10-K Party Responsible
Item 1B: Unresolved Staff Comments      Depositor
Item 9B:  Other Information (information required to be disclosed on Form 8-K that was not properly disclosed)

     Any party responsible for disclosure items on Form 8-K to the extent of such items

Item 15:  Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

     Certificate Administrator

     Depositor

Additional Item:
Disclosure per Item 1112(b)(1) of Regulation AB
     Master Servicer
Additional Item:
Disclosure per Items 1114(b)(2) and 1115(b) of Regulation AB
      N/A

 

Sch. V-1 

 

Additional Item:
Disclosure per Item 1117 of Regulation AB (to the extent material to Certificateholders)

     Master Servicer (as to itself)

     Special Servicer (as to itself)

     Certificate Administrator (as to itself)

     Trustee (as to itself)

     Depositor (as to itself)

     Operating Advisor (as to itself)

     Asset Representations Reviewer (as to itself)

     Any other Reporting Servicer (as to itself)

     Trustee/Certificate Administrator/Master Servicer/Depositor/Special Servicer as to the Trust

     Each Mortgage Loan Seller

     Originators under Item 1110 of Regulation AB (to be provided by the Depositor)

     Party under Item 1100(d)(1) of Regulation AB (to be provided by the Depositor)

 

Sch. V-2 

 

Additional Item:
Disclosure per Item 1119 of Regulation AB

     Master Servicer (as to itself) (to the extent material to Certificateholders and only as to affiliations under 1119(a) with the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Special Servicer or a sub-servicer meeting any of the descriptions in Item 1108(a)(3))

     Special Servicer (as to itself) (to the extent material to Certificateholders and only as to affiliations under 1119(a) with the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer or a sub-servicer meeting any of the descriptions in Item 1108(a)(3))

     Certificate Administrator (as to itself) (to the extent material to Certificateholders)

     Trustee (as to itself) (to the extent material to Certificateholders)

     Depositor (as to itself)

     Depositor (as to the Trust)

     Each Mortgage Loan Seller

     Operating Advisor (as to itself)

     Asset Representations Reviewer (as to itself)

     Originators under Item 1110 of Regulation AB (to be provided by the Depositor)

     Party under Item 1100(d)(1) of Regulation AB (to be provided by the Depositor)

 

Sch. V-3 

 

SCHEDULE VI

 

FORM 8-K DISCLOSURE INFORMATION

 

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column (with each Servicing Function Participant deemed to be responsible for the following items for which the party that retained such Servicing Function Participant is responsible) are obligated pursuant to Section 10.09 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to report to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator the occurrence of any event described in the corresponding Form 8-K Item described in the “Item on Form 8-K” column to the extent such party has actual knowledge of such information (other than information as to itself). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific written notice to the contrary from the Depositor or Mortgage Loan Sellers. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to conclusively assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus. For this CD 2017-CD6 Mortgage Trust Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Paying Agent, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB other than a party identified as such in the Prospectus.

 

Item on Form 8-K Party Responsible
Item 1.01- Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Disclosure is required regarding entry into or amendment of any definitive agreement that is material to the securitization, even if depositor is not a party.  

Examples: servicing agreement, custodial agreement.

Note: disclosure not required as to definitive agreements that are fully disclosed in the prospectus

     Trustee/Certificate Administrator/Master Servicer/Depositor/Special Servicer as to the Trust (only as to the agreements such entity is a party to or entered into on behalf of the Trust)

Item 1.02- Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement

Disclosure is required regarding termination of  any definitive agreement that is material to the securitization (other than expiration in accordance with its terms), even if depositor is not a party.

     Trustee/Certificate Administrator/Master Servicer/Depositor/Special Servicer as to the Trust  (only as to the agreements such entity is a party to or entered into on behalf of the Trust)

 

Sch. VI-1 

 

Item on Form 8-K Party Responsible

 

Examples: servicing agreement, custodial agreement.

 
Item 1.03- Bankruptcy or Receivership

     Depositor

     Each Mortgage Loan Seller

Item 2.04- Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement

Includes an early amortization, performance trigger or other event, including event of default, that would materially alter the payment priority/distribution of cash flows/amortization schedule.

Disclosure will be made of events other than waterfall triggers which are disclosed in the monthly statements to the certificateholders.

     Depositor

     Certificate Administrator

 

Item 3.03- Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders

Disclosure is required of any material modification to documents defining the rights of Certificateholders, including the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
     Certificate Administrator
Item 5.03- Amendments of Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change of Fiscal Year

Disclosure is required of any amendment “to the governing documents of the issuing entity”.
     Depositor
Item 5.06 – Change in Shell Company Status      Depositor
Item 5.07 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders      Depositor
Item 5.08 – Shareholder Director Nomination      Depositor
Item 6.01- ABS Informational and Computational Material      Depositor
Item 6.02- Change of Servicer or Trustee

Requires disclosure of any removal, replacement, substitution or addition of any master servicer, affiliated servicer, other servicer servicing 10% or more of pool assets at time of report, other material servicers or trustee.

     Master Servicer (as to itself or a servicer retained by it)

     Special Servicer (as to itself or a servicer retained by it)

     Certificate Administrator (as to itself or an entity retained by it)

     Trustee

 

Sch. VI-2 

 

Item on Form 8-K Party Responsible
       Depositor
Reg AB disclosure about any new servicer or master servicer is also required.      Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable
Reg AB disclosure about any new Trustee is also required.      Trustee
Reg AB disclosure about any new Certificate Administrator is also required.      Certificate Administrator
Item 6.03- Change in Credit Enhancement or Other External Support   N/A
Item 6.04- Failure to Make a Required Distribution      Certificate Administrator
Item 6.05- Securities Act Updating Disclosure

If any material pool characteristic differs by 5% or more at the time of issuance of the securities from the description in the final prospectus, provide updated Reg AB disclosure about the actual asset pool.

If there are any new servicers or originators required to be disclosed under Regulation AB as a result of the foregoing, provide the information called for in Items 1108 and 1110 respectively.
     Depositor
Item 7.01- Regulation FD Disclosure      Depositor
Item 8.01 – Other Events

Any event, with respect to which information is not otherwise called for in Form 8-K, that the registrant deems of importance to certificateholders.
     Depositor
Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

     Responsible party for reporting/disclosing the financial statement or exhibit

 

Sch. VI-3 

 

SCHEDULE VII

 

INITIAL SERVICED COMPANION LOAN NOTEHOLDER(S)

 

Serviced
Companion
Loan
Initial Noteholders Address
Headquarters Plaza Citi Real Estate Funding Inc. (Note A-2 Holder )

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.
390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Paul Vanderslice
Facsimile: (212) 723-8599

 

with a copy to:

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.
390 Greenwich Street, 7th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Richard Simpson
Facsimile: (646) 328-2943

 

with copies by electronic mail to:

richard.simpson@citi.com, and
ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

 

Barclays Bank PLC (Note A-3 and Note A-4 Holder)

Barclays Bank PLC

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10020
Attention: Michael S. Birajiclian

 

Lightstone Portfolio JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7 (Note A-1 Holder)

 

To the related Other Servicer

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division
of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street
Building 82, Suite 300
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head
Telecopy number: 1-888-706-3565
Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Sch. VII-1 

 

    Stinson Leonard Street LLP
1201 Walnut Street
Suite 2900
Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150
Fax Number: (816) 412-9338
Attention: Kenda K. Tomes
Email: kenda.tomes@stinson.com
     
Arizona Retail Portfolio The Bancorp Bank (Note B Holder)

The Bancorp Bank

712 5th Avenue, 8th Floor

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Ron Wechsler

Facsimile No.: (646) 495-7489

Email: rwechsler@thebancorp.com

 

With a copy to:

 

Winston & Strawn LLP

200 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10166

Attention: Corey A. Tessler, Esq.

Facsimile No.: (212) 294-4700

Email: ctessler@winston.com

 

Sch. VII-2 

 

SCHEDULE VIII

 

CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE OTHER 17G-5 INFORMATION PROVIDER

 

None.

 

Sch. VIII-1 

EX-99.4 3 exh99-4jpmdbc7psa.htm POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

Exhibit 99.4

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.,
as Depositor

 

MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee

 

and

 

PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC,
as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer

 

POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of

 

October 1, 2017

 

JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

 

Series 2017-C7

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

    Page
     
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 7
   
Section 1.01 Defined Terms 7
Section 1.02 Certain Calculations 135
   
ARTICLE II CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS; ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES 137
   
Section 2.01 Conveyance of Mortgage Loans 137
Section 2.02 Acceptance by Trustee 144
Section 2.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor; Mortgage Loan Sellers’ Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans for Defects in Mortgage Files and Breaches of Representations and Warranties 148
Section 2.04 Execution of Certificates; Issuance of Lower-Tier Regular Interests 165
Section 2.05 Creation of the Grantor Trust 165
     
ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF THE TRUST FUND 166
     
Section 3.01 The Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer; Special Servicer to Act as Special Servicer; Administration of the Mortgage Loans, the Serviced Companion Loans and REO Properties 166
Section 3.02 Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments 173
Section 3.03 Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts 179
Section 3.04 The Collection Account, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account,the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Companion Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account 183
Section 3.05 Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts and the Companion Distribution Account 190
Section 3.06 Investment of Funds in the Collection Account and the REO Account 202
Section 3.07 Maintenance of Insurance Policies; Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage 204
Section 3.08 Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements 209
Section 3.09 Realization Upon Defaulted Loans and Companion Loans 214
Section 3.10 Trustee and Custodian to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files 218
Section 3.11 Servicing Compensation 219
Section 3.12 Inspections; Collection of Financial Statements 226
Section 3.13 Access to Certain Information 232
Section 3.14 Title to REO Property; REO Account 246
Section 3.15 Management of REO Property 247

 

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Section 3.16 Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties 250
Section 3.17 Additional Obligations of Master Servicer and Special Servicer 256
Section 3.18 Modifications, Waivers, Amendments and Consents 259
Section 3.19 Transfer of Servicing Between Master Servicer and Special Servicer;Recordkeeping; Asset Status Report 268
Section 3.20 Sub-Servicing Agreements 275
Section 3.21 Interest Reserve Account 279
Section 3.22 Directing Certificateholder and Operating Advisor Contact with Master Servicer and Special Servicer 279
Section 3.23 Controlling Class Certificateholders and Directing Certificateholder;Certain Rights and Powers of Directing Certificateholder 280
Section 3.24 Intercreditor Agreements 283
Section 3.25 Rating Agency Confirmation 286
Section 3.26 The Operating Advisor 288
Section 3.27 Companion Paying Agent 294
Section 3.28 Companion Register 295
Section 3.29 Certain Matters Relating to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans 296
Section 3.30 [Reserved] 297
Section 3.31 [Reserved] 297
Section 3.32 Resignation Upon Prohibited Risk Retention Affiliation 297
Section 3.33 Delivery of Excluded Information to the Certificate Administrator 298
Section 3.34 Processing and Consent 299
     
ARTICLE IV DISTRIBUTIONS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS 300
   
Section 4.01 Distributions 300
Section 4.02 Distribution Date Statements; CREFCR Investor Reporting Packages;Grant of Power of Attorney 320
Section 4.03 P&I Advances 327
Section 4.04 Allocation of Realized Losses 329
Section 4.05 Appraisal Reduction Amounts; Collateral Deficiency Amounts 331
Section 4.06 Grantor Trust Reporting 336
Section 4.07 Investor Q&A Forum; Investor Registry; and Rating Agency Q&A  
  Forum and Document Request Tool 337
Section 4.08 Secure Data Room 340
     
ARTICLE V THE CERTIFICATES 341
   
Section 5.01 The Certificates 341
Section 5.02 Form and Registration 342
Section 5.03 Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates 345
Section 5.04 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates 355
Section 5.05 Persons Deemed Owners 355
Section 5.06 Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses; Special Notices 355
Section 5.07 Maintenance of Office or Agency 356
Section 5.08 Appointment of Certificate Administrator 356

 

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Section 5.09 Exchanges of Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates 357
Section 5.10 Voting Procedures 361
     
ARTICLE VI THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER,THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER AND THE DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER 363
     
Section 6.01 Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer,Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer 363
Section 6.02 Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor,the Special Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer 369
Section 6.03 Merger, Consolidation or Conversion of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Special Servicer or the Asset Representations Reviewer 369
Section 6.04 Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and Others 371
Section 6.05 Depositor, Master Servicer and Special Servicer Not to Resign 376
Section 6.06 Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer 377
Section 6.07 The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer as Certificate Owner 377
Section 6.08 The Directing Certificateholder 377
Section 6.09 The Risk Retention Consultation Party 384
     
ARTICLE VII SERVICER TERMINATION EVENTS 386
     
Section 7.01 Servicer Termination Events; Master Servicer and Special Servicer Termination 386
Section 7.02 Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor 394
Section 7.03 Notification to Certificateholders 396
Section 7.04 Waiver of Servicer Termination Events 396
Section 7.05 Trustee as Maker of Advances 397
   
ARTICLE VIII CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR 397
   
Section 8.01 Duties of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator 397
Section 8.02 Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator 399
Section 8.03 Trustee and Certificate Administrator Not Liable for Validity or Sufficiency of Certificates or Mortgage Loans 401
Section 8.04 Trustee or Certificate Administrator May Own Certificates 402
Section 8.05 Fees and Expenses of Trustee and Certificate Administrator; Indemnification of Trustee and Certificate Administrator 402
Section 8.06 Eligibility Requirements for Trustee and Certificate Administrator 403
Section 8.07 Resignation and Removal of the Trustee and Certificate Administrator 404
Section 8.08 Successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator 407

 

-iii-

 

 

Section 8.09 Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Certificate Administrator 408
Section 8.10 Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee 408
Section 8.11 Appointment of Custodians 409
Section 8.12 Representations and Warranties of the Trustee 409
Section 8.13 Provision of Information to Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer and Special Servicer 410
Section 8.14 Representations and Warranties of the Certificate Administrator 411
Section 8.15 Compliance with the PATRIOT Act 412
     
ARTICLE IX TERMINATION 412
   
Section 9.01 Termination upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans 412
Section 9.02 Additional Termination Requirements 416
     
ARTICLE X ADDITIONAL REMIC PROVISIONS 417
   
Section 10.01 REMIC Administration 417
Section 10.02 Use of Agents 420
Section 10.03 Depositor, Master Servicer and Special Servicer to Cooperate with Certificate Administrator 421
Section 10.04 Appointment of REMIC Administrators 421
     
ARTICLE XI EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING AND REGULATION AB COMPLIANCE 422
 
Section 11.01 Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness 422
Section 11.02 Succession; Subcontractors 423
Section 11.03 Filing Obligations 425
Section 11.04 Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE Filings 426
Section 11.05 Form 10-K Filings 430
Section 11.06 Sarbanes-Oxley Certification 432
Section 11.07 Form 8-K Filings 434
Section 11.08 Form 15 Filing 436
Section 11.09 Annual Compliance Statements 436
Section 11.10 Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria 438
Section 11.11 Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Attestation Report 440
Section 11.12 Indemnification 441
Section 11.13 Amendments 443
Section 11.14 Regulation AB Notices 444
Section 11.15 Certain Matters Relating to the Future Securitization of the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans 444
Section 11.16 Certain Matters Regarding Significant Obligors 449
Section 11.17 Impact of Cure Period 449
     
ARTICLE XII THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER 449
   
Section 12.01 Asset Review 449
Section 12.02 Payment of Asset Representations Reviewer Fees and Expenses; Limitation of Liability 455

 

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Section 12.03 Resignation of the Asset Representations Reviewer 457
Section 12.04 Restrictions of the Asset Representations Reviewer 457
Section 12.05 Termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer 458
     
ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 461
   
Section 13.01 Amendment 461
Section 13.02 Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts 465
Section 13.03 Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders 466
Section 13.04 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial 467
Section 13.05 Notices 467
Section 13.06 Severability of Provisions 471
Section 13.07 Grant of a Security Interest 472
Section 13.08 Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries 472
Section 13.09 Article and Section Headings 473
Section 13.10 Notices to the Rating Agencies 473
Section 13.11 PNC Bank, National Association 474

 

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EXHIBITS

   
Exhibit A-1 Form of Class A-1 Certificate
Exhibit A-2 Form of Class A-2 Certificate
Exhibit A-3 Form of Class A-3 Certificate
Exhibit A-4 Form of Class A-4 Certificate
Exhibit A-5 Form of Class A-5 Certificate
Exhibit A-6 Form of Class A-SB Certificate
Exhibit A-7 Form of Class X-A Certificate
Exhibit A-8 Form of Class X-B Certificate
Exhibit A-9 Form of Class X-D Certificate
Exhibit A-10 Form of Class A-S Certificate
Exhibit A-11 Form of Class B Certificate
Exhibit A-12 Form of Class C Certificate
Exhibit A-13 Form of Class D Certificate
Exhibit A-14 Form of Class E-RR Certificate
Exhibit A-15 Form of Class F-RR Certificate
Exhibit A-16 Form of Class G-RR Certificate
Exhibit A-17 Form of Class R Certificate
Exhibit A-18 Form of Class Z Certificate
Exhibit A-19 Form of Class VRR Certificate
Exhibit A-20 Form of Class VRR-A1 Certificate
Exhibit A-21 Form of Class VRR-A2 Certificate
Exhibit A-22 Form of Class VRR-A3 Certificate
Exhibit A-23 Form of Class VRR-A4 Certificate
Exhibit A-24 Form of Class VRR-A5 Certificate
Exhibit A-25 Form of Class VRR-ASB Certificate
Exhibit A-26 Form of Class VRR-AS Certificate
Exhibit A-27 Form of Class VRR-B Certificate
Exhibit A-28 Form of Class VRR-C Certificate
Exhibit A-29 Form of Class VRR-D Certificate
Exhibit A-30 Form of Class VRR-E Certificate
Exhibit A-31 Form of Class VRR-F Certificate
Exhibit A-32 Form of Class VRR-G Certificate
Exhibit B Mortgage Loan Schedule
Exhibit C Form of Investment Representation Letter
Exhibit D-1 Form of Transferee Affidavit
Exhibit D-2 Form of Transferor Letter
Exhibit D-3 Form of Transferee Certificate for Transfers of Horizontal Risk Retention Certificates
Exhibit D-4 Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfers of Horizontal Risk Retention Certificates
Exhibit D-5 Form of Transferee Certificate for Transfer of Vertical Risk Retention Certificates
Exhibit D-6 Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfer of Vertical Risk Retention Certificates

 

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Exhibit E Form of Request for Release
Exhibit F-1 Form of ERISA Representation Letter regarding ERISA Restricted Certificates
Exhibit F-2 Form of ERISA Representation Letter regarding Class R and Class Z Certificates
Exhibit G Form of Distribution Date Statement
Exhibit H Form of Omnibus Assignment
Exhibit I Form of Transfer Certificate for Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate during Restricted Period
Exhibit J Form of Transfer Certificate for Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate after Restricted Period
Exhibit K Form of Transfer Certificate for Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate during Restricted Period
Exhibit L Form of Transfer Certificate for Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate after Restricted Period
Exhibit M Form of Transfer Certificate for Non-Book Entry Certificate to Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate
Exhibit N Form of Transfer Certificate for Non-Book Entry Certificate to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate
Exhibit O Form of Transfer Certificate for Non-Book Entry Certificate to Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate
Exhibit P-1A Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower Party (for Persons other than the Directing Certificateholder and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)
Exhibit P-1B Form of Investor Certification for Non-Borrower Party (for the Directing Certificateholder and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)
Exhibit P-1C Form of Investor Certification for Borrower Party (for Persons other than the Directing Certificateholder and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)
Exhibit P-1D Form of Investor Certification for Borrower Party (for the Directing Certificateholder and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)
Exhibit P-1E Form of Notice of Excluded Controlling Class Holder
Exhibit P-1F Form of Notice of Excluded Controlling Class Holder to Certificate Administrator
Exhibit P-1G Form of Certification of Directing Certificateholder
Exhibit P-2 Form of Certification for NRSROs
Exhibit P-3 Online Market Data Provider Certification
Exhibit Q Custodian Certification/Exception Report
Exhibit R Form of Power of Attorney for Master Servicer and Special Servicer
Exhibit S Initial Companion Holders
Exhibit T Form of Notice Relating to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans
Exhibit U Form of Notice and Certification Regarding Defeasance of Mortgage Loan
Exhibit V Form of Operating Advisor Annual Report
Exhibit W Form of Notice from Operating Advisor Recommending Replacement of Special Servicer
Exhibit X Form of Confidentiality Agreement

 

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Exhibit Y Form Certification to be Provided with Form 10-K
Exhibit Z-1 Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Certificate Administrator
Exhibit Z-2 Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Master Servicer
Exhibit Z-3 Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Special Servicer
Exhibit Z-4 Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Trustee
Exhibit Z-5 Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Operating Advisor
Exhibit Z-6 Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Custodian
Exhibit Z-7 Form of Certification to be Provided to Depositor by Asset Representations Reviewer
Exhibit AA Servicing Criteria to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance
Exhibit BB Additional Form 10-D Disclosure
Exhibit CC Additional Form 10-K Disclosure
Exhibit DD Form 8-K Disclosure Information
Exhibit EE Additional Disclosure Notification
Exhibit FF Initial Sub-Servicers
Exhibit GG Servicing Function Participants
Exhibit HH Form of Annual Compliance Statement
Exhibit II Form of Report on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria
Exhibit JJ CREFC® Payment Information
Exhibit KK Form of Notice of Additional Indebtedness Notification
Exhibit LL Form of Notice of Exchangeable Certificates for the Class VRR Certificates
Exhibit MM Additional Disclosure Notification (Accounts)
Exhibit NN Form of Notice of Purchase of Controlling Class Certificate
Exhibit OO Form of Asset Review Report
Exhibit PP Form of Asset Review Report Summary
Exhibit QQ-A JPM Asset Review Procedures
Exhibit QQ-B GACC Asset Review Procedures
Exhibit RR Form of Certification to Certificate Administrator Requesting Access to Secure Data Room
Exhibit SS Form of Notice of [Additional Delinquent Loan][Cessation of Delinquent Loan][Cessation of Asset Review Trigger]
Exhibit TT Certificate Administrator Receipt of the Risk Retention Certificates
Exhibit UU-1 Form for Exercising Voting Rights for Non-Borrower Party
Exhibit UU-2 Form for Exercising Voting Rights for Borrower Party
Exhibit VV Certification of Risk Retention Consultation Party
   
SCHEDULES  
   
Schedule 1 Mortgage Loans With Additional Debt
Schedule 2 Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance Schedule
Schedule 3 Mortgage Loans With “Performance”, “Earn-Out” or “Holdback” Escrows or Reserves Exceeding 10% of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Pool as of the Cut-off Date

 

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This Pooling and Servicing Agreement is dated and effective as of October 1, 2017, between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT:

 

The Depositor intends to sell commercial mortgage pass-through certificates (collectively, the “Certificates”), to be issued hereunder in multiple classes (each, a “Class”), which in the aggregate will evidence the entire beneficial ownership interest in the Trust to be created hereunder, the primary assets of which will be a pool of commercial mortgage loans. As provided herein, the Certificate Administrator shall elect or shall cause an election to be made to treat designated portions of the Trust (exclusive of the Excess Interest and the proceeds thereof in the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Trust Components and the proceeds thereof in the Class VRR Distribution Account) for federal income tax purposes as two separate real estate mortgage investment conduits (the “Upper-Tier REMIC” and the “Lower-Tier REMIC”, and each a “Trust REMIC” as described herein).

 

In addition, the parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the Class VRR-A1 Specific Grantor Trust Assets, the Class VRR-A2 Specific Grantor Trust Assets, the Class VRR-A3 Specific Grantor Trust Assets, the Class VRR-A4 Specific Grantor Trust Assets, the Class VRR-A5 Specific Grantor Trust Assets, the Class VRR-ASB Specific Grantor Trust Assets, the Class VRR-AS Specific Grantor Trust Assets, the Class VRR-B Specific Grantor Trust Assets, the Class VRR-C Specific Grantor Trust Assets, the Class VRR-D Specific Grantor Trust Assets, the Class VRR-E Specific Grantor Trust Assets, the Class VRR-F Specific Grantor Trust Assets, the Class VRR-G Specific Grantor Trust Assets, the Class VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets and the Class Z Specific Grantor Trust Assets shall be classified as a trust under section 301.7701-4(c) of the Treasury regulations and that the beneficial owners of the interests in such assets shall be treated as the “owners” of such assets under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code for federal income tax purposes (such portion, the “Grantor Trust”). As provided herein, the Certificate Administrator shall take all actions expressly required hereunder to ensure that the portion of the Trust Fund consisting of the Grantor Trust maintains its status as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under federal income tax law and not be treated as part of any Trust REMIC.

 

The Depositor intends to sell the Certificates to the Underwriters and the Initial Purchasers.

 

LOWER-TIER REMIC

 

The Lower-Tier REMIC will hold the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of the Excess Interest) and will issue the Class LA1, Class LA2, Class LA3, Class LA4, Class LA5, Class LASB, Class LAS, Class LB, Class LC, Class LD, Class LE-RR, Class LF-RR, Class LG-RR, Class LVRRA1, Class LVRRA2, Class LVRRA3, Class LVRRA4, Class LVRRA5, Class LVRRASB, Class LVRRAS, Class LVRRB, Class LVRRC, Class LVRRD, Class LVRRE,

 

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Class LVRRF and Class LVRRG Uncertificated Interests (the “Lower-Tier Regular Interests”), which will evidence the “regular interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC created hereunder. The Lower-Tier REMIC will also issue the uncertificated Class LR Interest, which is the sole Class of “residual interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC and is represented by the Class R Certificates.

 

The following table sets forth the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amounts and per annum rates of interest for the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Class LR Interest:

 

Class Designation or
Interest

 

Interest Rate

 

Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount

 
Class LA1   (1)  $27,657,000.00 
Class LA2   (1)  $54,016,000.00 
Class LA3   (1)  $60,700,000.00 
Class LA4   (1)  $275,000,000.00 
Class LA5   (1)  $287,683,000.00 
Class LASB   (1)  $47,404,000.00 
Class LAS   (1)  $104,807,000.00 
Class LB   (1)  $55,091,000.00 
Class LC   (1)  $45,685,000.00 
Class LD   (1)  $47,029,000.00 
Class LE-RR   (1)  $21,499,000.00 
Class LF-RR   (1)  $12,093,000.00 
Class LG-RR   (1)  $36,279,296.00 
Class LVRRA1   (1)  $781,898.20 
Class LVRRA2   (1)  $1,527,100.31 
Class LVRRA3   (1)  $1,716,065.40 
Class LVRRA4   (1)  $7,774,596.14 
Class LVRRA5   (1)  $8,133,160.51 
Class LVRRASB   (1)  $1,340,170.75 
Class LVRRAS   (1)  $2,963,025.81 
Class LVRRB   (1)  $1,557,491.91 
Class LVRRC   (1)  $1,291,572.45 
Class LVRRD   (1)  $1,329,569.03 
Class LVRRE   (1)  $607,803.79 
Class LVRRF   (1)  $341,884.33 
Class LVRRG   (1)  $1,025,661.36 
Class LR        None(2)   None(2)      

 

 

(1)The interest rate for each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests on any Distribution Date will be the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

 

(2)The Class LR Interest (evidenced by the Class R Certificates) will not have a Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, will not bear interest and will not be entitled to distributions of Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges. Any Aggregate Available Funds remaining in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account after distributing the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount will be deemed distributed to the Class LR Interest and shall be payable to the Holders of the Class R Certificates.

 

UPPER-TIER REMIC

 

The Upper-Tier REMIC will hold the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and will issue the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-SB, Class X-A, Class X-B,

 

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Class X-D, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR and the Class VRR Trust Components, each of which represents a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC created hereunder. The initial pass-through rates and original certificate balance or notional amount of each Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-SB, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR and Class G-RR regular interests in the Upper-Tier REMIC will be the same as the initial pass-through rates and original certificate balance or notional amount of its corresponding Certificate as shown by the table below and the initial pass-through rates and original balance or notional amount of each Class VRR Trust Component will be the same as the initial pass-through rates and original balance or notional amount of its corresponding uncertificated interest as shown by the table below.

 

The Upper-Tier REMIC will also issue the uncertificated Class UR Interest, which is the sole Class of “residual interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and is represented by the Class R Certificates. The Class UR Interest (evidenced by the Class R Certificates) will not have a Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, will not bear interest and will not be entitled to distributions of Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges. Any Aggregate Available Funds remaining in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account after distributing the Upper-Tier Distribution Amount will be deemed distributed to the Class UR Interest and shall be payable to the Holders of the Class R Certificates.

 

THE CERTIFICATES OTHER THAN GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATES

 

The following table (and related paragraphs) sets forth the designation, the pass-through rate (the “Pass-Through Rate”) and the aggregate initial principal amount (the “Original Certificate Balance”) for each Class of Principal Balance Certificates (other than the certificates issued by the Grantor Trust and representing the Specific Grantor Trust Assets) or initial Notional Amount for each Class of Class X Certificates (the “Original Notional Amount”), as applicable:

 

Certificates 

 

Initial Pass-Through
Rate

 

Original Certificate Balance/ Notional Amount

 
Class A-1 Certificates   2.0808%  $27,657,000.00 
Class A-2 Certificates   3.1247%  $54,016,000.00 
Class A-3 Certificates   3.0477%  $60,700,000.00 
Class A-4 Certificates   3.1467%  $275,000,000.00 
Class A-5 Certificates   3.4092%  $287,683,000.00 
Class A-SB Certificates   3.2419%  $47,404,000.00 
Class X-A Certificates   1.0585%(1)  $857,267,000.00(2)
Class X-B Certificates   0.1856%(1)  $100,776,000.00(2)
Class X-D Certificates   1.3249%(1)  $47,029,000.00(2)
Class A-S Certificates   3.7125%  $104,807,000.00 
Class B Certificates   3.9854%  $55,091,000.00 
Class C Certificates   4.3249%  $45,685,000.00 
Class D Certificates   3.0000%  $47,029,000.00 
Class E-RR Certificates   4.3249%  $21,499,000.00 

 

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Certificates 

 

Initial Pass-Through
Rate

 

Original Certificate Balance/ Notional Amount

 
Class F-RR Certificates   4.3249%  $12,093,000.00 
Class G-RR Certificates   4.3249%  $36,279,296.00 
Class R Certificates   None(4)    N/A         

 

THE UNCERTIFICATED TRUST COMPONENTS
 
Uncertificated Trust
Components 
   Initial Pass-Through
Rate
  Original Balance/ Notional Amount 
Class VRR-A1 Trust Component   (3)  $781,898.20 
Class VRR-A2 Trust Component   (3)  $1,527,100.31 
Class VRR-A3 Trust Component   (3)  $1,716,065.40 
Class VRR-A4 Trust Component   (3)  $7,774,596.14 
Class VRR-A5 Trust Component   (3)  $8,133,160.51 
Class VRR-ASB Trust Component   (3)  $1,340,170.75 
Class VRR-AS Trust Component   (3)  $2,963,025.81 
Class VRR-B Trust Component   (3)  $1,557,491.91 
Class VRR-C Trust Component   (3)  $1,291,572.45 
Class VRR-D Trust Component   (3)  $1,329,569.03 
Class VRR-E Trust Component   (3)  $607,803.79 
Class VRR-F Trust Component   (3)  $341,884.33 
Class VRR-G Trust Component   (3)  $1,025,661.36 
           

 

(1)The Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-A Certificates will be calculated in accordance with the definition of “Class X-A Pass-Through Rate”. The Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-B Certificates will be calculated in accordance with the definition of “Class X-B Pass-Through Rate”. The Pass-Through Rate for the Class X-D Certificates will be calculated in accordance with the definition of “Class X-D Pass-Through Rate”.

 

(2)None of the Class X-A, Class X-B or Class X-D Certificates will have a Certificate Balance; rather, such Classes will accrue interest as provided herein on the Class X-A Notional Amount, the Class X-B Notional Amount or the Class X-D Notional Amount, as applicable.

 

(3)The effective interest rate of the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates and the Class VRR Trust Components (the “VRR Interest Rate”) on each Distribution Date will be a per annum rate equal to the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate. During the initial Interest Accrual Period, it is expected that the VRR Interest Rate will equal approximately 4.3249%.

 

(4)The Class R Certificates will not have a Certificate Balance or a Notional Amount, and will not bear interest or be entitled to distributions of Prepayment Premiums or

 

 

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Yield Maintenance Charges. Any Aggregate Available Funds remaining in the Lower-Tier REMIC and Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Accounts after all required distributions under this Agreement have been made to each Class of Regular Certificates and the Trust Components will be deemed distributed to the Class LR Interest and Class UR Interest as the case may be, and shall be payable to the Holders of the Class R Certificates.

 

The foregoing REMIC structure is intended to cause the maximum amount of cash flow from the commercial mortgage loans and other assets held by the Lower-Tier REMIC to be payable on the Upper-Tier REMIC regular interests without any shortfall—actual or potential (other than for credit losses). To the extent that the structure is believed to diverge from such intention the parties identifying such ambiguity shall notify the other parties hereto and the parties involved will resolve such ambiguities to accomplish the intended result and will to the extent necessary rectify any drafting errors or seek clarification to the structure without Certificateholder approval (but with guidance of counsel) to accomplish such intention, including, to the extent necessary, making any amendments in accordance with Section 13.01.

 

THE GRANTOR TRUST

 

The Grantor Trust shall hold the Class VRR Trust Components and Class Z Specific Grantor Trust Assets and shall issue the Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5, Class VRR-ASB, Class VRR-AS, Class VRR-B, Class VRR-C, Class VRR-D, Class VRR-E, Class VRR-F, Class VRR-G, Class VRR and Class Z Certificates. Each Certificate shall represent undivided beneficial interests in the corresponding Class VRR Trust Components or Class Z Specific Grantor Trust Assets as set forth in the following table. As provided herein, the Certificate Administrator shall not take any actions to cause the portion of the Trust Fund referred to as the Grantor Trust to (i) fail to maintain its status as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under federal income tax law or (ii) to be treated as part of any Trust REMIC.

 

Class Designation

 

Corresponding Grantor Trust Assets

Class VRR-A1   Class VRR-A1 Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class VRR-A2   Class VRR-A2 Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class VRR-A3   Class VRR-A3 Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class VRR-A4   Class VRR-A4 Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class VRR-A5   Class VRR-A5 Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class VRR-ASB   Class VRR-ASB Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class VRR-AS   Class VRR-AS Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class VRR-B   Class VRR-B Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class VRR-C   Class VRR-C Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class VRR-D   Class VRR-D Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class VRR-E   Class VRR-E Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class VRR-F   Class VRR-F Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class VRR-G   Class VRR-G Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class VRR   Class VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets
Class Z   Class Z Specific Grantor Trust Assets

 

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As of the close of business on the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loans had an aggregate principal balance, after application of all payments of principal due on or before such date, whether or not received, equal to $1,105,333,296.

 

WHOLE LOANS

 

The Trust includes several Mortgage Loans each of which is part of a whole loan structure secured by the same Mortgaged Property. The Whole Loans relating to the Trust are the whole loans secured by the Mortgaged Properties identified in the following table. The table also lists, for each Whole Loan, the type of the Whole Loan, the Non-Serviced PSA (if any), the type of Companion Loan(s), the Servicing Shift Lead Note (if any), and the Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate (if any). Each Whole Loan will be serviced pursuant to (i) this Agreement (in the case of Serviced Whole Loans) or the related Non-Serviced PSA (in the case of Non-Serviced Whole Loans) and (ii) the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Mortgaged Property Name Whole Loan Type Non-Serviced PSA (if any) Companion Loan Type Servicing Shift Lead Note (if any) Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate (if any)
Moffett Place Building 4 Serviced Whole Loan N/A Pari Passu N/A N/A
U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 Serviced Whole Loan N/A Pari Passu N/A N/A
Station Place III Serviced Whole Loan N/A Pari Passu N/A N/A
Treeview Industrial Portfolio Non-Serviced Whole Loan (1) Pari Passu N/A 0.00250% per annum
AHIP Northeast Portfolio 1 Serviced Whole Loan N/A Pari Passu N/A N/A
First Stamford Place Non-Serviced Whole Loan (1) Pari Passu N/A 0.00250% per annum
521-523 East 72nd Street Serviced Whole Loan N/A Pari Passu N/A N/A
Gateway Net Lease Portfolio Non-Serviced Whole Loan (2) Pari Passu and Subordinate N/A 0.00250% per annum
Starwood Capital Group Hotel Portfolio Non-Serviced Whole Loan (2) Pari Passu N/A 0.00250% per annum
General Motors Building Non-Serviced Whole Loan (3) Pari Passu and Subordinate N/A 0.00125% per annum
IRG Portfolio Serviced Whole Loan N/A Pari Passu N/A N/A
245 Park Avenue Non-Serviced Whole Loan (4) Pari Passu and Subordinate N/A 0.00125% per annum
Walgreens Witkoff Portfolio Serviced Whole Loan N/A Pari Passu N/A N/A
Capital Centers II & III Serviced Whole Loan N/A Pari Passu N/A N/A
Lightstone Portfolio Servicing Shift Whole Loan (5) Pari Passu A-1 0.00250% per annum
Torre Plaza Non-Serviced Whole Loan (1) Pari Passu N/A 0.01000% per annum
Covance Business Center Serviced Whole Loan N/A Pari Passu N/A N/A

 

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Mural Lofts Serviced Whole Loan / Serviced AB Whole Loan N/A Subordinate N/A N/A
EIP Logistics Portfolio Non-Serviced Whole Loan (6) Pari Passu N/A 0.02250% per annum

 

 

(1)The Treeview Industrial Portfolio Whole Loan, First Stamford Place Whole Loan and Torre Plaza Whole Loan will be serviced under that certain pooling and servicing agreement, dated and effective as of July 1, 2017, among J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified, relating to the issuance of the JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-JP7 Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-JP7.

 

(2)The Starwood Capital Group Hotel Portfolio Whole Loan and the Gateway Net Lease Portfolio Whole Loan will be serviced under that certain pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of June 1, 2017, between Deutsche Mortgage & Asset Receiving Corporation, as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, paying agent and custodian, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified, relating to the issuance of the DBJPM 2017-C6 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C6.

 

(3)The General Motors Building Whole Loan will be serviced under that certain trust and servicing agreement, dated as of June 9, 2017, between Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as servicer, AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, as special servicer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator and custodian, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified, relating to the issuance of the BXP 2017-GM Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-GM.

 

(4)The 245 Park Avenue Whole Loan will be serviced under that certain trust and servicing agreement, dated as of May 30, 2017, among J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as servicer, AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, and Trimont Real Estate Advisors, LLC, as operating advisor, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified, relating to the issuance of the 245 Park Avenue Trust 2017-245P Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-245P.

 

(5)The subject Whole Loan will be serviced under this Agreement until the Servicing Shift Securitization Date for the related Servicing Shift Lead Note, after which the subject Whole Loan will be serviced pursuant to the pooling and servicing agreement for the securitization of such Servicing Shift Lead Note.

 

(6)The EIP Logistics Portfolio Whole Loan will be serviced under that certain pooling and servicing agreement, dated as of June 1, 2017, between CCRE Commercial Mortgage Securities, L.P., as depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as master servicer, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as special servicer, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator, paying agent and custodian, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer, as from time to time amended, supplemented or modified, relating to the issuance of the CFCRE 2017-C8 Mortgage Trust Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C8.

 

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Article I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01             Defined Terms. Whenever used in this Agreement, including in the Preliminary Statement, the following capitalized terms, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings specified in this Article.

 

10-K Filing Deadline”: As defined in Section 11.05(a).

 

15Ga-1 Notice”: As defined in Section 2.02(g).

 

15Ga-1 Repurchase Request”: As defined in Section 2.02(g).

 

17g-5 Information Provider”: The Certificate Administrator.

 

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17g-5 Information Provider’s Website”: The 17g-5 Information Provider’s Internet website, which shall initially be located within the Certificate Administrator’s Website (initially “www.ctslink.com”), under the “NRSRO” tab on the page relating to this transaction.

 

30/360 Mortgage Loans”: The Mortgage Loans indicated as such in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

 

AB Control Appraisal Period”: The “Control Appraisal Period” or any similar term as defined in the related AB Intercreditor Agreement for any Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

AB Intercreditor Agreement”: Any Intercreditor Agreement by and among the holder of an AB Subordinate Companion Loan and the holder of the related Mortgage Loan, relating to the relative rights of such holders of the related AB Whole Loan, as the same may be further amended in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

AB Modified Loan”: Any Corrected Loan (1) that became a Corrected Loan (which includes for purposes of this definition any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan that became a “corrected loan” (or any term substantially similar thereto) pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA) due to a modification thereto that resulted in the creation of an A/B note structure (or similar structure) and as to which the new junior note(s) did not previously exist or the principal amount of the new junior note(s) was previously part of either an A note held by the Trust or the original unmodified Mortgage Loan and (2) as to which an Appraisal Reduction Amount is not in effect.

 

AB Mortgage Loan”: A senior “A note” that is part of an AB Whole Loan and which is a Mortgage Loan that is part of the Trust Fund.

 

AB Mortgaged Property”: The Mortgaged Property that secures the related AB Whole Loan.

 

AB Subordinate Companion Loan”: With respect to any AB Whole Loan, the related companion loan evidenced by the related promissory note made by the related Mortgagor(s) and secured by the Mortgage on the related AB Mortgaged Property, which is not included in the Trust and which is subordinate in right of payment to the related AB Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and as provided in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

AB Whole Loan”: A Whole Loan that consists of a Mortgage Loan, one or more related AB Subordinate Companion Loan(s) and any Pari Passu Companion Loans. For the avoidance of doubt, the Whole Loans secured by the Mortgaged Properties identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Gateway Net Lease Portfolio”, “General Motors Building”, “245 Park Avenue” and “Mural Lofts” are the only AB Whole Loans related to the Trust.

 

Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender”: A mezzanine lender under a mezzanine loan that has been accelerated or as to which foreclosure or enforcement proceedings have been commenced against the equity collateral pledged to secure such mezzanine loan.

 

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Acceptable Insurance Default”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan, a default under the related Mortgage Loan documents arising by reason of (i) any failure on the part of the related Mortgagor to maintain with respect to the related Mortgaged Property specific insurance coverage with respect to, or an all-risk casualty insurance policy that does not specifically exclude, terrorist or similar acts, and/or (ii) any failure on the part of the related Mortgagor to maintain with respect to the related Mortgaged Property insurance coverage with respect to damages or casualties caused by terrorist or similar acts upon terms not materially less favorable than those in place as of the Closing Date, in each case as to which default the Master Servicer may forbear taking any enforcement action, provided that the Master Servicer has determined in its reasonable judgment based on inquiry consistent with the Servicing Standard (unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan), with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (and after a Control Termination Event has occurred, but prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan), after consultation with the Directing Certificateholder as provided in Section 6.08 hereof)) (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, and prior to any related AB Control Appraisal Period, with the consent of the related Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder to the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement), that either (a) such insurance is not available at commercially reasonable rates and that such hazards are not at the time commonly insured against for properties similar to the related Mortgaged Property and located in or around the region in which such related Mortgaged Property is located, or (b) such insurance is not available at any rate; provided, however, that the Directing Certificateholder (or, with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder prior to any AB Control Appraisal Period to the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement) will not have more than thirty (30) days to respond to the Master Servicer’s request for such consent or consultation; provided, further, that upon the Master Servicer’s determination, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that exigent circumstances do not allow the Master Servicer to consult with the Directing Certificateholder or any applicable Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, as applicable, the Master Servicer is not required to do so. The Master Servicer (at the expense of the Trust Fund) shall be entitled to rely on insurance consultants in making the determinations described above.

 

Act”: The Securities Act of 1933, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

Actual/360 Basis”: Interest accrual on the basis of the actual number of days in a month assuming a 360-day year.

 

Actual/360 Loans”: The Mortgage Loans, to the extent indicated as such in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

 

Additional Debt”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any debt owed by the related Mortgagor to a party other than the lender under such Mortgage Loan that is secured by the related Mortgaged Property as of the Closing Date as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto, as increased or decreased from time to time pursuant to the terms of the related subordinate or pari passu loan documents (including any Intercreditor Agreement or subordination agreement).

 

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Additional Disclosure Notification”: The form of notification to be included with any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, Additional Form 10-K Disclosure or Form 8-K Disclosure Information which is attached hereto as Exhibit EE.

 

Additional Exclusions”: Exclusions in addition to those customarily found in the insurance policies for mortgaged properties similar to the Mortgaged Properties on or prior to September 11, 2001.

 

Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”: As defined in Section 11.04(a).

 

Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”: As defined in Section 11.05(a).

 

Additional Servicer”: Each Affiliate of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Mortgage Loan Seller that Services any of the Mortgage Loans and each Person who is not an Affiliate of the Master Servicer, other than the Special Servicer, who Services 10% or more of the Mortgage Loans by unpaid principal balance as of any date of determination pursuant to Article XI.

 

Administrative Cost Rate”: As of any date of determination and with respect to each Mortgage Loan, a per annum rate equal to the sum of the Servicing Fee Rate, the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate (which fee rate accounts for the Trustee Fee), the Operating Advisor Fee Rate, the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate and the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate and, in the case of each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate.

 

Advance”: Any P&I Advance or Servicing Advance.

 

Adverse REMIC Event”: As defined in Section 10.01(f).

 

Advisers Act”: The Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

Affected Party”: As defined in Section 7.01(b).

 

Affected Reporting Party”: As defined in Section 11.12.

 

Affiliate”: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Affirmative Asset Review Vote”: As defined in Section 12.01(a).

 

Aggregate Available Funds”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (without duplication):

 

(a)          the aggregate amount of all cash received on the Mortgage Loans (in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, only to the extent received by the Trust pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA and/or the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor

 

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Agreement) (including the portion of Loss of Value Payments deposited into the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(g) of this Agreement) and any REO Property (including Compensating Interest Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans required to be deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.17(a)) on deposit in the Collection Account (in each case, exclusive of any amount on deposit in or credited to any portion of the Collection Account that is held for the benefit of the Companion Holders), as of the close of business on the related Master Servicer Remittance Date, exclusive of (without duplication):

 

(i)         all Periodic Payments paid by the Mortgagors of a Mortgage Loan that are due on a Due Date following the end of the related Collection Period, excluding interest relating to payments prior to, but due after, the Cut-off Date;

 

(ii)        all unscheduled Principal Prepayments (together with any related payments of interest allocable to the period following the related Due Date for the related Mortgage Loan), Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and other unscheduled recoveries, in each case, received subsequent to the related Determination Date (or, with respect to voluntary Principal Prepayments for each Mortgage Loan with a Due Date occurring after the related Determination Date, subsequent to the related Due Date) allocable to the Mortgage Loans;

 

(iii)       (A) all amounts payable or reimbursable to any Person from the Collection Account pursuant to clauses (ii) through (xviii), inclusive, and (xxi) of Section 3.05(a); (B) all amounts payable or reimbursable to any Person from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to clauses (ii) through (vii), inclusive, of Section 3.05(b); and (C) any Net Investment Earnings contained therein;

 

(iv)       with respect to the Actual/360 Loans and any Distribution Date relating to each Interest Accrual Period occurring in (1) each February or (2) any January in a year that is not a leap year (in each case, unless the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), an amount equal to one (1) day of interest on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan as of the Distribution Date in the month preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs at the related Mortgage Rate to the extent such amounts are Withheld Amounts;

 

(v)        all Excess Interest allocable to the Mortgage Loans (which is separately distributed to the Holders of the Class Z, Class VRR-G and Class VRR Certificates);

 

(vi)       all Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges allocable to the Mortgage Loans;

 

(vii)      all amounts deposited in the Collection Account in error; and

 

(viii)     any Penalty Charges allocable to the Mortgage Loans;

 

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(b)          if and to the extent not already included in clause (a) hereof, the aggregate amount transferred from the REO Account allocable to the Mortgage Loans to the Collection Account for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 3.14(c);

 

(c)          the aggregate amount of any P&I Advances made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Distribution Date (net of any related Certificate Administrator Fee, Operating Advisor Fee and Asset Representations Reviewer Fee actually payable with respect to the Mortgage Loans for which such P&I Advances are made) pursuant to Section 4.03 or Section 7.05;

 

(d)          with respect to each Actual/360 Loan and any Distribution Date occurring in each March (or February, if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the Withheld Amounts remitted to the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.21(b);

 

(e)          [Reserved]; and

 

(f)          the related Interest Deposit Amount.

 

Notwithstanding the investment of funds held in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.06, for purposes of calculating the Aggregate Available Funds, the amounts so invested shall be deemed to remain on deposit in such account.

 

Aggregate Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: The aggregate of any Prepayment Interest Shortfalls resulting from any principal prepayments made on the Mortgage Loans to be included in the Aggregate Available Funds for any Distribution Date that are not covered by the Master Servicer’s Compensating Interest Payment for the related Distribution Date and the portion of the compensating interest payments allocable to the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans to the extent received from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer.

 

Aggregate Gain-on-Sale Entitlement Amount”: For each Distribution Date, the aggregate amount of (i) the sum of (a) (x) the aggregate portion of the Interest Distribution Amount for each Class of Non-VRR Certificates that would remain unpaid as of the close of business on the Distribution Date divided by (y) the Non-VRR Percentage, and (b) (x) the amount by which the Principal Distribution Amount exceeds the aggregate amount that would actually be distributed on the Distribution Date in respect of such Principal Distribution Amount, divided by (y) the Non-VRR Percentage and (ii) any Realized Losses outstanding immediately after such Distribution Date, to the extent such amounts would occur on such Distribution Date or would be outstanding immediately after such Distribution Date, as applicable, without the inclusion of the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount as part of the definition of Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds and the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount as part of the definition of VRR Certificate Available Funds.

 

Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts: (a) the Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (b) the Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date; provided that the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for any Distribution Date shall be reduced, to not less than zero, by the amount of any

 

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reimbursements of (A) Nonrecoverable Advances (including any servicing advance with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan under the related Non-Serviced PSA reimbursed out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans), with interest on such Nonrecoverable Advances at the Reimbursement Rate that are paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date and (B) Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans in a period during which such principal collections would have otherwise been included in the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date (provided that, in the case of clauses (A) and (B) above, if any of the amounts that were reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (including REO Loans) are subsequently recovered on the related Mortgage Loan (or REO Loan), such recovery will increase the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for the Distribution Date related to the period in which such recovery occurs).

 

Agreement”: This Pooling and Servicing Agreement and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.

 

Anticipated Repayment Date”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is indicated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having a Revised Rate, the date upon which Mortgage Loan commences accruing interest at such Revised Rate.

 

Applicable Laws”: As defined in Section 8.15.

 

Applicable State and Local Tax Law”: For purposes hereof, the Applicable State and Local Tax Law shall be (a) the tax laws of the State of New York; and (b) such other state or local tax laws whose applicability shall have been brought to the attention of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator by either (i) an Opinion of Counsel delivered to it, or (ii) written notice from the appropriate taxing authority as to the applicability of such state or local tax laws.

 

Appraisal”: An appraisal prepared by an appraiser who is licensed or certified to prepare appraisals in the state where the Mortgaged Property is located, as appropriate; provided that each appraiser will be required to represent in such appraisal or in a supplemental letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice” as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation and has certified that such appraiser had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor or in any loan made on the security thereof, and its compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan.

 

Appraisal Reduction Amount”: For any Distribution Date and for any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), Serviced Companion Loan, or any Serviced Whole Loan as to which any Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred, will be an amount, calculated by the Master Servicer (prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event and only with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan) in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder, as of the first Determination Date that is at least ten (10) Business Days following the date on which the Master Servicer receives from the Special Servicer the related Appraisal or the valuation described below, equal to the excess of (a) the

 

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Stated Principal Balance of that Mortgage Loan or the Stated Principal Balance of the applicable Serviced Whole Loan over (b) the excess of (i) the sum of (A) 90% of the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property as determined (1) by one or more Appraisals obtained by the Special Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be, with an outstanding principal balance equal to or in excess of $2,000,000 (the costs of which shall be paid by the Master Servicer as an Advance) or (2) at the Special Servicer’s option, either (i) an Appraisal obtained by the Special Servicer (the costs of which will be paid by the Master Servicer as an Advance) or (ii) by an internal valuation performed by the Special Servicer with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be, with an outstanding principal balance less than $2,000,000, minus, with respect to any Appraisals, such downward adjustments as the Special Servicer may make (without implying any obligation to do so) based upon its review of the Appraisal and any other information it deems relevant, (B) all escrows, letters of credit and reserves in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, as of the date of calculation and (C) all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds that constitute collateral for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan over (ii) the sum of, as of the Due Date occurring in the month of the date of determination, (A) to the extent not previously advanced by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, all unpaid interest due on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be, at a per annum rate equal to its Mortgage Rate (and, with respect to any AB Whole Loan, any accrued and unpaid interest on the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable), (B) all P&I Advances on the related Mortgage Loan and all Servicing Advances on the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, not reimbursed from proceeds of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and (C) all currently due and unpaid real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents, unpaid Special Servicing Fees and all other amounts due and unpaid (including any capitalized interest whether or not then due and payable) with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be (which taxes, premiums, ground rents and other amounts have not been the subject of an Advance by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable); provided, however, without limiting the Special Servicer’s obligation to order and obtain such Appraisal or perform such valuation, if the Special Servicer has not obtained an Appraisal or performed such valuation, as applicable, referred to above within sixty (60) days of the Appraisal Reduction Event, the Appraisal Reduction Amount shall be deemed to be an amount equal to 25% of the current Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, until such time as such appraisal or valuation referred to above is received by the Special Servicer and the Appraisal Reduction Amount is calculated by the Master Servicer as of the first Determination Date that is at least ten (10) Business Days following the date the Master Servicer receives from the Special Servicer such Appraisal or valuation and receipt of information requested by the Master Servicer from the Special Servicer reasonably necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount. Within sixty (60) days after the Appraisal Reduction Event, the Special Servicer shall order and use reasonable efforts to receive an Appraisal (the cost of which shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance) or conduct the valuation described above; provided, further, however, that in no event shall the Special Servicer be required to order any such Appraisal or conduct any such valuation prior to the conclusion of such sixty (60) day period, as applicable, and in each case, the related Appraisal or valuation shall be promptly delivered in electronic format by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer,

 

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the Directing Certificateholder (but only prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event), the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee. In addition, the Special Servicer shall provide (via electronic delivery) the Master Servicer with any information in its possession that is reasonably required to determine, redetermine, calculate or recalculate any Appraisal Reduction Amount pursuant to its definition using reasonable efforts to deliver such information within five (5) Business Days of the Master Servicer’s reasonable request. The Special Servicer will not calculate Appraisal Reduction Amounts.

 

With respect to any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculated for purposes of determining the existence and identity of the Controlling Class pursuant to Section 4.05(a) hereof, the Appraised Value for the related Mortgaged Property determined in connection with clause (b)(i)(A)(1) or clause (b)(i)(A)(2) of the first paragraph of this definition shall be determined on an “as-is” basis.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the aggregate Appraisal Reduction Amount related to a Mortgage Loan or the related REO Property will be reduced to zero as of the date on which such Mortgage Loan is paid in full, liquidated, repurchased or otherwise removed from the Trust or as otherwise set forth in Section 4.05(d).

 

Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be calculated by the applicable party under and in accordance with and pursuant to the terms of the applicable Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Appraisal Reduction Event”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), Serviced Companion Loan and Serviced Whole Loan, the earliest of (i) one hundred twenty (120) days after an uncured delinquency (without regard to the application of any Grace Period), other than any uncured delinquency in respect of a Balloon Payment, occurs in respect of such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, as applicable, (ii) the date on which a reduction in the amount of Periodic Payments on such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, or a change in any other material economic term of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, (other than an extension of the Maturity Date), becomes effective as a result of a modification of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, by the Special Servicer, (iii) thirty (30) days after the date on which a receiver has been appointed for the Mortgaged Property, (iv) thirty (30) days after the date on which a Mortgagor or the tenant at a single tenant property declares bankruptcy (and not otherwise dismissed within such time), (v) sixty (60) days after the date on which an involuntary petition of bankruptcy is filed with respect to a Mortgagor if not dismissed within such time, (vi) a payment default has occurred with respect to the related Balloon Payment; provided, however, if (A) the related Mortgagor is diligently seeking a refinancing commitment (and delivers a statement to that effect to the Master Servicer within thirty (30) days after the payment default, who will be required to promptly deliver a copy to the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Directing Certificateholder (but only prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event)), (B) the related Mortgagor continues to make its Assumed Scheduled Payment, (C) no other Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred with respect to that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, and (D) for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Certificateholder consents, an Appraisal Reduction Event will not occur until sixty (60) days beyond the related Maturity Date, unless extended by

 

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the Special Servicer in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents or this Agreement; and provided, further, if the related Mortgagor has delivered to the Master Servicer, who will be required to promptly deliver a copy to the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Directing Certificateholder (but only prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event), on or before the sixtieth (60th) day after the related Maturity Date, a refinancing commitment reasonably acceptable to the Special Servicer, and the Mortgagor continues to make its Assumed Scheduled Payments (and no other Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred with respect to that Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan), an Appraisal Reduction Event will not occur until the earlier of (1) one hundred twenty (120) days beyond the related Maturity Date (or extended Maturity Date) and (2) the termination of the refinancing commitment, and (vii) immediately after such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, as applicable, becomes an REO Loan; provided that an Appraisal Reduction Event shall not occur at any time when the aggregate Certificate Balances of all Classes of Subordinate Certificates have been reduced to zero. The Special Servicer shall notify the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Operating Advisor, or the Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor, as applicable, promptly upon such Person having notice or knowledge of the occurrence of any of the foregoing events. The obligation to obtain an Appraisal following the occurrence of an Appraisal Reduction Event shall be subject to the provisions of Section 4.05 hereof.

 

Appraisal Review Period”: As defined in Section 4.05(b)(ii).

 

Appraised-Out Class”: As defined in Section 4.05(b)(i).

 

Appraised Value”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), the appraised value thereof as determined by the most recent Appraisal of the Mortgaged Property securing the related Mortgage Loan, Serviced Whole Loan or AB Whole Loan, as applicable, and with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property, the appraised value allocable thereto, as determined pursuant to the applicable Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Arbitration Rules”: As defined in Section 2.03(n)(i).

 

Arbitration Services Provider”: As defined in Section 2.03(n)(i).

 

ARD Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan that is identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as having an Anticipated Repayment Date and Revised Rate.

 

ASR Consultation Process”: As defined in Section 2.03(n)(i).

 

Asset Representations Reviewer”: Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors in interest and assigns, or any successor asset representations reviewer appointed as herein provided.

 

Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee”: As defined in Section 12.02(b).

 

Asset Representations Reviewer Cap”: As defined in Section 12.02(b).

 

Asset Representations Reviewer Fee”: As defined in Section 12.02(a).

 

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Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate”: As defined in Section 12.02(a).

 

Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event”: As defined in Section 12.05(a).

 

Asset Review”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(iv).

 

Asset Review Notice”: As defined in Section 12.01(a).

 

Asset Review Quorum”: In connection with any solicitation of votes to authorize an Asset Review as described in Section 12.01(a), the Certificateholders evidencing at least 5% of the aggregate Voting Rights represented by all Certificates.

 

Asset Review Report”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(viii), a report setting forth the findings and conclusions of an Asset Review substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit OO.

 

Asset Review Report Summary”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(viii), a summary report setting forth the conclusions of an Asset Review Report substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit PP.

 

Asset Review Standard”: The performance of the Asset Representations Reviewer of its duties under this Agreement in good faith subject to the express terms of this Agreement. All determinations or assumptions made by the Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with an Asset Review shall be made in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s good faith discretion and judgment based on the facts and circumstances known to it at the time of such determination or assumption.

 

Asset Review Trigger”: Any time that (1) Mortgage Loans having an aggregate outstanding principal balance of 25.0% or more of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Loans) (or a portion of any REO Loan in the case of a Whole Loan) held by the Trust as of the end of the applicable Collection Period are Delinquent Loans or (2)(A) prior to and including the second anniversary of the Closing Date, at least ten (10) Mortgage Loans are Delinquent Loans and the outstanding principal balance of such Delinquent Loans in the aggregate constitutes at least 15.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Loans (or a portion of any REO Loan in the case of a Whole Loan)) as of the end of the applicable Collection Period or (B) after the second anniversary of the Closing Date, at least fifteen (15) Mortgage Loans are Delinquent Loans and the outstanding principal balance of such Delinquent Loans in the aggregate constitutes at least 20.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all of the Mortgage Loans (including any REO Loans (or a portion of any REO Loan in the case of a Whole Loan)) as of the end of the applicable Collection Period.

 

Asset Review Vote Election”: As defined in Section 12.01(a).

 

Asset Status Report”: As defined in Section 3.19(d).

 

Assignment” and “Assignments”: Each as defined in Section 2.01(c).

 

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Assignment of Leases”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, any assignment of leases, rents and profits or similar instrument executed by the Mortgagor, assigning to the mortgagee all of the income, rents and profits derived from the ownership, operation, leasing or disposition of all or a portion of such Mortgaged Property, in the form which was duly executed, acknowledged and delivered, as amended, modified, renewed or extended through the date hereof and from time to time hereafter.

 

Assignment of Mortgage”: An assignment of Mortgage without recourse, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument, in recordable form, which is sufficient under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located to reflect of record the sale of the Mortgage, which assignment, notice of transfer or equivalent instrument may be in the form of one or more blanket assignments covering Mortgages encumbering Mortgaged Properties located in the same jurisdiction, if permitted by law and acceptable for recording.

 

Assumed Scheduled Payment”: For any Collection Period and with respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), that is delinquent in respect of its Balloon Payment or any REO Loan (excluding, for purposes of determining or making P&I Advances, the portion allocable to any related Companion Loan), an amount equal to the sum of (a) the principal portion of the Periodic Payment that would have been due on such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan on the related Due Date based on the constant payment required by the related Mortgage Note or the original amortization schedule of such Mortgage Loan (as calculated with interest at the related Mortgage Rate), if applicable, assuming such Balloon Payment has not become due, after giving effect to any reduction in the principal balance thereof occurring in connection with a modification of such Mortgage Loan, in connection with a default or bankruptcy (or similar proceeding), and (b) interest on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding, for purposes of determining P&I Advances, the portion allocable to any related Companion Loan) at the applicable Mortgage Rate (net of interest at the Servicing Fee Rate and net of any applicable interest at the Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate).

 

Authenticating Agent”: The Certificate Administrator or any agent of the Certificate Administrator appointed to act as Authenticating Agent pursuant to Section 5.02(a).

 

Balloon Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan that by its original terms or by virtue of any modification entered into as of the Closing Date provides for an amortization schedule for such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan extending beyond its Maturity Date.

 

Balloon Payment”: With respect to any Balloon Mortgage Loan, as of any date of determination, the Periodic Payment payable on the Maturity Date of such Balloon Mortgage Loan.

 

Bankruptcy Code”: The federal Bankruptcy Code, as amended from time to time (Title 11 of the United States Code).

 

Base Interest Fraction”: As defined in Section 4.01(e).

 

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Book-Entry Certificate”: Any Certificate registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee.

 

Borrower Party”: A borrower, a Mortgagor, a manager of a Mortgaged Property, an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, or any Borrower Party Affiliate.

 

Borrower Party Affiliate”: With respect to a borrower, a Mortgagor, a manager of a Mortgaged Property or an Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, (a) any other Person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such borrower, Mortgagor, manager or Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, as applicable, or (b) any other Person owning, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the beneficial interests in such borrower, Mortgagor, manager or Accelerated Mezzanine Loan Lender, as applicable. For purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Breach”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a breach of any representation or warranty with respect to such Mortgage Loan set forth in Section 6(c) of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

 

Business Day”: Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in North Carolina, California, Minnesota, New York, Kansas, Pennsylvania or any of the jurisdictions in which the respective primary servicing offices of either the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or the Corporate Trust Offices of either the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee are located, or the New York Stock Exchange or the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America, are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed.

 

CERCLA”: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended.

 

Certificate”: Any one of the Depositor’s Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, as executed and delivered by the Certificate Registrar and authenticated and delivered hereunder by the Authenticating Agent.

 

Certificate Administrator”: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as certificate administrator, or if any successor certificate administrator is appointed thereto pursuant to Section 5.08 or any successor certificate administrator appointed hereunder. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will perform its duties as certificate administrator hereunder through its Corporate Trust Services division.

 

Certificate Administrator Fee”: The fee to be paid to the Certificate Administrator as compensation for the Certificate Administrator’s activities under this Agreement; provided that the Certificate Administrator Fee includes the Trustee Fee, and the Certificate Administrator shall pay the Trustee Fee to the Trustee.

 

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Certificate Administrator Fee Rate”: The Certificate Administrator Fee shall be equal to the product of the rate equal to 0.00640% per annum and the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan (calculated in the same manner as interest is calculated on the related Mortgage Loan) or REO Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, but not the portion of an REO Loan related to any Companion Loan) as of the preceding Distribution Date. The Certificate Administrator Fee includes the Trustee Fee.

 

Certificate Administrator’s Website”: The Certificate Administrator’s Internet website, which shall initially be located at www.ctslink.com.

 

Certificate Balance”: With respect to any Class of Principal Balance Certificates and any Class VRR Component or Trust Component, as applicable, (i) on or prior to the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Original Certificate Balance of such Class as specified in the Preliminary Statement hereto and (ii) as of any date of determination after the first Distribution Date, the Certificate Balance of such Class of Principal Balance Certificates, Class VRR Component or Trust Component on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination (determined as adjusted pursuant to Section 1.02(iii)).

 

The aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A1 Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-A1 shall be equal at all times to the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component. The aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A2 Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-A2 shall be equal at all times to the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A2 Trust Component. The aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A3 Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-A3 shall be equal at all times to the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component. The aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A4 Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-A4 shall be equal at all times to the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A4 Trust Component. The aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A5 Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-A5 shall be equal at all times to the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component. The aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-ASB Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-ASB shall be equal at all times to the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-ASB Trust Component. The aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-AS Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-AS shall be equal at all times to the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-AS Trust Component. The aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-B Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-B shall be equal at all times to the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-B Trust Component. The aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-C Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-C shall be equal at all times to the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-C Trust Component. The aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-D Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-D shall be equal at all times to the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-D Trust Component. The aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-E Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-E shall be equal at all times to the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-E Trust Component. The aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-F Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-F shall be equal at all times to the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-F Trust Component. The aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-G Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-G shall be equal at all times to the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-G Trust Component.

 

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The original and outstanding Certificate Balances of any Class of Exchangeable Certificates or any Class VRR Certificates are subject to adjustment in connection with any exchange of Exchangeable Certificates for Class VRR Certificates, or vice versa, in each case in accordance with Section 5.09 hereof.

 

Certificate Factor”: With respect to any Class of Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates), as of any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a decimal carried to at least eight (8) places, the numerator of which is the then related Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, and the denominator of which is the related Original Certificate Balance.

 

Certificate Owner”: With respect to a Book-Entry Certificate, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Certificate as reflected on the books of the Depository or on the books of a Depository Participant or on the books of an indirect participating brokerage firm for which a Depository Participant acts as agent.

 

Certificate Register” and “Certificate Registrar”: The register maintained and registrar appointed pursuant to Section 5.03(a).

 

Certificateholder” or “Holder”: The Person in whose name a Certificate (including the Risk Retention Certificates) is registered in the Certificate Register or any beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that solely for the purposes of giving any consent, approval, waiver or taking any action pursuant to this Agreement, any Certificate registered in the name of or beneficially owned by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Special Servicer), the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, any Mortgage Loan Seller, a Borrower Party or any Sub-Servicer (as applicable) or Affiliate of any of such Persons shall be deemed not to be outstanding (provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, any Controlling Class Certificates owned by an Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall not be deemed to be outstanding as to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder solely with respect to any related Excluded Controlling Class Loan; and provided, further, that any Controlling Class Certificates owned by the Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof shall not be deemed to be outstanding as to the Special Servicer or such Affiliate solely with respect to any related Excluded Special Servicer Loan), and the Voting Rights to which it is entitled shall not be taken into account in determining whether the requisite percentage of Voting Rights necessary to effect any such consent, approval, waiver or take any such action has been obtained; provided, however, that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply in the case of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Special Servicer), the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, any Mortgage Loan Seller or any Affiliate of any of such Persons unless such consent, approval or waiver sought from such party would in any way increase its compensation or limit its obligations in the named capacities hereunder or waive a Servicer Termination Event or trigger an Asset Review with respect to such Mortgage Loan; provided, further, that so long as there is no Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer or such Affiliate of either shall be entitled to exercise such Voting Rights with respect to any issue which could reasonably be believed to adversely affect such party’s compensation or increase its obligations or liabilities hereunder; and provided, further, that such restrictions shall not apply to (i) the exercise of the Special

 

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Servicer’s, the Master Servicer’s or any Mortgage Loan Seller’s rights, if any, or any of their Affiliates as a member of the Controlling Class or (ii) any Affiliate of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, or the Certificate Administrator that has provided an Investor Certification in which it has certified as to the existence of certain policies and procedures restricting the flow of information between it and the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall each be entitled to request and rely upon a certificate of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Depositor in determining whether a Certificate is registered in the name of an Affiliate of such Person. All references herein to “Holders” or “Certificateholders” shall reflect the rights of Certificate Owners as they may indirectly exercise such rights through the Depository and the Depository Participants, except as otherwise specified herein; provided, however, that the parties hereto shall be required to recognize as a “Holder” or “Certificateholder” only the Person in whose name a Certificate is registered in the Certificate Register. The Trustee shall be the Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests for the benefit of the Certificateholders.

 

Certificateholder Quorum”: The Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 50% of the aggregate Voting Rights (taking into account the application of Realized Losses and, other than with respect to the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of the Certificates) of all Principal Balance Certificates on an aggregate basis.

 

Certificateholder Repurchase Request”: As defined in Section 2.03(k)(i).

 

Certification Parties”: As defined in Section 11.06.

 

Certification Party”: Any one of the Certification Parties.

 

Certifying Person”: As defined in Section 11.06.

 

Certifying Servicer”: As defined in Section 11.09.

 

Class”: With respect to any Certificates, Trust Components or Lower-Tier Regular Interests, all of the Certificates bearing the same alphabetical (and, if applicable, numerical) Class designation, each designated Lower-Tier Regular Interest and each Trust Component.

 

Class A Certificate”: Any Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-SB and Class A-S Certificate.

 

Class A-1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to a fixed rate of 2.0808%.

 

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Class A-2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to a fixed rate of 3.1247%.

 

Class A-3 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-3” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-3 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to a fixed rate of 3.0477%.

 

Class A-4 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-4” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-4 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to a fixed rate of 3.1467%.

 

Class A-5 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-5” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-5 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class A-5 Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to a fixed rate of 3.4092%.

 

Class A-S Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-S” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-10 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class A-S Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to a fixed rate of 3.7125%.

 

Class A-SB Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class A-SB” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-6 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class A-SB Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to a fixed rate of 3.2419%.

 

Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the planned principal amount for such Distribution Date specified in Schedule 2 hereto relating to the Class A-SB Certificates.

 

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Class B Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class B” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-11 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class B Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to a fixed rate of 3.9854%.

 

Class C Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class C” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-12 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class C Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

 

Class D Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class D” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-13 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class D Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to a fixed rate of 3.0000%.

 

Class E-RR Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class E-RR” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-14 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class E-RR Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

 

Class F-RR Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class F-RR” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-15 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class F-RR Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

 

Class G-RR Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class G-RR” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-16 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class G-RR Pass-Through Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, a per annum rate equal to the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

 

Class LA1 Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

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Class LA2 Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LA3 Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LA4 Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LA5 Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LAS Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LASB Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LB Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LC Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LD Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LE-RR Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original

 

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Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LF-RR Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LG-RR Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LR Interest”: The uncertificated residual interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC, represented by the Class R Certificates.

 

Class LVRRA1 Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LVRRA2 Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LVRRA3 Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LVRRA4 Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LVRRA5 Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LVRRASB Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LVRRAS Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original 

 

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Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LVRRB Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LVRRC Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LVRRD Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LVRRE Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LVRRF Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LVRRG Uncertificated Interest”: An uncertificated regular interest in the Lower-Tier REMIC which is held as an asset of the Upper-Tier REMIC and having the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount and per annum rate of interest set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class LVRR Uncertificated Interests”: The Class LVRRA1, Class LVRRA2, Class LVRRA3, Class LVRRA4, Class LVRRA5, Class LVRRASB, Class LVRRAS, Class LVRRB, Class LVRRC, Class LVRRD, Class LVRRE, Class LVRRF and Class LVRRG Uncertificated Interests.

 

Class R Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class R” on the face thereof in the form of Exhibit A-17 hereto, and evidencing the sole class of “residual interest” in each Trust REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class UR Interest”: The uncertificated residual interest in the Upper-Tier REMIC, represented by the Class R Certificates.

 

Class VRR Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class VRR” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-19 hereto, and evidencing undivided beneficial ownership of the Class VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets.

 

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Class VRR Component”: Any of the Class VRR Component VRR-A1, the Class VRR Component VRR-A2, the Class VRR Component VRR-A3, the Class VRR Component VRRA4, the Class VRR Component VRR-A4, the Class VRR Component VRR-A5, the Class VRR Component VRR-ASB, the Class VRR Component VRR-AS, the Class VRR Component VRR-B, the Class VRR Component VRR-C, the Class VRR Component VRR-D, the Class VRR Component VRR-E, the Class VRR Component VRR-F and the Class VRR Component VRR-G.

 

Class VRR Component VRR-A1”: The portion of the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component equal to the Class VRR-A1-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component.

 

Class VRR Component VRR-A2”: The portion of the Class VRR-A2 Trust Component equal to the Class VRR-A2-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A2 Trust Component.

 

Class VRR Component VRR-A3”: The portion of the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component equal to the Class VRR-A3-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component.

 

Class VRR Component VRR-A4”: The portion of the Class VRR-A4 Trust Component equal to the Class VRR-A4-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A4 Trust Component.

 

Class VRR Component VRR-A5”: The portion of the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component equal to the Class VRR-A5-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component.

 

Class VRR Component VRR-AS”: The portion of the Class VRR-AS Trust Component equal to the Class VRR-AS-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-AS Trust Component.

 

Class VRR Component VRR-ASB”: The portion of the Class VRR-ASB Trust Component equal to the Class VRR-ASB-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-ASB Trust Component.

 

Class VRR Component VRR-B”: The portion of the Class VRR-B Trust Component equal to the Class VRR-B-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-B Trust Component.

 

Class VRR Component VRR-C”: The portion of the Class VRR-C Trust Component equal to the Class VRR-C-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-C Trust Component.

 

Class VRR Component VRR-D”: The portion of the Class VRR-D Trust Component equal to the Class VRR-D-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-D Trust Component.

 

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Class VRR Component VRR-E”: The portion of the Class VRR-E Trust Component equal to the Class VRR-E-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-E Trust Component.

 

Class VRR Component VRR-F”: The portion of the Class VRR-F Trust Component equal to the Class VRR-F-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-F Trust Component.

 

Class VRR Component VRR-G”: The portion of the Class VRR-G Trust Component equal to the Class VRR-G-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-G Trust Component.

 

Class VRR Distribution Account”: The segregated trust account or accounts created and maintained as a separate account or accounts by the Certificate Administrator (on behalf of the Trustee) pursuant to Section 3.04(b) of this Agreement, which shall be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, Class VRR Distribution Account”, and which must be an Eligible Account or a subaccount of an Eligible Account. The Class VRR Distribution Account shall not be an asset of any Trust REMIC formed hereunder, but rather shall be an asset of the Grantor Trust.

 

Class VRR Percentage Interest”: The quotient of the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5, Class VRR-ASB, Class VRR-AS, Class VRR-B, Class VRR-C, Class VRR-D, Class VRR-E, Class VRR-F and VRR-G Certificates divided by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Trust Components. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR Percentage Interest will be 0%

Class VRR Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class VRR-A1-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component, (ii) the Class VRR-A2-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A2 Trust Component, (iii) the Class VRR-A3-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component, (iv) the Class VRR-A4-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A4 Trust Component, (v) the Class VRR-A5-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component, (vi) the Class VRR-ASB-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-ASB Trust Component, (vii) the Class VRR-AS-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-AS Trust Component, (viii) the Class VRR-B-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-B Trust Component, (ix) the Class VRR-C-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-C Trust Component, (x) the Class VRR-D-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-D Trust Component, (xi) the Class VRR-E-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-E Trust Component, (xii) the Class VRR-F-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-F Trust Component, (xiii) the Class VRR-G-Exchange Interest of the Class VRR-G Trust Component, and (xiv) amounts held from time to time in the Class VRR Distribution Account and the Excess Interest Distribution Account that represent distributions on items (i) to (xiii) above.

 

Class VRR Trust Component”: Any of the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component, the Class VRR-A2 Trust Component, the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component, the Class VRR-A4 Trust Component, the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component, the

 

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Class VRR-ASB Trust Component, the Class VRR-AS Trust Component, the Class VRR-B Trust Component, the Class VRR-C Trust Component, the Class VRR-D Trust Component, the Class VRR-E Trust Component, the Class VRR-F Trust Component or the Class VRR-G Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-A1 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class VRR-A1” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-20 hereto, and representing a beneficial ownership of the Class VRR-A1 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-A1-Exchange Percentage Interest”: 100.0% minus the Class VRR-A1 Percentage Interest. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-A1-Exchange Percentage Interest will be 100.0%.

 

Class VRR-A1 Percentage Interest”: The quotient of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A1 Certificates divided by the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-A1 Percentage Interest will be 0.0%.

 

Class VRR-A1 Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class VRR-A1 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component and (ii) amounts held from time to time in the Class VRR Distribution Account that represent distributions of the Class VRR-A1 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-A1 Trust Component”: The uncertificated interest corresponding to the Class VRR-A1 Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-A1 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component) and the Class VRR Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-A1-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component), constituting a “regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and having the characteristics attributable thereto in this Agreement.

 

Class VRR-A2 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class VRR-A2” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-21 hereto, and representing a beneficial ownership of the Class VRR-A2 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A2 Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-A2-Exchange Percentage Interest”: 100.0% minus the Class VRR-A2 Percentage Interest. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-A2-Exchange Percentage Interest will be 100.0%.

 

Class VRR-A2 Percentage Interest”: The quotient of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A2 Certificates divided by the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A2 Trust Component. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-A2 Percentage Interest will be 0.0%.

 

Class VRR-A2 Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class VRR-A2 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A2 Trust Component and (ii) amounts held from time to time in the Class VRR Distribution Account that represent distributions of the Class VRR-A2 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A2 Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-A2 Trust Component”: The uncertificated interest corresponding to the Class VRR-A2 Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-A2 Percentage Interest of the

 

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Class VRR-A2 Trust Component) and the Class VRR Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-A2-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A2 Trust Component), constituting a “regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and having the characteristics attributable thereto in this Agreement.

 

Class VRR-A3 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class VRR-A3” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-22 hereto, and representing a beneficial ownership of the Class VRR-A3 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-A3-Exchange Percentage Interest”: 100.0% minus the Class VRR-A3 Percentage Interest. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-A3-Exchange Percentage Interest will be 100.0%.

 

Class VRR-A3 Percentage Interest”: The quotient of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A3 Certificates divided by the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-A3 Percentage Interest will be 0.0%.

 

Class VRR-A3 Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class VRR-A3 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component and (ii) amounts held from time to time in the Class VRR Distribution Account that represent distributions of the Class VRR-A3 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-A3 Trust Component”: The uncertificated interest corresponding to the Class VRR-A3 Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-A3 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component) and the Class VRR Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-A3-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component), constituting a “regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and having the characteristics attributable thereto in this Agreement.

 

Class VRR-A4 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class VRR-A4” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-23 hereto, and representing a beneficial ownership of the Class VRR-A4 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A4 Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-A4-Exchange Percentage Interest”: 100.0% minus the Class VRR-A4 Percentage Interest. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-A4-Exchange Percentage Interest will be 100.0%.

 

Class VRR-A4 Percentage Interest”: The quotient of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A4 Certificates divided by the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A4 Trust Component. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-A4 Percentage Interest will be 0.0%.

 

Class VRR-A4 Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class VRR-A4 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A4 Trust Component and (ii) amounts held from time to time in the Class VRR Distribution Account that represent distributions of the Class VRR-A4 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A4 Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-A4 Trust Component”: The uncertificated interest corresponding to the Class VRR-A1 Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-A4 Percentage Interest of the

 

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Class VRR-A4 Trust Component) and the Class VRR Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-A4-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A4 Trust Component), constituting a “regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and having the characteristics attributable thereto in this Agreement.

 

Class VRR-A5 Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class VRR-A5” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-24 hereto, and representing a beneficial ownership of the Class VRR-A5 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-A5-Exchange Percentage Interest”: 100.0% minus the Class VRR-A5 Percentage Interest. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-A5-Exchange Percentage Interest will be 100.0%.

 

Class VRR-A5 Percentage Interest”: The quotient of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A5 Certificates divided by the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-A5 Percentage Interest will be 0.0%.

 

Class VRR-A5 Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class VRR-A5 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component and (ii) amounts held from time to time in the Class VRR Distribution Account that represent distributions of the Class VRR-A5 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-A5 Trust Component”: The uncertificated interest corresponding to the Class VRR-A5 Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-A5 Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component) and the Class VRR Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-A5-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component), constituting a “regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and having the characteristics attributable thereto in this Agreement.

 

Class VRR-ASB Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class VRR-ASB” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-25 hereto, and representing a beneficial ownership of the Class VRR-ASB Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-ASB Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-ASB-Exchange Percentage Interest”: 100.0% minus the Class VRR-ASB Percentage Interest. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-ASB-Exchange Percentage Interest will be 100.0%.

 

Class VRR-ASB Percentage Interest”: The quotient of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-ASB Certificates divided by the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-ASB Trust Component. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-ASB Percentage Interest will be 0.0%.

 

Class VRR-ASB Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class VRR-ASB Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-ASB Trust Component and (ii) amounts held from time to time in the Class VRR Distribution Account that represent distributions of the Class VRR-ASB Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-ASB Trust Component.

 

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Class VRR-ASB Trust Component”: The uncertificated interest corresponding to the Class VRR-ASB Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-ASB Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-ASB Trust Component) and the Class VRR Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-ASB-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-ASB Trust Component), constituting a “regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and having the characteristics attributable thereto in this Agreement.

 

Class VRR-AS Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class VRR-AS” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-25 hereto, and representing a beneficial ownership of the Class VRR-AS Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-AS Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-AS-Exchange Percentage Interest”: 100.0% minus the Class VRR-AS Percentage Interest. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-AS-Exchange Percentage Interest will be 100.0%.

 

Class VRR-AS Percentage Interest”: The quotient of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-AS Certificates divided by the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-AS Trust Component. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-AS Percentage Interest will be 0.0%.

 

Class VRR-AS Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class VRR-AS Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-AS Trust Component and (ii) amounts held from time to time in the Class VRR Distribution Account that represent distributions of the Class VRR-AS Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-AS Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-AS Trust Component”: The uncertificated interest corresponding to the Class VRR-AS Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-AS Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-AS Trust Component) and the Class VRR Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-AS-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-AS Trust Component), constituting a “regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and having the characteristics attributable thereto in this Agreement.

 

Class VRR-B Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class VRR-B” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-26 hereto, and representing a beneficial ownership of the Class VRR-B Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-B Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-B-Exchange Percentage Interest”: 100.0% minus the Class VRR-B Percentage Interest. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-B-Exchange Percentage Interest will be 100.0%.

 

Class VRR-B Percentage Interest”: The quotient of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-B Certificates divided by the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-B Trust Component. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-B Percentage Interest will be 0.0%.

 

Class VRR-B Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class VRR-B Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-B Trust Component and (ii) amounts held from time to time in the Class VRR Distribution Account that represent distributions of the Class VRR-B Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-B Trust Component.

 

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Class VRR-B Trust Component”: The uncertificated interest corresponding to the Class VRR-B Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-B Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-B Trust Component) and the Class VRR Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-B-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-B Trust Component), constituting a “regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and having the characteristics attributable thereto in this Agreement.

 

Class VRR-C Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class VRR-C” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-28 hereto, and representing a beneficial ownership of the Class VRR-C Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-C Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-C-Exchange Percentage Interest”: 100.0% minus the Class VRR-C Percentage Interest. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-C-Exchange Percentage Interest will be 100.0%.

 

Class VRR-C Percentage Interest”: The quotient of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-C Certificates divided by the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-C Trust Component. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-C Percentage Interest will be 0.0%.

 

Class VRR-C Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class VRR-C Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-C Trust Component and (ii) amounts held from time to time in the Class VRR Distribution Account that represent distributions of the Class VRR-C Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-C Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-C Trust Component”: The uncertificated interest corresponding to the Class VRR-C Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-C Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-C Trust Component) and the Class VRR Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-C-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-C Trust Component), constituting a “regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and having the characteristics attributable thereto in this Agreement.

 

Class VRR-D Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class VRR-D” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-29 hereto, and representing a beneficial ownership of the Class VRR-D Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-D Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-D-Exchange Percentage Interest”: 100.0% minus the Class VRR-D Percentage Interest. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-D-Exchange Percentage Interest will be 100.0%.

 

Class VRR-D Percentage Interest”: The quotient of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-D Certificates divided by the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-D Trust Component. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-D Percentage Interest will be 0.0%.

 

Class VRR-D Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class VRR-D Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-D Trust Component and (ii) amounts held from time to time in the Class VRR Distribution Account that represent distributions of the Class VRR-D Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-D Trust Component.

 

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Class VRR-D Trust Component”: The uncertificated interest corresponding to the Class VRR-C Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-D Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-D Trust Component) and the Class VRR Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-D-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-D Trust Component), constituting a “regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and having the characteristics attributable thereto in this Agreement.

 

Class VRR-E Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class VRR-E” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-30 hereto, and representing a beneficial ownership of the Class VRR-E Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-E Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-E-Exchange Percentage Interest”: 100.0% minus the Class VRR-E Percentage Interest. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-E-Exchange Percentage Interest will be 100.0%.

 

Class VRR-E Percentage Interest”: The quotient of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-E Certificates divided by the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-E Trust Component. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-E Percentage Interest will be 0.0%.

 

Class VRR-E Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class VRR-E Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-E Trust Component and (ii) amounts held from time to time in the Class VRR Distribution Account that represent distributions of the Class VRR-E Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-E Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-E Trust Component”: The uncertificated interest corresponding to the Class VRR-E Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-E Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-E Trust Component) and the Class VRR Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-E-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-E Trust Component), constituting a “regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and having the characteristics attributable thereto in this Agreement.

 

Class VRR-Exchange Percentage Interest”: 100.0% minus the Class VRR Percentage Interest. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-Exchange Percentage Interest will be 100.0%.

 

Class VRR-F Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class VRR-F” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-31 hereto, and representing a beneficial ownership of the Class VRR-F Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-F Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-F-Exchange Percentage Interest”: 100.0% minus the Class VRR-F Percentage Interest. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-F-Exchange Percentage Interest will be 100.0%.

 

Class VRR-F Percentage Interest”: The quotient of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-F Certificates divided by the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-F Trust Component. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-F Percentage Interest will be 0.0%.

 

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Class VRR-F Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class VRR-F Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-F Trust Component and (ii) amounts held from time to time in the Class VRR Distribution Account that represent distributions of the Class VRR-F Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-F Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-F Trust Component”: The uncertificated interest corresponding to the Class VRR-F Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-F Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-F Trust Component) and the Class VRR Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-F-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-F Trust Component), constituting a “regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and having the characteristics attributable thereto in this Agreement.

 

Class VRR-G Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class VRR-G” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-32 hereto, and representing a beneficial ownership of the Class VRR-G Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-G Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-G-Exchange Percentage Interest”: 100.0% minus the Class VRR-G Percentage Interest. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-G-Exchange Percentage Interest will be 100.0%.

 

Class VRR-G Percentage Interest”: The quotient of the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-G Certificates divided by the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-G Trust Component. As of the Closing Date, the Class VRR-G Percentage Interest will be 0.0%.

 

Class VRR-G Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class VRR-G Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-G Trust Component and (ii) amounts held from time to time in the Class VRR Distribution Account and the Excess Interest Distribution Account that represent distributions of the Class VRR-G Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-G Trust Component.

 

Class VRR-G Trust Component”: The uncertificated interest corresponding to the Class VRR-G Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-G Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-G Trust Component) and the Class VRR Certificates (to the extent of the Class VRR-G-Exchange Percentage Interest of the Class VRR-G Trust Component), constituting a “regular interest” in the Upper Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions and having the characteristics attributable thereto in this Agreement.

  

Class X Certificates”: The Class X-A, Class X-B and Class X-D Certificates, as the context may require.

 

Class X Component”: Each of the Class X-A Components, the Class X-B Components and the Class X-D Components.

 

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Class X Component Notional Amount”: With respect to each Class X Component and any date of determination, an amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of its Related Lower-Tier Regular Interest.

 

Class X-A Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class X-A” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-5 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class X-A Components”: Each of Component XA-1, Component XA-2, Component XA-3, Component XA-SB, Component XA-4, Component XA-5, Component XA-SB and Component XA-S.

 

Class X-A Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the sum of the then Class X Component Notional Amounts of all of the Class X A Components.

 

Class X-A Pass-Through Rate”: The Pass-Through Rate for Class X-A Certificates for any Distribution Date will be a per annum rate equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for the related Distribution Date, over (b) the weighted average of the Pass-Through Rates on the Class A Certificates for such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their respective Certificate Balances immediately prior to that Distribution Date. The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-A Certificates for the initial Distribution Date shall be the rate set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class X-A Strip Rate”: With respect to any Class of Class X-A Components for any Distribution Date, the (i) the Weighted Average Net Mortgaged Rate for such Distribution Date over (ii) the Pass-Through Rate for the Corresponding Certificates.

 

Class X-B Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class X-B” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-6 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class X-B Components”: Each of the Component XB and Component XC.

 

Class X-B Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the sum of the then Class X Component Notional Amounts of all of the Class X B Components.

 

Class X-B Pass-Through Rate”: The Pass-Through Rate for Class X-B Certificates for any Distribution Date will be a per annum rate equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for the related Distribution Date, over (b) the weighted average of the Pass-Through Rates on the Class B and Class C Certificates for such Distribution Date, weighted on the basis of their respective Certificate Balances immediately prior to that Distribution Date. The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-B Certificates for the initial Distribution Date shall be the rate set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class X-B Strip Rate”: With respect to any Class of Class X-B Components for any Distribution Date, the (i) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date over (ii) the Pass-Through Rate for the Corresponding Certificates.

 

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Class X-D Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class X-D” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-9 hereto, and evidencing a “regular interest” in the Upper-Tier REMIC for purposes of the REMIC Provisions.

 

Class X-D Component”: The Component XD.

 

Class X-D Notional Amount”: As of any date of determination, the then Class X Component Notional Amount of the Class X-D Component.

 

Class X-D Pass-Through Rate”: The Pass-Through Rate for Class X-D Certificates for any Distribution Date will be a per annum rate equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for the related Distribution Date, over (b) the Pass-Through Rate on the Class D Certificates for such Distribution Date. The Pass-Through Rate applicable to the Class X-D Certificates for the initial Distribution Date shall be the rate set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Class X-D Strip Rate”: With respect to the Class X-D Component for any Distribution Date, the (i) the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date over (ii) the Pass-Through Rate for the Corresponding Certificates.

 

Class Z Certificate”: A Certificate designated as “Class Z” on the face thereof, in the form of Exhibit A-18 hereto, and evidencing an undivided beneficial interest in the Class Z Specific Grantor Trust Assets.

 

Class Z Specific Grantor Trust Assets”: The portion of the Trust Fund consisting of a portion of the Excess Interest equal to the product of (A) 95% and (B) the aggregate amount of Excess Interest received on or prior to the related Determination Date, related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account and the proceeds thereof.

 

Clearing Agency”: An organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. The initial Clearing Agency shall be DTC.

 

Clearstream”: Clearstream Banking, société anonyme or any successor thereto.

 

Closing Date”: October 31, 2017.

 

CMBS”: Commercial mortgage-backed securities.

 

Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and applicable final or temporary regulations of the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued pursuant thereto.

 

Collateral Deficiency Amount” With respect to any AB Modified Loan as of any date of determination, the excess of (i) the Stated Principal Balance of such AB Modified Loan (taking into account the related junior note(s) and any pari passu notes included therein), over (ii) the sum of (in the case of a Whole Loan, solely to the extent allocable to the subject Mortgage Loan) (x) the most recent Appraised Value for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, plus (y) solely to the extent not reflected or taken into account in such

 

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Appraised Value and to the extent on deposit with, or otherwise under the control of, the lender as of the date of such determination, any capital or additional collateral contributed by the related Mortgagor at the time the Mortgage Loan became (and as part of the modification related to) such AB Modified Loan for the benefit of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties (provided that in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the amounts set forth in this clause (y) will be taken into account solely to the extent relevant information is received by the Master Servicer), plus (z) any other escrows or reserves (in addition to any amounts set forth in the immediately preceding clause (y)) held by the lender in respect of such AB Modified Loan as of the date of such determination. The Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Master Servicer’s calculation or determination of any Collateral Deficiency Amount.

 

Collection Account”: A segregated custodial account or accounts created and maintained by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.04(a) on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which shall be entitled “Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, Collection Account”. Any such account or accounts shall be an Eligible Account. Subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement and taking into account that each Companion Loan is subordinate or pari passu, as applicable, to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement, the subaccount described in the second paragraph of Section 3.04(b) that is part of the Collection Account shall be for the benefit of the related Companion Holder, to the extent funds on deposit in such subaccount are attributed to such Companion Loan and shall not be an asset of the Trust or any Trust REMIC formed hereunder.

 

Collection Period”: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, the period commencing on the day immediately succeeding the Due Date for such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan occurring in the month preceding the month in which that Distribution Date occurs or the date that would have been the Due Date if such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan had a Due Date in such preceding month and ending on and including the Due Date for such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan occurring in the month in which that Distribution Date occurs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the last day of a Collection Period is not a Business Day, any Periodic Payments received with respect to the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loan relating to such Collection Period on the Business Day immediately following such day shall be deemed to have been received during such Collection Period and not during any other Collection Period.

 

Commission”: The Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Companion Distribution Account”: With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, the separate account created and maintained by the Companion Paying Agent pursuant to Section 3.04(b) and held on behalf of the Companion Holders, which shall be entitled “Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Companion Paying Agent, for the benefit of the Companion Holders of the Companion Loans, relating to the JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through

 

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Certificates, Series 2017-C7”. The Companion Distribution Account shall not be an asset of the Trust, any Trust REMIC or Grantor Trust, but instead shall be held by the Companion Paying Agent on behalf of the Companion Holders. Any such account shall be an Eligible Account. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Master Servicer and the Companion Paying Agent are the same entity, the Companion Distribution Account may be the subaccount referenced in the second paragraph of Section 3.04(b).

 

Companion Holders”: Each of the holders of record of any Companion Loan.

 

Companion Loan(s)”: A mortgage loan that is not included in the Trust Fund but is part of a Whole Loan that includes a Mortgage Loan that is included in the Trust Fund.

 

Companion Paying Agent”: With respect to the Serviced Companion Loans, if any, the Master Servicer in its role as Companion Paying Agent appointed pursuant to Section 3.27.

 

Companion Register”: The register maintained by the Companion Paying Agent pursuant to Section 3.28.

 

Compensating Interest Payments”: An amount as of any Distribution Date equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls incurred in connection with voluntary principal prepayments received in respect of the Mortgage Loans (other than Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans (in each case other than any Specially Serviced Loan or any Mortgage Loan, or any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan on which the Special Servicer allowed a prepayment on a date other than the applicable Due Date) for the related Distribution Date and (ii) the aggregate of (A) that portion of the Master Servicer’s Servicing Fees for such Distribution Date that is, in the case of each Mortgage Loan, Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan and REO Loan for which Servicing Fees are being paid for such Collection Period, calculated at a rate of 0.00250% per annum, (B) all Prepayment Interest Excesses received by the Master Servicer during such Collection Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans (and, so long as a Serviced Whole Loan is serviced hereunder, the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) subject to such prepayment and (C) to the extent earned on principal prepayments, net investment earnings payable to the Master Servicer for such Collection Period received by the Master Servicer during such Collection Period with respect to the Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, as applicable, subject to such prepayment. In no event will the rights of the Certificateholders to the offset of the aggregate Prepayment Interest Shortfalls be cumulative. However, if a Prepayment Interest Shortfall occurs with respect to a Mortgage Loan as a result of the Master Servicer allowing the related Mortgagor to deviate (a “Prohibited Prepayment”) from the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents regarding Principal Prepayments (other than (V) any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, (W) subsequent to a default under the related Mortgage Loan documents or if the Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan, (X) pursuant to applicable law or a court order or otherwise in such circumstances where the Master Servicer is required to accept such Principal Prepayment in accordance with the Servicing Standard, (Y) at the request or with the consent of the Special Servicer or, so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, and only with respect to the Mortgage Loans other than an Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder or (Z) in connection with the payment of any Insurance and

 

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Condemnation Proceeds), then for purposes of calculating the Compensating Interest Payment for the related Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall pay, without regard to clause (ii) above, the aggregate amount of Prepayment Interest Shortfalls with respect to such Mortgage Loan, otherwise described in clause (i) above in connection with such Prohibited Prepayments.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, Compensating Interest Payments with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan shall be allocated among the related Mortgage Loan and related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), pro rata, in accordance with their respective principal balances.

 

Component XA Allocation Denominator”: With respect to any date of determination, the sum of (i) the product of the Class X-A Strip Rate for the Component XA-1 multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XA-1, (ii) the product of the Class X-A Strip Rate for the Component XA-2 multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XA-2, (iii) the product of the Class X-A Strip Rate for the Component XA-3 multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XA-3, (iv) the product of the Class X-A Strip Rate for the Component XA-4 multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XA-4, (v) the product of the Class X-A Strip Rate for the Component XA-5 multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XA-5, (vi) the product of the Class X-A Strip Rate for the Component XA-SB multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount of the Component XA-SB and (vii) the product of the Class X-A Strip Rate for the Component XA-S multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XA-S.

 

“Component XA-1”: One of the components of the Class X-A Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LA1 Uncertificated Interest as of any date of determination.

 

Component XA-1 Percentage”: With respect to the Component XA-1 and any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, (i) the numerator of which is the product of the Class X-A Strip Rate for the Component XA-1 multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XA-1, and (ii) the denominator of which is the Component XA Allocation Denominator.

 

“Component XA-2”: One of the components of the Class X-A Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LA2 Uncertificated Interest as of any date of determination.

 

Component XA-2 Percentage”: With respect to the Component XA-2 and any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, (i) the numerator of which is the product of the Class X-A Strip Rate for the Component XA-2 multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XA-2, and (ii) the denominator of which is the Component XA Allocation Denominator.

 

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“Component XA-3”: One of the components of the Class X-A Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LA3 Uncertificated Interest as of any date of determination.

 

Component XA-3 Percentage”: With respect to the Component XA-3 and any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, (i) the numerator of which is the product of the Class X-A Strip Rate for the Component XA-3 multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XA-3, and (ii) the denominator of which is the Component XA Allocation Denominator.

 

“Component XA-4”: One of the components of the Class X-A Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LA4 Uncertificated Interest as of any date of determination.

 

Component XA-4 Percentage”: With respect to the Component XA-4 and any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, (i) the numerator of which is the product of the Class X-A Strip Rate for the Component XA-4 multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XA-4, and (ii) the denominator of which is the Component XA Allocation Denominator.

 

“Component XA-5”: One of the components of the Class X-A Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LA5 Uncertificated Interest as of any date of determination.

 

Component XA-5 Percentage”: With respect to the Component XA-5 and any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, (i) the numerator of which is the product of the Class X-A Strip Rate for the Component XA-5 multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XA-5, and (ii) the denominator of which is the Component XA Allocation Denominator.

 

Component XA-S”: One of the components of the Class X-A Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LAS Uncertificated Interest as of any date of determination.

 

Component XA-S Percentage”: With respect to the Component XA-S and any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, (i) the numerator of which is the product of the Class X-A Strip Rate for the Component XA-S multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XA-S, and (ii) the denominator of which is the Component XA Allocation Denominator.

 

“Component XA-SB”: One of the components of the Class X-A Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LASB Uncertificated Interest as of any date of determination.

 

Component XA-SB Percentage”: With respect to the Component XA-SB and any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, (i) the numerator of which is the product of the Class X-A Strip Rate for the Component XA-SB multiplied by the Class X

 

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Component Notional Amount for the Component XA-SB, and (ii) the denominator of which is the Component XA Allocation Denominator.

 

Component XB”: One of the components of the Class X-B Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LB Uncertificated Interest as of any date of determination.

 

Component XB Percentage”: With respect to the Component XB and any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, (i) the numerator of which is the product of the Class X-B Strip Rate for the Component XB multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XB, and (ii) the denominator of which is the Component XB/XC Allocation Denominator.

 

Component XB/XC Allocation Denominator”: With respect to any date of determination, the sum of (i) the product of the Class X-B Strip Rate for the Component XB multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XB, and (ii) the product of the Class X-B Strip Rate for the Component XC multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XC.

 

Component XC”: One of the components of the Class X-B Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LC Uncertificated Interest as of any date of determination.

 

Component XC Percentage”: With respect to the Component XC and any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, (i) the numerator of which is the product of the Class X-B Strip Rate for the Component XC multiplied by the Class X Component Notional Amount for the Component XC, and (ii) the denominator of which is the Component XB/XC Allocation Denominator.

 

Component XD”: The component of the Class X-D Certificates having a Class X Component Notional Amount equal to the then current Lower-Tier Principal Balance of the Class LD Uncertificated Interest as of any date of determination.

 

Consultation Termination Event”: At any date at which no Class of Control Eligible Certificates exists where such Class’s aggregate Certificate Balance is at least equal to 25% of the Original Certificate Balance of that Class, in each case without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts; provided that prior to the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, no Consultation Termination Event may occur with respect to the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder related to the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan and the term “Consultation Termination Event” shall not be applicable to the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan; provided, further, that a Consultation Termination Event shall not be deemed to be continuing in the event the Certificate Balances of all Classes of Principal Balance Certificates other than the Control Eligible Certificates have been reduced to zero. With respect to any Excluded Loan, a Consultation Termination Event shall be deemed to exist with respect to such Excluded Loan at all times.

 

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Control Eligible Certificates”: Any of the Class E-RR, Class F-RR and Class G-RR Certificates.

 

Control Termination Event”: The occurrence of the Certificate Balance of the Class E-RR Certificates (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such Class in accordance with Section 4.05(a) hereof) being reduced to less than 25% of the Original Certificate Balance of such Class; provided that prior to the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, no Control Termination Event may occur with respect to the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder related to the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan and the term “Control Termination Event” shall not be applicable to the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan; provided, further, that a Control Termination Event shall not be deemed to be continuing in the event the Certificate Balances of all Classes of Principal Balance Certificates other than the Control Eligible Certificates have been reduced to zero. With respect to any Excluded Loan, a Control Termination Event shall be deemed to exist with respect to such Excluded Loan at all times.

 

Controlling Class”: As of any date of determination, the most subordinate Class of Control Eligible Certificates then outstanding that has a then aggregate Certificate Balance as notionally reduced by any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocable to such Class in accordance with Section 4.05(a), at least equal to 25% of the Original Certificate Balance of that Class; provided that if at any time the Certificate Balances of the Certificates (other than the Control Eligible Certificates and the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates) have been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of principal payments on the Mortgage Loans, then the Controlling Class will be the most subordinate class among the Control Eligible Certificates that has an aggregate Certificate Balance greater than zero without regard to any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts. The Controlling Class as of the Closing Date will be the Class G-RR Certificates.

 

Controlling Class Certificateholders”: Each Holder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) of a Certificate of the Controlling Class as determined by the Certificate Registrar, from time to time, upon request by any party hereto. The Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor may from time to time request (the cost of which being an expense of the Trust) that the Certificate Administrator provide a list of the Holders (or Certificate Owners, if applicable) of the Controlling Class and the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide such list without charge to such Trustee, Master Servicer, Operating Advisor or Special Servicer, as applicable. The Trustee, Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to rely on any such list so provided.

 

Controlling Companion Loan”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan which, in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement, will be the “Lead Note”, “Controlling Note” or similarly defined term as identified in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Conveyed Property”: As defined in Section 2.01(a).

 

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Corporate Trust Office”: The principal corporate trust office of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator at which at any particular time its corporate trust business with respect to this Agreement shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of this Agreement is located (i) with respect to Certificate transfers and surrenders, at Wells Fargo Bank, 600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor, MAC: N9300-070, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479; (ii) with respect to the Trustee at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) JPMDB 2017-C7; and (iii) for all other purposes, to the Certificate Administrator, at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045, Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS), JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7.

 

Corrected Loan”: Any Specially Serviced Loan (A) that (a) with respect to the circumstances described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the definition of Servicing Transfer Event, the related Mortgagor thereunder has brought such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan current and thereafter made three (3) consecutive full and timely Periodic Payments, including pursuant to any workout of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, when (b) with respect to the circumstances described in clauses (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (ix) and (x) of the definition of Servicing Transfer Event, such circumstances cease to exist in the good faith judgment of the Special Servicer, or when (c) with respect to the circumstances described in clause (viii) of the definition of Servicing Transfer Event, such default is cured (as determined by the Special Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard) or waived by the Special Servicer, and (B) (provided that at that time no other Servicing Transfer Event exists that would cause such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan to continue to be characterized as a Specially Serviced Loan) the servicing of which the Special Servicer has returned to the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.19(a).

 

Corresponding Certificate”:  For each of the Class X Components, the Certificates set forth below.

Class X Component

Corresponding Certificate

XA-1 Class A-1
XA-2 Class A-2
XA-3 Class A-3
XA-4 Class A-4
XA-5 Class A-5
XA-SB Class A-SB
XA-S Class A-S
XB Class B
XC Class C
XD Class D

 

CREFC®”: The Commercial Real Estate Finance Council®, or any successor organization reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder.

 

CREFC® Advance Recovery Report”: The monthly report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Advance Recovery Report” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be approved by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Appraisal Reduction Amount Template”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Appraisal Reduction Amount Template” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be approved by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Bond Level File”: The data file in the “CREFC® Bond Level File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein, or such

 

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other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Collateral Summary File”: The data file in the “CREFC® Collateral Summary File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Comparative Financial Status Report”: The monthly report in “Comparative Financial Status Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Delinquent Loan Status Report”: The monthly report in the “Delinquent Loan Status Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Financial File”: The data file in the “CREFC® Financial File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Historical Bond/Collateral Realized Loss Reconciliation Template”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Historical Bond/Collateral Realized Loss Reconciliation Template” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Historical Liquidation Loss Template”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Historical Liquidation Loss Template” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Historical Loan Modification/Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report”: The monthly report in the “Historical Loan Modification/Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (other than the portion of an REO Loan related to any Serviced Companion Loan) and for any Distribution Date, the amount accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate on the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan as of the close of business on the Distribution Date in such Interest Accrual Period; provided that such amounts shall be computed for the same period and on the same interest accrual basis respecting which any related interest

 

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payment due or deemed due on the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan is computed and shall be prorated for partial periods. For the avoidance of doubt, the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee shall be deemed payable by the Master Servicer from the Lower-Tier REMIC or Grantor Trust, as applicable.

 

CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and REO Loan, a rate equal to 0.00050% per annum.

 

CREFC® Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Template”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Template” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Investor Reporting Package”: The collection of reports specified by the CREFC® from time to time as the “CREFC® Investor Reporting Package.” As of the Closing Date, the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package contains eight electronic files ((1) CREFC® Loan Setup File, (2) CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File, (3) CREFC® Property File, (4) CREFC® Bond Level File, (5) CREFC® Collateral Summary File, (6) CREFC® Financial File, (7) CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File) and (8) CREFC® Schedule AL File) and nine surveillance reports ((1) CREFC® Servicer Watch List, (2) CREFC® Delinquent Loan Status Report, (3) CREFC® REO Status Report, (4) CREFC® Comparative Financial Status Report, (5) CREFC® Historical Loan Modification/Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report, (6) CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report, (7) CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet, (8) CREFC® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report and (9) with respect to Mortgage Loans that have a Companion Loan, the CREFC® Total Loan Report). In addition, the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package shall include the CREFC® Advance Recovery Report. In addition, the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package shall include the following nine templates: (1) CREFC® Appraisal Reduction Amount Template, (2) CREFC® Servicer Realized Loss Template, (3) CREFC® Reconciliation of Funds Template, (4) CREFC® Historical Bond/Collateral Realized Loss Reconciliation Template, (5) CREFC® Historical Liquidation Loss Template, (6) CREFC® Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Template, (7) CREFC® Loan Modification Report, (8) CREFC® Loan Liquidation Report and (9) CREFC® REO Liquidation Report. The CREFC® Investor Reporting Package shall be substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable forms of the “CREFC® IRP” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information or reports as may from time to time be approved by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage backed securities transactions generally. For the purposes of the production of the CREFC® Comparative Financial Status Report by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of any such report that is required to state information for any period prior to the Cut-off Date, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may conclusively rely (without independent verification), absent manifest error, on information provided to it by the Mortgage Loan Sellers or by the related Mortgagor or (x) in the case of such a report produced by the Master Servicer, by the Special Servicer (if other than the Master Servicer or an Affiliate thereof) and (y) in the case of such a report produced by the Special Servicer, by the Master Servicer (if other than the Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof).

 

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CREFC® License Agreement”: The License Agreement, in the form set forth on the website of CREFC® on the Closing Date, relating to the use of the CREFC® trademarks and trade names.

 

CREFC® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report”: The monthly report in the “CREFC® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Loan Liquidation Report”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Loan Liquidation Report” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Loan Modification Report”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Loan Modification Report” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File”: The data file in the “CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Loan Setup File”: The data file in the “CREFC® Loan Setup File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet”: The worksheet in the “NOI Adjustment Worksheet” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report”: The report in the “Operating Statement Analysis Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

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CREFC® Property File”: The data file in the “CREFC® Property File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Reconciliation of Funds Template”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Reconciliation of Funds Template” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® REO Liquidation Report”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “REO Liquidation Report” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website, or such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be recommended by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® REO Status Report”: The monthly report in the “REO Status Report” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Schedule AL File”: The data file in the “Schedule AL File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for by Item 1111(h)(3) or Item 1125 of Regulation AB or Item 601(b)(102) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act with respect to the Mortgage Loans, or such other form of presentation as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally, which in any case shall include all information required by Item 1111(h)(3) or Item 1125 of Regulation AB or Item 601(b)(102) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

 

CREFC® Servicer Realized Loss Template”: A report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Servicer Realized Loss Template” available and effective from time to time on the CREFC® Website.

 

CREFC® Servicer Watch List”: A monthly report, as of each Determination Date, including and identifying each Non-Specially Serviced Loan satisfying the “CREFC® Portfolio Review Guidelines” approved from time to time by the CREFC® in the “CREFC® Servicer Watch List” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form (including other portfolio review guidelines) for the presentation of such information as may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File”: The data file in the “CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File” format substantially in the form of and containing the information called for therein for the Mortgage Loans, or such other form for the presentation of such information as

 

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may be approved from time to time by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage securities transactions generally.

 

CREFC® Total Loan Report”: A monthly report substantially in the form of, and containing the information called for in, the downloadable form of the “Total Loan Report” available as of the Closing Date on the CREFC® Website, or in such other form for the presentation of such information and containing such additional information as may from time to time be adopted by the CREFC® for commercial mortgage-backed securities transactions and is reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer.

 

CREFC® Website”: The CREFC® Website located at “www.crefc.org” or such other primary website as the CREFC® may establish for dissemination of its report forms.

 

Cross-Over Date”: The Distribution Date on which the Certificate Balances of the Subordinate Certificates have all previously been reduced to zero as a result of the allocation of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses to such Certificates.

 

Crossed Mortgage Loan Group”: With respect to (i) any Mortgage Loan that consists of more than one commercial mortgage loan, the underlying group of loans that are cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with each other and (ii) any two or more individual Mortgage Loans that are cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with each other, such cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted Mortgage Loans. For the avoidance of doubt, there is no Crossed Mortgage Loan Group in the Trust Fund.

 

Crossed Underlying Loan”: With respect to any Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, a Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with one or more other Mortgage Loans within such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group. For the avoidance of doubt, there is no Crossed Underlying Loan in the Trust Fund.

 

Crossed Underlying Loan Repurchase Criteria”: With respect to any Crossed Mortgage Loan Group as to which one or more (but not all) of the Crossed Underlying Loans therein are affected by a Material Defect (the Crossed Underlying Loan(s) in such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group affected by such Material Defect, for purposes of this definition, the “affected Crossed Underlying Loans” and the other Crossed Underlying Loan(s) in such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, for purposes of this definition, the “remaining Crossed Underlying Loans”) (i) the weighted average Debt Service Coverage Ratio for all the remaining Crossed Underlying Loans for the four most recently reported calendar quarters preceding the repurchase or substitution shall not be less than the greater of (a) the weighted average Debt Service Coverage Ratio for the entire such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, including the affected Crossed Underlying Loan(s), for the four most recently reported calendar quarters preceding the repurchase or substitution, and (b) 1.25x, (ii) the weighted average LTV Ratio for all the remaining Crossed Underlying Loans determined at the time of repurchase or substitution based upon an Appraisal obtained by the Special Servicer at the expense of the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be greater than the least of (a) the weighted average LTV Ratio for the entire such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, including the affected Crossed Underlying Loan(s), determined at the time of repurchase or substitution based upon an Appraisal obtained by the Special Servicer at the expense of the related Mortgage Loan Seller, (b) the weighted average

 

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LTV Ratio for the entire such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, including the affected Crossed Underlying Loan(s), as of the Cut-off Date and (c) 75%, (iii) the related Mortgage Loan Seller, at its expense, shall have furnished the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator with an Opinion of Counsel that any modification relating to the repurchase or substitution of a Crossed Underlying Loan shall not cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur, (iv) the related Mortgage Loan Seller causes the affected Crossed Underlying Loan to become not cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with the remaining related Crossed Underlying Loans prior to such repurchase or substitution or otherwise forbears from exercising enforcement rights against the Primary Collateral for any Crossed Underlying Loan(s) remaining in the Trust (while the Trust forbears from exercising enforcement rights against the Primary Collateral for the Mortgage Loan removed from the Trust) and (v) (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Certificateholder shall have consented to the repurchase or substitution of the affected Crossed Underlying Loan, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

Cure/Contest Period”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(vii).

 

Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount”: As of any date of determination, the sum of (i) with respect to any Mortgage Loan, all Appraisal Reduction Amounts then in effect, and (ii) with respect to any AB Modified Loan, any Collateral Deficiency Amount then in effect. The Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Master Servicer’s calculation or determination of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount.

 

Custodial Exception Report”: As defined in Section 2.02(b).

 

Custodian”: A Person who is at any time appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.11 as a document custodian for the Mortgage Files, which Person shall not be the Depositor, either of the Mortgage Loan Sellers or an Affiliate of any of them. The Certificate Administrator shall be the initial Custodian. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association will perform its duties as Custodian hereunder through its Document Custody division.

 

Cut-off Date”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Due Date of such Mortgage Loan in October 2017, or with respect to any Mortgage Loan that has its first Due Date in November or December 2017, the date that would have otherwise been the related Due Date in October 2017.

 

Cut-off Date Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, as of the Cut-off Date, after application of all payments of principal due on or before such date, whether or not received.

 

DBNY”: Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch.

 

DBRS”: DBRS, Inc., and its successors in interest. If neither DBRS nor any successor remains in existence, “DBRS” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer and

 

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specific ratings of DBRS herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

 

Debt Service Coverage Ratio”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, for any twelve-month period covered by an annual operating statement for the related Mortgaged Property, the ratio of (i) Net Operating Income produced by the related Mortgaged Property during such period to (ii) the aggregate amount of Periodic Payments (other than any Balloon Payment) due under such Mortgage Loan during such period; provided that with respect to the Mortgage Loans identified on Annex A-1 to the Prospectus as paying interest only for a specified period of time set forth in the related Mortgage Loan documents and then paying principal and interest, the related Periodic Payment will be calculated (for purposes of this definition only) to include interest and principal (based on the remaining amortization term indicated in the Mortgage Loan Schedule).

 

Default Interest”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, all interest accrued in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan during such Collection Period provided for in the related Mortgage Note or Mortgage as a result of a default (exclusive of late payment charges) that is in excess of interest at the related Mortgage Rate accrued on the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan outstanding from time to time.

 

Defaulted Loan”: A Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or a Serviced Whole Loan (i) that is delinquent at least sixty (60) days in respect of its Periodic Payments or delinquent in respect of its Balloon Payment, if any; provided that in respect of a Balloon Payment, such period shall be sixty (60) days if the related Mortgagor has provided the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer with a written and fully executed commitment or otherwise binding application for refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan from an acceptable lender reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Special Servicer (and the party receiving such commitment shall promptly forward a copy of such commitment or application to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, if it is not evident that a copy has been delivered to such other party); and, in either case, such delinquency is to be determined without giving effect to any Grace Period permitted by the related Mortgage or Mortgage Note and without regard to any acceleration of payments under the related Mortgage and Mortgage Note or (ii) as to which the Special Servicer has, by written notice to the related Mortgagor, accelerated the maturity of the indebtedness evidenced by the related Mortgage Note. For the avoidance of doubt, a defaulted Companion Loan does not constitute a “Defaulted Loan”.

 

Defeasance Accounts”: As defined in Section 3.18(h).

 

Defect”: As defined in Section 2.02(f).

 

Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable”: With respect to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it (other than an Initial Sub-Servicer), any item (x) regarding such party, (y) prepared by such party or any registered public accounting firm, attorney or other agent retained by such party to prepare such information and (z) delivered by or on behalf of such

 

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party pursuant to the delivery requirements under Article XI of this Agreement that does not conform to the applicable reporting requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Deficient Valuation”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, a valuation by a court of competent jurisdiction of the Mortgaged Property in an amount less than the then outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan which valuation results from a proceeding initiated under the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Definitive Certificate”: Any Certificate in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons. Initially, the Class R Certificates, the Class Z Certificates, the Risk Retention Certificates and any Certificate issued pursuant to Sections Section 5.02(c) and Section 5.02(d) shall be Definitive Certificates.

 

Delinquent Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that is delinquent at least sixty (60) days in respect of its Periodic Payments or Balloon Payment, if any, in either case such delinquency to be determined without giving effect to any Grace Period.

 

Denomination”: With respect to any Certificate or any beneficial interest in a Certificate the amount (i) (a) set forth on the face thereof, (b) set forth on a schedule attached thereto or (c) in the case of any beneficial interest in a Book-Entry Certificate, the interest of the related Certificate Owner in the applicable Class of Certificates as reflected on the books and records of the Depository or related Depository Participant, as applicable, (ii) expressed in terms of initial Certificate Balance or initial Notional Amount, as applicable, and (iii) in an authorized denomination, as set forth in Section 5.01(a).

 

Depositor”: J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., a Delaware corporation, or its successor in interest.

 

Depository”: DTC, or any successor Depository hereafter named. The nominee of the initial Depository for purposes of registering those Certificates that are to be Book-Entry Certificates, is Cede & Co. The Depository shall at all times be a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(3) of the UCC of the State of New York and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

 

Depository Participant”: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.

 

Designated Intercreditor Agreement”: As defined in the definition of “Intercreditor Agreement”.

 

Determination Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the eleventh (11th) day of each calendar month (or, if the eleventh (11th) calendar day of that month is not a Business Day, then the next Business Day.

 

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Diligence File”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, collectively the following documents in electronic format:

 

(a)          A copy of each of the following documents:

 

(i)          the Mortgage Note, endorsed on its face or by allonge attached to the Mortgage Note, without recourse, to the order of the Trustee or in blank and further showing a complete, unbroken chain of endorsement from the originator (or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost, an affidavit to such effect from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or another prior holder, together with a copy of the Mortgage Note and an indemnity properly assigned and endorsed to the Trustee);

 

(ii)         the Mortgage, together with a copy of any intervening assignments of the Mortgage, in each case with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording (if in the possession of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller);

 

(iii)        any related assignment of leases and of any intervening assignments (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage), with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording (if in the possession of the applicable mortgage loan seller);

 

(iv)        all modification, consolidation, assumption, written assurance and substitution agreements in those instances in which the terms or provisions of the Mortgage or Mortgage Note have been modified or the Mortgage Loan has been assumed or consolidated;

 

(v)         the policy or certificate of lender’s title insurance issued on the date of the origination of such Mortgage Loan, or, if such policy has not been issued or located, an irrevocable, binding commitment (which may be a marked version of the policy that has been executed by an authorized representative of the title company or an agreement to provide the same pursuant to binding escrow instructions executed by an authorized representative of the title company) to issue such title insurance policy;

 

(vi)        any UCC Financing Statements, related amendments and continuation statements in the possession of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller;

 

(vii)       any Intercreditor Agreement relating to permitted debt of the Mortgagor, including any Intercreditor Agreement relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, and any related mezzanine intercreditor agreement;

 

(viii)      any loan agreement, escrow agreement, security agreement or letter of credit relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(ix)         any ground lease, related ground lessor estoppel, indemnity or guaranty relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

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(x)          any property management agreement relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xi)        any franchise agreements and comfort letters or similar agreements relating to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and, with respect to any franchise agreement, comfort letter or similar agreement, any assignment of such agreements or any notice to the franchisor of the transfer of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and a request for confirmation that the Trust is a beneficiary of such comfort letter or other agreement, or for the issuance of a new comfort letter in favor of the Trust, as the case may be;

 

(xii)       any lock-box or cash management agreement relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xiii)      a copy of all related environmental reports; and

 

(xiv)      a copy of all related environmental insurance policies;

 

(b)           a copy of any engineering reports or property condition reports;

 

(c)           other than with respect to a hotel property (except with respect to tenanted commercial space within a hotel property), copies of a rent roll;

 

(d)           for any office, retail, industrial or warehouse property, a copy of all leases and estoppels and subordination and non-disturbance agreements delivered to the related Mortgage Loan Seller;

 

(e)           a copy of all legal opinions (excluding attorney-client communications between the related Mortgage Loan Seller, and its counsel that are privileged communications or constitute legal or other due diligence analyses), if any, delivered in connection with the closing of the related Mortgage Loan;

 

(f)            a copy of all Mortgagor’s certificates of hazard insurance and/or hazard insurance policies or other applicable insurance policies (to the extent not previously included as part of this definition), if any, delivered in connection with the closing of the related Mortgage Loan;

 

(g)           a copy of the appraisal for the related Mortgaged Property(ies);

 

(h)           for any Mortgage Loan that the related Mortgaged Property is leased to a single tenant, a copy of the lease;

 

(i)            a copy of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s asset summary;

 

(j)            a copy of all surveys for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties;

 

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(l)            a copy of financial statements of the related Mortgagor;

 

(m)          a copy of operating statements for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties;

 

(n)           a copy of all UCC searches;

 

(o)           a copy of all litigation searches;

 

(p)           a copy of all bankruptcy searches;

 

(q)           a copy of the origination settlement statement;

 

(r)            a copy of the Insurance Consultant Report;

 

(s)           a copy of organizational documents of the related Mortgagor and any guarantor;

 

(t)            a copy of escrow statements related to the escrow account balances as of the Mortgage Loan origination date, if not covered by the origination settlement statement;

 

(u)           a copy of any closure letter (environmental), if not covered by the environmental reports; and

 

(v)           a copy of any environmental remediation agreement for the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, if not covered by the environmental reports;

 

in each case, to the extent that the originator received such documents or information in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan. In the event any of the items identified above were not included in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan (other than documents that would not be included in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan because such document is inapplicable to the origination of a Mortgage Loan of that structure or type, taking into account whether or not such Mortgage Loan has any additional debt), the Diligence File shall include a statement to that effect; provided that no information that is proprietary to the related originator or Mortgage Loan Seller or any draft documents or privileged or internal communications shall constitute part of the Diligence File. It is not required to include any of the same items identified above again if such items have already been included under another clause of the Diligence File, and the Diligence File shall include a statement to that effect. The Mortgage Loan Seller may, without any obligation to do so, include such other documents or information as part of the Diligence File that such Mortgage Loan Seller believes should be included to enable the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform the Asset Review on such Mortgage Loan; provided that such documents or information are clearly labeled and identified.

 

Diligence File Certification”: As defined in Section 2.01(h).

 

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Directing Certificateholder”: (A) With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the Directing Certificateholder shall be the related Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder, and (B) with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan), the Directing Certificateholder shall be the Controlling Class Certificateholder (or a representative thereof) selected by more than 50% of the Controlling Class Certificateholders, (by Certificate Balance, as determined by the Certificate Registrar from time to time); provided, however, that (i) absent that selection, or (ii) until a Directing Certificateholder is so selected or (iii) upon receipt of a notice from a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders, by Certificate Balance, that a Directing Certificateholder is no longer designated, the Controlling Class Certificateholder that owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class (or a representative thereof) will be the Directing Certificateholder; provided, however, that, in the case of this clause (iii), in the event that no one Holder owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class, then there will be no Directing Certificateholder until appointed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder shall only retain its consultation rights to the extent specifically provided for herein. After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, there will be no Directing Certificateholder. The Depositor shall promptly provide the name and contact information for the initial Directing Certificateholder upon request of any party to this Agreement and any such requesting party may conclusively rely on the name and contact information provided by the Depositor. The Certificate Administrator and the other parties hereto shall be entitled to assume that the identity of the Directing Certificateholder has not changed until such parties receive written notice of a replacement of the Directing Certificateholder from a party holding the requisite interest in the Controlling Class, or the resignation of the then-current Directing Certificateholder. The initial Directing Certificateholder shall be KKR Real Estate Credit Opportunity Partners Aggregator I L.P.

 

Directing Certificateholder Asset Status Approval Process”: As defined in Section 3.19(d).

 

Directly Operate”: With respect to any REO Property (except with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), the furnishing or rendering of services to the tenants thereof, that are not customarily provided to tenants in connection with the rental of space “for occupancy only” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.512(b)-1(c)(5), the management or operation of such REO Property, the holding of such REO Property primarily for sale to customers, the use of such REO Property in a trade or business conducted by the Trust or on behalf of a Companion Holder or the performance of any construction work on the REO Property other than through an Independent Contractor; provided, however, that an REO Property shall not be considered to be Directly Operated solely because the Trustee (or the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trustee) establishes rental terms, chooses tenants, enters into or renews leases, deals with taxes and insurance or makes decisions as to repairs or capital expenditures with respect to such REO Property or takes other actions consistent with Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-4(b)(5)(ii).

 

Disclosable Special Servicer Fees”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any related Serviced Companion Loan (including any related REO Property), any compensation and other remuneration (including, without limitation, in the form of commissions, brokerage fees, or rebates, or as a result of any other fee-

 

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sharing arrangement) received or retained by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates that is paid by any Person (including, without limitation, the Trust, any Mortgagor, any manager, any guarantor or indemnitor in respect of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan and any purchaser of any such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan or REO Property) in connection with the disposition, workout or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Companion Loan, the management or disposition of any REO Property, and the performance by the Special Servicer or any such Affiliate of any other special servicing duties under this Agreement, other than (1) any Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees and (2) any compensation or remuneration to which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is entitled pursuant to Section 3.11 of this Agreement in connection with its respective duties in such capacities.

 

Disclosure Parties”: As defined in Section 3.13(f).

 

Discount Rate”: As defined in Section 4.01(e).

 

Dispute Resolution Consultation”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(iii).

 

Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(i).

 

Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person”: With respect to the Class R Certificates, any Non-U.S. Tax Person or its agent other than (a) a Non-U.S. Tax Person that holds the Class R Certificates in connection with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States and has furnished the transferor and the Certificate Registrar with an effective IRS Form W-8ECI or (b) a Non-U.S. Tax Person that has delivered to both the transferor and the Certificate Administrator an opinion of a nationally recognized tax counsel to the effect that the transfer of the Class R Certificates to it is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and that such transfer of the Class R Certificates will not be disregarded for federal income tax purposes.

 

Disqualified Organization”: Any of (i) the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, any possession of the United States or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are subject to tax and, except for Freddie Mac, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) a foreign government, any international organization or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization which is exempt from the tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to the Class R Certificates (except certain farmers’ cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code), (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an “electing large partnership,” as defined in Section 775 of the Code and (vi) any other Person so designated by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator based upon an Opinion of Counsel as provided to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator (at no expense to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator) that the holding of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate by such Person may cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or any Person having an Ownership Interest in any Class of Certificates (other than such Person) to incur a liability for

 

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any federal tax imposed under the Code that would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such Person. The terms “United States,” “State” and “international organization” shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.

 

Distribution Accounts”: Collectively, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Class VRR Distribution Account and the Excess Interest Distribution Account (and in each case any subaccount thereof), all of which may be subaccounts of a single Eligible Account.

 

Distribution Date”: The fourth (4th) Business Day following each Determination Date, beginning in November 2017. The initial Distribution Date shall be November 17, 2017.

 

Distribution Date Statement”: As defined in Section 4.02(a).

 

Do Not Hire List”: The list, as may be updated at any time, provided by the Depositor to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, which lists certain parties identified by the Depositor as having failed to comply (after any applicable cure period) with their respective obligations under Article XI of this Agreement or as having failed to comply (after any applicable cure period) with any similar Regulation AB reporting requirements under any other securitization transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, as of the Closing Date, no parties appear on the Do Not Hire List.

 

DTC”: The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.

 

Due Date”: With respect to (i) any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, on or prior to its Maturity Date, the day of the month set forth in the related Mortgage Note on which each Periodic Payment thereon is scheduled to be first due, (ii) any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, after the Maturity Date therefor, the day of the month set forth in the related Mortgage Note on which each Periodic Payment on such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, had been scheduled to be first due, and (iii) any REO Loan, the day of the month set forth in the related Mortgage Note on which each Periodic Payment on the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, had been scheduled to be first due.

 

EDGAR”: As defined in Section 11.03.

 

EDGAR-Compatible Format”: With respect to (a) the Initial Schedule AL File, the Initial Schedule AL Additional File, the CREFC® Schedule AL File and the Schedule AL Additional File, XML format or such other format as mutually agreed to between the Depositor, Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer and (b) any report, file or document other than those listed in clause (a) above, any format compatible with EDGAR, including HTML, Word or clean, searchable PDFs.

 

Eligible Account”: Any of the following: (i) a segregated account or accounts maintained with a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company (including the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator), (A) the long-term deposit rating or long-term

 

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unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least “Aa3” by Moody’s, if the deposits are to be held in such account for thirty (30) days or more, and the short-term debt obligations of which have a short-term rating of not less than “P-1” from Moody’s, if the deposits are to be held in such account for less than thirty (30) days, (B) the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least “A+” by Fitch, if the deposits are to be held in such account for thirty (30) days or more, and the short-term debt obligations of which have a short-term rating of not less than “F1” from Fitch, if the deposits are to be held in such account for less than thirty (30) days and (C) the long-term unsecured debt obligations of which are rated at least “A” by DBRS (if then rated by DBRS, or if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent rating (or higher) by at least two (2) NRSROs (which may include Moody’s and/or Fitch) or such other rating confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation), if the deposits are to be held in such account for thirty (30) days or more, and the short-term debt obligations of which have a short-term rating of not less than “R-1(middle)” from DBRS (if then rated by DBRS, or if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent rating (or higher) by at least two (2) NRSROs (which may include Moody’s and/or Fitch) or such other rating confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation), if the deposits are to be held in such account for less than thirty (30) days; (ii) an account or accounts maintained with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association so long as Wells Fargo Bank, National Association’s long-term unsecured debt rating shall be at least “A2” from Moody’s and “A” from Fitch (if the deposits are to be held in the account for more than thirty (30) days) and “A” from DBRS (if then rated by DBRS, or if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent rating (or higher) by at least two (2) NRSROs (which may include Moody’s and/or Fitch) or such other rating confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation) or Wells Fargo Bank, National Association’s short-term deposit or short-term unsecured debt rating shall be at least “P-1” from Moody’s and “F2” from Fitch (if the deposits are to be held in the account for thirty (30) days or less) and “R-1 (middle)” from DBRS (if then rated by DBRS, or if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent rating (or higher) by at least two (2) NRSROs (which may include Moody’s and/or Fitch) or such other rating confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation); (iii) an account or accounts maintained with PNC Bank, National Association so long as PNC Bank, National Association’s long-term unsecured debt or deposit account rating shall be at least “A2” from Moody’s and “A” from Fitch (if the deposits are to be held in the account for more than thirty (30) days) or PNC Bank, National Association’s short-term deposit account or short-term unsecured debt rating shall be at least “P-1” from Moody’s, “F2” from Fitch (if the deposits are to be held in the account for thirty (30) days or less) and “R-1 (middle)” from DBRS (if then rated by DBRS, or if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent rating (or higher) by at least two (2) NRSROs (which may include Moody’s and/or Fitch) or such other rating confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation); (iv) such other account or accounts that, but for the failure to satisfy one or more of the minimum rating(s) set forth in the applicable clause, would be listed in clauses (i)(iii) above, with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each Rating Agency for which the minimum ratings set forth in the applicable clause is not satisfied with respect to such account, which account may be an account maintained by or with the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer; (v) any other account or accounts not listed in clauses (i)(iii) above with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each and every Rating Agency and a confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied

 

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with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), which account may be an account maintained by or with the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer; or (vi) a segregated trust account or accounts maintained with the corporate trust department of a federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company that has a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “A2” from Moody’s (if the deposits are to be held in the account for more than thirty (30) days) or a short-term unsecured debt rating of at least “P-1” from Moody’s (if the deposits are to be held in the account for thirty (30) days or less) and that, in either case, has corporate trust powers, acting in its fiduciary capacity, provided that any state chartered depository institution or trust company is subject to regulation regarding fiduciary funds substantially similar to 12 C.F.R. § 9.10(b). Eligible Accounts may bear interest. No Eligible Account shall be evidenced by a certificate of deposit, passbook or other similar instrument.

 

Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer”: An institution that (a) is the special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer on a transaction rated by any of DBRS, Fitch, KBRA., Moody’s, Morningstar or S&P and that has not been a special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer on a transaction for which any of DBRS, Fitch, KBRA, Moody’s, Morningstar or S&P has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of, one or more classes of certificates for such transaction citing servicing or other relevant concerns with the special servicer, operating advisor or asset representations reviewer as the sole or material factor in such rating action, (b) can and will make the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.01(d), Section 6.01(c) is not (and is not Risk Retention Affiliated with) a Mortgage Loan Seller, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Third Party Purchaser, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates, (d) has neither performed (and is not affiliated with any party hired to perform) any due diligence, loan underwriting, brokerage, borrower advisory or similar services with respect to any Mortgage Loan or any related Companion Loan prior to the Closing Date for or on behalf of any Mortgage Loan Seller, any Underwriter, any party to this Agreement or the Directing Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates, nor been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by any of them in connection with any such services, and (e) does not directly or indirectly, through one or more Affiliates or otherwise, own any interest in any Certificates, any Mortgage Loans, any Companion Loan or any securities backed by a Companion Loan or otherwise have any financial interest in the securitization transaction to which this Agreement relates, other than in fees from its role as Asset Representations Reviewer (or as Operating Advisor, if applicable).

 

Eligible Operating Advisor”: An institution (a) that is a special servicer or operating advisor on a CMBS transaction rated by the Rating Agencies (including, in the case of the Operating Advisor, this transaction) but has not been special servicer or operating advisor on a transaction for which any of the Rating Agencies has qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of, one or more classes of certificates for such transaction citing servicing concerns with the Operating Advisor in its capacity as the special servicer or operating advisor on such CMBS transaction as the sole or a material factor in such rating action; (b) that can and will make the representations and warranties of the Operating Advisor set forth in Section 6.01(c) of this Agreement; (c) that is not (and is neither affiliated nor Risk Retention Affiliated with) the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, a Borrower Party, a Mortgage Loan Seller, the Third Party Purchaser, the

 

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Directing Certificateholder, a depositor, a trustee, a certificate administrator, a master servicer or special servicer with respect to the securitization of a Companion Loan, or any of their respective Affiliates; (d) that has not been paid by any Special Servicer or successor Special Servicer any fees, compensation or other remuneration (x) in respect of its obligations hereunder or (y) for the appointment or recommendation for replacement of a successor Special Servicer to become the Special Servicer; (e) that (x) has been regularly engaged in the business of analyzing and advising clients in CMBS matters and that has at least five (5) years of experience in collateral analysis and loss projections and (y) has at least five (5) years of experience in commercial real estate asset management and experience in the workout and management of distressed commercial real estate assets; and (f) that does not directly or indirectly, through one or more Affiliates or otherwise, own or have derivative exposure in any interest in any Certificates, any Mortgage Loans, any Companion Loan or any securities backed by a Companion Loan or otherwise have any financial interest in the securitization transaction to which this Agreement relates, other than in fees from its role as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer (to the extent it also acts as the Asset Representations Reviewer).

 

Enforcing Party”: The person obligated to enforce the rights of the Trust against the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Repurchase Request.

 

Enforcing Servicer”: (a) With respect to a Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer, and (b) with respect to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, (i) in the case of a Repurchase Request made by the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Master Servicer, and (ii) in the case of a Repurchase Request made by any Person other than the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, (A) prior to a Resolution Failure relating to such Non-Specially Serviced Loan, the Master Servicer, and (B) from and after a Resolution Failure relating to such Non-Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer.

 

Environmental Assessment”: An “environmental site assessment” as such term is defined in, and meeting the criteria of, the American Society of Testing Materials Standard Section E 1527-00, or any successor thereto.

 

Environmental Indemnity Agreement”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any agreement between the Mortgagor (or a guarantor thereof) and the originator of such Mortgage Loan relating to the Mortgagor’s obligation to remediate or monitor or indemnify for any environmental problems relating to the related Mortgaged Property.

 

ERISA”: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

ERISA Plan”: As defined in Section Section 5.03(r).

 

ERISA Restricted Certificate”: Any Certificate (other than a Class R and Class Z Certificate) that does not meet the requirements of Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2013-08 (as such exemption may be amended from time to time) as of the date of the acquisition of such Certificate by a Plan. As of the Closing Date, each of the Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class VRR-E, Class VRR-F, Class VRR-G and Class VRR Certificates is an ERISA Restricted Certificate.

 

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Escrow Payment”: Any payment received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer for the account of any Mortgagor for application toward the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground lease rents and similar items in respect of the related Mortgaged Property, including amounts for deposit to any reserve account.

 

Euroclear”: The Euroclear System or any successor thereto.

 

Excess Interest”: With respect to each ARD Loan, interest accrued on such ARD Loan after the Anticipated Repayment Date allocable to the Excess Rate, including all interest accrued thereon to the extent permitted by applicable law and the related Mortgage Loan documents. The Excess Interest shall not be an asset of any Trust REMIC, but rather shall be an asset of the Grantor Trust.

 

Excess Interest Distribution Account”: The trust account or accounts created and maintained as a separate account or accounts (or as a subaccount of the Distribution Account) by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.04(c), which shall be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, Class Z, Class VRR-G and Class VRR Certificates, Excess Interest Distribution Account”, and which must be an Eligible Account (or a subaccount of an Eligible Account). The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall be held solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Class Z, Class VRR-G and Class VRR Certificates. The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall not be an asset of any Trust REMIC, but rather shall be an asset of the Grantor Trust.

 

Excess Modification Fee Amount”: With respect to either the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, any Corrected Loan and any particular modification, waiver, extension or amendment with respect to such Corrected Loan that gives rise to the payment of a Workout Fee, an amount equal to the aggregate of any Excess Modification Fees paid by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor with respect to the related Mortgage Loan (including the related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable, unless prohibited under the related Intercreditor Agreement) and received and retained by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as compensation within the prior eighteen (18) months of such modification, waiver, extension or amendment, but only to the extent those fees have not previously been deducted from a Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee.

 

Excess Modification Fees”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan, the sum of (A) the excess, if any, of (i) any and all Modification Fees with respect to a modification, waiver, extension or amendment of any of the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, over (ii) all unpaid or unreimbursed additional expenses (including, without limitation, reimbursement of Advances and interest on Advances to the extent not otherwise paid or reimbursed by the Mortgagor but excluding Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees) outstanding or previously incurred on behalf of the Trust with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and reimbursed from such Modification Fees and (B) expenses previously paid or reimbursed from Modification Fees as described in the

 

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preceding clause (A), which expenses have been recovered from the related Mortgagor or otherwise. With respect to each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, the Excess Modification Fees collected and earned by such Person from the related Mortgagor (taken in the aggregate with any other Excess Modification Fees collected and earned by such Person from the related Mortgagor within the prior eighteen (18) months of the collection of the current Excess Modification Fees) will be subject to a cap of 1.00% of the outstanding principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, on the closing date of the related modification, extension, waiver or amendment (after giving effect to such modification, extension, waiver or amendment) with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable.

 

Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: For any Distribution Date, the Non-VRR Percentage of the Aggregate Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall for such Distribution Date.

 

Excess Rate”: With respect to each ARD Loan, the excess of (i) the applicable Revised Rate over (ii) the applicable Mortgage Rate set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule.

 

Exchangeable Certificates”: As defined in Section 5.09(a).

 

Exchangeable Component”: As defined in Section 5.09(a).

 

Exchange Act”: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

Exchange Proportion”: As defined in Section 5.09(a).

 

Excluded Controlling Class Holder”: With respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan, the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, that is a Borrower Party with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Loan. Promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge of the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder becoming an “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”, such Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, shall provide notice in the form of Exhibit P-1E hereto to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, which notice shall be physically delivered in accordance with Section 13.05 of this Agreement and shall specifically identify the Excluded Controlling Class Holder and identifying the related Mortgage Loan, specifying whether it is (A) an Excluded Controlling Class Loan or (B) both an Excluded Loan and an Excluded Controlling Class Loan. Additionally, any Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall also send to the Certificate Administrator a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1F hereto, which notice shall provide each of the CTSLink User ID associated with such Excluded Controlling Class Holder, and which notice shall direct the Certificate Administrator to restrict such Excluded Controlling Class Holder’s access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website as and to the extent provided in this Agreement. As of the Closing Date, there is no Excluded Controlling Class Holder related to the Trust.

 

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Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, is a Borrower Party. As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Controlling Class Loans related to the Trust.

 

Excluded Information”: With respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan, any information solely related to such Excluded Controlling Class Loan and/or the related Mortgaged Properties, which shall include the Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), any Operating Advisor reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator regarding a Special Servicer’s net present value determination, any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations delivered pursuant to Section 3.26(e), and any Officer’s Certificates delivered by the Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance, or such other information and reports designated as Excluded Information by the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, other than such information with respect to such Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s) that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level. For the avoidance of doubt, any file or report contained in the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC® IRP) (other than the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan) and any Schedule AL Additional File shall not be considered “Excluded Information”. Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall deliver any Excluded Information that is to be posted to the Certificate Administrator’s Website to the Certificate Administrator in accordance with Section 3.33(a) hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator’s obligation to segregate any information delivered to it under the “Excluded Information” tab on the Certificate Administrator’s Website shall be triggered solely by such information being delivered in the manner provided in Section 3.33(a) hereof.

 

Excluded Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan if, as of any date of determination, the Directing Certificateholder or the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class is a Borrower Party. For the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Loan is also an Excluded Controlling Class Loan. As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Loans related to the Trust.

 

Excluded Special Servicer”: With respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan, a replacement special servicer that is not a Borrower Party with respect to such Excluded Special Servicer Loan and satisfies all of the eligibility requirements applicable to the Special Servicer set forth in Section 7.01(g)(i). As of the Closing Date, there is no Excluded Special Servicer related to the Trust.

 

Excluded Special Servicer Information”: With respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan, any information solely related to such Excluded Special Servicer Loan and/or the related Mortgaged Properties, which shall include the Asset Status Reports, Final Asset Status Reports (or summaries thereof), any Operating Advisor reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator regarding an Excluded Special Servicer’s net present value determination, any Appraisal Reduction Amount calculations delivered pursuant to Section 3.26(e), and any Officer’s Certificates delivered by the Master Servicer or the applicable Excluded Special Servicer supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance, or such other information and reports designated as Excluded Special Servicer Information by the applicable Excluded Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the

 

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Operating Advisor, as applicable, other than such information with respect to such Excluded Special Servicer Loan(s) that is aggregated with information of other Mortgage Loans at a pool level. For the avoidance of doubt, any file or report contained in the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package (CREFC® IRP) (other than the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File relating to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan) shall not be considered “Excluded Special Servicer Information”.

 

Excluded Special Servicer Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan with respect to which, as of any date of determination, the Special Servicer has obtained knowledge that it has become a Borrower Party. As of the Closing Date, there are no Excluded Special Servicer Loans related to the Trust.

 

Extended Cure Period”: As defined in Section 2.03(b).

 

Fannie Mae”: Federal National Mortgage Association or any successor thereto.

 

FDIC”: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor thereto.

 

Final Asset Status Report”: With respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, the initial Asset Status Report (together with such other data or supporting information provided by the Special Servicer to the Directing Certificateholder or the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder that does not include any communication (other than the Final Asset Status Report) between the Special Servicer and the Directing Certificateholder with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan or between the Special Servicer and the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder) required to be delivered by the Special Servicer by the Initial Delivery Date or any Subsequent Asset Status Report, in each case, in the form fully approved or deemed approved, if applicable, by the Directing Certificateholder or the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, as applicable, pursuant to the Directing Certificateholder Asset Status Approval Process or following completion of the ASR Consultation Process, as applicable. For the avoidance of doubt, the Special Servicer may issue more than one Final Asset Status Report with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan in in accordance with the procedure described in Section 3.19(d). The Operating Advisor is only required to review Final Asset Status Reports delivered to it by the Special Servicer; provided that the Operating Advisor shall request delivery of a Final Asset Status Report to the extent it has actual knowledge of such Final Asset Status Report.

 

Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(iii).

 

Final Major Decision Reporting Package”: As defined in Section 6.08(a)(ii).

 

Final Recovery Determination”: A reasonable determination by the Special Servicer, in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder if related to a Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan and made prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, with respect to any Defaulted Loan (and, if applicable, any defaulted Companion Loan), Corrected Loan or REO Property (other than a Mortgage Loan or REO Property, as the case may be, that was purchased by (i) any of the Mortgage Loan Sellers pursuant to Section 6 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (ii) the Special Servicer or other person pursuant to Section 3.16(b), any Companion Holder or any mezzanine lender pursuant to Section 3.16 or (iii) the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Holders of the Controlling Class,

 

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or the Holders of the Class R Certificates pursuant to Section 9.01) that there has been a recovery of all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Revenue and other payments or recoveries that, in the Special Servicer’s judgment, which judgment was exercised without regard to any obligation of the Special Servicer to make payments from its own funds pursuant to Section 3.07(b), will ultimately be recoverable. With respect to all Mortgage Loans other than the Excluded Loans, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder shall have ten (10) Business Days (or, if the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer are affiliates, five (5) Business Days) to review and approve each such recovery determination by the Special Servicer; provided, however, that if the Directing Certificateholder fails to approve or disapprove any recovery determination within ten (10) Business Days (or, if the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer are affiliates, five (5) Business Days) of receipt of the initial recovery determination, such consent shall be deemed given.

 

Fitch”: Fitch Ratings, Inc., and its successors in interest. If neither Fitch nor any successor remains in existence, “Fitch” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer, and specific ratings of Fitch herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

 

Form 8-K Disclosure Information”: As defined in Section 11.07.

 

Form 15 Suspension Notification”: As defined in Section 11.08.

 

Franchise Required Mortgage Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan subject to a franchise agreement with a related comfort letter in favor of the respective Mortgage Loan Seller that requires notice to or request of the related franchisor to transfer or assign any related comfort letter to the Trust or otherwise have a new comfort letter issued in the name of the Trust. For the avoidance of doubt, the only Franchise Required Mortgage Loans with respect to the Trust are the Mortgage Loans secured by the Mortgaged Properties or portfolio of Mortgaged Properties identified as “AHIP Northeast Portfolio”, “Starwood Capital Group Hotel Portfolio”, “Sheraton DFW”, “Lightstone Portfolio”, “Best Western Plus Truckee”, “Staybridge Suites St. Petersburg”, “Home2 Suites Amarillo” and “Hampton Inn & Suites Rome”.

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

 

Gain-on-Sale Proceeds”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the excess of (i) Liquidation Proceeds net of any related Liquidation Expenses (or the portion of such net Liquidation Proceeds payable to the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) over (ii) the Purchase Price for such Mortgage Loan on the date on which Liquidation Proceeds were received.

 

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Grace Period”: The number of days before a payment default is an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan and/or before the imposition of late payment charges and/or default interest.

 

Grantor Trust”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Ground Lease”: The ground lease pursuant to which any Mortgagor holds a leasehold interest in the related Mortgaged Property and any estoppels or other agreements executed and delivered by the ground lessor in favor of the lender under the Mortgage Loan.

 

Hazardous Materials”: Any dangerous, toxic or hazardous pollutants, chemicals, wastes or substances, including, without limitation, those so identified pursuant to CERCLA or any other federal, state or local environmental related laws and regulations, and specifically including, without limitation, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, petroleum and petroleum products, urea formaldehyde and any substances classified as being “in inventory,” “usable work in process” or similar classification which would, if classified as unusable, be included in the foregoing definition.

 

Horizontal Risk Retention Certificate”: Individually and collectively the Class E-RR, Class F-RR and Class G-RR Certificates.

 

Impermissible Asset Representations Reviewer Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.32.

 

Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.32.

 

Impermissible Operating Advisor Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.32.

 

Impermissible TPP Affiliate”: As defined in Section 3.32.

 

Independent”: When used with respect to any accountants, a Person who is “independent” within the meaning of Rule 2-01(b) of the Commission’s Regulation S-X. When used with respect to any specified Person, any such Person who (i) is in fact independent of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Companion Holders (insofar as the relevant matter involves a Whole Loan (whether alone or together with one or more other Mortgage Loans)), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and all Affiliates thereof, (ii) does not have any material direct financial interest in or any material indirect financial interest in any of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Companion Holders (insofar as the relevant matter involves a Whole Loan (whether alone or together with one or more other Mortgage Loans)), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any Affiliate thereof and (iii) is not connected with the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, the Companion Holders (insofar as the relevant matter involves a Whole Loan (whether alone or together with one or more other Mortgage Loans)), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any Affiliate thereof as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions;

 

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provided, however, that a Person shall not fail to be Independent of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Companion Holders or any Affiliate thereof merely because such Person is the beneficial owner of 1% or less of any class of securities issued by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Companion Holders or any Affiliate thereof, as the case may be, so long as such ownership constitutes less than 1% of the total assets of such Person. For the avoidance of doubt, the exception in the proviso above for ownership of 1% or less of any class of securities shall not apply with respect to the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

Independent Contractor”: Either (i) any Person that would be an “independent contractor” with respect to the Trust within the meaning of Section 856(d)(3) of the Code if the Trust were a real estate investment trust (except that the ownership test set forth in that Section shall be considered to be met by any Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 35% or more of any Class of Certificates, or such other interest in any Class of Certificates as is set forth in an Opinion of Counsel, which shall be at no expense to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, any Companion Holder or the Trust, delivered to the Trustee, any Companion Holder, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer), so long as the Trust does not receive or derive any income from such Person and provided that the relationship between such Person and the Trust is at arm’s length, all within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-4(b)(5) (except that neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be considered to be an Independent Contractor under the definition in this clause (i) unless an Opinion of Counsel has been delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator to that effect) or (ii) any other Person (including the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer) upon receipt by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Master Servicer of an Opinion of Counsel, which shall be at no expense to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Trust, to the effect that the taking of any action in respect of any REO Property by such Person, subject to any conditions therein specified, that is otherwise herein contemplated to be taken by an Independent Contractor will not cause such REO Property to cease to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or cause any income realized in respect of such REO Property to fail to qualify as Rents from Real Property.

 

Initial Cure Period”: As defined in Section 2.03(b).

 

Initial Delivery Date”: As defined in Section 3.19(d).

 

Initial Purchasers”: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

Initial Requesting Certificateholder”: The first Certificateholder or Certificate Owner (in each case other than a Holder or Certificate Owner of a Vertical Risk Retention Certificate) to deliver a Certificateholder Repurchase Request as described in Section 2.03(k) with respect to a Mortgage Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, there may not be more than one Initial Requesting Certificateholder with respect to any Mortgage Loan.

 

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Initial Schedule AL Additional File”: The data file prepared by or on behalf of the Depositor containing additional information or schedules regarding data points in the Initial Schedule AL File in accordance with Item 1111(h)(4) of Regulation AB and Item 601(b)(103) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and filed as Exhibit 103 to the Form ABS-EE incorporated by reference into the Prospectus in both EDGAR-Compatible Format and Excel format.

 

Initial Schedule AL File”: The data file prepared by or on behalf of the Depositor containing the information required by Item 1111(h)(3) or Item 1125 of Regulation AB or Item 601(b)(102) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act and filed as Exhibit 102 to the Form ABS-EE incorporated by reference into the Prospectus in both EDGAR-Compatible Format and Excel format.

 

Initial Sub-Servicer”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan that is subject to a Sub-Servicing Agreement with the Master Servicer as of the Closing Date, the Sub-Servicer under any such Sub-Servicing Agreement. As of the Closing Date, each entity listed on Exhibit FF is an Initial Sub-Servicer.

 

Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement”: Any Sub-Servicing Agreement in effect as of the Closing Date.

 

Inquiry” and “Inquiries”: As each is defined in Section 4.07(a).

 

Institutional Accredited Investor”: An institutional investor which is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of paragraphs (1), (2), (3) or (7) of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Act or any entity in which all of the equity owners come within such paragraphs.

 

Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds”: All proceeds paid under any Insurance Policy or in connection with the full or partial condemnation of a Mortgaged Property, in either case, to the extent such proceeds are not applied to the restoration of the related Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor or any tenants or ground lessors, in either case, in accordance with the Servicing Standard (and in the case of any Mortgage Loan with a related Companion Loan, to the extent any portion of such proceeds are received by the Master Servicer or Certificate Administrator in connection with such Mortgage Loan, pursuant to the allocations set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement) and the REMIC Provisions.

 

Insurance Consultant Report”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan, a report or other summary prepared either by the related Mortgage Loan Seller or a third party insurance consultant on behalf of the related Mortgage Loan Seller that provides a summary of all Insurance Policies covering the related Mortgaged Property(ies), identifying the insurance provider, applicable ratings of each such provider and the amount of coverage and any applicable deductible.

 

Insurance Policy”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any hazard insurance policy, flood insurance policy, title policy or other insurance policy that is maintained from time to time in respect of such Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property.

 

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Intercreditor Agreement”: Each intercreditor agreement relating to a Whole Loan described in the Preliminary Statement hereto (each of such intercreditor agreements, a “Designated Intercreditor Agreement”), and any intercreditor agreement entered into in connection with the issuance to the direct or indirect equity holders in the Mortgagor of any existing mezzanine indebtedness or any future mezzanine indebtedness permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

Interest Accrual Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and any Class of Non-VRR Certificates, an amount equal to interest for the related Interest Accrual Period accrued at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class of Certificates on the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, for such Class immediately prior to that Distribution Date. Calculations of interest for each Interest Accrual Period will be made on 30/360 basis.

 

Interest Accrual Period”: For each Distribution Date, the calendar month prior to the month in which that Distribution Date occurs.

 

Interest Deposit Amount”: As defined in Section 3.04(j).

 

Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Class of Non-VRR Certificates for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to (A) the sum of (i) the Interest Accrual Amount with respect to such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Interest Shortfall, if any, with respect to such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date, less (B) any Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall allocated to such Class of Certificates on such Distribution Date.

 

For purposes of clause (B) above, the Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall, if any, for each Distribution Date shall be allocated to each Class of Non-VRR Certificates in an amount equal to the product of (i) the amount of such Excess Prepayment Interest Shortfall and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Interest Accrual Amount for such Class for such Distribution Date and the denominator of which is the aggregate Interest Accrual Amounts for all Classes of Non-VRR Certificates for such Distribution Date.

 

Interest Reserve Account”: The trust account or subaccount of the Distribution Account created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.04(b) initially in the name of “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, Interest Reserve Account”, into which the amounts set forth in Section 3.21 shall be deposited directly and which must be an Eligible Account or subaccount of an Eligible Account.

 

Interest Shortfall”: With respect to any Distribution Date for any Class of Non-VRR Certificates, the sum of (a) the portion of the Interest Distribution Amount for such Class remaining unpaid as of the close of business on the preceding Distribution Date, and (b) to the extent permitted by applicable law, (i) other than in the case of Class X Certificates, one month’s interest on that amount remaining unpaid at the Pass-Through Rate applicable to such Class for the current Distribution Date and (ii) in the case of the Class X Certificates, one-month’s interest

 

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on that amount remaining unpaid at the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate for such Distribution Date.

 

Interested Person”: As of the date of any determination, any person who is (i) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder, any sponsor, any Borrower Party, any Independent Contractor engaged by the Special Servicer, any holder of a related mezzanine loan (but only with respect to the related Mortgage Loan), or any known Affiliate of any of the preceding entities or (ii) with respect to a Whole Loan if it is a Defaulted Loan, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (or any Independent Contractor engaged by such Special Servicer), or the trustee for the securitization of a Companion Loan, and each related Companion Holder or its representative, or any known Affiliate of any such party described above.

 

Intralinks Site”: The internet website, which shall initially be “www.intralinks.com”, used by the Depositor and Mortgage Loan Sellers to accept and upload the Diligence Files.

 

Investment Account”: As defined in Section 3.06(a).

 

Investment Representation Letter”: As defined in Section 5.03(e), a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C.

 

Investor Certification”: A certification (which may be in electronic form) substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1A, Exhibit P-1B, Exhibit P-1C and Exhibit P-1D to this Agreement or in the form of an electronic certification contained on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (which may be a click-through confirmation), representing (i) that such Person executing the certification is a Certificateholder, the Directing Certificateholder (to the extent such Person is not a Certificateholder), a Certificate Owner, the Risk Retention Consultation Party, a prospective purchaser of a Certificate or a Companion Holder (or any investment advisor or manager of the foregoing), (ii) that either (a) such Person is not a Borrower Party, in which case such Person shall have access to all the reports and information made available to Certificateholders via the Certificate Administrator’s Website hereunder, or (b) such Person is a Borrower Party in which case (1) if such Person is the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, such Person shall have access to all the reports and information made available to Certificateholders via the Certificate Administrator’s Website hereunder other than any Excluded Information as set forth herein, (2) if such Person is not the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, such Person shall only receive access to the Distribution Date Statements prepared by the Certificate Administrator or (3) if such Person is the Risk Retention Consultation Party, such Person shall have access to all the reports and information made available to Certificateholders via the Certificate Administrator’s Website hereunder, (iii) that such Person has received a copy of the final Prospectus (except in the case of a certification by a Companion Holder) and (iv) such Person agrees to keep any Privileged Information confidential and will not violate any securities laws; provided, however, that any Excluded Controlling Class Holder (i) shall be permitted to reasonably request and obtain in accordance with Section 4.02(f) of this Agreement any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which

 

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such Excluded Controlling Class Holder is not a Borrower Party (if such Excluded Information is not otherwise available to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder via the Certificate Administrator’s Website on account of it constituting Excluded Information) from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, and (ii) shall be considered a Privileged Person for all other purposes, except with respect to its ability to obtain information with respect to any related Excluded Controlling Class Loan.

 

Investor Q&A Forum”: As defined in Section 4.07(a).

 

Investor Registry”: As defined in Section 4.07(b).

 

KBRA”: Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Inc., and its successors in interest. If neither KBRA nor any successor remains in existence, “KBRA” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer and specific ratings of KBRA herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

 

Late Collections”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, Whole Loan or Companion Loan, all amounts received thereon prior to the related Determination Date, whether as payments, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds or otherwise, which represent late payments or collections of principal or interest due in respect of such Mortgage Loan, Whole Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable (without regard to any acceleration of amounts due thereunder by reason of default), on a Due Date prior to the immediately preceding Determination Date and not previously recovered. With respect to any REO Loan, all amounts received in connection with the related REO Property prior to the related Determination Date, whether as Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, REO Revenues or otherwise, which represent late collections of principal or interest due or deemed due in respect of such REO Loan or the predecessor Mortgage Loan, Whole Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable (without regard to any acceleration of amounts due under the predecessor Mortgage Loan, Whole Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, by reason of default), on a Due Date prior to the immediately preceding Determination Date and not previously recovered. The term “Late Collections” shall specifically exclude Penalty Charges. With respect to any Whole Loan, as used in this Agreement, Late Collections shall refer to such portion of Late Collections to the extent allocable to the related Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Liquidation Event”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or with respect to any REO Property (and the related REO Loan), any of the following events: (i) such Mortgage Loan is paid in full; (ii) a Final Recovery Determination is made with respect to such Mortgage Loan; (iii) such Mortgage Loan is repurchased by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 6 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (iv) such Mortgage Loan is purchased by the Special Servicer, or by any Companion Holder or any mezzanine lender (as applicable) pursuant to Section 3.16 (and the related Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable); (v) such Mortgage Loan is purchased by the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates pursuant to

 

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Section 9.01 or acquired by the Sole Certificateholder in exchange for its Certificates pursuant to Section 9.01; or (vi) such Mortgage Loan is sold by the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

Liquidation Expenses”: All customary, reasonable and necessary “out-of-pocket” costs and expenses incurred by the Special Servicer in connection with a liquidation of any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property (except with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) pursuant to Section 3.16 (including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, committee or referee fees and, if applicable, brokerage commissions and conveyance taxes).

 

Liquidation Fee”: A fee payable to the Special Servicer (A) with respect to each Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property (except with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) as to which the Special Servicer receives (i) a full, partial or discounted payoff from the related Mortgagor or (ii) any Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds with respect to the related Mortgage Loan (including the related Companion Loan, if applicable), or REO Property (in any case, other than amounts for which a Workout Fee has been paid, or will be payable), equal to the product of the Liquidation Fee Rate and the proceeds of such full, partial or discounted payoff or other partial payment or the Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (net of the related costs and expenses associated with the related liquidation) related to such liquidated Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property, as the case may be, and (B) with respect to each Mortgage Loan and each Serviced Companion Loan (with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, only to the extent that (i) the Special Servicer is enforcing the related mortgage loan seller’s obligations under the applicable mortgage loan purchase agreement with respect to such Serviced Companion Loan and (ii) the related Liquidation Fee is not otherwise required to be paid to the special servicer engaged with respect to such Serviced Companion Loan securitization trust or otherwise prohibited from being paid to the Special Servicer (in each case, under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement)) as to which the Special Servicer obtains any payment or Loss of Value Payment from the applicable mortgage loan seller in connection with the repurchase of such Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan in accordance with Section 2.03(l), equal to the product of the Liquidation Fee Rate and the related payment or Loss of Value Payment (exclusive of default interest); provided, however, that any such fee payable with respect to the Serviced Companion Loan shall be payable solely from proceeds on such Serviced Companion Loan; provided, however, that no Liquidation Fee shall be payable with respect to (a) the purchase of any Specially Serviced Loan by the Special Servicer or any Affiliate thereof (except if such Affiliate purchaser is the Directing Certificateholder or any Affiliate thereof; provided, however, that prior to a Control Termination Event, if the Directing Certificateholder or an Affiliate thereof, purchases any Specially Serviced Loan within ninety (90) days after the Special Servicer delivers to the Directing Certificateholder for its approval the initial Asset Status Report with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer will not be entitled to a Liquidation Fee in connection with such purchase by the Directing Certificateholder or its Affiliates), (b) any event described in clause (iv) and (vii) of the definition of “Liquidation Proceeds” (or any substitution in lieu of a repurchase) so long as such repurchase, substitution or Loss of Value Payment occurs prior to the termination of the Extended Cure Period, (c) any event described in clauses (v) and (vi) of the definition of “Liquidation Proceeds”, as long as, with respect to a purchase pursuant to clause (vi) of the definition of “Liquidation Proceeds”, a purchase occurs within ninety (90) days

 

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following the date that the first purchase option trigger occurs resulting in such purchase option holder’s purchase option becoming exercisable during that period prior to such Mortgage Loan becoming a Corrected Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, (d) with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, (x) a repurchase of such Serviced Companion Loan by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller for a breach of a representation or warranty or for a defective or deficient mortgage loan documentation under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement within the time period (or extension thereof) provided for such repurchase of such repurchase occurs prior to the termination of the extended resolution period provided therein or (y) a purchase of such Serviced Companion Loan by any applicable party to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to a clean-up call or similar liquidation of the Other Securitization, or (e) if a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan solely because of a Servicing Transfer Event described in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of “Servicing Transfer Event”, Liquidation Proceeds are received within ninety (90) days following the related Maturity Date as a result of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan being refinanced or otherwise repaid in full (but, in the event that a Liquidation Fee is not payable due to the application of any of clauses (a) through (e) above, the Special Servicer may still collect and retain a Liquidation Fee and similar fees from the related Mortgagor to the extent provided for in, or not prohibited by, the related loan documents); provided that the Liquidation Fee with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan will be reduced by the amount of any Excess Modification Fees paid by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor with respect to the related Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan, as applicable, or REO Property and received by the Special Servicer as compensation within the prior twelve (12) months, but only to the extent those fees have not previously been deducted from a Workout Fee or Liquidation Fee. No Liquidation Fee shall be payable in connection with a Loss of Value Payment by a Mortgage Loan Seller, if the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller makes such Loss of Value Payment within ninety (90) days of receipt of notice of a breach (and giving effect to an extension period of ninety (90) days).

 

Liquidation Fee Rate”: A rate equal to the lesser of (i) 1.00% with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan and REO Property; provided that if such rate would result in an aggregate Liquidation Fee of less than $25,000, then the Liquidation Fee Rate will be equal to such higher rate as would result in an aggregate Liquidation Fee equal to $25,000 and (ii) such lower rate that would result in a Liquidation Fee of $1,000,000.

 

Liquidation Proceeds”: Cash amounts received by or paid to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with: (i) the liquidation (including a payment in full) of a Mortgaged Property or other collateral constituting security for a Defaulted Loan or defaulted Companion Loan, if applicable, through a trustee’s sale, foreclosure sale, REO Disposition or otherwise, exclusive of any portion thereof required to be released to the related Mortgagor in accordance with applicable law and the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage; (ii) the realization upon any deficiency judgment obtained against a Mortgagor; (iii) any sale of (A) a Specially Serviced Loan pursuant to Section 3.16(a) or (B) any REO Property pursuant to Section 3.16(b); (iv) the repurchase of a Mortgage Loan by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 6 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (v) the purchase of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property by the Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates pursuant to Section 9.01; (vi) the purchase of a Mortgage Loan or an REO Property by (a) the applicable Subordinate Companion Holder or (b) the related mezzanine lender

 

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pursuant to Section 3.16 and the related Intercreditor Agreement; or (vii) the transfer of any Loss of Value Payments from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the Collection Account in accordance with Section 3.05(g) of this Agreement (provided that, for the purpose of determining the amount of the Liquidation Fee (if any) payable to the Special Servicer in connection with such Loss of Value Payment, the full amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be deemed to constitute “Liquidation Proceeds” from which the Liquidation Fee (if any) is payable as of such time such Loss of Value Payment is made by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller). With respect to any Whole Loan, as used in this Agreement, Liquidation Proceeds shall refer to such portion of Liquidation Proceeds to the extent allocable to the related Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, as applicable, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder”: With respect to each Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the “Controlling Holder”, the “Directing Certificateholder”, the “Directing Holder”, the “Directing Lender” or any analogous concept set forth under the related Intercreditor Agreement. Prior to the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder with respect to the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan will be the holder of the related Controlling Companion Loan as set forth in Exhibit S. On and after the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, there will be no Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder under this Agreement with respect to the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan. As of the Closing Date, DBNY (or an affiliate) is expected to be the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder with respect to the Servicing Shift Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Lightstone Portfolio”.

 

Loss of Value Payment”: As defined in Section 2.03(b) of this Agreement.

 

Loss of Value Reserve Fund”: The “outside reserve fund” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(h)) designated as such pursuant to Section 3.04(i) of this Agreement. The Loss of Value Reserve Fund will be part of the Trust Fund but not part of the Grantor Trust or any Trust REMIC.

 

Lower-Tier Distribution Amount”: As defined in Section 4.01(c).

 

Lower-Tier Principal Amount”: With respect to any Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests, (i) on or prior to the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount of such Class as specified in the Preliminary Statement hereto, and (ii) as of any date of determination after the first Distribution Date, an amount equal to the Certificate Balance of the related Class of Related Certificates or Related Trust Component on the Distribution Date immediately prior to such date of determination (determined as adjusted pursuant to Section 1.02(iii)), and as set forth in Section 4.01(c)).

 

Lower-Tier Regular Interests”: Any of the Class LA1, Class LA2, Class LA3, Class LA4, Class LA5, Class LASB, Class LAS, Class LB, Class LC, Class LD, Class LE-RR, Class LF-RR, Class LG-RR and Class LVRR Uncertificated Interests.

 

Lower-Tier REMIC”: One of two separate REMICs comprising a portion of the Trust Fund, the assets of which consist of the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of the Excess Interest)

 

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and the proceeds thereof, any REO Property with respect thereto (or an allocable portion thereof, in the case of any Serviced Mortgage Loan), or the Trust’s beneficial interest in the REO Property with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account (other than with respect to any Companion Loan), the related portion of the REO Account, if any, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, and all other properties included in the Trust Fund that are not in the Upper-Tier REMIC or the Grantor Trust, except for the Loss of Value Reserve Fund.

 

Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account”: The segregated account, accounts or sub-accounts created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator (on behalf of the Trustee) pursuant to Section 3.04(b) in trust for the Certificateholders, which shall initially be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account”. Any such account, accounts or sub-accounts shall be an Eligible Account.

 

LTV Ratio”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as of any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the scheduled principal balance of such Mortgage Loan, as of such date (assuming no defaults or prepayments on such Mortgage Loan prior to that date), and the denominator of which is the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property.

 

MAI”: Member of the Appraisal Institute.

 

Major Decision”: As defined in Section 6.08(a).

 

Major Decision Reporting Package”: As defined in Section 6.08(a).

 

Majority Owned Affiliate”: As defined in the Risk Retention Rule.

 

Master Servicer”: With respect to each of the Mortgage Loans, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, and its successors in interest and assigns, or any successor appointed as allowed herein.

 

Master Servicer Major Decision”: (a) With respect to any non-Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or related Serviced Companion Loan, (i) other than with respect to the Mural Lofts Whole Loan prior to a related AB Control Appraisal Period), any Major Decision under clauses (i)(A)(3)(x), (i)(A)(3)(y) and (B) through (D) of the definition of “Major Decision”, and (ii) with respect to the Mural Lofts Whole Loan prior to a related AB Control Appraisal Period, any Mural Lofts Major Decision under clauses (ix), (x) and (xiii) of the Mural Lofts Major Decisions and (b) with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, (i) other than with respect to the Mural Lofts Whole Loan prior to a related AB Control Appraisal Period, any Major Decision under clause (i)(C) of the definition of “Major Decision” and (ii) with respect to the Mural Lofts Whole Loan prior to a related AB Control Appraisal Period, clause (xiii) of the Mural Lofts Major Decisions.

 

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Master Servicer Proposed Course of Action”: As defined in Section 2.03(l).

 

Master Servicer Remittance Date”: The Business Day immediately preceding each Distribution Date.

 

Material Defect”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, a Defect in any Mortgage File or a Breach, which Defect or Breach, as the case may be, materially and adversely affects the value of such Mortgage Loan, the value of the related Mortgaged Property or the interests of the Trustee or any Certificateholder therein or causes such Mortgage Loan to be other than a Qualified Mortgage.

 

Material Document Defect”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any Defect in any Mortgage Loan File that materially and adversely affects the value of such Mortgage Loan or the interests of the Certificateholders, or any of them, in the affected Mortgage Loan, including, but not limited to, a material and adverse effect on any of the distributions distributable with respect to any of the Certificates or on the value of those Certificates.

 

Maturity Date”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, Whole Loan or Companion Loan, as of any date of determination, the date on which the last payment of principal is due and payable under the related Mortgage Note, after taking into account all Principal Prepayments received prior to such date of determination, but without giving effect to (i) any acceleration of the principal of such Mortgage Loan, Whole Loan or Companion Loan by reason of default thereunder or (ii) any Grace Period permitted by the related Mortgage Note.

 

Mediation Rules”: As defined in Section 2.03(m)(i).

 

Mediation Services Provider”: As defined in Section 2.03(m)(i).

 

Merger Notice”: As defined in Section 6.03(b).

 

Modification Fees”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Companion Loans, any and all fees with respect to a modification, extension, waiver or amendment that modifies, extends, amends or waives any term of the Mortgage Loan documents and/or related Serviced Companion Loan documents (as evidenced by a signed writing) agreed to by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable (other than all assumption fees, assumption application fees, consent fees, defeasance fees, Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees or Workout Fees).

 

Moody’s”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors in interest. If neither Moody’s nor any successor remains in existence, “Moody’s” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer, and specific ratings of Moody’s herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

 

Morningstar”: Morningstar Credit Ratings, LLC, and its successors in interest. If neither Morningstar nor any successor remains in existence, “Morningstar” shall be deemed to

 

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refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer, and specific ratings of Morningstar herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

 

Mortgage”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, the mortgage(s), deed(s) of trust or other instrument(s) securing the related Mortgage Note and creating a first mortgage lien on the fee and/or leasehold interest in the related Mortgaged Property.

 

Mortgage File”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, but subject to Section 2.01, collectively the following documents:

 

(i)          the original Mortgage Note, endorsed on its face or by allonge attached to the Mortgage Note, without recourse, to “Pay to the order of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the benefit of the registered holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, without recourse, representation or warranty” or in blank and further showing a complete, unbroken chain of endorsement from the originator (or, if the original Mortgage Note has been lost, an affidavit to such effect from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or another prior holder, together with a copy of the Mortgage Note and an indemnity properly assigned and endorsed to the Trustee);

 

(ii)         the original or a certified copy of the Mortgage, together with an original or copy of any intervening assignments of the Mortgage, in each case with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording;

 

(iii)        an original Assignment of Mortgage, in complete and recordable form (except for the name of the assignee, if delivered in blank, and except for recording information not yet available, if the Mortgage or an assignment thereof has not been returned from the applicable recording office), executed by the most recent assignee of record thereof prior to the Trustee, or if none, by the originator to “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee for the benefit of the registered holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7” or in blank and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, in its capacity as “Lead Securitization Note Holder” or similar capacity under the related Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of the related Serviced Companion Noteholders;

 

(iv)        the original or a copy of any related assignment of leases and of any intervening assignments (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage), with evidence of recording indicated thereon or certified to have been submitted for recording;

 

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(v)         an original assignment of any related assignment of leases (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) in favor of the Trustee or in blank and (subject to the completion of certain missing recording information and, if applicable, the assignee’s name) in recordable form (or, if the related Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible for the recordation of that assignment, a copy thereof certified to be the copy of such assignment submitted or to be submitted for recording);

 

(vi)        the original assignment of all unrecorded documents relating to the Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan, if not already assigned pursuant to items (iii) or (v) above;

 

(vii)       originals or copies of all modification, consolidation, assumption, written assurance and substitution agreements in those instances in which the terms or provisions of the Mortgage or Mortgage Note have been modified or the Mortgage Loan has been assumed or consolidated;

 

(viii)      the original or a copy of the policy or certificate of lender’s title insurance issued in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan, or, if such policy has not been issued or located, an irrevocable, binding commitment (which may be a marked version of the policy that has been executed by an authorized representative of the title company or an agreement to provide the same pursuant to binding escrow instructions executed by an authorized representative of the title company) to issue such title insurance policy;

 

(ix)         any filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or evidence of filing of any UCC Financing Statements, related amendments and continuation statements in the possession of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller;

 

(x)         an original assignment in favor of the Trustee of any financing statement executed and filed in favor of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller in the relevant jurisdiction (or, if the related Mortgage Loan Seller is responsible for the filing of that assignment, a copy thereof certified to be the copy of such assignment submitted or to be submitted for recording);

 

(xi)        the original or a copy of any intercreditor agreement relating to existing debt of the borrower, including any Intercreditor Agreement relating to a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xii)       the original or copies of any loan agreement, escrow agreement, security agreement or letter of credit relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xiii)      the original or a copy of any ground lease, ground lessor estoppel, environmental insurance policy, environmental indemnity or guaranty relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

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(xiv)      the original or a copy of any property management agreement relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xv)       the original or a copy of any franchise agreements and comfort letters or similar agreements relating to a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and, with respect to any franchise agreement, comfort letter or similar agreement, any assignment of such agreements or any notice to the franchisor of the transfer of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and a request for confirmation that the Trust is a beneficiary of such comfort letter or other agreement, or for the issuance of a new comfort letter in favor of the Trust, as the case may be;

 

(xvi)      the original or a copy of any lock-box or cash management agreement relating to a Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(xvii)     the original or a copy of any related mezzanine intercreditor agreement;

 

(xviii)    the original or a copy of all related environmental insurance policies; and

 

(xix)       a list related to such Mortgage Loan indicating the related Mortgage Loan documents included in the related Mortgage File as of the Closing Date (the “Mortgage Loan Checklist”);

 

provided, however, that (a) whenever the term “Mortgage File” is used to refer to documents held by the Custodian, such term shall not be deemed to include such documents and instruments required to be included therein unless they are actually received by the Custodian, (b) if there exists with respect to any Crossed Mortgage Loan Group only one original or certified copy of any document referred to in the definition of “Mortgage File” covering all of the Mortgage Loans in such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, then the inclusion of such original or certified copy in the Mortgage File for any of the Mortgage Loans constituting such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group shall be deemed the inclusion of such original or certified copy in the Mortgage File for each such Mortgage Loan, (c) to the extent that this Agreement refers to a “Mortgage File” for a Companion Loan, such “Mortgage File” shall be construed to mean the Mortgage File for the related Mortgage Loan (except that references to the Mortgage Note for a Companion Loan otherwise described above shall be construed to instead refer to a photocopy of such Mortgage Note), (d) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that has a Serviced Companion Loan, the execution and/or recordation of any assignment of Mortgage, any separate assignment of Assignment of Leases and any assignment of any UCC Financing Statement in the name of the Trustee shall not be construed to limit the beneficial interest of the related Companion Holder(s) in such instrument and the benefits intended to be provided to them by such instrument, it being acknowledged that (i) the Trustee shall hold such record title for the benefit of the Trust as the holder of the related Mortgage Loan and the related Companion Holder(s) collectively and (ii) any efforts undertaken by the Trustee, the Master Servicer, or the Special Servicer on its behalf to enforce or obtain the benefits of such instrument shall be construed to be so undertaken by Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer for the benefit of the Trust as the holder of the applicable Mortgage Loan and the related Companion Holder(s) collectively, (e) in

 

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connection with any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the preceding document delivery requirements will be met by the delivery by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller of copies of the documents specified above (other than the Mortgage Note and intervening endorsements evidencing such Mortgage Loan, with respect to which the original shall be required) including a copy of the Mortgage securing the applicable Mortgage Loan and any assignments or other transfer documents referred to in clauses (iii), (v), (vi), (vii), (ix) and (x) above as being in favor of the Trustee shall instead be in favor of the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee and need only be in such form as was delivered to the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee or a custodian on its behalf, and (f) in connection with any (A) Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, any and all document delivery requirements as regards the related Mortgage File (or any portion thereof) set forth herein or in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement will also be satisfied by the delivery, in compliance with the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA, by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller of the documents specified above (other than the Mortgage Note and intervening endorsements evidencing such Mortgage Loan) to the custodian under the related Non-Serviced PSA (in such form as was delivered to the custodian under the related Non-Serviced PSA) and (B) Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, the foregoing documents shall be delivered to the Custodian by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller on or prior to the Closing Date and such documents (other than the documents described in clause (i) above) shall be transferred to the custodian pursuant to Section 2.01(i).

 

Mortgage Loan”: Each of the mortgage loans (other than the Crossed Underlying Loans of a Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, it being understood that for the purposes of this Agreement each Crossed Mortgage Loan Group shall be treated as one Mortgage Loan) transferred and assigned to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.01 and to be held by the Trust. As used herein, the term “Mortgage Loan” includes the related Mortgage Note, Mortgage and other documents contained in the related Mortgage File and any related agreements. The term “Mortgage Loan” shall, as of any date of determination, include any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan that has replaced a Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 2.03 and exclude any such replaced Mortgage Loan.

 

Mortgage Loan Checklist”: A list related to each Mortgage Loan indicating the related Mortgage Loan documents included in the related Mortgage File as of the Closing Date.

 

Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”: Each agreement between the Depositor and each Mortgage Loan Seller, relating to the transfer of all of such Mortgage Loan Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the related Mortgage Loans.

 

Mortgage Loan Schedule”: The list of Mortgage Loans transferred on the Closing Date to the Trustee as part of the Trust Fund, attached hereto as Exhibit B, which list sets forth the following information with respect to each Mortgage Loan so transferred:

 

(i)          the loan identification number (as specified in Annex A-1 to the Prospectus);

 

(ii)         the Mortgagor’s name;

 

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(iii)        the street address (including city, state, county and zip code) and name of the related Mortgaged Property;

 

(iv)        the Mortgage Rate in effect at origination;

 

(v)         the Net Mortgage Rate in effect at the Cut-off Date;

 

(vi)        the original principal balance;

 

(vii)       the Cut-off Date Balance;

 

(viii)      the (a) original term to stated maturity, (b) remaining term to stated maturity and (c) Maturity Date;

 

(ix)         the original and remaining amortization terms;

 

(x)          the amount of the Periodic Payment due on the first Due Date following the Cut-off Date;

 

(xi)         the applicable Servicing Fee Rate;

 

(xii)        whether the Mortgage Loan is a 30/360 Mortgage Loan or an Actual/360 Loan;

 

(xiii)       whether such Mortgage Loan is secured by the related Mortgagor’s interest in a ground lease;

 

(xiv)      identifying any Mortgage Loans with which such Mortgage Loan is cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized;

 

(xv)       the originator of the related Mortgage Loan and the Mortgage Loan Seller;

 

(xvi)      whether the related Mortgage Loan has a guarantor;

 

(xvii)     whether the related Mortgage Loan is secured by a letter of credit;

 

(xviii)    amount of any reserve or escrowed funds that were deposited at origination and any ongoing periodic deposit requirements;

 

(xix)       number of grace days;

 

(xx)        whether a cash management agreement or lock-box agreement is in place;

 

(xxi)       the general property type of the related Mortgaged Property;

 

(xxii)      whether the related Mortgage Loan permits defeasance;

 

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(xxiii)     the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable;

 

(xxiv)     the Revised Rate of such Mortgage Loan, if any; and

 

(xxv)      the number of units, rooms, beds, pads or square feet with respect to each Mortgaged Property.

 

Such Mortgage Loan Schedule shall also set forth the aggregate of the amounts described under clause (vii) above for all of the Mortgage Loans. Such list may be in the form of more than one list, collectively setting forth all of the information required.

 

Mortgage Loan Seller”: Each of (i) JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States, or its successor in interest and (ii) German American Capital Corporation, a Maryland corporation, or its successor in interest.

 

Mortgage Note”: The original executed note(s) evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as the case may be, together with any rider, addendum or amendment thereto.

 

Mortgage Rate”: With respect to: (i) any Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or related Serviced Companion Loan on or prior to its Maturity Date, the annual rate at which interest is scheduled (in the absence of a default) to accrue on such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan from time to time in accordance with the related Mortgage Note and applicable law; or (ii) any Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan after its Maturity Date, the annual rate described in clause (i) above determined without regard to the passage of such Maturity Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the Mortgage Rate of any ARD Loan shall not be construed to include the related Excess Rate.

 

Mortgaged Property”: The real property subject to the lien of a Mortgage.

 

Mortgagor”: The obligor or obligors on a Mortgage Note, including without limitation, any Person that has acquired the related Mortgaged Property and assumed the obligations of the original obligor under the Mortgage Note and including in connection with any Mortgage Loan that utilizes an indemnity deed of trust structure, the borrower and the Mortgaged Property owner/payment guarantor/mortgagor individually and collectively, as the context may require.

 

Mural Lofts Major Decision”: With respect to the Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Mural Lofts”, the “major decisions” listed in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Mural Lofts Whole Loan”: The Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Mural Lofts”.

 

Net Investment Earnings”: With respect to the Collection Accounts, the Servicing Accounts or the REO Account or Companion Distribution Account for any period from any Distribution Date to the immediately succeeding Master Servicer Remittance Date, the

 

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amount, if any, by which the aggregate of all interest and other income realized during such period on funds relating to the Trust Fund held in such account, exceeds the aggregate of all losses, if any, incurred during such period in connection with the investment of such funds in accordance with Section 3.06.

 

Net Investment Loss”: With respect to the Collection Account, the Servicing Accounts or the REO Account or Companion Distribution Account for any period from any Distribution Date to the immediately succeeding Master Servicer Remittance Date, the amount by which the aggregate of all losses, if any, incurred during such period in connection with the investment of funds relating to the Trust held in such account in accordance with Section 3.06, exceeds the aggregate of all interest and other income realized during such period on such funds.

 

Net Mortgage Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any REO Loan (other than the portion of an REO Loan related to any Companion Loan) as of any date of determination, a rate per annum equal to the related Mortgage Rate then in effect (without regard to any increase in the interest rate of any ARD Loan after its respective Anticipated Repayment Date), minus the related Administrative Cost Rate; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating Pass-Through Rates, the Net Mortgage Rate for any Mortgage Loan will be determined without regard to any modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the related Mortgage Loan, whether agreed to by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or resulting from a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding involving the Mortgagor; provided, further, that for any Mortgage Loan that does not accrue interest on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, then, solely for purposes of calculating Pass-Through Rates and the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate, the Net Mortgage Rate of such Mortgage Loan or for any one-month period preceding a related Due Date will be the annualized rate at which interest would have to accrue in respect of such Mortgage Loan on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months in order to produce the aggregate amount of interest actually accrued in respect of such Mortgage Loan during such one-month period at the related Net Mortgage Rate; provided, further, that, with respect to each Actual/360 Loan, the Net Mortgage Rate for the one-month period (A) preceding the Due Dates that occur in January and February in any year which is not a leap year or preceding the Due Date that occurs in February in any year which is a leap year (in either case, unless the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), will be determined exclusive of any Withheld Amounts, and (B) preceding the Due Date in March (or February, if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), will be determined inclusive of the amounts withheld in the immediately preceding January and February, if applicable. With respect to any REO Loan, the Net Mortgage Rate shall be calculated as described above, determined as if the predecessor Mortgage Loan had remained outstanding.

 

Net Operating Income”: With respect to any Mortgaged Property, for any Mortgagor’s fiscal year end, Net Operating Income will be calculated in accordance with the standard definition of “Net Operating Income” approved from time to time endorsed and put forth by the CREFC®.

 

New Lease”: Any lease of REO Property entered into at the direction of the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust, including any lease renewed, modified or extended on behalf of the Trust, if the Trust has the right to renegotiate the terms of such lease.

  

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Non-Book Entry Certificates”: As defined in Section 5.02(c).

 

Nonrecoverable Advance”: Any Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance.

 

Nonrecoverable P&I Advance”: Any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or REO Loan (other than an portion of an REO Loan related to a Companion Loan) which, in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, will not be ultimately recoverable, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, from Late Collections or any other recovery on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan; provided, however, that the Special Servicer may, at its option (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan), in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder), make a determination in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance and shall deliver to the Master Servicer (and with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the master servicer and, to the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, special servicer under any Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer under the Non-Serviced PSA), the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the 17g-5 Information Provider notice of such determination. Any such determination may be conclusively relied upon by, but shall not be binding upon, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, provided, however, that the Special Servicer shall have no such obligation to make an affirmative determination that any P&I Advance is or would be recoverable and in the absence of a determination by the Special Servicer that such P&I Advance is or would be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, such decision shall remain with the Master Servicer or Trustee, as applicable. If the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion, and not all, of any previously made or proposed P&I Advance is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed P&I Advance is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. With respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, if any Non-Serviced Master Servicer or Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as applicable, in connection with a securitization of the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan determines that a P&I Advance with respect to the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, such determination shall not be binding on the Master Servicer and the Trustee as it relates to any proposed P&I Advance with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. Similarly, with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines that any P&I Advance with respect to a related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, such determination shall not be binding on the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and related Non-Serviced Trustee as it relates to any proposed P&I Advance with respect to the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan (unless the related Non-Serviced PSA provides otherwise). In making such recoverability determination, the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled (a) to consider (among other things) (i) the obligations of the Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan(s), as applicable, as it may have been modified and (ii) the related

 

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Mortgaged Properties in their “as-is” or then-current conditions and occupancies, as modified by such party’s assumptions (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) regarding the possibility and effects of future adverse change with respect to such Mortgaged Properties, (b) to estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) (among other things) future expenses, (c) to estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) (among other things) the timing of recoveries, (d) to give due regard to the existence of any Nonrecoverable Advances which, at the time of such consideration, the recovery of which are being deferred or delayed by the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Special Servicer, in light of the fact that related proceeds are a source of recovery not only for the Advance under consideration but also a potential source of recovery for such delayed or deferred Advance and (e) with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, any non-recoverability determination of the Non-Serviced Master Servicer or Non-Serviced Trustee under the related Non-Serviced PSA relating to a principal and interest advance for a Non-Serviced Companion Loan. In addition, any Person, in considering whether a P&I Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be entitled to give due regard to the existence of any outstanding Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount with respect to other Mortgage Loans, the reimbursement of which, at the time of such consideration, is being deferred or delayed by the Master Servicer, the Trustee or the Special Servicer because there is insufficient principal available for such recovery, in light of the fact that proceeds on the related Mortgage Loan are a source of recovery not only for the P&I Advance under consideration, but also as a potential source of reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts which are or may be being deferred or delayed. In addition, any such Person may update or change its recoverability determinations at any time (but not reverse any other Person’s determination that an Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance) and, consistent with the Servicing Standard, in the case of the Master Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee (solely in its capacity as Trustee), may obtain at the expense of the Trust any reasonably required analysis, Appraisals or market value estimates or other information for making a recoverability determination (and, upon the reasonable request by the Trustee, Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall deliver any relevant Appraisals or market value estimates in its possession to the requesting party for such purpose). Absent bad faith, the Master Servicer’s, Special Servicer’s or the Trustee’s determination as to the recoverability of any P&I Advance shall be conclusive and binding on the Certificateholders. The determination by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, that a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance has been made or that any proposed P&I Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, or any updated or changed recoverability determination, shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered by either the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer to the other and to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder (but only prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event and only with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan) (and, in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Other Servicer), the Operating Advisor (but only in the case of the Special Servicer) and the Depositor, or by the Trustee to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating

 

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Advisor and the Certificate Administrator (and, in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Other Servicer). The Officer’s Certificate shall set forth such determination of nonrecoverability and the considerations of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, forming the basis of such determination (which shall be accompanied by, to the extent available, related income and expense statements, rent rolls, occupancy status, property inspections and any other information used by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, to make such determination and shall include any existing Appraisal of the related Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgaged Property). The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s determination that a P&I Advance is or would be nonrecoverable, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Special Servicer’s determination that a P&I Advance is or would be nonrecoverable. In the case of a cross-collateralized Mortgage Loan (if any), such recoverability determination shall take into account the cross-collateralization of the related cross-collateralized Mortgage Loan.

 

Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance”: Any Servicing Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), Whole Loan or REO Property which, in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, will not be ultimately recoverable, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, at the Reimbursement Rate, from Late Collections or any other recovery on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan, Whole Loan or REO Property. In making such recoverability determination, such Person shall be entitled (a) to consider (among other things) (i) the obligations of the Mortgagor under the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, as it may have been modified and (ii) the related Mortgaged Properties in their “as-is” or then-current conditions and occupancies, as modified by such party’s assumptions (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) regarding the possibility and effects of future adverse change with respect to such Mortgaged Properties, (b) to estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) (among other things) future expenses, (c) to estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee, solely in its capacity as Trustee) (among other things) the timing of recoveries and (d) to give due regard to the existence of any Nonrecoverable Advances which, at the time of such consideration, the recovery of which are being deferred or delayed by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee because there is insufficient principal available for such reimbursement, in light of the fact that related proceeds are a source of recovery not only for the Advance under consideration but also a potential source of recovery for such delayed or deferred Advance. In addition, any Person, in considering whether a Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, shall be entitled to give due regard to the existence of any Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts with respect to other Mortgage Loans, the reimbursement of which, at the time of such consideration, is being deferred or delayed by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, in light of the fact that proceeds on the related Mortgage Loan are a source of recovery not only for the Servicing Advance under consideration, but also as a potential source of recovery of such Nonrecoverable Advance or Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts which are or may be being deferred or delayed. In addition, any such Person may update or change its recoverability

 

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determinations at any time (but not reverse any other Person’s determination that an Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance) and, consistent with the Servicing Standard, in the case of the Master Servicer or in its good faith business judgment in the case of the Trustee (solely in its capacity as Trustee), may obtain, promptly upon request, from the Special Servicer at the expense of the Trust any reasonably required analysis, Appraisals or market value estimates or other information for making a recoverability determination (and, upon the reasonable request by the Trustee, Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall deliver any relevant Appraisals or market value estimates in its possession to the requesting party for such purpose). Absent bad faith, the Master Servicer’s, Special Servicer’s or the Trustee’s determination as to the recoverability of any Servicing Advance shall be conclusive and binding on the Certificateholders. The determination by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, that a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance has been made or that any proposed Servicing Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, or any updated or changed recoverability determination, shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered by either of the Special Servicer or Master Servicer to the other and to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder (but only prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event and only with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan) (and in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Other Servicer and Other Trustee), the Operating Advisor (but only in the case of the Special Servicer) and the Depositor, or by the Trustee to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator (and in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, any Other Servicer); provided, however, that the Special Servicer may, at its option (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan), in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder) make a determination in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that any Servicing Advance previously made or proposed to be made is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and shall deliver to the Master Servicer (and with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the applicable master servicer under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the related Non-Serviced Master), the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the 17g-5 Information Provider notice of such determination. Any such determination may be conclusively relied upon by, but shall not be binding upon, the Master Servicer and the Trustee, provided, however, that the Special Servicer shall have no such obligation to make an affirmative determination that any Servicing Advance is or would be recoverable and in the absence of a determination by the Special Servicer that such Servicing Advance is or would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, such decision shall remain with the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable. If the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion, and not all, of any previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall each have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Officer’s Certificate shall set forth such determination of nonrecoverability and the considerations of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, forming the basis of such determination (which shall be accompanied by, to the extent available, related income and expense statements, rent rolls, occupancy status, property inspections and any other information used by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer

 

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or the Trustee, as applicable, to make such determination and shall include any existing Appraisal with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or related Mortgaged Property). The Special Servicer shall promptly furnish any party required to make Servicing Advances hereunder with any information in its possession regarding the Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as such party required to make Servicing Advances may reasonably request for purposes of making recoverability determinations. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s determination that a Servicing Advance is or would be nonrecoverable, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Special Servicer’s determination that a Servicing Advance is or would be nonrecoverable. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the Special Servicer requests that the Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance, the Master Servicer may conclusively rely on such request as evidence that such advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance; provided, however, the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request more frequently than once per calendar month with respect to Servicing Advances other than emergency advances (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). In the case of a cross-collateralized Mortgage Loan (if any), such recoverability determination shall take into account the cross-collateralization of the related cross-collateralized Mortgage Loan. The determination as to the recoverability of any Servicing Advance previously made or proposed to be made in respect of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be made by the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer or Non-Serviced Trustee, as the case may be, pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Registered Certificate”: Unless and until registered under the Securities Act, any Class X-D, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class R, Class Z, Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5, Class VRR-ASB, Class VRR-AS, Class VRR-B, Class VRR-C, Class VRR-D, Class VRR-E, Class VRR-F, Class VRR-G or Class VRR Certificate.

 

Non-Serviced Asset Representations Reviewer”: The “Asset Representations Reviewer” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator”: The “Certificate Administrator” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Companion Loan”: Each Companion Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan.

 

Non-Serviced Custodian”: The “Custodian” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Depositor”: The “Depositor” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Gain-on-Sale Proceeds”: Any “gain-on-sale proceeds” received in respect of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Indemnified Parties”: As defined in Section 6.04(i).

 

Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement”: Each Intercreditor Agreement relating to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan.

 

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Non-Serviced Master Servicer”: The “Master Servicer” or “Servicer” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan”: Each Mortgage Loan that is part of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan.

 

Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property”: Any Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Whole Loan. The Preliminary Statement hereto lists the Non-Serviced Mortgaged Properties relating to the Trust as of the Closing Date.

 

Non-Serviced Operating Advisor”: The “Operating Advisor” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the per annum rate set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Non-Serviced PSA”: A pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement governing the servicing and administration of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan. The Preliminary Statement hereto lists the Non-Serviced PSAs relating to the Trust as of the Closing Date.

 

Non-Serviced Special Servicer”: The “Special Servicer” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Trust”: The “Trust” formed under a Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Trustee”: The “Trustee” under a Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Serviced Whole Loan”: A Whole Loan that is serviced and administered under a pooling and servicing agreement or trust and servicing agreement other than this Agreement. The Preliminary Statement hereto lists the Non-Serviced Whole Loans relating to the Trust as of the Closing Date.

 

Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder”: The “directing certificateholder” or similarly defined party under a Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Non-Specially Serviced Loan”: Any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Companion Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan.

 

Non-U.S. Beneficial Ownership Certification”: As defined in Section 5.03(f).

 

Non-U.S. Tax Person”: Any person other than a U.S. Tax Person.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the sum of (i) the Non-VRR Percentage of the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date and (ii) the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date.

 

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Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount”: For each Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) the amount on deposit in the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account on such Distribution Date, and (ii) the Non-VRR Percentage of the Aggregate Gain-on-Sale Entitlement Amount.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account”: A custodial account or accounts (or subaccount of the Distribution Account) created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator, pursuant to Section 3.04(e) on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates), which shall initially be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account”. Any such account shall be an Eligible Account or a subaccount of an Eligible Account.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges”: As defined in Section 4.01(e)(i).

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Loss”: With respect to any Distribution Date, amount, if any, by which (i) the Non-VRR Percentage of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance (for purposes of this calculation only, not giving effect to any reductions of the Stated Principal Balance for payments of principal collected on the Mortgage Loans that were used to reimburse any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(v) to the extent such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts are not otherwise determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances) of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Loans (excluding any portion allocable to any related Companion Loan, if applicable) as of the related Determination Date, is less than (ii) the then aggregate Certificate Balance of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates) after giving effect to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date.

 

Non-VRR Certificates”: The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-SB, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR and Class G-RR Certificates.

 

Non-VRR Percentage”: 97.25%. For the avoidance of doubt, at all times the sum of the VRR Percentage and the Non-VRR Percentage shall equal 100%.

 

Notional Amount”: In the case of the Class X-A Certificates, the Class X-A Notional Amount; in the case of the Class X-B Certificates, the Class X-B Notional Amount and in the case of the Class X-D Certificates, the Class X-D Notional Amount.

 

NRSRO”: Any nationally recognized statistical rating organization within the meaning of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act, including the Rating Agencies.

 

NRSRO Certification”: A certification (a) substantially in the form of Exhibit P-2 executed by an NRSRO or (b) provided electronically and executed by such NRSRO by means of a “click-through” confirmation on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, in either case in

 

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favor of the 17g-5 Information Provider that states that such NRSRO is a Rating Agency under this Agreement or that such NRSRO has provided the Depositor with the appropriate certifications pursuant to paragraph (e) of Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act, that such NRSRO has access to the Depositor’s 17g-5 website and that such NRSRO will keep such information confidential, except to the extent such information has been made available to the general public. Each NRSRO shall be deemed to recertify to the foregoing each time it accesses the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website.

 

OCC”: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

 

Offered Certificates”: The Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-SB, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class A-S, Class B and Class C Certificates.

 

Officer’s Certificate”: A certificate signed by a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or any Additional Servicer, as the case may be, or a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as the case may be.

 

Offshore Transaction”: Any “offshore transaction” as defined in Rule 902(h) of Regulation S.

 

Operating Advisor”: Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors in interest and assigns, or any successor operating advisor appointed as herein provided.

 

Operating Advisor Annual Report”: As defined in Section 3.26(c).

 

Operating Advisor Consultation Event: The occurrence of the Certificate Balances of the Class E-RR, Class F-RR and Class G-RR Certificates in the aggregate (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of such Classes) being 25% or less of the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of such Classes in the aggregate. 

Operating Advisor Consulting Fee”: A fee for each Major Decision on which the Operating Advisor has consulting obligations and performed its duties with respect to such Major Decision equal to $10,000 or such lesser amount as the related Mortgagor agrees to pay with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), payable pursuant to Section 3.05 of this Agreement; provided that no such fee shall be payable unless specifically paid by the related Mortgagor as a separately identifiable fee; provided, further, that the Operating Advisor may in its sole discretion reduce the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee with respect to any Major Decision; provided, further, that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may waive or reduce the amount of any Operating Advisor Consulting Fee payable by the related Mortgagor if it determines that such full or partial waiver is in accordance with the Servicing Standard (provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult, on a non-binding basis, with the Operating Advisor prior to any such waiver or reduction).

 

Operating Advisor Expenses”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to any unreimbursed indemnification amounts or additional Trust Fund expenses payable

 

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to the Operating Advisor pursuant to this Agreement (other than the Operating Advisor Fee and the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee).

 

Operating Advisor Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (excluding each of (i) the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, (ii) the Servicing Shift Mortgage Loans and (iii) any Companion Loan), the fee payable to the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 3.26(i).

 

Operating Advisor Fee Rate”: With respect to each Interest Accrual Period related to any applicable Distribution Date, a per annum rate of 0.0031%.

 

Operating Advisor Standard”: The requirement that the Operating Advisor must act solely on behalf of the Trust and in the best interest of, and for the benefit of, the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan for the benefit of the holders of the related Companion Loan(s) (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Companion Holders constituted a single lender), and not to any particular Holders of any particular Class of Certificates (as determined by the Operating Advisor in the exercise of its good faith and reasonable judgment), and without regard to any conflict of interest arising from any relationship that the Operating Advisor or any of its Affiliates may have with any of the underlying Mortgagors, a manager of a Mortgaged Property, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Directing Certificateholder, any Certificateholder or any of their Affiliates.

 

Operating Advisor Termination Event”: Any of the following events, whether any such event is voluntary or involuntary or is effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

 

(a)          any failure by the Operating Advisor to observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements or the material breach of any of its representations or warranties under this Agreement, which failure continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Operating Advisor by any party to this Agreement or to the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee by the holders of Certificates having greater than 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights, provided that with respect to any such failure which is not curable within such thirty (30) day period, the Operating Advisor will have an additional cure period of thirty (30) days to effect such cure so long as it has commenced to cure such failure within the initial thirty (30) day period and has provided the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator with an officer’s certificate certifying that it has diligently pursued, and is continuing to pursue, such cure;

 

(b)          any failure by the Operating Advisor to perform in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard which failure continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given in writing to the Operating Advisor by any party to this Agreement;

 

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(c)          any failure by the Operating Advisor to be an Eligible Operating Advisor, which failure continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given in writing to the Operating Advisor by any party to this Agreement;

 

(d)          a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the operating advisor, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days;

 

(e)          the Operating Advisor consents to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or liquidation committee in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, voluntary liquidation, or similar proceedings of or relating to the operating advisor or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

 

(f)          the Operating Advisor admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, files a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, makes an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspends payment of its obligations.

 

Opinion of Counsel”: A written opinion of counsel, who may, without limitation, be salaried counsel for the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, acceptable in form and delivered to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, except that any opinion of counsel relating to (a) the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC, (b) compliance with the REMIC Provisions, (c) the qualification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, or (d) the resignation of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Depositor pursuant to Section 6.05, must be an opinion of counsel who is in fact Independent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

Original Certificate Balance”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount”: With respect to any Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interest, the initial principal amount thereof as of the Closing Date, in each case as specified in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Original Notional Amount”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Other Certificate Administrator”: Any certificate administrator under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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Other Depositor”: Any depositor under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement”: Any trust and servicing agreement or pooling and servicing agreement, as applicable, that creates a trust whose assets include any Serviced Companion Loan.

 

Other Securitization”: As defined in Section 11.06.

 

Other Servicer”: Any master servicer, servicer or special servicer, as applicable, under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement. With respect to the delivery of any notices, reports or other information required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement by any party hereto to an Other Servicer, “Other Servicer” shall mean the master servicer under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement and, only to the extent required by or contemplated by the related Intercreditor Agreement, the special servicer under the applicable Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Other Trustee”: Any trustee under an Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Ownership Interest”: As to any Certificate, any ownership or security interest in such Certificate as the Holder, as applicable, thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee.

 

P&I Advance”: As to any Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (but not any related Companion Loan), any advance made by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4.03 or Section 7.05.

 

P&I Advance Determination Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the close of business on the related Determination Date.

 

Pass-Through Rate”: Any of the Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate, the Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate, the Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate, the Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate, the Class A-5 Pass-Through Rate, the Class A-SB Pass-Through Rate, the Class X-A Pass-Through Rate, the Class X-B Pass-Through Rate, the Class X-D Pass-Through Rate, the Class A-S Pass-Through Rate, the Class B Pass-Through Rate, the Class C Pass-Through Rate, the Class D Pass-Through Rate, the Class E-RR Pass-Through Rate, the Class F-RR Pass-Through Rate or the Class G-RR Pass-Through Rate, as the case may be.

 

PCAOB”: The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

 

Penalty Charges”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Companion Loan (or any successor REO Loan), any amounts actually collected thereon (or, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan (or any successor REO Loan thereto) that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, actually collected on such Serviced Whole Loan and allocated and paid on such Serviced Companion Loan (or any successor REO Loan) in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement) that represent late payment charges, demand charges or Default Interest, other than a Prepayment Premium or a Yield Maintenance Charge or any Excess Interest.

 

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Percentage Interest”: As to any Certificate (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates), the percentage interest evidenced thereby in distributions required to be made with respect to the related Class. With respect to any Certificate (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates), the percentage interest is equal to the Denomination as of the Closing Date of such Certificate divided by the Original Certificate Balance or Original Notional Amount, as applicable, of such Class of Certificates as of the Closing Date. For these purposes on any date of determination, (i) the Denomination as of the Closing Date” of any Exchangeable Certificate or any Class VRR Certificate received in an exchange will be determined as if such Certificate was part of the related Class on the Closing Date, (ii) the “Denomination as of the Closing Date” of any Exchangeable Certificate or any Class VRR Certificate surrendered in an exchange will be determined as if such Certificate was not part of the related Class on the Closing Date and (iii) the “initial Certificate Balance” of the related Class of Exchangeable Certificates or Class VRR Certificates will be determined as if such Class consisted only of the Certificates comprising the Class on that date of determination and such Certificates had been outstanding as of the Closing Date. With respect to a Class R or Class Z Certificate, the percentage interest is set forth on the face thereof.

 

Performance Certification”: As defined in Section 11.06.

 

Performing Party”: As defined in Section 11.12.

 

Periodic Payment”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan or the related Companion Loan(s), the scheduled monthly payment of principal and/or interest (other than Excess Interest) on such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan(s), including any Balloon Payment, which is payable (as the terms of the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan(s) may be changed or modified in connection with a bankruptcy or similar proceedings involving the related Mortgagor or by reason of a modification, extension, waiver or amendment granted or agreed to pursuant to the terms hereof) by a Mortgagor from time to time under the related Mortgage Note and applicable law, without regard to any acceleration of principal of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan(s) by reason of default thereunder and without regard to any Excess Interest.

 

Permitted Investments”: Any one or more of the following obligations or securities (including obligations or securities of the Certificate Administrator, or managed by the Certificate Administrator or any Affiliate of the Certificate Administrator, if otherwise qualifying hereunder), regardless of whether issued by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, or any of their respective Affiliates and having the required ratings, if any, provided for in this definition and which shall not be subject to liquidation prior to maturity:

 

(i)          direct obligations of, and obligations fully guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States of America, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac or any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America that mature in one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition; provided that any obligation of, or guarantee by, any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America shall be a Permitted Investment only if such investment

 

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would not result in the downgrading, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned by each Rating Agency to any Certificate (or, insofar as there is then outstanding any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities that are then rated by such rating agency, such class of securities) as evidenced in writing;

 

(ii)         time deposits, unsecured certificates of deposit, or bankers’ acceptances that mature in one (1) year or less after the date of issuance and are issued or held by any depository institution or trust company (including the Trustee) incorporated or organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities (A) in the case of such investments with maturities of thirty (30) days or less, the short-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “F1” by Fitch and in the highest short-term rating category by Moody’s or the long-term debt obligations of which are rated at least “A” by Fitch and “A2” by Moody’s, (B) in the case of such investments with maturities of three (3) months or less, but more than thirty (30) days, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch and in the highest short-term rating category by Moody’s or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “AA-” by Fitch and “A2” by Moody’s, (C) in the case of such investments with maturities of six (6) months or less, but more than three (3) months, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch and in the highest short-term rating category by Moody’s and the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “AA-” by Fitch and “Aa3” by Moody’s, (D) in the case of such investments with maturities of more than six (6) months, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “F1+” by Fitch and in the highest short-term rating category by Moody’s and the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “AA-” by Fitch and “Aaa” by Moody’s (or, in each case, if permitted by the related Mortgage Loan, if not rated by Moody’s, otherwise acceptable to Moody’s, as confirmed in writing that such investment would not, in and of itself, result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the then-current ratings assigned to the Certificates), (E) for maturities of less than three (3) months, a short-term rating of “R-1 (middle)” by DBRS (if then rated by DBRS and, if not so rated, an equivalent rating (or higher) by two other NRSROs (which may be Moody’s and/or Fitch)) and (F) for maturities greater than three (3) months, a long-term rating of “AAA” by DBRS (if then rated by DBRS and, if not so rated, an equivalent rating (or higher) by two other NRSROs (which may be Moody’s and/or Fitch));

 

(iii)        repurchase agreements or obligations with respect to any security described in clause (i) above where such security has a remaining maturity of one year or less and where such repurchase obligation has been entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (ii) above;

 

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state thereof which mature in one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition, (A) if it has a term of three months or less, (1) the short-term obligations of which are rated in the highest short-term debt rating category of Fitch, (2) the short-term obligations of which are rated in the highest short-term rating category by Moody’s or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “A2” by Moody’s and (3) a short-term rating of which are rated “R-1 (middle)” by DBRS (if then rated by DBRS and, if not so rated, an equivalent rating (or higher) by two other NRSROs (which may be Moody’s and/or Fitch)), (B) if it has a term of more than three months and not in excess of six months, the short-term obligations of which are rated in the highest short-term rating category by each Rating Agency and the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “Aa3” by Moody’s and “AAA” by DBRS (if then rated by DBRS and, if not so rated, an equivalent rating (or higher) by two other NRSROs (which may be Moody’s and/or Fitch)) and (C) if it has a term of more than six months, the short-term obligations of which are rated in the highest short-term rating category by each Rating Agency and the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “Aaa” by Moody’s and “AAA” by DBRS (if then rated by DBRS and, if not so rated, an equivalent rating (or higher) by two other NRSROs (which may be Moody’s and/or Fitch)) (or, in the case of any such Rating Agency as set forth in clauses (A) through (C) above, such lower rating as is the subject of a Rating Agency Confirmation by such Rating Agency); provided, however, that securities issued by any particular corporation will not be Permitted Investments to the extent that investment therein will cause the then outstanding principal amount of securities issued by such corporation and held in the accounts established hereunder to exceed 10% of the sum of the aggregate principal balance and the aggregate principal amount of all Permitted Investments in such accounts;

 

(v)         commercial paper (including both non-interest bearing discount obligations and interest bearing obligations) of any corporation or other entity organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof payable on demand or on a specified date maturing in one (1) year or less from the date of acquisition thereof and (A) which is rated in the highest rating category of Fitch, (B)(1) for maturities of less than three (3) months, a short-term rating of “R-1 (middle)” by DBRS (if then rated by DBRS and, if not so rated, an equivalent rating (or higher) by two other NRSROs (which may be Moody’s and/or Fitch)) and (2) for maturities greater than three (3) months, a long-term rating of “AAA” by DBRS (if then rated by DBRS and, if not so rated, an equivalent rating (or higher) by two other NRSROs (which may be Moody’s and/or Fitch)) and (C)(1) in the case of such investments with maturities of 30 days or less, the short-term obligations of which corporation are rated at least in the highest short-term debt rating category of Moody’s or the long-term obligations of which corporation are rated at least “A2” by Moody’s, (2) in the case of such investments with maturities of three months or less, but more than 30 days, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least in the highest short-term debt rating category of Moody’s, or the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “A2” by Moody’s, (3) in the case of such investments with maturities of six months or less, but more than three months, the short-term obligations of which are rated at

 

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least “P1” by Moody’s and the long-term obligations of which corporation are rated at least “Aa3” by Moody’s, and (4) in the case of such investments with maturities of more than six months, the short-term obligations of which are rated at least “P1” by Moody’s and the long-term obligations of which are rated at least “Aaa” by Moody’s;

 

(vi)        money market funds which seek to maintain a constant net asset value per share, rated in the highest rating categories of Fitch and DBRS (if so rated by each such Rating Agency (and if not rated by any such Rating Agency, an equivalent rating (or higher) by at least two (2) NRSROs (which may include Fitch, DBRS, Moody’s and/or S&P)) and “Aaa-mf” by Moody’s (or, if not rated by Moody’s, otherwise acceptable to such Rating Agency, as confirmed in a Rating Agency Confirmation relating to the Certificates), which may include the investments referred to in clause (i) hereof if so qualified that (a) have substantially all of their assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clause (i) above and (b) have net assets of not less than $5,000,000,000;

 

(vii)       any other demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment, but for the failure to satisfy one or more of the minimum rating(s) set forth in the applicable clause, would be listed in clauses (i)(vi) above with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each Rating Agency for which the minimum ratings set forth in the applicable clause is not satisfied with respect to such demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25); and

 

(viii)      any other demand, money market or time deposit, obligation, security or investment not listed in clauses (i)(vi) above with respect to which a Rating Agency Confirmation has been obtained from each and every Rating Agency;

 

provided, however, that each Permitted Investment qualifies as a “cash flow investment” pursuant to Section 860G(a)(6) of the Code, and that (a) it shall have a predetermined fixed dollar of principal due at maturity that cannot vary or change and (b) any such investment that provides for a variable rate of interest must have an interest rate that is tied to a single interest rate index plus a fixed spread, if any, and move proportionately with such index; and provided, further, however, that no such instrument shall be a Permitted Investment (a) if such instrument evidences principal and interest payments derived from obligations underlying such instrument and the interest payments with respect to such instrument provide a yield to maturity at the time of acquisition of greater than 120% of the yield to maturity at par of such underlying obligations or (b) if such instrument may be redeemed at a price below the purchase price; and provided, further, however, that no amount beneficially owned by any Trust REMIC (even if not yet

 

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deposited in the Trust) may be invested in investments (other than money market funds) treated as equity interests for federal income tax purposes, unless the Master Servicer receives an Opinion of Counsel, at its own expense, to the effect that such investment will not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC. Permitted Investments may not be purchased at a price in excess of par and may not be interest-only securities.

 

Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees”: Any commercially reasonable treasury management fees, banking fees, title agency fees, insurance commissions or fees received or retained by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates in connection with any services performed by such party with respect to any Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan (including any related REO Property) in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Permitted Transferee”: Any Person or any agent thereof other than (a) a Disqualified Organization, (b) any other Person so designated by the Certificate Registrar who is unable to provide an Opinion of Counsel (provided at the expense of such Person or the Person requesting the transfer) to the effect that the transfer of an Ownership Interest in any Class R Certificate to such Person will not cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding, (c) a Person that is a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person, (d) any partnership if any of its interests are (or under the partnership agreement are permitted to be) owned, directly or indirectly (other than through a U.S. corporation), by a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person or (e) a U.S. Tax Person with respect to whom income from the Class R Certificate is attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the transferee or any other U.S. Tax Person.

 

Person”: Any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

Plan”: As defined in Section 5.03(n).

 

 “Plan Fiduciary”: As defined in Section 5.03(r).

 

Pre-close Information”: As defined in Section 3.13(c).

 

Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(i).

 

Prepayment Assumption”: A “constant prepayment rate” of 0% used for determining the accrual of original issue discount and market discount, if any, and the amortization premium, if any, on the Certificates for federal income tax purposes; provided that it is assumed that each Mortgage Loan with an Anticipated Repayment Date prepays on such date.

 

Prepayment Interest Excess”: For any Distribution Date and with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that was subject to a Principal Prepayment in full or in part during the related Collection Period, which Principal Prepayment was applied to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, after the related Due Date and prior to the following Determination Date, the amount of interest (net of the related Servicing Fees and any Excess Interest), to the extent collected from the related Mortgagor (without regard to any Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge actually collected), that would have accrued

 

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at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (x) the related Net Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and (y) the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate and the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate, on the amount of such Principal Prepayment from such Due Date to, but not including, the date of such prepayment (or any later date through which interest accrues). Prepayment Interest Excesses (to the extent not offset by Prepayment Interest Shortfalls or required to be paid as Compensating Interest Payments) collected on the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any related Serviced Companion Loan, will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation.

 

Prepayment Interest Shortfall”: For any Distribution Date and with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that was subject to a Principal Prepayment in full or in part during the related Collection Period, which Principal Prepayment was applied to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, after the related Determination Date (or, with respect to each Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, with a Due Date occurring after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date) and prior to the following Due Date, the amount of interest (net of the related Servicing Fees and any Excess Interest), to the extent not collected from the related Mortgagor (without regard to any Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge actually collected), that would have accrued at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (x) the related Net Mortgage Rate for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable and (y) the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate and the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate, on the amount of such Principal Prepayment during the period commencing on the date as of which such Principal Prepayment was applied to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and ending on such following Due Date. With respect to any AB Whole Loan, any Prepayment Interest Shortfall for any Distribution Date shall be allocated first to the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan and then to the related Mortgage Loan.

 

Prepayment Premium”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any premium, fee or other additional amount (other than a Yield Maintenance Charge) paid or payable, as the context requires, by a borrower in connection with a principal prepayment on, or other early collection of principal of, that Mortgage Loan or any successor REO Loan with respect thereto (including any payoff of a Mortgage Loan by a mezzanine lender on behalf of the subject borrower if and as set forth in the related intercreditor agreement).

 

Primary Collateral”: With respect to any Crossed Underlying Loan, that portion of the Mortgaged Property designated as directly securing such Crossed Underlying Loan and excluding any Mortgaged Property as to which the related lien may only be foreclosed upon by exercise of the cross-collateralization provisions of such Crossed Underlying Loan.

 

Primary Servicing Fee”: The monthly fee payable by the Master Servicer solely from the Servicing Fee to each Initial Sub-Servicer, which monthly fee accrues at the rate per annum specified as such in the Sub-Servicing Agreement with such Initial Sub-Servicer.

 

Prime Rate”: The “Prime Rate” as published in the “Money Rates” section of the New York City edition of The Wall Street Journal (or, if such section or publication is no longer available, such other comparable publication as determined by the Certificate

 

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Administrator in its reasonable discretion) as may be in effect from time to time, or, if the “Prime Rate” no longer exists, such other comparable rate (as determined by the Certificate Administrator in its reasonable discretion) as may be in effect from time to time.

 

Principal Balance Certificates”: Each of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, ClassVRR-A5, Class VRR-ASB, Class VRR-AS, Class VRR-B, Class VRR-C, Class VRR-D, Class VRR-E, Class VRR-F, Class VRR-G and Class VRR Certificates.

 

Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates), the sum of (a) the Principal Shortfall for such Distribution Date and (b) the Non-VRR Percentage of the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date.

 

Principal Prepayment”: Any payment of principal made by the Mortgagor on a Mortgage Loan that is received in advance of its scheduled Due Date as a result of such prepayment.

 

Principal Shortfall”: For any Distribution Date after the initial Distribution Date with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the amount, if any, by which (a) the related Principal Distribution Amount for the preceding Distribution Date, exceeds (b) the aggregate amount actually distributed on the preceding Distribution Date in respect of such Principal Distribution Amount. The Principal Shortfall for the initial Distribution Date will be zero.

 

Privileged Communications”: Any correspondence between the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party and the Special Servicer referred to in clause (i) of the definition of “Privileged Information”.

 

Privileged Information”: Any (i) correspondence between the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, on the one hand and the Special Servicer, on the other hand, related to any Specially Serviced Loan (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) or the exercise of the Directing Certificateholder’s consent or consultation rights or the Risk Retention Consultation Party’s consultation under this Agreement, (ii) strategically sensitive information (including, without limitation, information contained within any Asset Status Report or Final Asset Status Report) that the Special Servicer has labeled and reasonably determined could compromise the Trust’s position in any ongoing or future negotiations with the related Mortgagor or other interested party and (iii) information subject to attorney-client privilege. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to rely on any identification of materials as “attorney-client privileged” without liability for any such reliance hereunder.

 

Privileged Information Exception”: With respect to any Privileged Information, at any time (a) such Privileged Information becomes generally available and known to the public other than as a result of a disclosure directly or indirectly by the party restricted from disclosing such Privileged Information (the “Restricted Party”), (b) it is reasonable and necessary for the Restricted Party to disclose such Privileged Information in working with legal counsel, auditors,

 

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arbitration parties, taxing authorities or other governmental agencies, (c) such Privileged Information was already known to such Restricted Party and not otherwise subject to a confidentiality obligation and/or (d) the Restricted Party is (in the case of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, as evidenced by an opinion of counsel (which will be an additional expense of the Trust) delivered to each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee), required by law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to disclose such information.

 

Privileged Person”: The Depositor and its designees, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Special Servicer), the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Additional Servicer designated by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, any Affiliate of the Operating Advisor designated by the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, any Companion Holder who provides an Investor Certification, any Person (including the Directing Certificateholder and the Risk Retention Consultation Party) who provides the Certificate Administrator with an Investor Certification and any NRSRO (including any Rating Agency) that provides the Certificate Administrator with an NRSRO Certification, which Investor Certification and NRSRO Certification may be submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s Website; provided, however, that in no event may a Borrower Party (other than a Borrower Party that is the Special Servicer) be entitled to receive (i) if such party is the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder, any Excluded Information via the Certificate Administrator’s Website (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s)), and (ii) if such party is not the Directing Certificateholder, any Controlling Class Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party, any information other than the Distribution Date Statement. In determining whether any Person is an Additional Servicer or an Affiliate of the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator may rely on direction by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Mortgage Loan Seller or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, if the Special Servicer obtains knowledge that it has become a Borrower Party, the Special Servicer shall nevertheless be a Privileged Person; provided that the Special Servicer (i) shall not directly or indirectly provide any information related to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any of the Special Servicer’s employees or personnel or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (C) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) shall maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above; provided, further, that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as an obligation of the Master Servicer or the Certificate Administrator to restrict the Special Servicer’s access to any information on the Master Servicer’s Internet website or the Certificate Administrator’s Website and in no case shall the Master Servicer or the Certificate Administrator be held liable if the Special Servicer accesses any Excluded Special Servicer

 

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Information relating to the Excluded Special Servicer Loans; and provided, further, that any Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall be permitted to reasonably request and obtain in accordance with Section 4.02(f) of this Agreement any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which such Excluded Controlling Class Holder is not a Borrower Party (if such Excluded Information is not otherwise available to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder via the Certificate Administrator’s Website on account of it constituting Excluded Information) from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, neither the Master Servicer nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any obligation to restrict access by the Special Servicer or any Excluded Special Servicer to any information related to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan.

 

Prohibited Party”: Any proposed Servicing Function Participant that is listed on the Depositor’s Do Not Hire List.

 

Prohibited Prepayment”: As defined in the definition of Compensating Interest Payments.

 

Proposed Course of Action”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(i).

 

Proposed Course of Action Notice”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(i).

 

Prospectus”: The Prospectus, dated October 16, 2017.

 

PSA Party Repurchase Request”: As defined in Section 2.03(k)(ii).

 

PTCE”: Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption.

 

Purchase Price”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or any related REO Loan) (including, to the extent required pursuant to the final paragraph of this definition, any related Companion Loan) to be purchased pursuant to (A) Section 6 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, (B) Section 3.16, or (C) Section 9.01, a price, without duplication, equal to:

 

(i)          the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan (or any related REO Loan (including for such purpose, to the extent required pursuant to the final paragraph of this definition, the related Companion Loan(s))) as of the date of purchase; plus

 

(ii)         all accrued and unpaid interest on the Mortgage Loan (or any related REO Loan (including for such purpose, to the extent required pursuant to the final paragraph hereof, the related Companion Loan(s))), at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time (excluding any portion of such interest that represents Default Interest or Excess Interest on an ARD Loan), to, but not including, the Due Date immediately preceding or coinciding with the Determination Date for the Collection Period of purchase; plus

 

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(iii)            all related unreimbursed Servicing Advances plus accrued and unpaid interest on all related Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, Special Servicing Fees (whether paid or unpaid), Liquidation Fees (to the extent set forth in clause (v) below) and any other additional Trust Fund expenses in respect of such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan (including for such purpose, to the extent required pursuant to the final paragraph of this definition, the related Companion Loan(s))); plus

 

(iv)            if such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan) is being repurchased or substituted by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, pursuant to Section 6 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred or to be incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Trustee in respect of the omission, breach or defect giving rise to the repurchase or substitution obligation, including any Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee to the extent not previously paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller and any expenses arising out of the enforcement of the repurchase or substitution obligation, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses and any additional Trust Fund expenses relating to such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan); provided, however, that such out-of-pocket expenses shall not include expenses incurred by Certificateholders or Certificate Owners in instituting an Asset Review Vote Election, in taking part in an Asset Review vote or in exercising such Certificateholder’s or Certificate Owner’s, as applicable, rights under the dispute resolution mechanics pursuant to Section 2.03(k) hereof; plus

 

(v)             Liquidation Fees, if any, payable with respect to such Mortgage Loan (or related REO Loan (including for such purpose, to the extent required pursuant to the final paragraph hereof, the related Companion Loan(s))) (which will not include any Liquidation Fees if such repurchase occurs prior to the expiration of the Extended Cure Period).

 

Solely with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan to be sold pursuant to Section 3.16(a)(iii), “Purchase Price” shall mean the amount calculated in accordance with the preceding sentence in respect of the related Whole Loan, including, for such purposes, the Mortgage Loan and the related Companion Loan(s), as applicable. With respect to any REO Property to be sold pursuant to Section 3.16(b), “Purchase Price” shall mean the amount calculated in accordance with the preceding sentence in respect of the related REO Loan (including any related Companion Loan). With respect to any sale pursuant to Section 3.16(a)(ii) or Section 3.16(e) or for purposes of calculating any Gain-on-Sale Proceeds, the “Purchase Price” shall be allocated between the related Mortgage Loan and Companion Loan(s), as applicable, in accordance with, and shall be equal to the amount provided pursuant to, the provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any repurchase pursuant to subclause (A) and subclause (C) hereof, the “Purchase Price” shall not include any amounts payable in respect of any related Companion Loan.

 

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Qualified Institutional Buyer”: A “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the Act.

 

Qualified Insurer”: (i) With respect to any Mortgage Loan, REO Loan or REO Property, an insurance company or security or bonding company qualified to write the related Insurance Policy in the relevant jurisdiction with an insurance financial strength rating of at least: (a) “A3” by Moody’s (or, if not rated by Moody’s, an equivalent rating by (A) at least two NRSROs (which may include Fitch and/or DBRS) or (B) one NRSRO (which may include Fitch or DBRS) and A.M. Best Company, Inc.), (b) “A(low)” by DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent rating by two other nationally recognized insurance rating organizations (which may include Moody’s or Fitch)) or (c) “A” by Fitch (or, if not rated by Fitch, at least “A-” or an equivalent rating as “A-” by one other nationally recognized insurance rating organization (which may include Moody’s or DBRS)) and (ii) with respect to the fidelity bond and errors and omissions insurance policy required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.07(c), except as otherwise permitted by Section 3.07(c), an insurance company that has a claims paying ability (or the obligations which are guaranteed or backed by a company having such claims paying ability) with at least one of the following ratings: (a) “A3” by Moody’s, (b) “A-” by S&P, (c) “A-” by Fitch, (d) “A-:X” by A.M. Best Company, Inc. or (e) “A(low)” by DBRS, or, in the case of clauses (i) or (ii), any other insurer acceptable to the Rating Agencies, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation.

 

Qualified Mortgage”: A “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code, but without regard to the rule of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that causes a defective obligation to be treated as a qualified mortgage.

 

Qualified Replacement Special Servicer”: A replacement special servicer that (i) satisfies all of the eligibility requirements applicable to special servicers contained in this Agreement, (ii) is not the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or an Affiliate of the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer (and, if appointed by the Directing Certificateholder or with the approval of the requisite vote of certificateholders following the Operating Advisor’s recommendation to replace the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(d), is not the originally replaced special servicer or its affiliate), (iii) is not obligated to pay the Operating Advisor (x) any fees or otherwise compensate the Operating Advisor in respect of its obligations under this Agreement, and (y) for the appointment of the successor special servicer or the recommendation by the Operating Advisor for the replacement Special Servicer to become the Special Servicer, (iv) is not entitled to receive any compensation from the Operating Advisor other than compensation that is not material and is unrelated to the Operating Advisor’s recommendation that such party be appointed as the replacement special servicer, (v) is not entitled to receive any fee from the Operating Advisor for its appointment as successor special servicer, in each case, unless such fee is expressly approved by 100% of the Certificateholders, (vi) (A) confirms in writing that it was appointed to act as, and currently serves as, special servicer on a transaction level basis on the closing date of a commercial mortgage-backed securitization with respect to which Moody’s rated one or more classes of certificates and one or more of such classes of certificates are still outstanding and rated by Moody’s and (B) is not a special servicer that has been publicly cited by Moody’s as having servicing concerns as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or

 

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withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination, (vii) currently has a special servicer rating of at least “CSS3” from Fitch and (viii) is currently acting as a special servicer in a transaction rated by DBRS and has not been publicly cited by DBRS as having servicing concerns as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a transaction serviced by the applicable servicer prior to the time of determination.

 

Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan”: A substitute mortgage loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted) replacing a removed Mortgage Loan that must, on the date of substitution: (i) have an outstanding principal balance, after application of all scheduled payments of principal and interest due during or prior to the month of substitution, whether or not received, not in excess of the Stated Principal Balance of the removed Mortgage Loan as of the Due Date in the calendar month during which the substitution occurs; (ii) have a Mortgage Rate not less than the Mortgage Rate of the removed Mortgage Loan (determined without regard to any prior modification, waiver or amendment of the terms of the removed Mortgage Loan); (iii) have the same Due Date as and Grace Period no longer than that of the removed Mortgage Loan; (iv) accrue interest on the same basis as the removed Mortgage Loan (for example, on the basis of a 360 day year consisting of twelve 30-day months); (v) have a remaining term to stated maturity not greater than, and not more than two (2) years less than, the remaining term to stated maturity of the removed Mortgage Loan; (vi) have a then-current loan-to-value ratio equal to or less than the lesser of the loan-to-value ratio for the removed Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date and 75%, in each case using the “value” for the Mortgaged Property as determined using an Appraisal; (vii) comply as of the date of substitution in all material respects with all of the representations and warranties set forth in the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; (viii) have an environmental report that indicates no material adverse environmental conditions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property and which will be delivered as a part of the related Mortgage File; (ix) have a then-current debt service coverage ratio at least equal to the greater of the original debt service coverage ratio of the removed Mortgage Loan as of the Closing Date and 1.25x; (x) constitute a “qualified replacement mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(4) of the Code as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (provided at the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense); (xi) not have a maturity date or an amortization period that extends to a date that is after the date two (2) years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date; (xii) have comparable prepayment restrictions to those of the removed Mortgage Loan; (xiii) not be substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan unless the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (the cost, if any, of obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmation to be paid by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller); (xiv) have been approved, so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing, by the Directing Certificateholder; (xv) prohibit defeasance within two (2) years of the Closing Date; (xvi) not be substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan if it would result in an Adverse REMIC Event or the imposition of tax other than a tax on income expressly permitted or contemplated to be imposed by the terms of this Agreement, as determined by an Opinion of Counsel; (xvii) have an engineering report that indicates no material adverse property condition or deferred maintenance with respect to the related Mortgaged Property that will be delivered as a part of the related Servicing File; and (xviii) be current in the payment of all scheduled payments of principal and interest then due. In the event that more than one mortgage loan is

 

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substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan, then the amounts described in clause (i) shall be determined on the basis of aggregate Stated Principal Balances and each such proposed Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan shall individually satisfy each of the requirements specified in clauses (ii) through (xviii); provided that the rates described in clause (ii) above and the remaining term to stated maturity referred to in clause (v) above shall be determined on a weighted average basis; provided, further, that no individual Mortgage Rate (net of the Servicing Fee Rate, the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate, the Operating Advisor Fee Rate, the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate and the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee Rate and, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate) shall be lower than the highest fixed Pass-Through Rate (and not based on, or subject to a cap equal to, the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate) of any Class of Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates) having a Certificate Balance then outstanding. When a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan is substituted for a removed Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall certify that the Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan meets all of the requirements of the above definition and shall send such certification to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder.

 

RAC No-Response Scenario”: As defined in Section 3.25(a).

 

RAC Requesting Party”: As defined in Section 3.25(a).

 

Rated Final Distribution Date”: As to each Class of Non-VRR Certificates, the Distribution Date in October 2050.

 

Rating Agency”: Each of Moody’s, Fitch and DBRS or their successors in interest. If no such rating agency nor any successor thereof remains in existence, “Rating Agency” shall be deemed to refer to such nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer, and specific ratings of Moody’s, Fitch and DBRS herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

 

Rating Agency Confirmation”: With respect to any matter, confirmation in writing (which may be in electronic form) by each applicable Rating Agency that a proposed action, failure to act or other event so specified will not, in and of itself, result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current rating assigned to any Class of Certificates (if then rated by the Rating Agency); provided that a written waiver or other acknowledgment from the Rating Agency indicating its decision not to review the matter for which the Rating Agency Confirmation is sought shall be deemed to satisfy the requirement for the Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such matter.

 

Rating Agency Inquiry”: As defined in Section 4.07(c).

 

Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool”: As defined in Section 4.07(c).

 

Realized Loss”: As defined in Section 4.04(a).

 

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Record Date”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the last Business Day of the month immediately preceding the month in which such Distribution Date occurs.

 

Regular Certificates”: Any of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-SB, Class X-A, Class X-B, Class X-D, Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR, Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5, Class VRR-ASB, Class VRR-AS, Class VRR-B, Class VRR-C, Class VRR-D, Class VRR-E, Class VRR-F, Class VRR-G and Class VRR Certificates.

 

Regulation AB”: Subpart 229.1100 – Asset Backed Securities (Regulation AB), 17 C.F.R. §§ 229.1100-229.1125, as such may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Commission or by the staff of the Commission, or as may be provided by the Commission or its staff from time to time.

 

Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization”: As defined in Section 11.15(a).

 

Regulation AB Servicing Officer”: Any officer or employee of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, or this Agreement and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s or employee’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and, in the case of any certification required to be signed by a Servicing Officer, such an officer or employee whose name and specimen signature appears on a list of servicing officers furnished to the Trustee and/or the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as such list may from time to time be amended.

 

Regulation D”: Regulation D under the Act.

 

Regulation S”: Regulation S under the Act.

 

Regulation S Book-Entry Certificates”: The Non-Registered Certificates sold to institutions that are non-United States Securities Persons in Offshore Transactions in reliance on Regulation S and represented by one or more Book Entry Certificates deposited with the Certificate Administrator as custodian for the Depository.

 

Reimbursement Rate”: The rate per annum applicable to the accrual of interest on Servicing Advances in accordance with Section 3.03(d) and P&I Advances in accordance with Section 4.03(d), which rate per annum shall equal the Prime Rate.

 

Related Certificates”, “Related Trust Components” and “Related Lower-Tier Regular Interests”: For each of the following Classes of Certificates or Trust Components, the related Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests; and for each of the following Classes of Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the related Class of Certificates or Trust Components, as applicable, set forth below:

 

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Related Certificates or Trust
Components

Related
Lower-Tier Regular Interest

Class A-1 Certificates Class LA1 Uncertificated Interest
Class A-2 Certificates Class LA2 Uncertificated Interest
Class A-3 Certificates Class LA3 Uncertificated Interest
Class A-4 Certificates Class LA4 Uncertificated Interest
Class A-5 Certificates Class LA5 Uncertificated Interest
Class A-SB Certificates Class LASB Uncertificated Interest
Class A-S Certificates Class LAS Uncertificated Interest
Class B Certificates Class LB Uncertificated Interest
Class C Certificates Class LC Uncertificated Interest
Class D Certificates Class LD Uncertificated Interest
Class E-RR Certificates Class LE-RR Uncertificated Interest
Class F-RR Certificates Class LF-RR Uncertificated Interest
Class G-RR Certificates Class LG-RR Uncertificated Interest
Class VRR-A1 Trust Component Class LVRRA1 Uncertificated Interest
Class VRR-A2 Trust Component Class LVRRA2 Uncertificated Interest
Class VRR-A3 Trust Component Class LVRRA3 Uncertificated Interest
Class VRR-A4 Trust Component Class LVRRA4 Uncertificated Interest
Class VRR-A5 Trust Component Class LVRRA5 Uncertificated Interest
Class VRR-ASB Trust Component Class LVRRASB Uncertificated Interest
Class VRR-AS Trust Component Class LVRRAS Uncertificated Interest
Class VRR-B Trust Component Class LVRRB Uncertificated Interest
Class VRR-C Trust Component Class LVRRC Uncertificated Interest
Class VRR-D Trust Component Class LVRRD Uncertificated Interest
Class VRR-E Trust Component Class LVRRE Uncertificated Interest
Class VRR-F Trust Component Class LVRRF Uncertificated Interest
Class VRR-G Trust Component Class LVRRG Uncertificated Interest

  

For each Class X Component, the Related Lower-Tier Regular Interest is the Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interest related to such Class X Component’s Corresponding Certificate.

Relevant Distribution Date” means with respect to (a) any Significant Obligor with respect to the Trust, the Distribution Date, and (b) any “significant obligor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB) with respect to an Other Securitization holding a Serviced Companion Loan, the “Distribution Date” (or analogous concept) under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Relevant Servicing Criteria”: The Servicing Criteria applicable to a specific party, as set forth on Exhibit AA attached hereto. For clarification purposes, multiple parties can have responsibility for the same Relevant Servicing Criteria. With respect to a Servicing Function Participant engaged by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the term “Relevant Servicing Criteria” may refer to a portion of the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and/or the Certificate Administrator.

 

REMIC”: A “real estate mortgage investment conduit” as defined in Section 860D of the Code (or any successor thereto).

 

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REMIC Administrator”: The Certificate Administrator or any REMIC administrator appointed pursuant to Section 10.04.

 

REMIC Provisions”: Provisions of the federal income tax law relating to real estate mortgage investment conduits, which appear at Sections 860A through 860G of subchapter M of chapter 1 of the Code, and related provisions, and temporary and final Treasury Regulations (or proposed regulations that would apply by reason of their proposed effective date to the extent not inconsistent with temporary or final regulations) and any rulings or announcements promulgated thereunder, as the foregoing may be in effect from time to time.

 

Rents from Real Property”: With respect to any REO Property, gross income of the character described in Section 856(d) of the Code.

 

REO Account”: A segregated custodial account or accounts created and maintained by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.14(b) on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, for the benefit of the related Serviced Companion Noteholder, which shall initially be entitled “Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, or the applicable successor special servicer, as Special Servicer, on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of registered holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, REO Account”. Any such account or accounts shall be an Eligible Account.

 

REO Acquisition”: The acquisition for federal income tax purposes of any REO Property pursuant to Section 3.09.

 

REO Disposition”: The sale or other disposition of the REO Property pursuant to Section 3.16.

 

REO Extension”: As defined in Section 3.14(a).

 

REO Loan”: Each of the Mortgage Loans (and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan(s), as applicable), deemed for purposes hereof to be outstanding with respect to each REO Property. Each REO Loan shall be deemed to be outstanding for so long as the applicable portion of the related REO Property (or beneficial interest therein, in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) remains part of the Trust Fund and provides for Assumed Scheduled Payments on each Due Date therefor, and otherwise has the same terms and conditions as its predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, including, without limitation, with respect to the calculation of the Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time (such terms and conditions to be applied without regard to the default on such predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable). Each REO Loan shall be deemed to have an initial outstanding principal balance and Stated Principal Balance equal to the outstanding principal balance and Stated Principal Balance, respectively, of its predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, as of the date of the related REO Acquisition. All amounts due and owing in respect of the predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, as of the date of the related REO Acquisition, including, without limitation, accrued and unpaid interest, shall continue to be due and owing in respect of a REO Loan. All amounts

 

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payable or reimbursable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, in respect of the predecessor Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, if applicable, as of the date of the related REO Acquisition, including, without limitation, any unpaid Special Servicing Fees and Servicing Fees, additional Trust Fund expenses and any unreimbursed Advances, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, in respect of such Advances in accordance with Section 3.03(d) or Section 4.03(d), shall continue to be payable or reimbursable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, in respect of an REO Loan. In addition, Unliquidated Advances and Nonrecoverable Advances with respect to such REO Loan, in each case, that were paid from collections on the related Mortgage Loans and resulted in principal distributed to the Certificateholders being reduced as a result of the first proviso in the definition of “Principal Distribution Amount” shall be deemed outstanding until recovered. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, no amounts relating to the related REO Property or REO Loan allocable to the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) will be available for amounts due to the Certificateholders or to reimburse the Trust, other than in the limited circumstances related to Servicing Advances, indemnification payments, Special Servicing Fees and other reimbursable expenses related to such Serviced Whole Loan incurred with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan, in accordance with Section 3.05(a) or with respect to the Serviced AB Subordinate Companion Loan, as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

REO Property”: A Mortgaged Property acquired by the Special Servicer on behalf of, and in the name of, the Trustee or a nominee thereof for the benefit of the Certificateholders (and the related Companion Holder, subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement, with respect to a Mortgaged Property securing a Serviced Whole Loan) to the extent set forth herein and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) (and also including, if applicable, the Trust’s beneficial interest in a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property acquired by the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer on behalf of, and in the name of, the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee or a nominee thereof for the benefit of the certificateholders under the applicable Non-Serviced Trust) through foreclosure, acceptance of a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise in accordance with applicable law in connection with the default or imminent default of a Mortgage Loan. References herein to the Special Servicer acquiring, maintaining, managing, inspecting, insuring, selling or reporting or to Appraisal Reduction Amounts and Final Recovery Determinations with respect to an “REO Property”, shall not include the Trust’s beneficial interest in a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property. For the avoidance of doubt, REO Property, to the extent allocable to a Companion Loan, shall not be an asset of the Trust Fund, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust.

 

REO Revenues”: All income, rents and profits derived from the ownership, operation or leasing of any REO Property.

 

Reportable Event”: As defined in Section 11.07.

 

Reporting Requirements”: As defined in Section 11.12.

 

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Reporting Servicer”: The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or any Servicing Function Participant engaged by such parties, as the case may be.

 

Repurchase Request”: As defined in Section 2.03(k)(ii).

 

Repurchase Request Recipient”: As defined in Section 2.02(g).

 

Request for Release”: A release signed by a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in the form of Exhibit E attached hereto.

 

Requesting Certificateholder”: As defined in Section 2.03(l)(iii).

 

Requesting Holders”: As defined in Section 4.05(b).

 

Residual Ownership Interest”: Any record or beneficial interest in the Class R Certificates.

 

Resolution Failure”: As defined in Section 2.03(k)(iii).

 

Resolved”: With respect to a Repurchase Request, (i) that the related Material Defect has been cured, (ii) the related Mortgage Loan has been repurchased in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (iii) a mortgage loan has been substituted for the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, (iv) the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has made the Loss of Value Payment, (v) a contractually binding agreement entered into between the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, and the related Mortgage Loan Seller that settles the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or (vi) the related Mortgage Loan is no longer property of the Trust as a result of a sale or other disposition in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Responsible Officer”: When used with respect to (i) the Trustee, any officer of the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and (ii) the Certificate Administrator, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Services group with direct responsibility for the administration of this Agreement and, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to whom a particular matter is referred by the Certificate Administrator because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

Restricted Period”: The 40-day period prescribed by Regulation S commencing on the later of (a) the date upon which Certificates are first offered to Persons other than the Initial Purchasers or Underwriters and any other distributor (as such term is defined in Regulation S) of the Certificates and (b) the Closing Date.

 

Retained Fee Rate”: An amount equal to 0.00250% per annum with respect to each Mortgage Loan.

 

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Retained Interest Safekeeping Account”: One or more accounts maintained by the Certificate Administrator, which account(s) shall be deemed to be owned (i) with respect to the Horizontal Risk Retention Certificates, by the Holder(s) of the Horizontal Risk Retention Certificates in proportions equal to their respective Percentage Interests and (ii) with respect the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates, by the Holders of the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates in proportion to their respective Percentage Interest.

 

Retaining Party”: Any Holder of a Risk Retention Certificate and any successor Holder of such Risk Retention Certificate. As of the Closing Date, the Retaining Parties shall be (i) the Third Party Purchaser with respect to the Horizontal Risk Retention Certificates and (ii) DBNY with respect to the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates.

 

Retaining Sponsor”: German American Capital Corporation.

 

Review Materials”: As defined in Section 12.01(b).

 

Review Package”: A Rating Agency Confirmation request and any supporting documentation delivered therewith.

 

Revised Rate”: With respect to any ARD Loan, the increased interest rate after the related Anticipated Repayment Date (in the absence of a default) for each applicable Mortgage Loan, as calculated and as set forth in the related Mortgage Loan.

 

Risk Retention Affiliate” or “Risk Retention Affiliated”: An “affiliate” of, or “affiliated” with, respectively, as such terms are defined in Section 244.2 of the Risk Retention Rule.

 

Risk Retention Allocation Factor”: An amount equal to the VRR Percentage divided by the Non-VRR Percentage.

 

Risk Retention Certificate”: Each Horizontal Risk Retention Certificate or Vertical Risk Retention Certificate.

 

Risk Retention Consultation Party”: A Risk Retention Consultation Party shall be the party selected by the Holders of more than 50% of the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates (by Certificate Balance, as determined by the Certificate Registrar) from time to time. The initial Risk Retention Consultation Party shall be DBNY.

 

Risk Retention Rule”: The final rule that was promulgated to implement the credit risk retention requirements (which such joint final rule has been codified, inter alia, at 17 C.F.R. § 246), under Section 15G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as added by Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (79 F.R. 77601; pages 77740-77766), as such rule may be amended from time to time, and subject to such clarification and interpretation as have been provided by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the adopting release (79 F.R. 77601

 

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et seq.) or by the staff of any such agency, or as may be provided by any such agency or its staff from time to time, in each case, as effective from time to time.

 

Rule 144A”: Rule 144A under the Act.

 

Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate”: With respect to the Non-Registered Certificates offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A, a single, permanent Book-Entry Certificate, in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons.

 

Rules”: As defined in Section 2.03(n)(iv).

 

S&P”: S&P Global Ratings, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, and its successors in interest. If neither S&P nor any successor remains in existence, “S&P” shall be deemed to refer to such other nationally recognized statistical rating agency or other comparable Person reasonably designated by the Depositor, notice of which designation shall be given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer and specific ratings of S&P herein referenced shall be deemed to refer to the equivalent ratings of the party so designated.

 

Sarbanes-Oxley Act”: The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder (including any interpretations thereof by the Commission’s staff).

 

Sarbanes-Oxley Certification”: As defined in Section 11.05(a)(iv).

 

Schedule AL Additional File”: The data file containing additional information or schedules regarding data points in the CREFC® Schedule AL File in accordance with Item 1111(h)(4) of Regulation AB and Item 601(b)(103) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act.

 

Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans, the aggregate of the principal portions of the following: (a) all Periodic Payments (excluding Balloon Payments) due in respect of such Mortgage Loans during or, if and to the extent not previously received or advanced pursuant to Section 4.03 in respect of a preceding Distribution Date (and not previously distributed to Certificateholders), prior to, the related Collection Period, and all Assumed Scheduled Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans for the related Collection Period, in each case to the extent either (i) paid by the Mortgagor as of the Determination Date (or, with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Due Date occurring or a Grace Period ending after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date or last day of such Grace Period, as applicable, to the extent received by the Master Servicer as of the Business Day preceding the related Master Servicer Remittance Date) or (ii) advanced by the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 4.03 in respect of such Distribution Date, and (b) all Balloon Payments with respect to the Mortgage Loans to the extent received on or prior to the related Determination Date (or, with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Due Date occurring or a Grace Period ending after the related Determination Date, the related Due Date or last day of such Grace Period, as applicable, to the extent received by the Master Servicer as of the Business Day preceding the related Master Servicer Remittance Date), and to the extent not included in clause (a) above.

 

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Secure Data Room”: The “Secure Data Room” tab on the page relating to this transaction within the Certificate Administrator’s Website (initially “www.ctslink.com”).

 

Securities Act”: The Securities Act of 1933, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

Security Agreement”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any security agreement or equivalent instrument, whether contained in the related Mortgage or executed separately, creating in favor of the holder of such Mortgage a security interest in the personal property constituting security for repayment of such Mortgage Loan.

 

Senior Certificate”: Any Class A Certificate (other than the Class A-S Certificates) or Class X Certificate.

 

Service(s)” or “Servicing”: In accordance with Regulation AB, the act of servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans or any other assets of the Trust by an entity (other than the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee) that meets the definition of “servicer” set forth in Item 1101 of Regulation AB and is subject to the disclosure requirements set forth in Item 1108 of Regulation AB. For clarification purposes, any uncapitalized occurrence of this term shall have the meaning commonly understood by participants in the commercial mortgage-backed securities market.

 

Serviced AB Whole Loan”: Any AB Whole Loan that is serviced and administered pursuant to this Agreement. The Preliminary Statement hereto lists the Serviced AB Whole Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date.

Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder”: With respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, the “Controlling Noteholder”, “Directing Lender” or similarly defined party identified in the related AB Intercreditor Agreement. With respect to the Serviced AB Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Mural Lofts”, the related Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder as of the Cut-off Date is Janus Henderson Global Bond Fund.

 

Serviced AB Subordinate Companion Loan”: Any AB Subordinate Companion Loan that is part of a Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Serviced Companion Loan”: A Companion Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan. The Preliminary Statement hereto lists the Serviced Whole Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date.

 

Serviced Companion Loan Securities”: Any class of securities backed, wholly or partially, by any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

 

Serviced Companion Noteholder”: Any holder of record of any Serviced Companion Loan.

 

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Serviced Mortgage Loan”: A Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan. The Preliminary Statement hereto lists the Serviced Whole Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date.

 

Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan”: A Serviced Companion Loan that is pari passu in right of payment with the Mortgage Loan included in the related Serviced Whole Loan. The Preliminary Statement hereto lists the Serviced Whole Loans with pari passu Companion Loans.

 

Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan”: Each Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan.

 

Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan”: A Serviced Whole Loan that consists of a Mortgage Loan and one or more Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans. The Preliminary Statement hereto lists the Serviced Whole Loans with Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans.

 

Serviced REO Loan”: Any REO Loan that is serviced by the Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Serviced REO Property”: Any REO Property that is serviced by the Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Serviced Securitized Companion Loan”: Any Companion Loan that is a component of a Serviced Whole Loan, if and for so long as each such Companion Loan is included in a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization.

 

Serviced Whole Loan”: A Whole Loan that is serviced and administered pursuant to this Agreement. The Preliminary Statement hereto lists the Serviced Whole Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date.

 

Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder”: The “Controlling Noteholder” or similar term identified in the Intercreditor Agreement related to a Serviced Whole Loan.

 

Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date”: With respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, (x) prior to contribution of such Serviced Companion Loan to an Other Securitization, a date as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement (or if no such date is specified, the Master Servicer Remittance Date) and (y) following contribution of such Serviced Companion Loan to an Other Securitization, the earlier of (A) Master Servicer Remittance Date or (B) the Business Day immediately succeeding the “determination date” set forth in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, or such earlier date as required by the related Intercreditor Agreement; provided, however, that, unless otherwise required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, no remittance is required to be made until two (2) Business Days after receipt of properly identified and available funds constituting the related Periodic Payment with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan.

 

Servicer Termination Event”: One or more of the events described in Section 7.01(a).

 

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Servicing Account”: The account or accounts created and maintained pursuant to Section 3.03(a).

 

Servicing Advances”: All customary, reasonable and necessary “out-of-pocket” costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses and fees of real estate brokers) incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator, or the Trustee, as applicable, in connection with the servicing and administering of (a) a Mortgage Loan (and in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan(s)), other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, in respect of which a default, delinquency or other unanticipated event has occurred or as to which a default is reasonably foreseeable or (b) an REO Property, including, in the case of each of such clause (a) and clause (b), but not limited to, (x) the cost of (i) compliance with the Master Servicer’s obligations set forth in Section 3.03(c), (ii) the preservation, restoration and protection of a Mortgaged Property, (iii) obtaining any Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds or any Liquidation Proceeds of the nature described in clauses (i)(vi) of the definition of “Liquidation Proceeds,” (iv) any enforcement or judicial proceedings with respect to a Mortgaged Property, including foreclosures and (v) the operation, leasing, management, maintenance and liquidation of any REO Property and (y) any amount specifically designated herein to be paid as a “Servicing Advance”. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, “Servicing Advances” shall not include allocable overhead of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, such as costs for office space, office equipment, supplies and related expenses, employee salaries and related expenses and similar internal costs and expenses or costs and expenses incurred by any such party in connection with its purchase of a Mortgage Loan or REO Property. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall make any Servicing Advance in connection with the exercise of any cure rights or purchase rights granted to the holder of a Companion Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement.

 

Servicing Criteria”: The criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB as such may be amended from time to time and which as of the Closing Date are listed on Exhibit AA hereto.

 

Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), Serviced Companion Loan and any REO Loan, the fee payable to the Master Servicer pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.11(a).

 

Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Mortgage Loan (excluding any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and REO Loan, a per annum rate equal to the rate set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule under the heading “Servicing Fee Rate”, in each case computed on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan in the same manner in which interest is calculated in respect of such loans. With respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the “Servicing Fee Rate” shall be a per annum rate equal to 0.00250%. With respect to each Serviced Companion Loan (other than any Serviced Companion Loan included in (i) the Serviced Whole Loan secured the portfolio of Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “IRG Portfolio” or (ii) a Servicing Shift Whole Loan), the “Servicing Fee Rate” shall be a per annum rate equal to 0.00250%. With respect to each Serviced Companion Loan included in the Serviced Whole Loan secured by the portfolio of Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “IRG Portfolio”, the “Servicing Fee Rate” shall be a per annum rate equal to 0.0010%. With respect to each Pari Passu Companion Loan included in a Servicing Shift Whole Loan, prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the “Servicing Fee Rate” shall be a per annum rate equal to the related “Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate” in the table and footnotes under the heading “Whole Loans” in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

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delivered to the related Mortgage Loan Seller, with respect to a Mortgage Loan and (to the extent that the identified documents existed on or before the Closing Date and the applicable reference to Servicing File relates to any period after the Closing Date) delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, to the Master Servicer: (i) a copy of any engineering reports or property condition reports; (ii) other than with respect to a hotel property (except with respect to tenanted commercial space within a hotel property), copies of a rent roll and, for any office, retail, industrial or warehouse property, a copy of all leases and estoppels and subordination and non-disturbance agreements delivered to the related Mortgage Loan Seller; (iii) copies of related financial statements or operating statements; (iv) all legal opinions (excluding attorney-client communications between the related Mortgage Loan Seller, and its counsel that are privileged communications or constitute legal or other due diligence analyses), Mortgagor’s certificates and certificates of hazard insurance and/or hazard insurance policies or other applicable insurance policies, if any, delivered in connection with the closing of the related Mortgage Loan; (v) a copy of the Appraisal for the related Mortgaged Property(ies); (vi) the documents that were delivered by or on behalf of the Mortgagor, which documents were required to be delivered in connection with the closing of the related Mortgage Loan; (vii) for any Mortgage Loan that the related Mortgaged Property is leased to a single tenant, a copy of the lease; and (viii) a copy of all environmental reports that were received by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller relating to the relevant Mortgaged Property.

 

Servicing Function Participant”: Any Additional Servicer, Sub-Servicer, Subcontractor or any other Person, other than the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator, that is performing activities that address the Servicing Criteria, unless (i) such Person’s activities relate only to 5% or less of the Mortgage Loans by unpaid principal balance as of any date of determination in accordance with Article XI or (ii) the Depositor reasonably determines that a Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may, for the purposes of the Exchange Act reporting requirements pursuant to applicable Commission guidance, take responsibility for the assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria of such Person. The Servicing Function Participants as of the Closing Date are listed on Exhibit GG hereto. Exhibit GG shall be updated and provided to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator in accordance with Section 11.10(c).

 

Servicing Officer”: Any officer and/or employee of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Additional Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration and servicing of the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Companion Loans, whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of servicing officers furnished by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Additional Servicer to the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Depositor on the Closing Date as such list may be amended from time to time thereafter.

 

Servicing Shift Lead Note”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, as of any date of determination, the note or other evidence of indebtedness and/or agreements evidencing the indebtedness of a Mortgagor under such Servicing Shift Whole Loan including any amendments or modifications, or any renewal or substitution notes, as of such date, the sale of which to the related Non-Serviced Trust will cause servicing to shift from this Agreement to the related Non-Serviced PSA pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement for

 

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such Servicing Shift Whole Loan. The Preliminary Statement hereto lists the Servicing Shift Lead Notes for the Servicing Shift Whole Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date.

 

Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan” With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, a Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund that will be serviced under this Agreement as of the Closing Date, but the servicing of which is expected to shift to the pooling and servicing agreement entered into in connection with the securitization of the related Servicing Shift Lead Note on and after the date of such securitization. The Preliminary Statement hereto lists the Servicing Shift Whole Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date.

 

Servicing Shift Securitization Date”: With respect to any Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the date on which the related Servicing Shift Lead Note is included in a related Non-Serviced Trust, provided that such holder of a Servicing Shift Lead Note provides each of the parties to this Agreement (in each case only to the extent such party will not also be a party to the related Non-Serviced PSA) with notice in accordance with the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement that such Servicing Shift Lead Note is to be included in such Non-Serviced Trust which notice shall include contact information for the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer, the Non-Serviced Special Servicer, the Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator and the Non-Serviced Trustee.

 

Servicing Shift Whole Loan”: Any Whole Loan serviced under this Agreement as of the Closing Date, which includes the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan included in the Trust Fund and one or more Pari Passu Companion Loans not included in the Trust Fund, but the servicing of which is expected to shift to the pooling and servicing agreement entered into in connection with the securitization of the related Servicing Shift Lead Note on and after the date of such securitization. The Preliminary Statement hereto lists the Servicing Shift Whole Loans related to the Trust as of the Closing Date.

 

Servicing Standard”: As defined in Section 3.01(a).

 

Servicing Transfer Event”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or related Companion Loan, the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

(i)              with respect to a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan that is not a Balloon Mortgage Loan, (a) a payment default shall have occurred at its original Maturity Date, or (b) if the original Maturity Date of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan has been extended as provided herein, a payment default shall have occurred at such extended Maturity Date; or

 

(ii)             with respect to each Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan that is a Balloon Mortgage Loan, a payment default shall have occurred with respect to the related Balloon Payment; provided that if (A) the related Mortgagor has provided prior to the related Maturity Date a fully executed term sheet or refinancing commitment or a signed purchase and sale agreement for a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan or sale of the Mortgaged Property (in each case subject only to typical due diligence and closing conditions) in a manner consistent with

 

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CMBS market practices and that is satisfactory in form and substance to the Master Servicer from an acceptable lender or purchaser reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer, which provides that a refinancing of such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan or the sale of the related Mortgaged Property will occur within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the date on which such Balloon Payment will become due (and the Master Servicer shall promptly forward such documentation to the Special Servicer), (B) the related Mortgagor continues to make its Assumed Scheduled Payment and (C) no other Servicing Transfer Event shall have occurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, a Servicing Transfer Event will not occur until the earlier of (1) one hundred twenty (120) days beyond the related Maturity Date and (2) the date on which such documentation expires; or

 

(iii)            any Periodic Payment (other than a Balloon Payment) is more than sixty (60) days delinquent (unless, in the case of a Mortgage Loan with mezzanine debt, prior to such Periodic Payment becoming more than sixty (60) days delinquent the holders of the related Companion Loan(s) or the holders of related mezzanine debt, as applicable, cure such delinquency, subject to the terms and provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement); or

 

(iv)            the Master Servicer makes a judgment that a payment default is imminent or reasonably foreseeable and is not likely to be cured by the related Mortgagor within sixty (60) days; or

 

(v)             a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, or the appointment of a conservator, receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, is entered against the related Mortgagor; provided that if such decree or order is discharged or stayed within sixty (60) days of being entered, or if, as to a bankruptcy, the automatic stay is lifted within sixty (60) days of a filing for relief or the case is dismissed, upon such discharge, stay, lifting or dismissal such Mortgage Loan (and any related Companion Loan, as applicable), shall no longer be a Specially Serviced Loan (and no Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees will be payable with respect thereto and any such fees actually paid shall be reimbursed to the Trust Fund by the Special Servicer); or

 

(vi)            the related Mortgagor shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to such Mortgagor or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

 

(vii)           the related Mortgagor shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any

 

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applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations; or

 

(viii)          a default of which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has notice (other than a failure by such Mortgagor to pay principal or interest) and which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer (in the case of the Special Servicer, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder) determines in its good faith reasonable judgment may materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders (and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the interests of the related Serviced Companion Noteholder), as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Companion Loans, as applicable), if applicable, has occurred and remained unremedied for the applicable Grace Period specified in the related Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan documents, other than the failure to maintain terrorism insurance if such failure constitutes an Acceptable Insurance Default (or if no Grace Period is specified for those defaults which are capable of cure, sixty (60) days); or

 

(ix)             the Master Servicer or Special Servicer has received notice of the foreclosure or proposed foreclosure of any lien other than the Mortgage on the related Mortgaged Property; or

 

(x)              the Master Servicer determines that (a) a default (other than as described in clause (iv) above) under a Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan is imminent or reasonably foreseeable, (b) such default will materially impair the value of the corresponding Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan and related Companion Loan (if any) or otherwise materially adversely affect the interests of Certificateholders (and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the interests of the related Serviced Companion Noteholder), as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Companion Loans, as applicable), and (c) the default will continue unremedied for the applicable cure period under the terms of the Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, as applicable, or, if no cure period is specified and the default is capable of being cured, for thirty (30) days; provided that such 30-day grace period does not apply to a default that gives rise to immediate acceleration without application of a grace period under the terms of the Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, as applicable;

 

provided that any Mortgage Loan (excluding any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) that is cross-collateralized with a Specially Serviced Loan shall be a Specially Serviced Loan so long as such Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized with a Specially Serviced Loan. If any Serviced Companion Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, the related Serviced Mortgage Loan shall also become a Specially Serviced Loan. If any Serviced Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan shall also become a Specially Serviced

 

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Loan. With respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the occurrence of a “Servicing Transfer Event” shall be as defined in the related Non-Serviced PSA.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer may elect to deliver a written notice to the Master Servicer that a Mortgage Loan should be a Specially Serviced Loan as a result of imminent default under clause (iv) or (x) above. Upon receipt of any such written notice, the Master Servicer shall deliver an Officer’s Certificate to each of the Depositor and the Special Servicer with its determination of whether to transfer such Mortgage Loan to special servicing under clause (iv) or (x) above and the reasons for such determination, and such determination will be conclusive with respect to a servicing transfer at that time.

 

Significant Obligor”: As defined in Section 11.16.

 

Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline”: With respect to each calendar quarter (other than the fourth calendar quarter of any calendar year), the date that is fifteen (15) days after the Relevant Distribution Date occurring on or immediately following the date on which financial statements for such calendar quarter are required to be delivered to the related lender under the related Mortgage Loan documents. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator acknowledge that in the event the Mortgaged Property securing the related Serviced Companion Loan is a “significant obligor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB) with respect to an Other Securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan, the date on which quarterly financial statements, are required to be delivered to the related lender under the related Mortgage Loan documents is, with respect to net operating income information, for the Pari Passu Companion Loans related to (A) the Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Moffett Place Building 4”, 45 days following the end of each fiscal quarter, (B) the Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17”, 20 days following the end of each fiscal quarter, (C) the Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Station Place III”, 45 days following the end of each fiscal quarter, (D) the Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “AHIP Northeast Portfolio 1”, 45 days following the end of each fiscal quarter, (E) the Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “521-523 East 72nd Street”, 30 days following the end of each fiscal quarter, (F) the Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “IRG Portfolio”, 45 days following the end of each fiscal quarter, (G) the Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Walgreens Witkoff Portfolio”, 45 days following the end of each fiscal quarter, (H) the Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Capital Centers II & III”, 45 days following the end of each fiscal quarter, (I) the Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Lightstone Portfolio” (prior to the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, 45 days following the end of each fiscal quarter, (J) the Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Covance Business Center”, 45 days following the end of each fiscal quarter and (K) the Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Mural Lofts”, 20 days following the end of each fiscal quarter, in each case, subject to the terms of the related loan agreement, provided that, as provided under the related loan agreement, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as

 

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applicable, shall request the related Mortgagor to provide such information in a timely manner as may be required to meet all filing requirements under Regulation AB.

 

Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline”: With respect to each calendar year, the date that is the 90th day after the end of such calendar year.

 

Similar Law”: As defined in Section 5.03(n).

 

Sole Certificateholder”: Any Certificate Owner(s) or Certificateholder(s) acting in unanimity, holding 100% of the then-outstanding Class E-RR, Class F-RR, Class G-RR Certificates and Vertical Risk Retention Certificates; provided, however, that the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates have been retired.

 

Special Notice”: As defined in Section 5.06(b)(i).

 

Special Servicer”: With respect to (i) each of the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any Excluded Special Servicer Loan) and the Serviced Companion Loans, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association and its successors in interest and assigns, or any successor special servicer appointed as herein provided and (ii) any Excluded Special Servicer Loan, if any, the related Excluded Special Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 7.01(g), as applicable and as the context may require. For the avoidance of doubt, all references to the obligations or liabilities of the “Special Servicer” in this Agreement shall mean the applicable special servicer as provided herein.

 

Special Servicer Major Decision”: (a) With respect to any Non-Specially Serviced Loan, (i) other than with respect to the Mural Lofts Whole Loan prior to a related AB Control Appraisal Period, any Major Decision under clauses (i)(A)(1), (i)(A)(2), (i)(A)(3)(z) and (E) through (N) of the definition of “Major Decision” and (ii) with respect to the Mural Lofts Whole Loan prior to a related AB Control Appraisal Period, any Mural Lofts Major Decision under clauses (i) through (viii), (xi) through (xii) and (xiv) of the Mural Lofts Major Decision and (b) with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, (i) other than with respect to the Mural Lofts Whole Loan prior to a related AB Control Appraisal Period, any Major Decision other than a Major Decision under clause (i)(C) of the definition of “Major Decision” and (ii) with respect to the Mural Lofts Whole Loan prior to a related AB Control Appraisal Period, any Mural Lofts Major Decision other than under clause (xiii) of the Mural Lofts Major Decisions.

 

Special Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and REO Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the fee payable to the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.11(b).

 

Special Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and each REO Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) on a loan-by-loan basis, (a) 0.25000% per annum computed on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan and Companion Loan(s) (including any REO Loan), as applicable, in the same manner as interest is calculated on the Specially Serviced Loans and (b) if the rate in clause (a) would result in a Special Servicing Fee that would be less than $3,500, in any given month, then the Special Servicing Fee Rate for such month for such Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan

 

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shall be a rate equal to such higher rate as would result in a Special Servicing Fee equal to $3,500 for such month with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan.

 

Specially Serviced Loan”: As defined in Section 3.01(a).

 

Startup Day”: The day designated as such in Section 10.01(b).

 

Stated Principal Balance”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (x) the unpaid principal balance as of the Cut-off Date of such Mortgage Loan (or in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, as of the date it is added to the trust) after application of all payments of principal due during or prior to the month of substitution, whether or not those payments have been received) minus (y) the sum of:

 

(i)               the principal portion of each Periodic Payment due on such Mortgage Loan after the Cut-off Date (or in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the related month of substitution), to the extent received from the Mortgagor or advanced by the Master Servicer;

 

(ii)             all Principal Prepayments received with respect to such Mortgage Loan after the Cut-off Date (or in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the related month of substitution);

 

(iii)             the principal portion of all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (to the extent allocable to principal on such Mortgage Loan) and Liquidation Proceeds received with respect to such Mortgage Loan after the Cut-off Date (or in the case of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the related month of substitution); and

 

(iv)            any reduction in the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan resulting from a Deficient Valuation or a modification of such Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Agreement that occurred prior to the end of the Collection Period for the most recent Distribution Date.

 

With respect to any REO Loan that is a successor to a Mortgage Loan, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (x) the Stated Principal Balance of the predecessor Mortgage Loan as of the date of the related REO Acquisition, minus (y) the sum of:

 

(i)               the principal portion of any P&I Advance made with respect to such REO Loan; and

 

(ii)              the principal portion of all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (to the extent allocable to principal on the related Mortgage Loan), Liquidation Proceeds and REO Revenues received with respect to such REO Loan.

 

A Mortgage Loan or an REO Loan that is a successor to a Mortgage Loan shall be deemed to be part of the Trust Fund and to have an outstanding Stated Principal Balance until the Distribution Date on which the payments or other proceeds, if any, received in connection with a

 

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Liquidation Event in respect thereof are to be (or, if no such payments or other proceeds are received in connection with such Liquidation Event, would have been) distributed to Certificateholders.

 

With respect to each Companion Loan on any date of determination, the Stated Principal Balance shall equal the unpaid principal balance of such Companion Loan as of such date. On any date of determination, the Stated Principal Balance of each Whole Loan shall be the sum of the Stated Principal Balances of the related Mortgage Loan and the related Companion Loan(s) on such date.

 

With respect to any REO Loan that is a successor to a Companion Loan as of any date of determination, the Stated Principal Balance shall equal (x) the Stated Principal Balance of the predecessor Companion Loan as of the date of the related REO Acquisition, minus (y) the principal portion of any amounts allocable to the related Companion Loan in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Subcontractor”: Any vendor, subcontractor or other Person that is not responsible for the overall servicing (as “servicing” is commonly understood by participants in the mortgage-backed securities market) of Mortgage Loans but performs one or more discrete functions identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB with respect to Mortgage Loans under the direction or authority of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, an Additional Servicer or a Sub-Servicer.

 

Subject Loans”: As defined in Section 12.02(b).

 

Subordinate Certificate”: Any Class A-S, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR, Class F-RR and Class G-RR Certificate.

 

Subordinate Companion Holder”: The holder of any of the AB Subordinate Companion Loans.

 

Subsequent Asset Status Report”: As defined in Section 3.19(d).

 

Sub-Servicer”: Any Person that Services Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or an Additional Servicer and is responsible for the performance (whether directly or through Sub-Servicers or Subcontractors) of a substantial portion of the material Servicing functions required to be performed by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or an Additional Servicer under this Agreement, with respect to some or all of the Mortgage Loans that are identified in Item 1122(d) of Regulation AB.

 

Sub-Servicing Agreement”: The written contract between the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, and any Sub-Servicer relating to servicing and administration of Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 3.20.

 

Substitution Shortfall Amount”: With respect to a substitution pursuant to Section 2.03(b) hereof, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Purchase Price of the Mortgage Loan being replaced calculated as of the date of substitution over the Stated Principal Balance of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan after application of all scheduled

 

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payments of principal and interest due during or prior to the month of substitution. In the event that one or more Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loans are substituted (at the same time by the same Mortgage Loan Seller) for one or more removed Mortgage Loans, the Substitution Shortfall Amount shall be determined as provided in the preceding sentence on the basis of the aggregate Purchase Prices of the Mortgage Loan(s) being replaced and the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s).

 

Surviving Entity”: As defined in Section 6.03(b).

 

Tax Returns”: The federal income tax returns on (i) Internal Revenue Service Form 1066, U.S. Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit (REMIC) Income Tax Return, including Schedule Q thereto, Quarterly Notice to Residual Interest Holders of REMIC Taxable Income or Net Loss Allocation, or any successor forms, to be filed on behalf of each Trust REMIC due to its respective classification as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions and (ii) Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 or Internal Revenue Service Form 1099, as applicable, or any successor forms to be filed on behalf of the Grantor Trust, together with any and all other information, reports or returns that may be required to be furnished to the Certificateholders or filed with the Internal Revenue Service or any other governmental taxing authority under any applicable provisions of federal tax law or Applicable State and Local Tax Law.

 

Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate”: As defined in Section 5.02(a).

 

Test”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(iv).

 

Third Party Purchaser”: KKR Real Estate Credit Opportunity Partners Aggregator I L.P.

 

Transaction Parties”: As defined in Section 5.03(r).

Transfer”: Any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge, hypothecation, or other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.

 

Transferable Servicing Interest”: The amount by which the Servicing Fee otherwise payable to the Master Servicer hereunder exceeds the sum of (i) the Primary Servicing Fee and (ii) the amount of the Servicing Fee calculated using the Retained Fee Rate, which is subject to reduction by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.11(a) of this Agreement.

 

Transfer Restriction Period”:

 

(a)            With respect to the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates, the period from the Closing Date to the earliest of (A) the date that is the latest of (i) the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all outstanding Mortgage Loans has been reduced to 33.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans; (ii) the date on which the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Principal Balance Certificates has been reduced to 33.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Principal Balance Certificates as of the Closing Date; or (iii) two years after the Closing Date; or (B) the date on which the Risk Retention Rule has been officially abolished or officially determined by the regulatory agencies set forth in the definition of “Risk Retention Rule” to be no longer applicable to this transaction or the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates; and

 

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(b)            With respect to the Horizontal Risk Retention Certificates, the period from the Closing Date to the earliest of (A) the date that is the latest of (i) the date on which the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all outstanding Mortgage Loans has been reduced to 33.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans; (ii) the date on which the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Principal Balance Certificates has been reduced to 33.0% of the aggregate outstanding principal balance of the Principal Balance Certificates as of the Closing Date; or (iii) two years after the Closing Date, (B) the date on which all of the Mortgage Loans have been defeased in accordance with §244.7(b)(8)(i) of the Risk Retention Rule; or (C) subject to the consent of the Retaining Sponsor (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), the date on which the Risk Retention Rule has been officially abolished or officially determined by the regulatory agencies set forth in the definition of “Risk Retention Rule” to be no longer applicable to this transaction or the Horizontal Risk Retention Certificates.

 

Transferee”: Any Person who is acquiring by Transfer any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.

 

Transferee Affidavit”: As defined in Section 5.03(o)(ii).

 

Transferor”: Any Person who is disposing by Transfer any Ownership Interest in a Certificate.

 

Transferor Letter”: As defined in Section 5.03(o)(ii).

 

Trust”: The trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder. The Trust shall be named: “JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7”.

 

Trust Component”: As defined in Section 5.09(a).

 

Trust Fund”: The corpus of the Trust created hereby and to be administered hereunder, consisting of: (i) such Mortgage Loans as from time to time are subject to this Agreement (including any Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan replacing a removed Mortgage Loan), together with the Mortgage Files relating thereto (subject to, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the interests of the related Serviced Companion Noteholder in the related Mortgage File); (ii) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date (or with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution); (iii) any REO Property (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein) or the Trust’s beneficial interest in the Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Whole Loan acquired under the related Non-Serviced PSA; (iv) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (v) the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s, the Certificate Administrator’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement and any proceeds thereof (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (vi) any Assignment of Leases and any security agreements (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (vii) any letters of credit, indemnities, guaranties or lease enhancement policies given as additional security for any related Mortgage Loans (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein);

 

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(viii) all assets deposited in the Loss of Value Reserve Fund and the Servicing Accounts (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein), amounts on deposit in the Collection Account (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein), the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (to the extent of the Trust’s interest in such Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account), the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (to the extent of the Trust’s interest in such VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account) and any REO Account (to the extent of the Trust’s interest in such REO Account), including any reinvestment income, as applicable; (ix) any Environmental Indemnity Agreements (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (x) the rights and remedies of the Depositor under each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (to the extent transferred to the Trustee); (xi) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Components; (xii) the Interest Deposit Amount and (xiii) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the lock-box accounts, cash collateral accounts, escrow accounts and any reserve accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Mortgagor).

 

Trust-Level Basis”: With respect to the Operating Advisor’s evaluation of the Special Servicer’s performance of its duties with respect to Specially Serviced Loans (and, after the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, with respect to Major Decisions on Non-Specially Serviced Loans) under this Agreement, taking into account the Special Servicer’s specific duties under this Agreement as well as the extent to which those duties were performed in accordance with the Servicing Standard, with reasonable consideration by the Operating Advisor of any assessment of compliance report, attestation report, Major Decision Reporting Package (after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), Asset Status Report (after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), Final Major Decision Reporting Package, Final Asset Status Report and any other information delivered to the Operating Advisor by the Special Servicer or made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website during the prior calendar year (together with any additional information and material reviewed by the Operating Advisor) (other than any communications between the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer that would be Privileged Information) pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Trust REMIC”: as defined in the Preliminary Statement.

 

Trustee”: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or its successor in interest, in its capacity as trustee and its successors in interest, or any successor trustee appointed as herein provided.

 

Trustee Fee”: The fee to be paid to the Trustee as compensation for the Trustee’s activities under this Agreement, which fee is included as part of the Certificate Administrator Fee. No portion of the Trustee Fee shall be calculated by reference to any Companion Loan or the Stated Principal Balance of any Companion Loan.

 

UCC”: The Uniform Commercial Code, as enacted in each applicable state.

 

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UCC Financing Statement”: A financing statement prepared and filed pursuant to the UCC, as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction.

 

Underwriters”: J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Drexel Hamilton, LLC and Academy Securities, Inc.

 

Uninsured Cause”: Any cause of damage to property subject to a Mortgage such that the complete restoration of such property is not fully reimbursable by the hazard insurance policies or flood insurance policies required to be maintained pursuant to Section 3.07.

 

United States Securities Person”: Any “U.S. person” as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S.

 

Unliquidated Advance”: Any Advance previously made by a party hereto that has been previously reimbursed, as between the Person that made the Advance hereunder, on the one hand, and the Trust, on the other, as part of a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount pursuant to subsections (iii) and (iv) of Section 3.05(a) but that has not been recovered from the Mortgagor or otherwise from collections on or the proceeds of the related Mortgage Loan or REO Property in respect of which the Advance was made.

 

Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date and the Mortgage Loans, the aggregate of the following: (a) all Principal Prepayments received on such Mortgage Loan on or prior to the Determination Date and (b) the principal portions of all Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds (net of Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees, accrued interest on Advances and other additional expenses of the Trust incurred in connection with the related Mortgage Loan) and, if applicable, REO Revenues received with respect to such Mortgage Loan and any REO Loans on or prior to the related Determination Date, but in each case only to the extent that such principal portion represents a recovery of principal for which no advance was previously made pursuant to Section 4.03 in respect of a preceding Distribution Date.

 

Unsolicited Information”: As defined in Section 12.01(b)(iii).

 

Upper-Tier REMIC”: One of the two separate REMICs comprising the Trust, the assets of which consist of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account.

 

Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account”: The segregated account or accounts (or a subaccount of the Distribution Account) created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator (on behalf of the Trustee) pursuant to Section 3.04(b) in trust for the Certificateholders, which shall initially be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account”. Any such account or accounts shall be an Eligible Account.

 

U.S. Dollars” or “$”: Lawful money of the United States of America.

 

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U.S. Tax Person”: A citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) or other entity created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S. Tax Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 that have elected to be treated as U.S. Tax Persons).

 

Vertical Risk Retention Certificates”: The Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5, Class VRR-ASB, Class VRR-AS, Class VRR-B, Class VRR-C, Class VRR-D, Class VRR-E, Class VRR-F, Class VRR-G and Class VRR Certificates.

 

Voting Rights”: The portion of the voting rights of all of the Certificates which is allocated to any Certificate. At all times during the term of this Agreement, the Voting Rights shall be allocated among the various Classes of Certificateholders as follows: (i) 2% in the case of the Class X Certificates (allocated pro rata, based upon their respective Notional Amounts as of the date of determination) and (ii) in the case of any Principal Balance Certificates, a percentage equal to the product of 98% and a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the Certificate Balance (and solely in connection with any vote for purposes of determining whether to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(d), the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 3.26(j) or the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 12.05, taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Certificates pursuant to Section 4.05(a) hereof) of such Class, in each case, determined as of the Distribution Date immediately preceding such time, and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance (and solely in connection with any vote for purposes of determining whether to remove the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(d), the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 3.26(j) or the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 12.05, taking into account any notional reduction in the Certificate Balance for Appraisal Reduction Amounts allocated to the Certificates pursuant to Section 4.05(a) hereof) of the Principal Balance Certificates, each determined as of the Distribution Date immediately preceding such time. For purposes of such allocations, (i) the Class VRR-A1 Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-A1 of the Class VRR Certificates will be considered as if they together constituted a single “Class”; (ii) the Class VRR-A2 Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-A2 of the Class VRR Certificates will be considered as if they together constituted a single “Class”; (iii) the Class VRR-A3 Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-A3 of the Class VRR Certificates will be considered as if they together constituted a single “Class” ; (iv) the Class VRR-A4 Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-A4 of the Class VRR Certificates will be considered as if they together constituted a single “Class”; (v) the Class VRR-A5 Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-A5 of the Class VRR Certificates will be considered as if they together constituted a single “Class”; (vi) the Class VRR-ASB Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-ASB of the Class VRR Certificates will be considered as if they together constituted a single “Class”; (vii) the Class VRR-AS Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-AS of the Class VRR Certificates will be

 

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considered as if they together constituted a single “Class”; (viii) the Class VRR-B Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-B of the Class VRR Certificates will be considered as if they together constituted a single “Class”; (ix) the Class VRR-C Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-C of the Class VRR Certificates will be considered as if they together constituted a single “Class”; (x) the Class VRR-D Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-D of the Class VRR Certificates will be considered as if they together constituted a single “Class”; (xi) the Class VRR-E Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-E of the Class VRR Certificates will be considered as if they together constituted a single “Class”; (xii) the Class VRR-F Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-F of the Class VRR Certificates will be considered as if they together constituted a single “Class”; and (xiii) the Class VRR-G Certificates and the Class VRR Component VRR-G of the Class VRR Certificates will be considered as if they together constituted a single “Class”. Voting Rights will be allocated to the Class VRR Certificates only with respect to each portion of the Trust Component that is part of such Class of Certificates, as described in the preceding sentence. None of the Class R or Class Z Certificates shall be entitled to any Voting Rights.

 

VRR Certificate Available Funds”: With respect to any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the VRR Percentage of the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date and (ii) the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date.

 

VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount”: For each Distribution Date, the lesser of (i) the amount on deposit in the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account on such Distribution Date, and (ii) the VRR Percentage of the Aggregate Gain-on-Sale Entitlement Amount.

 

VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account”: A custodial account or accounts (or subaccount of the Distribution Account) created and maintained by the Certificate Administrator, pursuant to Section 3.04(e) on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders, which shall initially be entitled “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of the registered holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account”. Any such account shall be an Eligible Account or a subaccount of an Eligible Account.

 

VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates and the Class VRR Trust Components, an amount equal to the product of (A) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (B) the aggregate amount of interest distributed on the Non-VRR Certificates pursuant to clauses (i), (iv), (vii), (x), (xiii), (xvi), (xix) and (xxii) of Section 4.01(a) on such Distribution Date.

 

VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges”: As defined in Section 4.01(e)(ii).

 

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amount equal to the product of (A) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (B) the aggregate amount of principal distributed on the Non-VRR Certificates pursuant to clauses (ii), (v), (viii), (xi), (xiv), (xvii), (xx) and (xiii) of Section 4.01(a) on such Distribution Date.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Loss”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the amount, if any, by which (i) the VRR Percentage of the aggregate Stated Principal Balance (for purposes of this calculation only, not giving effect to any reductions of the Stated Principal Balance for payments of principal collected on the Mortgage Loans that were used to reimburse any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(v) to the extent such Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts are not otherwise determined to be Nonrecoverable Advances) of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Loans (excluding any portion allocable to any related Companion Loan, if applicable) as of the related Determination Date, is less than (ii) the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Trust Components after giving effect to distributions of principal on such Distribution Date.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Loss Interest Amount”: With respect to the Risk Retention Certificates and the Class VRR Trust Components for any Distribution Date, an amount equal to the product of (A) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (B) the aggregate amount of interest distributed on the Non-VRR Certificates pursuant to clauses (iii), (vi), (ix), (xii), (xv), (xviii), (xxi) and (xxiv) of Section 4.01(a) on such Distribution Date.

 

VRR Interest Rate”: As defined in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

VRR Percentage”: 2.75%.

 

Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate”: With respect to any Distribution Date, the weighted average of the applicable Net Mortgage Rates of the Mortgage Loans (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) as of the first day of the related Collection Period, weighted on the basis of their respective Stated Principal Balances as of the first day of such Collection Period (after giving effect to any payments received during any applicable Grace Period).

 

Whole Loan”: A mortgage loan that includes a Mortgage Loan and one or more Companion Loans, all of which are secured by the same Mortgaged Property. The Preliminary Statement hereto lists the Whole Loans related to the Trust.

 

Withheld Amounts”: As defined in Section 3.21(a).

 

Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, the amount of any Advances made with respect to such Mortgage Loan on or before the date such Mortgage Loan becomes (or, but for the making of three Periodic Payments under its modified terms, would then constitute) a Corrected Loan, together with (to the extent accrued and unpaid) interest on such Advances, to the extent that (i) such Advance (and accrued and unpaid interest thereon) is not reimbursed to the Person who made such Advance on or before the date, if any, on which Mortgage Loan becomes a Corrected Loan and (ii) the amount of such Advance (and accrued and unpaid interest thereon) becomes an obligation of the related Mortgagor to pay such amount under the terms of the modified loan documents. That any amount constitutes all or a portion of any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount shall not in

 

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any manner limit the right of any Person hereunder to determine in the future that such amount instead constitutes a Nonrecoverable Advance.

 

Workout Fee”: The fee paid to the Special Servicer with respect to each Corrected Loan in accordance with Section 3.11(c).

 

Workout Fee Rate”: With respect to each Corrected Loan, a fee of 1.00% of each collection (other than Penalty Charges and Excess Interest) of interest and principal (other than any amount for which a Liquidation Fee would be paid), including (i) Periodic Payments, (ii) Balloon Payments, (iii) Principal Prepayments and (iv) payments (other than those included in clause (i) or (ii) of this definition) at maturity or on the Anticipated Repayment Date, received on each Corrected Loan for so long as it remains a Corrected Loan.

 

XML”: Extensible Markup Language.

 

Yield Maintenance Charge”: With respect to any Mortgage Loan, any premium, fee or other additional amount paid or payable, as the context requires, by a borrower in connection with a principal prepayment on, or other early collection of principal of, a Mortgage Loan, calculated, in whole or in part, pursuant to a yield maintenance formula or otherwise pursuant to a formula that reflects the lost interest, including any specified amount or specified percentage of the amount prepaid which constitutes the minimum amount that such Yield Maintenance Charge may be.

 

YM Group”: YM Group A, YM Group B, YM Group C or YM Group RR, as applicable.

 

YM Group A”: Collectively, the Class A Certificates and the Class X-A Certificates.

 

YM Group B”: Collectively, the Class B, Class C and Class X-B Certificates.

 

YM Group C”: The Class D and Class X-D Certificates.

 

YM Group RR”: Collectively, the Class E-RR, Class F-RR and Class G-RR Certificates.

 

Section 1.02      Certain Calculations. Unless otherwise specified herein, for purposes of determining amounts with respect to the Certificates and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, the following provisions shall apply:

 

(i)             All calculations of interest (other than as provided in the related Mortgage Loan documents) provided for herein shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

(ii)            Any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan payment is deemed to be received on the date such payment is actually received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer; provided, however, that for purposes of calculating distributions on the Certificates, Principal Prepayments with respect to any Mortgage Loan are deemed to be

 

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received on the date they are applied in accordance with the Servicing Standard consistent with the terms of the related Mortgage Note and Mortgage to reduce the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan on which interest accrues.

 

(iii)           Any reference to the Certificate Balance of any Class of Principal Balance Certificates or Trust Components or Class VRR Components on or as of a Distribution Date shall refer to the Certificate Balance of such Class of Principal Balance Certificates or Trust Components or Class VRR Components on such Distribution Date after giving effect to (a) any distributions made on such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a), (b) and (c), (b) any Realized Losses allocated to such Class of Principal Balance Certificates or Trust Components or Class VRR Components on that Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.04, and (c) any recoveries on the related Mortgage Loans of Nonrecoverable Advances (plus interest thereon) that were previously reimbursed from principal collections on the related Mortgage Loans, that resulted in a reduction of the Principal Distribution Amount or Class VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amount, as applicable, which recoveries are allocated to such Class of Principal Balance Certificates or Trust Components or Class VRR Components, and added to the Certificate Balance pursuant to Section 4.04(a).

 

(iv)           Unless otherwise specifically provided for herein, all net present value calculations and determinations made with respect to a Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property (including for purposes of the definition of “Servicing Standard”) shall be made, in the event the Mortgage Loan documents are silent, using a discount rate (a) for principal and interest payments on a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, or sale of a Defaulted Loan, by the Special Servicer, the highest of (x) the rate determined by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, that approximates the market rate that would be obtainable by the related Mortgagor on similar non-defaulted debt of such Mortgagor as of such date of determination, (y) the Mortgage Rate on the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, based on its outstanding principal balance and (z) the yield on 10-year U.S. treasuries as of such date of determination, and (b) for all other cash flows, including property cash flow, the “discount rate” set forth in the most recent Appraisal (or update of such Appraisal) of the related Mortgaged Property.

 

(v)            Any reference to “expense of the trust” or “additional trust fund expense” or words of similar import shall be construed to mean, for any Serviced Mortgage Loan, an expense that shall be applied in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement or, if no application is specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement, then, to the extent such Intercreditor Agreement refers to this Agreement for the application of trust fund expenses or such Intercreditor Agreement does not prohibit the following application of trust fund expenses (i) with respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, to the Trust and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with the respective Stated Principal Balances of the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) or (ii) with respect to the Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, to the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan and then, pro rata and pari passu, by the Trust and the related Serviced Pari Passu

 

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Companion Loan (if any), in accordance with the respective Stated Principal Balances of the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan.

 

[End of Article I]

 

Article II

CONVEYANCE OF MORTGAGE LOANS;
ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES

 

Section 2.01      Conveyance of Mortgage Loans. (a) The Depositor, concurrently with the execution and delivery hereof, does hereby establish a trust, appoint the Trustee as trustee of the trust, assign, sell, transfer and convey to the Trustee, in trust, without recourse, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) all the right, title and interest of the Depositor, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising, including any security interest therein for the benefit of the Depositor, in, to and under (i) the Mortgage Loans identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, (ii) Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (excluding Section 5(d), 5(g) and 5(h)), 6(a) (excluding clauses (viii) and (xii) of Section 6(a)), 6(c), 6(d), 6(e), 6(f), 6(g), 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 and 19 of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements, (iii) the Intercreditor Agreements, (iv) all scheduled or unscheduled payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date (or with respect to a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan, the Due Date in the month of substitution); (v) any REO Property (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein) or the Trust’s beneficial interest in the Mortgaged Property securing a Non-Serviced Whole Loan acquired under the related Non-Serviced PSA; (vi) all revenues received in respect of any REO Property (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (vii) the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s, the Certificate Administrator’s and the Trustee’s rights under the insurance policies with respect to the Mortgage Loans required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement and any proceeds thereof (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (viii) any Assignment of Leases and any security agreements (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (ix) any letters of credit, indemnities, guaranties or lease enhancement policies given as additional security for any related Mortgage Loans (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (x) all assets deposited in the Loss of Value Reserve Fund and the Servicing Accounts (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein), amounts on deposit in the Collection Account (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein), the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (to the extent of the Trust’s interest in such Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account), the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (to the extent of the Trust’s interest in such VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account) and any REO Account (to the extent of the Trust’s interest in such REO Account), including any reinvestment income, as applicable; (xi) any Environmental Indemnity Agreements (to the extent of the Trust’s interest therein); (xii) the rights and remedies of the Depositor under each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (to the extent transferred to the Trustee); (xiii) the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Trust Components; (xiii) the Interest Deposit Amount and (xiv) the proceeds of the foregoing (other than any interest earned on deposits in the lock-box accounts, cash collateral accounts, escrow accounts and any reserve accounts, to the extent such interest belongs to the related Mortgagor) (collectively, the

 

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Conveyed Property”). Such assignment includes all interest and principal received or receivable on or with respect to the Mortgage Loans (in each case, other than (i) payments of principal and interest due and payable on the Mortgage Loans on or before the Cut-off Date; and (ii) prepayments of principal collected on or before the Cut-off Date). The transfer of the Mortgage Loans and the related rights and property accomplished hereby is absolute and, notwithstanding Section 13.07, is intended by the parties to constitute a sale. In connection with the assignment to the Trustee of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (excluding Section 5(d), 5(g) and 5(h)), 6(a) (excluding clauses (viii) and (xii) of Section 6(a)), 6(c), 6(d), 6(e), 6(f), 6(g), 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18 and 19 of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements, it is intended that the Trustee get the benefit of Sections 10, 11 and 14 thereof in connection with any exercise of rights under the assigned Sections, and the Depositor shall use its best efforts to make available to the Trustee the benefits of Sections 10, 11 and 14 in connection therewith.

 

(b)            In connection with the Depositor’s assignment pursuant to subsection (a) above, the Depositor shall direct, and hereby represents and warrants that it has directed, the Mortgage Loan Sellers pursuant to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to deliver to and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, the Custodian (or with respect to letters of credit, the Master Servicer), on or before the Closing Date, the Mortgage File for each Mortgage Loan so assigned, with copies to the Master Servicer (except, in the case of Serviced Mortgage Loans, for letters of credit). If the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver, or cause to be delivered, as to any Mortgage Loan, the original Mortgage Note, the delivery requirements of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon such Mortgage Loan Seller’s delivery of a copy or duplicate original of such Mortgage Note, together with an affidavit certifying that the original thereof has been lost or destroyed and indemnifying the Trustee and the Trust. If the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller cannot deliver, or cause to be delivered, as to any Mortgage Loan, any of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clauses (ii), (iv), (vii), and (ix) of the definition of “Mortgage File” (or, if applicable, a copy thereof) with evidence of filing or recording thereon (if intended to be recorded or filed), solely because of a delay caused by the public filing or recording office where such document or instrument has been delivered, or will be delivered within ten (10) Business Days of the Closing Date, for filing or recordation, the delivery requirements of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) shall be deemed to have been satisfied on a provisional basis as of the Closing Date as to such non-delivered document or instrument, and such non-delivered document or instrument shall be deemed to have been included in the Mortgage File, if a duplicate original or a photocopy of such non-delivered document or instrument (certified by the applicable public filing or recording office, the applicable title insurance company or the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller to be a true and complete copy of the original thereof submitted or to be submitted for filing or recording) is delivered to the Custodian on or before the Closing Date, and either the original of such non-delivered document or instrument, or a photocopy thereof (certified by the appropriate county recorder’s office or the applicable title insurance company, in the case of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clause (ii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, to be a true and complete copy of the original thereof submitted for recording), with evidence of filing or recording thereon, is delivered to the Custodian within one hundred-eighty (180) days of the Closing Date (or within such longer period, not to exceed eighteen (18) months, after the Closing Date as the Custodian shall consent to as long as the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is, as certified in writing to the Trustee and the Custodian no

 

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less often than every ninety (90) days following such 180–day period after the Closing Date, attempting in good faith to obtain from the appropriate public filing office or county recorder’s office such original or photocopy). If the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is required to, but cannot, deliver, or cause to be delivered, as to any Mortgage Loan, any of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clauses (ii), (iv), (vii), and (ix) (or, if applicable, a copy thereof) of the definition of “Mortgage File,” with evidence of filing or recording thereon, for any other reason, including, without limitation, that such non-delivered document or instrument has been lost or destroyed, the delivery requirements of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) shall be deemed to have been satisfied as to such non-delivered document or instrument, and such non-delivered document or instrument shall be deemed to have been included in the Mortgage File, if a photocopy of such non-delivered document or instrument (with evidence of filing or recording thereon and certified in the case of the documents and/or instruments referred to in clause (ii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” by the appropriate county recorder’s office or the applicable title insurance company to be a true and complete copy of the original thereof submitted for recording) is delivered to the Custodian on or before the Closing Date. Neither the Trustee nor any Custodian shall in any way be liable for any failure by any Mortgage Loan Seller or the Depositor to comply with the delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b). If, on the Closing Date as to any Mortgage Loan, subject to the next sentence, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is required to, but cannot, deliver (in complete and recordable form or form suitable for filing or recording, if applicable) any one of the assignments in favor of the Trustee referred to in clause (iii), clause (v) (to the extent not already assigned pursuant to clause (iii)), clause (x) (to the extent not already assigned pursuant to clause (iii)) or clause (ix) of the definition of “Mortgage File” solely because of the unavailability of filing or recording information as to any existing document or instrument, such Mortgage Loan Seller may provisionally satisfy the delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) with respect to such assignment by delivering with respect to such Mortgage Loan on the Closing Date an omnibus assignment of such Mortgage Loan substantially in the form of Exhibit H; provided that all required original assignments with respect to such Mortgage Loan (in fully complete and recordable form or form suitable for filing or recording, if applicable) are delivered to the Custodian within one hundred-eighty (180) days after the Closing Date (or within such longer period, not to exceed eighteen (18) months, which the Custodian shall consent to so long as the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is, as certified in writing to the Trustee and the Custodian no less often than every ninety (90) days following such 180–day period after the Closing Date, attempting in good faith to obtain from the appropriate public filing office or county recorder’s office the applicable filing or recording information as to the related document or instrument); and provided, further, that in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the delivery of any such assignments shall be subject to clause (e) of the final proviso to the definition of “Mortgage File” herein. If, in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and consistent with Section 2.01(c) of this Agreement, as to any Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its agent is responsible for recording or filing, as applicable, any one of the assignments in favor of the Trustee referred to in clause (iii), clause (v) (to the extent not already assigned pursuant to clause (iii)) or clause (ix) of the definition of “Mortgage File”, such Mortgage Loan Seller may provisionally satisfy the delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) with respect to such assignment by delivering to the Custodian with respect to such Mortgage Loan on

 

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the Closing Date a copy of such assignment in the form sent for recording or filing or (except for recording or filing information not yet available) to be sent for recording or filing; provided that an original or copy of such assignment (with evidence of recording or filing, as applicable, indicated thereon) shall be delivered to the Custodian as contemplated by Section 2.01(c) of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to letters of credit referred to in clause (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” and relating to a Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver the original to the Master Servicer (which letter of credit shall be titled in the name of, or assigned to, “Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer, on behalf of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of registered holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7”, and a copy to the Custodian or, if such original has been submitted by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller to the issuing bank to effect a reissuance, assignment or amendment of such letter of credit (changing the beneficiary thereof to the Master Servicer (in care of the Trustee, as titled above) that may be required in order for the Master Servicer to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the applicable terms thereof and/or of the related Mortgage Loan documents) and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have satisfied the delivery requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Section 2.01(b) by delivering with respect to any letter(s) of credit a copy thereof to the Custodian together with an officer’s certificate of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller certifying that such document has been delivered to the issuing bank for reissuance or an Officer’s Certificate from the Master Servicer certifying that it holds the letter(s) of credit pursuant to this Section 2.01(b), one of which shall be delivered to the Custodian on the Closing Date. If a letter of credit referred to in the previous sentence is not in a form that would allow the Master Servicer to draw on such letter of credit on behalf of the Trust in accordance with the applicable terms thereof and/or of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver the appropriate assignment or amendment documents (or copies of such assignment or amendment documents if the related Mortgage Loan Seller has submitted the originals to the related issuer of such letter of credit for processing) to the Custodian within thirty (30) days of the Closing Date. If not otherwise paid by the related Mortgagor, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay any costs of assignment or amendment of such letter(s) of credit required in order for the Master Servicer to draw on such letter(s) of credit on behalf of the Trust and shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the Master Servicer in connection with effectuating a draw under any such letter of credit prior to the date such letter of credit is assigned or amended in order that it may be drawn by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trust.

 

(c)             Pursuant to each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, except in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan Seller is required at its sole cost and expense, to itself, or to engage a third party to, put each Assignment of Mortgage, each assignment of Assignment of Leases and each assignment of each UCC Financing Statement (collectively, the “Assignments” and, individually, “Assignment”) relating to the Mortgage Loans conveyed by it under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement in proper form for filing or recording, as applicable, and to submit such Assignments for filing or recording, as the case may be, in the applicable public filing or recording office. On the Closing Date, the Mortgage Loan Sellers may deliver one (1) omnibus assignment for all such Mortgage Loans as provided in Section 2.01(b). Except under the circumstances provided for in the last sentence of

 

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this subsection (c) and except in the case of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan Seller will itself, or a third party at such Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense will, promptly (and in any event within one hundred twenty (120) days after the later of the Closing Date and the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s actual receipt of the related documents and the necessary recording and filing information) cause to be submitted for recording or filing, as the case may be, in the appropriate public office for real property records or UCC Financing Statements, as appropriate, each Assignment. Each such Assignment submitted for recording shall reflect that it (or a file copy thereof in the case of a UCC Assignment) should be returned by the public recording office to the Custodian or its designee following recording or filing (or to the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its agent who will then be responsible for delivery of the same to the Custodian or its designee). Any such Assignment received by the Custodian shall be promptly included in the related Mortgage File and be deemed a part thereof, and any such Assignment received by the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its agent shall be required to be delivered to the Custodian to be included as part of the related Mortgage File within thirty (30) days after receipt. If any such document or instrument is determined to be incomplete or not to meet the recording or filing requirements of the jurisdiction in which it is to be recorded or filed, or is lost by the public office or returned unrecorded or unfiled, as the case may be, because of a defect therein, on or about one hundred-eighty (180) days after the Closing Date, the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee shall prepare, at its own expense, a substitute therefor or cure such defect, as the case may be, and thereafter the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee shall, at the expense of such Mortgage Loan Seller, upon receipt thereof cause the same to be duly recorded or filed, as appropriate. If, by the first anniversary of the Closing Date, the Custodian has not received confirmation of the recording or filing as the case may be, of any such Assignment, it shall so advise the related Mortgage Loan Seller who may then pursue such confirmation itself or request that the Custodian pursue such confirmation at the related Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense, and upon such a request and provision for payment of such expenses satisfactory to the Custodian, the Custodian, at the expense of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, shall cause a search of the land records of each applicable jurisdiction and of the records of the offices of the applicable Secretary of State for confirmation that the Assignment appears in such records and retain a copy of such confirmation in the related Mortgage File. In the event that confirmation of the recording or filing of an Assignment cannot be obtained, the Custodian or the related Mortgage Loan Seller, as applicable, shall promptly inform the other and the Custodian shall provide such Mortgage Loan Seller with a copy of the Assignment and request the preparation of a new Assignment. The related Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay the expenses for the preparation of replacement Assignments for any Assignments which, having been properly submitted for filing or recording to the appropriate governmental office by the Custodian, fail to appear of record and must be resubmitted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no requirement to record any assignment to the Trustee referred to in clause (iii) or (v) of the definition of “Mortgage File,” or to file any UCC-3 to the Trustee referred to in clause (ix) of the definition of “Mortgage File,” in those jurisdictions where, in the written opinion of local counsel (which opinion shall be an expense of the related Mortgage Loan Seller) acceptable to the Depositor and the Trustee, such recordation and/or filing is not required to protect the Trustee’s interest in the related Mortgage Loan, against sale, further assignment, satisfaction or discharge by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or the Depositor.

 

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(d)            All documents and records in the Depositor’s or the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s possession relating to the Mortgage Loans (including, in each case, financial statements, operating statements and any other information provided by the respective Mortgagor from time to time, but excluding the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s internal communications (including such communications between such Mortgage Loan Seller and its Affiliates) and underwriting analysis (including documents prepared by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or any of its Affiliates for such purposes), draft documents, attorney-client communications that are privileged communications or constitute legal or other due diligence analyses and credit underwriting or due diligence analyses or data) that (i) are not required to be a part of a Mortgage File in accordance with the definition thereof and (ii) are reasonably necessary for the servicing of each such Mortgage Loan, together with copies of all documents in each Mortgage File, shall be delivered by the Depositor or the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller to the Master Servicer within five (5) Business Days after the Closing Date and shall be held by the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders (and the Trustee, as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) and, if applicable, on behalf of the related Companion Holder. Such documents and records shall be any documents and records (with the exception of any items excluded under the immediately preceding sentence) that would otherwise be a part of the Servicing File.

 

(e)            In connection with the Depositor’s assignment pursuant to subsection (a) above, the Depositor shall deliver to the Trustee and the Master Servicer, on or before two (2) Business Days after the Closing Date, a fully executed original counterpart of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements, as in full force and effect, without amendment or modification, on the Closing Date.

 

(f)             The Depositor shall use its reasonable best efforts to require that, promptly after the Closing Date, but in all events within three (3) Business Days after the Closing Date, each of the Mortgage Loan Sellers shall cause all funds on deposit in escrow accounts maintained with respect to the Mortgage Loans transferred by such Mortgage Loan Seller, whether such accounts are held in the name of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or any other name, to be transferred to the Master Servicer (or a Sub-Servicer) for deposit into Servicing Accounts.

 

(g)            With respect to the Franchise Required Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee will be required to provide any such required notice or make any such required request to the related franchisor (with a copy of such notice or request to the Master Servicer) within forty-five (45) days of the Closing Date (or any shorter period if required by the applicable comfort letter), and the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to acquire such replacement comfort letter, if necessary (or to acquire any such new document or acknowledgement as may be contemplated under the existing comfort letter).

 

(h)            Each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall provide that within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date, each Mortgage Loan Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered the Diligence Files for each of its Mortgage Loans to the Depositor by uploading such Diligence Files to the Intralinks Site. Promptly upon completion of such delivery of the Diligence Files (but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the Closing Date), the applicable Mortgage Loan

 

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Seller shall provide to the Depositor (with a copy via email to each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Directing Certificateholder, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor) an officer’s certificate to the address set forth in Section 13.05, signed by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller certifying that the electronic copies of the documents and information uploaded to the Intralinks Site constitute all documents and information required under the definition of “Diligence File” (the “Diligence File Certification”).

 

(i)             Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.01 or in Section 2.02, in connection with a Servicing Shift Whole Loan, (1) instruments of assignment to the Trustee may be in blank and need not be recorded pursuant to this Agreement (other than the endorsements to the Note(s) evidencing the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) until the earlier of (i) the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, in which case such instruments shall be assigned and recorded in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA, (ii) 180 days following the Closing Date, and (iii) such Servicing Shift Whole Loan becoming a Specially Serviced Loan prior to such Servicing Shift Securitization Date, in which case assignments and recordations shall be effected in accordance with this Section 2.01 until the occurrence, if any, of such Servicing Shift Securitization Date, (2) no letter of credit need be amended (including, without limitation, to change the beneficiary thereon) until the earlier of (i) the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, in which case such amendment shall be in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA, (ii) 180 days following the Closing Date, and (iii) such Servicing Shift Whole Loan becoming a Specially Serviced Loan prior to such Servicing Shift Securitization Date in which case such amendment shall be effected in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.01, and (3) on and following such Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Person selling the related Servicing Shift Lead Note to the related Non-Serviced Depositor, at its own expense, shall be (a) entitled to direct in writing, which may be conclusively relied upon by the Custodian, the Custodian to deliver the originals of all the Mortgage Loan documents relating to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan in its possession (other than the original Note(s) evidencing such Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan) to the related Non-Serviced Trustee or the related Non-Serviced Custodian, (b) if the right under clause (a) is exercised, required to cause the retention by or delivery to the Custodian of photocopies of Mortgage Loan documents related to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan so delivered to such Non-Serviced Trustee or such Non-Serviced Custodian, (c) entitled to cause the completion (or, in the event of a recordation as contemplated by clause (1)(ii) of this paragraph, the preparation, execution and delivery) and recordation of instruments of assignment in the name of the related Other Trustee or related Non-Serviced Custodian, (d) if the right under clause (c) is exercised, required to deliver to the Trustee or Custodian photocopies of any instruments of assignment so completed and recorded, and (e) entitled to require the Master Servicer to transfer, and to cooperate with all reasonable requests in connection with the transfer of, the Servicing File, and any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and items specified in clauses (x) and (xii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” for such Servicing Shift Whole Loan to the related Other Servicer.

 

(j)             On the Closing Date, the Depositor shall deliver the following to the Master Servicer at NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com in EDGAR-Compatible Format and Excel format: (a) the Initial Schedule AL File, (b) the Initial Schedule AL Additional File and (c) Annex A-1 to the Prospectus.

 

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Section 2.02      Acceptance by Trustee. (a) The Trustee, by the execution and delivery of this Agreement (1) acknowledges receipt by it or a Custodian on its behalf, subject to the provisions of Section 2.01, in good faith and without notice of any adverse claim, of the applicable documents specified in clause (i) of the definition of “Mortgage File” with respect to each Mortgage Loan and of all other assets included in the Trust Fund and (2) declares (a) that it or a Custodian on its behalf holds and will hold such documents and the other documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Sellers that constitute the Mortgage Files in the name of the Trust for the benefit of all present and future Certificateholders, and (b) that it holds and will hold such other assets included in the Trust Fund, in trust for the exclusive use and benefit of all present and future Certificateholders and, with respect to any original document in the Mortgage File for a Serviced Whole Loan, for any present or future Companion Holder (and for the benefit of the Trustee as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests), as applicable. If any Mortgage Loan Seller is unable to deliver or cause the delivery of any original Mortgage Note, such Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver a copy of such Mortgage Note, together with a signed lost note affidavit and appropriate indemnity and shall thereby be deemed to have satisfied the document delivery requirements of Section 2.01 and of this Section 2.02.

 

(b)            Within sixty (60) days of the Closing Date, the Custodian shall review the Mortgage Loan documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Sellers constituting the Mortgage Files and, promptly following such review (but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the Closing Date), the Custodian shall, in the form attached as Exhibit Q, certify in writing to each of the Rating Agencies, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and only with respect to Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan), the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Operating Advisor and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full) that, except as specifically identified in any exception report annexed to such writing (the “Custodial Exception Report”), (i) subject to the final proviso of the definition of “Mortgage File” herein and Section 2.01 hereof, all documents specified in clauses (i) through (v), (viii), (ix), (xi), (xii) and (xiii) (or, with respect to clause (xii), a copy of such letter of credit and the required Officer’s Certificate), if any, of the definition of “Mortgage File”, as applicable, are in its possession, (ii) the foregoing documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Sellers have been reviewed by the Custodian and appear regular on their face and appear to be executed and to relate to such Mortgage Loan, and (iii) based on such examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the items specified in clauses (iv), (vi) and (viii)(c) in the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” is correct. With respect to each Mortgage Loan listed on the Custodial Exception Report, the Custodian shall specifically identify such Mortgage Loan together with the nature of such exception (in the form reasonably acceptable to the Custodian and the related Mortgage Loan Seller and separating items required to be in the Mortgage File but never delivered from items which were delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller but are out for filing or recording and have not been returned by the filing office or the recorder’s office).

 

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Custodian shall, in the form attached as Exhibit Q, certify in writing to each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (as to each Mortgage Loan listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any related Mortgage Loan as to which a Liquidation Event has occurred) or any related Mortgage Loan specifically identified in any exception report annexed to such writing) that, (i) subject to the final proviso of the definition of “Mortgage File” herein and Section 2.01 hereof, all documents specified in clauses (i) through (v), (viii), (ix), (xi), (xii) and (xiii), if any, of the definition of “Mortgage File”, as applicable, are in its possession, (ii) the foregoing documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Sellers have been reviewed by the Custodian and appear regular on their face and appear to be executed and relate to such Mortgage Loan and (iii) based on such examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the items specified in clauses (iv), (vi) and (viii)(c) in the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” is correct.

 

(d)            Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 2.02 and Section 2.03(b) to the contrary, in the case of a Material Defect in any of the documents specified in clauses (ii) through (v), (vii), (viii) and (ix) in the definition of “Mortgage File”, which Material Defect results solely from a delay in the return of the related documents from the applicable filing or recording office and gives rise to a repurchase or substitution obligation on the part of the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the subject Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Directing Certificateholder, in its sole judgment, may (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan and, with respect to any other Mortgage Loan, only prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event), and the Special Servicer may, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, permit the related Mortgage Loan Seller in lieu of repurchasing or substituting for the related Mortgage Loan, to deposit with the Master Servicer an amount, to be held in trust in a segregated Eligible Account (which may be a sub-account of the Collection Account), equal to 25% of the Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage Loan (in the alternative, the related Mortgage Loan Seller may deliver to the Master Servicer a letter of credit in such amount, with a copy to the Custodian). Such funds or letter of credit, as applicable, shall be held by the Master Servicer (i) until the date on which the Custodian determines and notifies the Master Servicer that such Material Defect has been cured or the related Mortgage Loan is no longer part of the Trust Fund, at which time the Master Servicer shall return such funds (or letter of credit) to the related Mortgage Loan Seller, or (ii) until same are applied to the Purchase Price (or the Substitution Shortfall Amount, if applicable) as set forth below in this Section 2.02(d) in the event of a repurchase or substitution by the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Notwithstanding the two immediately preceding sentences, if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer certifies to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Custodian that it has determined in the exercise of its reasonable judgment that the document with respect to which such Material Defect exists is required in connection with an imminent enforcement of the mortgagee’s rights or remedies under the related Mortgage Loan, defending any claim asserted by any Mortgagor or third party with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, establishing the validity or priority of any lien on collateral securing the related Mortgage Loan or for any immediate significant servicing obligation, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be required to repurchase or substitute for the related Mortgage Loan in accordance with, and to the extent required by, the terms and conditions of Section 2.03(b) and Section 6 of

 

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the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that such Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be required to repurchase the Mortgage Loan for a period of ninety (90) days after receipt of a notice to repurchase (together with any applicable extension period) if it is attempting to recover the document from the applicable filing or recording office and provides an officer’s certificate setting forth what actions such Mortgage Loan Seller is pursuing in connection with such recovery. In the event of a repurchase or substitution, upon the date of such repurchase or substitution, and in the event that the related Mortgage Loan Seller has delivered a letter of credit to the Master Servicer in accordance with this Section 2.02(d), the Master Servicer shall, to the extent necessary, draw on the letter of credit and deposit the proceeds of such draw, into the Collection Account to be applied to the Purchase Price (or the Substitution Shortfall Amount, if applicable, in which event, the amount of such funds or proceeds that exceed the Substitution Shortfall Amount shall be returned to the related Mortgage Loan Seller) in accordance with Section 2.03(b). All such funds deposited in the Collection Account shall be invested in Permitted Investments, at the direction and for the benefit of the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Such funds shall be treated as an “outside reserve fund” under the REMIC Provisions, which, together with any reimbursement from the Lower-Tier REMIC, is beneficially owned by the related Mortgage Loan Seller for federal income tax purposes, which Mortgage Loan Seller shall remain liable for any taxes payable on income or gain with respect thereto.

 

(e)            It is herein acknowledged that neither the Trustee nor any Custodian is under any duty or obligation (i) to determine whether any of the documents specified in clauses (vi), (vii) and (xii) through (xviii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” exist or are required to be delivered by the Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Sellers or any other Person (unless identified on the Mortgage Loan Checklist) or (ii) to inspect, review or examine any of the documents, instruments, certificates or other papers relating to the Mortgage Loans delivered to it to determine that the same are genuine, enforceable, duly authorized, sufficient to perfect and maintain the perfection of a security interest or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face and, with respect to the documents specified in clause (viii) of the definition of the “Mortgage File”, whether the insurance is effective as of the date of the recordation, whether all endorsements or riders issued are included in the file or if the policy has not been issued whether any acceptable replacement document has been dated the date of the related Mortgage Loan funding. Further, with respect to the UCC Financing Statements referenced in the Mortgage File, absent actual knowledge to the contrary or copies of UCC Financing Statements delivered to the Custodian as part of the Mortgage File indicating otherwise, the Custodian may assume, for the purposes of the filings and the certification to be delivered in accordance with this Section 2.02 that the related Mortgage File should include one state level UCC Financing Statement filing for each Mortgaged Property (or with respect to any Mortgage Loan that has two or more Mortgagors, for each Mortgagor, except to the extent multiple Mortgagors are named as debtors in the same UCC Financing Statement filing), or if the Custodian has received notice that a particular UCC Financing Statement was filed as a fixture filing, that the related Mortgage File should include only a local UCC Financing Statement filing for each Mortgaged Property (or with respect to any Mortgage Loan) that has two or more Mortgagors, for each Mortgagor, except to the extent multiple Mortgagors are named as debtors in the same UCC Financing Statement filing). The assignments of the UCC Financing Statements to be assigned to the Trust will be delivered on the new national forms (or on such other form as may be acceptable for filing or recording in the applicable jurisdiction) and

 

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in a format suitable for filing or recording, as applicable, and will be filed or recorded in the jurisdiction(s) where such UCC Financing Statements were originally filed or recorded, as indicated in the documents provided, and in accordance with then-current laws.

 

(f)             If, in the process of reviewing the Mortgage Files or at any time thereafter, the Custodian finds any document or documents constituting a part of a Mortgage File (1) not to have been properly executed, (2) subject to the timing requirements of Sections 2.01(b) and 2.01(c), not to have been delivered, (3) to contain information that does not conform in any material respect with the corresponding information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule or (4) to be defective on its face (each, a “Defect” in the related Mortgage File), the Custodian shall promptly so notify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (and in no event later than ninety (90) days after the Closing Date and every calendar quarter thereafter until all Defects are corrected) by providing a Custodial Exception Report setting forth for each affected Mortgage Loan, with particularity, the nature of such Defect (in a form reasonably acceptable to the Custodian and such Mortgage Loan Seller and separating items required to be in the Mortgage File but never delivered from items which were delivered by such Mortgage Loan Seller but are out for recording or filing and have not been returned by the recorder’s office or filing office).

 

Pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, each of the Mortgage Loan Sellers will be required to effect (at the expense of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller) the assignment and recordation of its respective Mortgage Loan documents until the assignment and recordation of all such Mortgage Loan documents has been completed.

 

(g)            If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (i) receives a Repurchase Request or any other request from any Person for a Mortgage Loan Seller to repurchase a Mortgage Loan because of an alleged Defect or Breach (together with a Repurchase Request, a “15Ga-1 Repurchase Request”) (the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to the extent it receives such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request, the “Repurchase Request Recipient” with respect to such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request); or (ii) receives any withdrawal of a 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request by the Person making such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request or any rejection of a 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request (or such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request is forwarded to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer by another party hereto), then the Repurchase Request Recipient shall deliver notice (which may be by electronic format so long as a “backup” hard copy of such notice is also delivered on or prior to the next Business Day) of such 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request or withdrawal or rejection of a 15Ga-1 Repurchase Request (each, a “15Ga-1 Notice”) to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (other than in the case of a rejection by such Mortgage Loan Seller) and the Depositor, in each case within ten (10) Business Days from such Repurchase Request Recipient’s receipt thereof.

 

Each 15Ga-1 Notice shall include (i) the identity of the related Mortgage Loan, (ii) the date the Repurchase Request is received by the Repurchase Request Recipient or the date any withdrawal of the Repurchase Request is received by the Repurchase Request Recipient, as applicable, (iii) if known, the basis for the Repurchase Request (as asserted in the Repurchase Request) and (iv) a statement from the Repurchase Request Recipient as to whether it currently plans to pursue such Repurchase Request.

 

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A Repurchase Request Recipient shall not be required to provide any information in a 15Ga-1 Notice protected by the attorney-client privilege or attorney work product doctrines. The Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements will provide that (i) any 15Ga-1 Notice provided pursuant to this Section 2.02(g) is so provided only to assist the Mortgage Loan Sellers and Depositor or their respective Affiliates to comply with Rule 15Ga-1 under the Exchange Act, Items 1104 and 1121 of Regulation AB and any other requirement of law or regulation and (ii) (A) no action taken by, or inaction of, a Repurchase Request Recipient and (B) no information provided pursuant to this Section 2.02(g) by a Repurchase Request Recipient, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver or defense to the exercise of any legal right the Repurchase Request Recipient may have with respect to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including with respect to any Repurchase Request that is the subject of a 15Ga-1 Notice.

 

In the event that the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Custodian receives a Repurchase Request, such party shall promptly forward or otherwise provide written notice of such Repurchase Request to the Master Servicer, if relating to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, or to the Special Servicer, if relating to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property, and include the following statement in the related correspondence: “This is a ‘Repurchase Request’ under Section 2.02(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to the JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 requiring action by you as the ‘Repurchase Request Recipient’ thereunder.” Upon receipt of such Repurchase Request by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, such party shall be deemed to be the Repurchase Request Recipient in respect of such Repurchase Request, and such party shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.02(g) with respect to such Repurchase Request. In no event shall the Custodian, by virtue of this provision, be required to provide any notice other than as set forth in Section 2.02(g) of this Agreement in connection with its review of the Mortgage File.

 

If the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Custodian receives notice or has knowledge of a withdrawal or a rejection of a Repurchase Request of which notice has been previously received or given, and such notice was not received from or copied to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, then such party shall give notice of such withdrawal or rejection to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable. Any such notice received by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Custodian shall also be provided to the Depositor and, in the case of a withdrawal notice, to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

In the event that a Mortgage Loan is repurchased or replaced pursuant to Section 2.03 of this Agreement, the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) shall promptly notify the Depositor of such repurchase or replacement.

 

Section 2.03      Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Depositor; Mortgage Loan Sellers’ Repurchase or Substitution of Mortgage Loans for Defects in Mortgage Files and Breaches of Representations and Warranties. (a) The Depositor hereby represents and warrants that:

 

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(i)             The Depositor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the Depositor has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by it, and has the power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and all the transactions contemplated hereby, including, but not limited to, the power and authority to sell, assign and transfer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with this Agreement;

 

(ii)            Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by each other party hereto, this Agreement and all of the obligations of the Depositor hereunder are the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Depositor, enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as such enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);

 

(iii)           The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder by the Depositor will not conflict with any provisions of any law or regulations to which the Depositor is subject, or conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under any of the terms, conditions or provisions of the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws of the Depositor or any indenture, agreement or instrument to which the Depositor is a party or by which it is bound, or any order or decree applicable to the Depositor, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien on any of the Depositor’s assets or property, which would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Depositor to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; the Depositor has obtained any consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Depositor of this Agreement;

 

(iv)           There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the Depositor’s knowledge, threatened against the Depositor in any court or by or before any other governmental agency or instrumentality which would materially and adversely affect the validity of the Mortgage Loans or the ability of the Depositor to carry out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and

 

(v)            The Depositor is the lawful owner of the Mortgage Loans with the full right to transfer the Mortgage Loans to the Trust, and the Mortgage Loans have been validly transferred to the Trust.

 

(b)            After its receipt of a Repurchase Request, the Master Servicer (if the related Mortgage Loan is a Non-Specially Serviced Loan) or the Special Servicer (if the related Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan), as applicable, shall request in writing that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, not later than ninety (90) days following the earlier of (i) such Mortgage Loan Seller’s discovery of any Material Defect, (ii) such Mortgage Loan Seller’s receipt of notice of any Material Defect from any party to this Agreement or (iii) in the case of a Material Defect relating to a Mortgage Loan not being a Qualified Mortgage, the earlier of

 

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(x) the discovery of any Material Defect by any party to this Agreement or (y) receipt of a notice of any Material Defect by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (such 90-day period, the “Initial Cure Period”), (A) cure such Material Defect in all material respects, at such Mortgage Loan Seller’s own expense, including reimbursement of any related reasonable additional expenses of the Trust reasonably incurred by any party to this Agreement, (B) repurchase the affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding any related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable), at the applicable Purchase Price and in conformity with the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement or (C) substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted) for such affected Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding any related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable) (provided that in no event shall any such substitution occur on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date) and pay the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, any Substitution Shortfall Amount in connection therewith and in conformity with the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement; provided, however, that except with respect to a Material Defect resulting solely from the failure by the Mortgage Loan Seller to deliver to the Trustee or Custodian the actual policy of lender’s title insurance required pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” by a date not later than eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date, if such Material Defect is capable of being cured but is not cured within the Initial Cure Period, and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such Material Defect within the Initial Cure Period, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall have an additional ninety (90) days commencing immediately upon the expiration of the Initial Cure Period (such additional ninety (90) day period, the “Extended Cure Period”) to complete such cure (or, failing such cure, to repurchase the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan (excluding any related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable) or substitute a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (other than with respect to the Whole Loans, for which no substitution will be permitted)) and provided, further, that with respect to such Extended Cure Period the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall have delivered an officer’s certificate to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (who shall promptly deliver a copy of such officer’s certificate to the 17g-5 Information Provider), the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event) the Directing Certificateholder, setting forth the reason such Material Defect is not capable of being cured within the Initial Cure Period and what actions the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is pursuing in connection with the cure thereof and stating that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller anticipates that such Material Defect will be cured within the Extended Cure Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Defect or Breach which causes any Mortgage Loan not to be a Qualified Mortgage shall be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders therein, and (subject to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s right to cure such Defect or Breach during the Initial Cure Period) such Mortgage Loan shall be repurchased or substituted for without regard to the Extended Cure Period described in the preceding sentence. If the affected Mortgage Loan is to be repurchased, the funds in the amount of the Purchase Price remitted by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller are to be remitted by wire transfer to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account.

 

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(in the case of Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (in the case of Specially Serviced Loans) on behalf of the Trust (and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan or a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) (each such payment, a “Loss of Value Payment”) with respect to such Mortgage Loan, the amount of such Loss of Value Payment shall be deposited into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to be applied in accordance with Section 3.05(g) of this Agreement. The Special Servicer shall determine the amount of any applicable Loss of Value Payment (with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder in respect of any Mortgage Loan that is not an Excluded Loan and for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) and, in the case of any PSA Party Repurchase Request with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans prior to the occurrence of a Resolution Failure, shall communicate such amount to the Master Servicer for its enforcement action with the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller. In connection with any such determination with respect to any Non-Specially Serviced Loan, the Master Servicer shall promptly provide the Special Servicer, but in any event within the time frame and in the manner provided in Section 3.19, with the Servicing File and all information, documents and records (including records stored electronically on computer tapes, magnetic discs and the like) relating to such Non-Specially Serviced Loan and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan(s), either in the Master Servicer’s possession or otherwise reasonably available to the Master Servicer, and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer to the extent set forth in Section 3.19 in order to permit the Special Servicer to calculate the Loss of Value Payment as set forth in this Section 2.03(b). The Loss of Value Payment shall include the portion of any Liquidation Fees payable to the Special Servicer in respect of such Loss of Value Payment and the portion of fees and reimbursable expenses of the Asset Representations Reviewer attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan. If such Loss of Value Payment is made, the Loss of Value Payment shall serve as the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders and the Trustee on their behalf regarding any such Material Defect in lieu of any obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller to otherwise cure such Material Defect or repurchase or substitute for the affected Mortgage Loan based on such Material Defect under any circumstances. This paragraph is intended to apply only to a mutual agreement or settlement between the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, on behalf of the Trust, provided that (i) prior to any such agreement or settlement, nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the Mortgage Loan Seller or the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, from exercising any of its rights related to a Material Defect in the manner and timing set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or this Section 2.03 (excluding this paragraph) (including any right to cure, repurchase or substitute for such Mortgage Loan); (ii) such Loss of Value Payment shall not be greater than the Purchase Price of the affected Mortgage Loan; and (iii) a Material Defect as a result of a Mortgage Loan not constituting a Qualified Mortgage may not be cured by a Loss of Value Payment.

 

With respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if a Material Document Defect under, and as such term or any analogous term is defined in, the related Non-Serviced PSA exists with respect to the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan, and if the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (or other responsibly party) repurchases the Non-Serviced Companion Loan from the related Non-Serviced Trust, then the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall promptly repurchase such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan at the applicable Purchase Price; provided, however, that the

 

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foregoing shall not apply to any Material Document Defect related to the promissory note for the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan.

 

If any Breach pertains to a representation or warranty that the related Mortgage Loan documents or any particular Mortgage Loan document requires the related Mortgagor to bear the costs and expenses associated with any particular action or matter under such Mortgage Loan document(s), then the related Mortgage Loan Seller may cure such Breach within the applicable cure period (as the same may be extended) by reimbursing the Trust (by wire transfer of immediately available funds) for (i) the reasonable amount of any such costs and expenses incurred by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Trust that are incurred as a result of such Breach and have not been reimbursed by the related Mortgagor and (ii) the amount of any fees and reimbursable expenses of the Asset Representations Reviewer attributable to the Asset Review of such Mortgage Loan; provided, however, that in the event any such costs and expenses exceed $10,000, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the option to either repurchase or substitute for the related Mortgage Loan as provided above or pay such costs and expenses. Except as provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall remit the amount of such costs and expenses and upon its making such remittance, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall be deemed to have cured such Breach in all respects. To the extent any fees or expenses that are the subject of a cure by the related Mortgage Loan Seller are subsequently obtained from the related Mortgagor, the portion of the cure payment made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller equal to such fees or expenses obtained from the related Mortgagor shall promptly be returned to the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) after the related Due Date in the month of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each Mortgage Loan being repurchased or replaced after the related Cut-off Date and received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust on or prior to the related date of repurchase or substitution, shall be part of the Trust Fund. Periodic Payments due with respect to each Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan (if any) on or prior to the related Due Date in the month of substitution, and Periodic Payments due with respect to each Mortgage Loan being repurchased or replaced and received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trust after the related date of repurchase or substitution, shall not be part of the Trust Fund and are to be remitted by the Master Servicer (or by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer who shall then remit such funds) to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller effecting the related repurchase or substitution promptly following receipt. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement or the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, no delay in the discovery of a Material Defect shall relieve the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller of its obligation to repurchase if it is otherwise required to do so under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and/or this Article II unless (i) the related Mortgage Loan Seller did not otherwise discover or have knowledge of such Material Defect, (ii) such delay is a result of the failure by a party to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or this Agreement, to provide prompt notice as required by the terms of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or this Agreement, after such party has actual knowledge of such Material Defect (knowledge shall not be deemed to exist by reason of the Custodial Exception Report), (iii) such Material Defect does not relate to the applicable Mortgage Loan not being a Qualified Mortgage, and (iv) such delay precludes such Mortgage Loan Seller from curing such Material Defect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Mortgage Loan is not secured by a Mortgaged Property that is, in whole or in part, a hotel, restaurant (operated by a Mortgagor), healthcare

 

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facility, nursing home, assisted living facility, self-storage facility, theater or fitness center (operated by a borrower), then the failure to deliver copies of the UCC Financing Statements with respect to such Mortgage Loan shall not be a Material Defect.

 

Pursuant to each Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, if there is a Material Defect with respect to one or more Mortgaged Properties with respect to a Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall not be obligated to repurchase the Mortgage Loan if (i) the affected Mortgaged Property may be released pursuant to the terms of any partial release provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents (and such Mortgaged Property is, in fact, released), (ii) the remaining Mortgaged Property(ies) satisfy the requirements, if any, set forth in the Mortgage Loan documents and the related Mortgage Loan Seller provides an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such release in lieu of repurchase would not cause an Adverse REMIC Event and (iii) each applicable Rating Agency has provided a Rating Agency Confirmation.

 

(c)            Subject to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s right to cure as contemplated above in this Section 2.03, and further subject to Section 2.01(b) and Section 2.01(c), any of the following shall cause a document in the Mortgage File to be deemed to have a “Defect” that constitutes a Material Defect and to be conclusively presumed to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Certificateholders in a Mortgage Loan (but solely with respect to clause (a)) and to be deemed to materially and adversely affect the interest of the Certificateholders in and the value of a Mortgage Loan: (a) the absence from the Mortgage File of the original signed Mortgage Note, unless the Mortgage File contains a signed lost note affidavit and indemnity with a copy of the Mortgage Note that appears to be regular on its face; (b) the absence from the Mortgage File of the original signed Mortgage that appears to be regular on its face, unless there is included in the Mortgage File either a copy of the Mortgage with evidence of recording thereon or a copy of the Mortgage and a certificate from the related Mortgage Loan Seller stating that the original signed Mortgage was sent for recordation; (c) the absence from the Mortgage File of the item called for by clause (viii) of the definition of “Mortgage File”; (d) the absence from the Mortgage File of any intervening assignments required to create a complete chain of assignments to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, unless there is included in the Mortgage File either a copy of the assignment with evidence of recording thereon or a copy of the intervening assignment and a certificate from the related Mortgage Loan Seller stating that the original intervening assignments were sent for filing or recordation, as applicable; (e) the absence from the Mortgage File of any required letter of credit (except as permitted under Section 2.01(b)); or (f) with respect to any related leasehold Mortgage Loan, the absence from the related Mortgage File of a copy (or an original, if available) of the related Ground Lease; provided, however, that no Defect (except the Defects previously described in subclauses (a) through (f) of this Section 2.03(c)) shall be considered to materially and adversely affect the value of the related Mortgage Loan, the value of the related Mortgaged Property or the interests of the Trustee or Certificateholders unless the document with respect to which the Defect exists is required in connection with an imminent enforcement of the mortgagee’s rights or remedies under the related Mortgage Loan, defending any claim asserted by any Mortgagor or third party with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, establishing the validity or priority of any lien on any collateral securing the related Mortgage Loan or for any immediate significant servicing obligation; provided, further, that no Defect relating to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan previously described in subclauses (b) through (f) of this Section 2.03(c) shall be considered to materially and adversely affect the value of such Mortgage Loan, the value of the

 

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related Mortgaged Property or the interests of the Trustee or Certificateholders unless the related Mortgage Loan Seller, after receipt of notice of such Defect, fails to produce a copy of the document with respect to which the Defect exists within a reasonable period after receiving such notice or otherwise establish that the original or copy, as applicable, of such document has been delivered, in compliance with the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA, to the custodian under the related Non-Serviced PSA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the delivery of executed escrow instructions or a binding commitment to issue a lender’s title insurance policy, as provided in clause (viii) of the definition of “Mortgage File” herein, in lieu of the delivery of the actual policy of lender’s title insurance, shall not be considered a Material Defect with respect to any Mortgage File if such actual policy is delivered to the Custodian not later than eighteen (18) months following the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a Mortgage Loan Seller has otherwise complied with its document delivery requirements under this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, in the event that the Custodian has acknowledged receipt pursuant to Section 2.02 above of a document that is part of the Mortgage File or a Mortgage Loan Seller can otherwise prove delivery of the document, and the Custodian subsequently loses a document, the fact that such document is lost may not be utilized as the basis for a claim of a Material Defect against a Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 6(e) of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and/or this Section 2.03 and the Custodian shall be liable for any such loss to the extent provided for in Section 8.01 hereof.

 

(d)            In connection with any repurchase of, or substitution of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for a Mortgage Loan contemplated by this Section 2.03, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each tender to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, upon delivery to each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer of a trust receipt executed by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller evidencing such repurchase or substitution, all portions of the Mortgage File and other documents pertaining to such Mortgage Loan possessed by each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (other than attorney-client communications that are privileged communications), and each document that constitutes a part of the Mortgage File that was endorsed or assigned to the Trustee shall be endorsed or assigned, as the case may be, to the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller in the same manner as provided in Section 6 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and, if applicable, the definition of “Mortgage File” herein, so as to vest in such Mortgage Loan Seller the legal and beneficial ownership of such repurchased or substituted Mortgage Loan (including property acquired in respect thereof and proceeds of any insurance policy with respect thereto) and the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

(e)            Section 6(e) of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements provides the sole remedy available to the Certificateholders (subject to the limitations on the rights of the Certificateholders under this Agreement), the Trustee on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer with respect to any Material Defect.

 

(f)             The Enforcing Servicer shall, for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests), enforce the obligations of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, if any, shall be

 

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carried out in such form, to such extent and at such time as the Enforcing Servicer would require were it, in its individual capacity, the owner of the affected Mortgage Loan(s). Any costs incurred by the Enforcing Servicer with respect to the enforcement of the obligations of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall, to the extent not recovered from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, be deemed to be Servicing Advances to the extent not otherwise provided for herein. The Enforcing Servicer shall be reimbursed for the reasonable costs of such enforcement: first, from a specific recovery, if any, of costs, expenses or attorneys’ fees against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller; second, pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(vii) herein out of the related Purchase Price, to the extent that such expenses are a specific component thereof; and third, if at the conclusion of such enforcement action it is determined that the amounts described in clauses first and second are insufficient, then pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(viii) herein out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans on deposit in the Collection Account. Any costs, expenses or attorneys’ fees related to a repurchase of a Companion Loan shall be paid pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement or pursuant to the documents related to an Other Securitization, if applicable.

 

(g)            If a Mortgage Loan Seller incurs any expense in connection with the curing of a Breach that constitutes a Material Defect, which also constitutes a default under the related Mortgage Loan and is reimbursable thereunder, such Mortgage Loan Seller shall have a right, and shall be subrogated to the rights of the Trustee and the Trust under the Mortgage Loan to recover the amount of such expenses from the related Mortgagor; provided, however, that such Mortgage Loan Seller’s rights pursuant to this Section 2.03(g) shall be junior, subject and subordinate to the rights of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Trust, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to recover amounts owed by the related Mortgagor under the terms of such Mortgage Loan including, without limitation, the rights to recover unreimbursed Advances, accrued and unpaid interest on Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, fees owed to the Special Servicer, and unpaid or unreimbursed expenses of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Trust, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer allocable to such Mortgage Loan. The Master Servicer or, with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer, shall use reasonable efforts to recover such expenses for such Mortgage Loan Seller to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, but taking into account the subordinate nature of the reimbursement to the related Mortgage Loan Seller; provided, however, that the Master Servicer or, with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer, determines in the exercise of its sole discretion consistent with the Servicing Standard that such actions by it will not impair the Master Servicer’s and/or the Special Servicer’s collection or recovery of principal, interest and other sums due with respect to the related Mortgage Loan that would otherwise be payable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Certificateholders pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided, further, that the Master Servicer or, with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer, may waive the collection of amounts due on behalf of such Mortgage Loan Seller in its sole discretion in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

 

(h)            If (i) any Crossed Underlying Loan is required to be repurchased or substituted for in the manner described in this Section 2.03 and (ii) the applicable Material Defect does not constitute a Material Defect as to any other Crossed Underlying Loan in the related Crossed Mortgage Loan Group (without regard to this paragraph), then the applicable Material Defect shall be deemed to constitute a Material Defect as to any other Crossed

 

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Underlying Loan in the related Crossed Mortgage Loan Group for purposes of this paragraph, and the related Mortgage Loan Seller will be required to repurchase or substitute for such other Crossed Underlying Loan(s) in the related Crossed Mortgage Loan Group as provided in Section 2.03(b) unless such Crossed Underlying Loans satisfy the Crossed Underlying Loan Repurchase Criteria. In the event that the remaining Crossed Underlying Loans in such Crossed Mortgage Loan Group satisfy the aforementioned criteria, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller may elect either to repurchase or substitute for only the affected Crossed Underlying Loan(s) as to which the related Material Defect exists or to repurchase or substitute for all of the Crossed Underlying Loans in the related Crossed Mortgage Loan Group. Any reserve or other cash collateral or letters of credit securing the Crossed Underlying Loans shall be allocated among the related Crossed Underlying Loans in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents or otherwise on a pro rata basis based upon their outstanding Stated Principal Balances. Except as provided in this Section 2.03(h) and Section 2.03(i), all other terms of the related Mortgage Loans shall remain in full force and effect without any modification thereof.

 

(i)              Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the related Mortgage provides for the partial release of one or more of the Crossed Underlying Loans, the Depositor may cause the related Mortgage Loan Seller to repurchase only that Crossed Underlying Loan required to be repurchased pursuant to this Section 2.03, pursuant to the partial release provisions of the related Mortgage; provided, however, that (i) the remaining related Crossed Underlying Loan(s) fully comply with the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage, this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including the Crossed Underlying Loan Repurchase Criteria, (ii) in connection with such partial release, the related Mortgage Loan Seller obtains an Opinion of Counsel (at such Mortgage Loan Seller’s expense) to the effect that the contemplated action will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event and (iii) in connection with such partial release, the related Mortgage Loan Seller delivers or causes to be delivered to the Custodian original modifications to the Mortgage prepared and executed in connection with such partial release.

 

(j)             With respect to any Crossed Underlying Loan, to the extent that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller is required to repurchase or substitute for such Crossed Underlying Loan in the manner prescribed in Section 2.03(h) while the Trustee continues to hold any other Crossed Underlying Loans in the related Crossed Mortgage Loan Group, the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller and the Master Servicer or, with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trustee, as assignee of the Depositor, will, as set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, forbear from enforcing any remedies against the other’s Primary Collateral but each will be permitted to exercise remedies against the Primary Collateral securing its respective related Mortgage Loans, including with respect to the Trustee, the Primary Collateral securing the Mortgage Loans still held by the Trustee, so long as such exercise does not materially impair the ability of the other party to exercise its remedies against its Primary Collateral. If the exercise of the remedies by one party would materially impair the ability of the other party to exercise its remedies with respect to the Primary Collateral securing the Crossed Underlying Loans held by such party, then both parties have agreed in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to forbear from exercising such remedies until the Mortgage Loan documents evidencing and securing the relevant Mortgage Loan can be modified in a manner that complies with the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to remove the threat of material impairment as a result of the exercise of remedies.

 

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(k)               (i) In the event an Initial Requesting Certificateholder delivers a written request to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor (solely in its capacity as Operating Advisor) that a Mortgage Loan be repurchased by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller alleging the existence of a Material Defect with respect to such Mortgage Loan and setting forth the basis for such allegation (a “Certificateholder Repurchase Request”), such party shall promptly forward that Certificateholder Repurchase Request to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly forward it to the related Mortgage Loan Seller and each other party to this Agreement and take the actions required under Section 2.03(b). Subject to Section 2.03(l), the Enforcing Servicer shall be the Enforcing Party with respect to a Certificateholder Repurchase Request.

 

(ii)                In the event that the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor (solely in its capacity as Operating Advisor) obtains knowledge of a Material Defect with respect to a Mortgage Loan, that party shall deliver prompt written notice of such Material Defect to each other party to this Agreement identifying the applicable Mortgage Loan and setting forth the basis for such allegation (an “PSA Party Repurchase Request” and, either a Certificateholder Repurchase Request or a PSA Party Repurchase Request, the “Repurchase Request”) and the Enforcing Servicer will be required to promptly send the PSA Party Repurchase Request to the related Mortgage Loan Seller. Prior to the occurrence of a Resolution Failure, the Enforcing Servicer shall act as the Enforcing Party and enforce the rights of the Trust against the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to a PSA Party Repurchase Request. If a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to a PSA Party Repurchase Request, the provisions described below under Section 2.03(l) shall apply.

 

(iii)              In the event the Repurchase Request is not Resolved within 180 days after the Mortgage Loan Seller receives the Repurchase Request (a “Resolution Failure”), then the provisions described in Section 2.03(l) below shall apply. Receipt of the Repurchase Request shall be deemed to occur two (2) Business Days after the Repurchase Request is sent to the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

(l)                 (i) Within two (2) Business Days after a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to a PSA Party Repurchase Request made by any party other than the Special Servicer or a Certificateholder Repurchase Request made by any Certificateholder other than the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, in each case, related to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, the Master Servicer shall send a written notice (a “Master Servicer Proposed Course of Action Notice”) to the Special Servicer, indicating the Master Servicer’s analysis and recommended course of action with respect to such PSA Party Repurchase Request, along with the Servicing File and all information, documents and records (including records stored electronically on computer tapes, magnetic discs and the like) relating to such Non-Specially Serviced Loan and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan(s), either in the Master Servicer’s possession or otherwise reasonably available to the Master Servicer, and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer to the extent set forth in Section 3.19. Upon receipt of such Master Servicer Proposed Course of Action Notice and such Servicing File, the Special

 

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Servicer shall become the Enforcing Servicer with respect to such PSA Party Repurchase Request.

 

After a Resolution Failure occurs with respect to a Repurchase Request regarding a Mortgage Loan (whether the Repurchase Request was initiated by an Initial Requesting Certificateholder or by a party to this Agreement), the Enforcing Servicer shall send a notice (a “Proposed Course of Action Notice”) to the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, to the address specified in the Initial Requesting Certificateholder’s Repurchase Request, and to the Certificate Administrator who shall make such notice available to all other Certificateholders and Certificate Owners (by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website) indicating the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action with respect to the Repurchase Request (the “Proposed Course of Action”). If the Master Servicer is the Enforcing Servicer, the Master Servicer may (but shall not be obligated to) consult with the Special Servicer and (for so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred) the Directing Certificateholder regarding any Proposed Course of Action. Such notice shall include (a) a request to Certificateholders to indicate their agreement with or dissent from such Proposed Course of Action, by clearly marking “agree” or “disagree” to the Proposed Course of Action on such notice within thirty (30) days of the date of such notice and a disclaimer that responses received after such 30-day period will not be taken into consideration, (b) a statement that in the event any Certificateholder disagrees with the Proposed Course of Action, the Enforcing Servicer shall be compelled to follow (either as the Enforcing Party or as the Enforcing Servicer in circumstances where a Certificateholder is acting as the Enforcing Party) the course of action agreed to and/or proposed by the majority of the responding Certificateholders that involves referring the matter to mediation or arbitration, as the case may be, (c) a statement that the responding Certificateholders will be required to certify their holdings in connection with such response, (d) a statement that only responses clearly marked “agree” or “disagree” with such Proposed Course of Action will be taken into consideration and (e) instructions for the responding Certificateholders to send their responses to the applicable Enforcing Servicer and the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall, within three (3) Business Days after the expiration of the 30-day response period, tabulate the responses received from the Certificateholders and share the results with the Enforcing Servicer. The Certificate Administrator shall only count responses timely received and clearly indicating agreement or dissent with the related Proposed Course of Action and additional verbiage or qualifying language shall not be taken into consideration for purposes of determining whether the related Certificateholder agrees or disagrees with the Proposed Course of Action. The Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to answer any questions from the Certificateholders regarding such Proposed Course of Action. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator’s obligations in connection with this Section 2.03(l) shall be limited solely to tabulating the Certificateholders’ responses of “agree” or “disagree” to the Proposed Course of Action, and such obligation shall not be construed to impose any enforcement obligation on the Certificate Administrator. The Enforcing Servicer may conclusively rely (without investigation) on the Certificate Administrator’s tabulation of the majority of the responding Certificateholders. If (a) the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action with respect to the Repurchase Request does not involve pursuing further action to exercise rights against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the

 

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Repurchase Request and the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner wishes to exercise its right to refer the matter to mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration, or (b) the Enforcing Servicer’s intended course of action is to pursue further action to exercise rights against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Repurchase Request but the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner does not agree with the dispute resolution method selected by the Enforcing Servicer, then the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or such other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner may deliver to the Enforcing Servicer a written notice (a “Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice”) within thirty (30) days from the date the Proposed Course of Action Notice is posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (the “Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date”) indicating its intent to exercise its right to refer the matter to either mediation or arbitration. In the event any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner delivers a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice, and the Enforcing Servicer has also received responses from other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners supporting the Enforcing Servicer’s initial Proposed Course of Action indicating a recommendation to undertake mediation or arbitration, such responses shall be considered Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notices supporting the Proposed Course of Action for purposes of determining the course of action approved by the majority of responding Certificateholders.

 

(ii)                If neither the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, nor any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner delivers a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice prior to the Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date, no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner shall have the right to refer the Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration, and the Enforcing Servicer shall be the sole party entitled to determine a course of action, including, but not limited to, enforcing the Trust’s rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller, subject to any consent or consultation rights of the Directing Certificateholder pursuant to Section 6.08.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, no party other than the Enforcing Servicer shall be entitled to exercise such rights.

 

(iii)               Promptly and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following receipt of a Preliminary Dispute Resolution Election Notice from (a) the Initial Requesting Certificateholder, if any, or (b) any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner (each of clauses (a) and (b), a “Requesting Certificateholder”), the Enforcing Servicer shall consult with each Requesting Certificateholder regarding such Requesting Certificateholder’s intention to elect either mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration as the dispute resolution method with respect to the Repurchase Request (the “Dispute Resolution Consultation”) so that such Requesting Certificateholder may consider the views of the Enforcing Servicer as to the claims underlying the Repurchase Request and possible dispute resolution methods, such discussions to occur and be completed no later than ten (10) Business Days following the Dispute Resolution Cut-off Date. The Enforcing Servicer shall be entitled to establish procedures the Enforcing Servicer deems in good faith to be in accordance with the Servicing Standard relating to the timing and extent of such consultations. No later than five (5) Business Days after

 

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completion of the Dispute Resolution Consultation, a Requesting Certificateholder may provide a final notice to the Enforcing Servicer indicating its decision to exercise its right to refer the matter to either mediation or arbitration (“Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice”).

 

(iv)              If, following the Dispute Resolution Consultation, no Requesting Certificateholder timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then the Enforcing Servicer will continue to act as the Enforcing Party and will remain obligated under this Agreement to determine a course of action, including, but not limited to, enforcing the rights of the Trust with respect to the Repurchase Request and no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner shall have any further right to elect to refer the matter to mediation or arbitration.

 

(v)                If a Requesting Certificateholder timely delivers a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then such Requesting Certificateholder shall become the Enforcing Party and must promptly submit the matter to mediation (including nonbinding arbitration) or arbitration. If there are more than one Requesting Certificateholder that timely deliver a Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice, then such Requesting Certificateholders shall collectively become the Enforcing Party, and the holder or holders of a majority of the Voting Rights among such Requesting Certificateholders shall be entitled to make all decisions relating to such mediation or arbitration. If, however, no Requesting Certificateholder commences arbitration or mediation pursuant to the terms of this Agreement within thirty (30) days after delivery of its Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice to the Enforcing Servicer, then (i) the rights of a Requesting Certificateholder to act as the Enforcing Party shall terminate and no Certificateholder or Certificate Owner shall have any further right to elect to refer the matter to mediation or arbitration, (ii) if the Proposed Course of Action Notice indicated that the Enforcing Servicer shall take no further action with respect to the Repurchase Request, then the related Material Defect shall be deemed waived for all purposes under this Agreement and the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that such Material Defect shall not be deemed waived with respect a Requesting Certificateholder, any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner or the Enforcing Servicer to the extent there is a material change in the facts and circumstances known to such party at the time when the Proposed Course of Action Notice is posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and (iii) if the Proposed Course of Action Notice had indicated a course of action other than the course of action under clause (ii), then the Enforcing Servicer shall again become the Enforcing Party and, as such, shall be the sole party entitled to determine a course of action, including, but not limited to, enforcing the Trust’s rights against the related Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, no party other than the Enforcing Servicer shall be entitled to exercise such rights.

 

(vi)              Notwithstanding the foregoing, the dispute resolution provisions described above under this Section 2.03(l) shall not apply, and the Enforcing Servicer shall remain the Enforcing Party, if the Enforcing Servicer has commenced litigation with respect to the Repurchase Request, or determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that it

 

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is in the best interest of Certificateholders to commence litigation with respect to the Repurchase Request to avoid the running of any applicable statute of limitations.

 

(vii)             In the event a Requesting Certificateholder becomes the Enforcing Party, the Enforcing Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, shall remain a party to any proceedings against the related Mortgage Loan Seller as further described below; provided, that the degree and extent to which the Enforcing Servicer actively prepares for and participates in such proceeding shall be determined by such Enforcing Servicer (in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing).

 

(viii)            For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Depositor, any Mortgage Loan Seller nor any of their respective Affiliates shall be entitled to be an Initial Requesting Certificateholder or a Requesting Certificateholder.

 

(m)              If the Enforcing Party selects mediation (including nonbinding arbitration), the following provisions shall apply:

 

(i)                The mediation shall be administered by a nationally recognized mediation services provider selected by the related Mortgage Loan Seller within 30 days of written notice of the Enforcing Party’s selection of mediation (such provider, the “Mediation Services Provider”) in accordance with published mediation procedures (the “Mediation Rules”) promulgated by the Mediation Services Provider.

 

(ii)               The mediator shall be impartial, an attorney and have at least fifteen (15) years of experience in commercial litigation and either commercial real estate finance or commercial mortgage-backed securitization matters or other complex commercial transactions and who will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the Mediation Services Provider. Upon being supplied a list of at least ten potential mediators by the Mediation Services Provider, each party will have the right to exercise two peremptory challenges within fourteen (14) days and to rank the remaining potential mediators in order of preference. The Mediation Services Provider shall select the mediator from the remaining attorneys on the list respecting the preference choices of the parties to the extent possible.

 

(iii)              The parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to conduct an organizational conference to begin the mediation within ten (10) Business Days of the selection of the mediator and to conclude the mediation within sixty (60) days thereafter.

 

(iv)              The expenses of any mediation shall be allocated among the parties to the mediation, including, if applicable, between the Enforcing Party and Enforcing Servicer, as mutually agreed by the parties as part of the mediation.

 

(n)               If the Enforcing Party selects third-party arbitration, the following provisions will apply:

 

(i)                The arbitration shall be administered by a nationally recognized arbitration services provider selected by the related Mortgage Loan Seller within 30 days of written

 

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notice of the Enforcing Party’s selection of arbitration (such provider, the “Arbitration Services Provider”) in accordance with published arbitration procedures (the “Arbitration Rules”) promulgated by the Arbitration Services Provider.

 

(ii)               The arbitrator shall be impartial, an attorney and have at least fifteen (15) years of experience in commercial litigation and either commercial real estate finance or commercial mortgage-backed securitization matters or other complex commercial transactions and who will be appointed from a list of neutrals maintained by the Arbitration Services Provider. Upon being supplied a list of at least ten potential arbitrators by the Arbitration Services Provider, each party will have the right to exercise two peremptory challenges within fourteen (14) days and to rank the remaining potential arbitrators in order of preference. The Arbitration Services Provider will select the arbitrator from the remaining attorneys on the list respecting the preference choices of the parties to the extent possible.

 

(iii)              Prior to accepting an appointment, the arbitrator must promptly disclose any circumstances likely to create a reasonable inference of bias or conflict of interest or likely to preclude completion of the hearings within the prescribed time schedule.

 

(iv)              After consulting with the parties at an organizational conference held not later than ten (10) Business Days after its appointment, the arbitrator shall devise procedures and deadlines for the arbitration, to the extent not already agreed to by the parties, with the goal of expediting the proceeding and completing the arbitration within 120 days. The arbitrator shall have the authority to schedule, hear, and determine any and all motions, including dispositive and discovery motions, in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for non-jury matters (the “Rules”) (including summary judgment and other prehearing and post hearing motions), and shall do so by reasoned decision on the motion of any party to the arbitration.

 

(v)               Notwithstanding whatever other discovery may be available under the Rules, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, each party to the arbitration shall be presumptively limited to the following discovery in the arbitration: (A) the parties shall reasonably and in good faith voluntarily produce to all other parties all documents upon which they intend to rely and all documents they reasonably and in good faith believe to be relevant to the claims or defenses asserted by any of the parties, (B) party witness depositions (excluding Rule 30b-6 witnesses), and (C) expert witness depositions, provided that the arbitrator shall have the ability to grant the parties, or either of them, additional discovery to the extent that the arbitrator determines good cause is shown that such additional discovery is reasonable and necessary.

 

(vi)              The arbitrator shall make its final determination no later than thirty (30) days after the conclusion of the hearings and submission of any post-hearing submissions. The arbitrator shall resolve the dispute in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and this Agreement, and may not modify or change those agreements in any way or award remedies not consistent with those agreements. The arbitrator shall not have the power to award punitive damages or consequential damages in any arbitration conducted by them. Interest on any monetary

 

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award shall bear interest from the date of the Final Dispute Resolution Election Notice at the Prime Rate. In its final determination, the arbitrator shall determine and award the costs of the arbitration (including the fees of the arbitrator, cost of any record or transcript of the arbitration, and administrative fees) and shall award reasonable attorneys’ fees to the parties to the arbitration as determined by the arbitrator in its reasonable discretion. The determination of the arbitrator shall be by a reasoned decision in writing and counterpart copies shall be promptly delivered to the parties. The final determination of the arbitrator shall be final and non-appealable, except for actions to confirm or vacate the determination permitted under federal or state law, and may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(vii)             By selecting arbitration, the selecting party is giving up the right to sue in court, including the right to a trial by jury.

 

(viii)            No person may bring a putative or certificated class action to arbitration.

 

(o)               The following provisions shall apply to both mediation and third-party arbitration:

 

(i)                Any mediation or arbitration shall be held in New York, New York unless another location is agreed by all parties;

 

(ii)                If the dispute involves a matter that cannot effectively be remedied by the payment of damages, or if there be any dispute relating to arbitration or the arbitrators that cannot be resolved promptly by the arbitrators or the Arbitration Services Provider, then any party in such instance may during the pendency of the arbitration proceedings seek temporary equitable remedies, pending the final decision of the arbitration panel, solely by application in the Southern District if such court shall have subject matter jurisdiction, or if the Southern District has no jurisdiction, then the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York. The arbitration proceedings shall not be stayed unless so ordered by the court.

 

(iii)               The details and/or existence of any Repurchase Request, any informal meetings, mediations or arbitration proceedings conducted under this Section 2.03, including all offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral or written, made in the course of the parties’ attempt to informally resolve any Repurchase Request, shall be confidential, privileged and inadmissible for any purpose, including impeachment, in any mediation, arbitration or litigation, or other proceeding (including any proceeding under this Section 2.03). Such information shall be kept strictly confidential and shall not be disclosed or shared with any third party (other than a party’s attorneys, experts, accountants and other agents and representatives, as reasonably required in connection with any resolution procedure under this Section 2.03), except as otherwise required by law, regulatory requirement or court order. If any party to a resolution procedure receives a subpoena or other request for information from a third party (other than a governmental regulatory body) for such confidential information, the recipient shall promptly notify the other party to the resolution procedure and shall provide the other

 

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party with a reasonable opportunity to object to the production of its confidential information.

 

(iv)              In the event a Requesting Certificateholder is the Enforcing Party, the agreement with the arbitrator or mediator, as the case may be, shall be required to contain an acknowledgment that the Trust, or the Enforcing Servicer on its behalf, shall be a party to any arbitration or mediation proceedings solely for the purpose of being the beneficiary of any award in favor of the Enforcing Party; provided, that the degree and extent to which the Enforcing Servicer actively prepares for and participates in such proceeding shall be determined by such Enforcing Servicer (in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder so long as no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing). All amounts recovered by the Enforcing Party shall be paid to the Trust, or the Enforcing Servicer on its behalf, and deposited in the Collection Account. The agreement with the arbitrator or mediator, as the case may be, shall provide that in the event a Requesting Certificateholder is allocated any related costs and expenses pursuant to the terms of the arbitrator’s decision or the agreement reached in mediation, neither the Trust nor the Enforcing Servicer acting on its behalf shall be responsible for any such costs and expenses allocated to the Requesting Certificateholder.

 

(v)                In the event a Requesting Certificateholder is the Enforcing Party, the Requesting Certificateholder is required to pay any expenses allocated to the Enforcing Party in the arbitration proceedings or any expenses that the Enforcing Party agrees to bear in the mediation proceedings.

 

(vi)              The Trust (or the Trustee or the Enforcing Servicer, acting on its behalf), the Depositor or any Mortgage Loan Seller shall be permitted to redact any personally identifiable customer information included in any information provided for purposes of any mediation or arbitration. Each party to the proceedings shall be required to agree to keep confidential the details related to the Repurchase Request and the dispute resolution identified in connection with such procedures; provided, however, that (A) the Certificateholders shall be permitted to communicate prior to the commencement of any such proceedings to the extent provided in Section 5.06, (B) to the extent that the Enforcing Servicer is required under Section 2.02 to provide any 15Ga-1 Notice in connection with such Repurchase Request, the Enforcing Servicer shall be permitted to include in such 15Ga-1 Notice the information required pursuant to Section 2.02 and (C) the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall be permitted to disclose information related to the Repurchase Request to the extent necessary to comply with its obligations under Rule 15Ga-1 or Item 1104 of Regulation AB.

 

(vii)             For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall the exercise of any right of a Requesting Certificateholder to refer a Repurchase Request to mediation or arbitration or participation in such mediation or arbitration affect in any manner the ability of the master servicer or the special servicer to perform its obligations with respect to a Mortgage Loan or the exercise of any rights of a Directing Certificateholder (including without limitation, a liquidation, foreclosure, negotiation of a loan modification or workout, acceptance of a discounted pay off or deed in lieu, or bankruptcy or other litigation).

 

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(viii)            Any out-of-pocket expenses required to be borne by or allocated to the Enforcing Servicer in a mediation or arbitration shall be reimbursable as Trust Fund expenses.

 

Section 2.04          Execution of Certificates; Issuance of Lower-Tier Regular Interests. The Trustee hereby acknowledges the assignment to it of the Mortgage Loans and, subject to Section 2.01 and 2.02, the delivery to the Custodian of the Mortgage Files and a fully executed original counterpart of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements, together with the assignment to it of all of the other assets included in the Lower-Tier REMIC and the Grantor Trust. Concurrently with such assignment and delivery, and in exchange for the Mortgage Loans (other than Excess Interest) and the other assets comprising the Lower-Tier REMIC, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, (i) the Trustee acknowledges the issuance of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Class LR Interest to the Depositor; (ii) the Trustee acknowledges the creation of the Grantor Trust (as described in Section 2.05 below); (iii) the Trustee acknowledges the contribution by the Depositor of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests to the Upper-Tier REMIC; (iv) immediately thereafter, in exchange for the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, the Trustee acknowledges that it has caused the Certificate Administrator to issue the Class UR Interest and has caused the Certificate Registrar to execute and caused the Authenticating Agent to authenticate and to deliver to or upon the order of the Depositor, the Regular Certificates, the Trust Components and the Class R Certificates, and the Depositor hereby acknowledges the receipt by it or its designees, of such Certificates or Trust Components in authorized Denominations evidencing the entire beneficial ownership of the Upper-Tier REMIC (and, in the case of the Class R Certificates, the Class LR Interest and the Class UR Interest); (v) the Trustee acknowledges that it has caused the Certificate Administrator to issue the Class Z Certificates in exchange for the related assets of the Grantor Trust and has caused the Certificate Registrar to execute and cause the Authenticating Agent to deliver to or upon the order of the Depositor such Certificates, and the Depositor hereby acknowledges the receipt by it, or its designees, of such Certificates in authorized denominations, evidencing beneficial ownership of their respective portion of the Grantor Trust and (vi) the Trustee acknowledges that it has caused the Certificate Administrator to issue the Exchangeable Certificates and the Class VRR Certificates and has caused the Certificate Registrar to execute and cause the Authenticating Agent to deliver to or upon the order of the Depositor such Certificates, and the Depositor hereby acknowledges the receipt by it, or its designees, of such Certificates in authorized denominations, evidencing beneficial ownership of their portion of the Grantor Trust.

 

Section 2.05          Creation of the Grantor Trust. The portions of the Trust Fund consisting of (i) the Class Z Specific Grantor Trust Assets, undivided beneficial ownership of which will be represented by the Class Z Certificates and (ii) the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component, the Class VRR-A2 Trust Component, the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component, the Class VRR-A4 Trust Component, the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component, the Class VRR-ASB Trust Component, the Class VRR-AS Trust Component, the Class VRR-B Trust Component, the Class VRR-C Trust Component, the Class VRR-D Trust Component, the Class VRR-E Trust Component, the Class VRR-F Trust Component and the Class VRR-G Trust Component (and the related amounts in the Class VRR Distribution Account and the Excess Interest Distribution Account), undivided beneficial ownership of which will be represented by the Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5, Class VRR-ASB, Class VRR-AS, Class VRR-B, Class VRR-C, Class VRR-D, Class VRR-E, Class VRR-F, Class VRR-G and

 

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Class VRR Certificates, shall be treated as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the “owners” of such assets under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code.

 

[End of Article II]

 

Article III

ADMINISTRATION AND
SERVICING OF THE TRUST FUND

 

Section 3.01          The Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer; Special Servicer to Act as Special Servicer; Administration of the Mortgage Loans, the Serviced Companion Loans and REO Properties. (a) Each of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall diligently service and administer the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), any related Serviced Companion Loans and the REO Properties (other than any REO Property related to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) it is obligated to service in accordance with applicable law, this Agreement and the Mortgage Loan documents on behalf of the Trust and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders and, in the case of the Serviced Companion Loans, the Companion Holders and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests), as a collective whole, taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of such Companion Loans, as applicable (as determined by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, in its reasonable judgment), in accordance with applicable law, the terms of this Agreement (and, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan or any Mortgage Loan with related mezzanine debt, the related Intercreditor Agreement) and the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan(s), taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of the Companion Loan(s), as applicable. With respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, in the event of a conflict between this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement, the related Intercreditor Agreement shall control; provided that in no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, take any action or omit to take any action in accordance with the terms of any Intercreditor Agreement that would cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, to violate the Servicing Standard or the REMIC Provisions. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall service the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and the Serviced Companion Loans in accordance with the higher of the following standards of care: (1) in the same manner in which, and with the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, services and administers similar mortgage loans for other third party portfolios and (2) the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, services and administers similar mortgage loans owned by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, with a view to (A) the timely recovery of all payments of principal and interest under the Mortgage Loans or Serviced Whole Loans or (B) in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan or an REO Property, maximization of recovery of principal and interest on a net present value basis on such Mortgage Loans and any related Serviced Companion Loans, and the best interests of the Trust and the Certificateholders (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders constituted a single lender) (and in the case of any Whole Loan, the best interests of the Trust, the Certificateholders and any related Companion Holder (as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and Companion Holder constituted a single lender), taking

 

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into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of the related Companion Loan(s), as applicable), as determined by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, in its reasonable judgment, in either case giving due consideration to the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent, institutional commercial, multifamily and manufactured housing community mortgage loan servicers, but without regard to any conflict of interest arising from: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may have with any Mortgagor or any Affiliate of such Mortgagor, any Mortgage Loan Seller or any other parties to this Agreement; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate, Companion Loan, mezzanine loan, or subordinate debt relating to a Mortgage Loan by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable; (iii) the obligation, if any, of the Master Servicer to make Advances; (iv) the right of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, or any of its Affiliates to receive compensation for its services and reimbursement for its costs hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction; (v) the ownership, servicing or management for others of (a) any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any Non-Serviced Companion Loan or (b) any other mortgage loans, subordinate debt, mezzanine loans or properties not covered by this Agreement or held by the Trust by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any of its Affiliates; (vi) any debt that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any of its Affiliates, has extended to any Mortgagor or an Affiliate of any Mortgagor (including, without limitation, any mezzanine financing); (vii) any option to purchase any Mortgage Loan or the related Companion Loan(s) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, or any of its Affiliates, may have; and (viii) any obligation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, or any of their respective Affiliates, to repurchase or substitute for a Mortgage Loan as a Mortgage Loan Seller (if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or one of their respective Affiliates is a Mortgage Loan Seller) (the foregoing, collectively referred to as the “Servicing Standard”).

 

The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall act in accordance with the Servicing Standard with respect to any action required to be taken regarding the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans pursuant to their obligations under this Agreement.

 

Without limiting the foregoing, subject to Section 3.19, the Special Servicer shall be obligated to service and administer (i) any Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and any related Serviced Companion Loans as to which a Servicing Transfer Event has occurred and is continuing (each, a “Specially Serviced Loan”) or as otherwise provided herein with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans in connection with any Special Servicer Major Decision and (ii) any REO Properties (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgaged Properties); provided that the Master Servicer shall continue to receive payments and make all calculations, and prepare, or cause to be prepared, all reports, required hereunder with respect to the Specially Serviced Loans, except for the reports specified herein as prepared by the Special Servicer, as if no Servicing Transfer Event had occurred and with respect to the REO Properties (and the related REO Loans) as if no REO Acquisition had occurred, and to render such services with respect to such Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as are specifically provided for herein; provided, further, however, that the Master Servicer shall not be liable for failure to comply with such duties insofar as such failure results from a failure of the Special Servicer to provide sufficient information to the Master Servicer to comply with such duties or failure by the Special Servicer to otherwise comply with its obligations hereunder. The Master Servicer, in its

 

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capacity as Master Servicer, shall not have any responsibility for the performance by the Special Servicer, in its capacity as Special Servicer, of its duties under this Agreement. The Special Servicer, in its capacity as Special Servicer, shall not have any responsibility for the performance by the Master Servicer, in its capacity as Master Servicer, of its duties under this Agreement. Each Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced Companion Loan that becomes a Specially Serviced Loan shall continue as such until satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section 3.19(a). Without limiting the foregoing, subject to (i) the processing of any Special Servicer Major Decision by the Special Servicer in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (ii) Section 3.19, the Master Servicer shall be obligated to service and administer any Non-Specially Serviced Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan. The Special Servicer shall make the property inspections, use its reasonable efforts to collect the financial statements, budgets, operating statements and rent rolls and forward to the Master Servicer the reports in respect of the related Mortgaged Properties with respect to Specially Serviced Loans in accordance with Section 3.12. After notification to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer may contact the Mortgagor of any Non-Specially Serviced Loan if efforts by the Master Servicer to collect required financial information have been unsuccessful or any other issues remain unresolved. Such contact shall be coordinated through and with the cooperation of the Master Servicer. No provision herein contained shall be construed as an express or implied guarantee by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of the collectability or recoverability of payments on the Mortgage Loans or any related Serviced Companion Loan or be construed to impair or adversely affect any rights or benefits provided by this Agreement to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (including with respect to Servicing Fees, Special Servicing Fees or the right to be reimbursed for Advances and interest accrued thereon). Any provision in this Agreement for any Advance by the Master Servicer or the Trustee is intended solely to provide liquidity for the benefit of the Certificateholders and not as credit support or otherwise to impose on any such Person the risk of loss with respect to one or more of the Mortgage Loans or any related Serviced Companion Loans. No provision hereof shall be construed to impose liability on the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer for the reason that any recovery to the Certificateholders in respect of a Mortgage Loan at any time after a determination of present value recovery is less than the amount reflected in such determination.

 

(b)               Subject only to the Servicing Standard and the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 6.08) and of the respective Mortgage Loans, any related Serviced Companion Loans and any related Intercreditor Agreement, if applicable, and applicable law, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer each shall have full power and authority, acting alone or, in the case of the Master Servicer, subject to Section 3.20, through one or more Sub-Servicers, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration for which it is responsible which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, in its own name (or in the name of the Trustee and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder), is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders (and, with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder) and the Trustee or any of them, with respect to each Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan, it is obligated to service under this Agreement: (i) any and all financing statements, continuation statements and other documents or instruments necessary to maintain the lien created by the related Mortgage or other security document in the related Mortgage File on the related Mortgaged Property and

 

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related collateral, and shall, from time to time, execute and/or deliver such financing statements, continuation statements and other documents or instruments as necessary to maintain the lien created by the related Mortgage or other security document in the related Mortgage File on the related Mortgaged Property and related collateral; (ii) subject to Sections 3.08, 3.18 and 6.08, any and all modifications, waivers, amendments or consents to, under or with respect to any documents contained in the related Mortgage File; (iii) any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, pledge agreements and other documents in connection with a defeasance, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments; and (iv) any or all complaints or other pleadings to initiate and/or to terminate any action, suit or proceeding on behalf of the Trust (in their representative capacities (except as set forth below in this paragraph). The Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) shall provide to the Mortgagor related to such Mortgage Loans that it is servicing any reports required to be provided to them pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents. Subject to Section 3.10, the Trustee shall (i) on the Closing Date, furnish to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer original powers of attorney in the form of Exhibit R attached hereto (or such other form as mutually agreed to by the Trustee and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable) and (ii) upon request, furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer any powers of attorney in the form of Exhibit R attached hereto (or such other form as mutually agreed to by the Trustee and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable) and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be held responsible or liable for any acts of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, or for any negligence with respect to, or misuse of, any such power of attorney by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall not, without the Trustee’s written consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Trustee’s name without indicating the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, representative capacity (unless prohibited by any requirement of the applicable jurisdiction in which any such action, suit or proceeding is brought and if so prohibited, in the manner required by such jurisdiction (provided that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall then provide five (5) Business Days’ written notice to the Trustee of the initiation of such action, suit or proceeding (or such shorter time period as is reasonably required in the judgment of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, made in accordance with the Servicing Standard) prior to filing such action, suit or proceeding), and shall not be required to obtain the Trustee’s consent or indicate the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s, as applicable, representative capacity)) or (ii) take any action with the intent to cause, and that actually causes, the Trustee to be required to be registered to do business in any state.

 

(c)                To the extent the Master Servicer is permitted pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Companion Loan documents (including any related Intercreditor Agreement) to exercise its discretion with respect to any action which requires Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates

 

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pursuant to Section 3.25), the Master Servicer shall require the costs of such Rating Agency Confirmation to be borne by the related Mortgagor. To the extent the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Companion Loan documents (including any related Intercreditor Agreement) require the Mortgagor to bear the costs of any Rating Agency Confirmation or confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), the Master Servicer shall not waive the requirement that such costs and expenses be borne by the related Mortgagor. To the extent that the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents or Companion Loan documents (including any related Intercreditor Agreement) are silent as to who bears the costs of any Rating Agency Confirmation or confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to have the Mortgagor bear such costs and expenses. The Master Servicer shall not be responsible for the payment of such costs and expenses out-of-pocket other than as a Servicing Advance.

 

(d)               The relationship of each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

 

(e)               The Master Servicer shall, to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents or any related Companion Loan documents, and consistent with the Servicing Standard, permit Escrow Payments to be invested only in Permitted Investments.

 

(f)                Within sixty (60) days (or such shorter time period as is required by the terms of the applicable Mortgage Loan documents) after the later of (i) the receipt thereof by the Master Servicer and (ii) the Closing Date, (x) the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement shall notify each provider of a letter of credit for each Mortgage Loan identified as having a letter of credit on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, that the Master Servicer (in care of the Trustee, as titled in Section 2.01(b)) for the benefit of the Certificateholders and any related Companion Holders shall be the beneficiary under each such letter of credit and (y) the Master Servicer shall notify each lessor under a Ground Lease for each Mortgage Loan identified as subject to a leasehold interest on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, that the Trust is the leasehold mortgagee, that any notices of default under such Ground Lease that are required to be delivered to the leasehold mortgagee pursuant to the terms of such Ground Lease shall be delivered to the Master Servicer (who shall forward such notices to the Special Servicer) and that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall service the related Mortgage Loan for the benefit of the Certificateholders. If a letter of credit is required to be drawn upon earlier than the date the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller has notified the provider of such letter of credit pursuant to clause (x) of the immediately preceding sentence, such Mortgage Loan Seller shall cooperate with the reasonable requests of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer in connection with making a draw under such letter of credit. If the Mortgage Loan documents do

 

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not require the related Mortgagor to pay any costs and expenses relating to any modifications to or assignment of the related letter of credit, then the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay such costs and expenses as and to the extent required under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. If the Mortgage Loan documents require the related Mortgagor to pay any costs and expenses relating to any modifications to the related letter of credit, and such Mortgagor fails to pay such costs and expenses after the Master Servicer has exercised reasonable efforts to collect such costs and expenses from such Mortgagor, then the Master Servicer shall give the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller notice of such failure and the amount of costs and expenses, and such Mortgage Loan Seller shall pay such costs and expenses as and to the extent required under the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. The costs and expenses of any modifications to Ground Leases shall be paid by the related Mortgagor. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have any liability for the failure of any Mortgage Loan Seller to perform its obligations under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

 

(g)               Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Master Servicer (or the Trustee, as applicable) make an Advance with respect to any Companion Loan to the extent the related Serviced Mortgage Loan has been paid in full or is no longer included in the Trust Fund.

 

(h)               Servicing and administration of each Serviced Companion Loan shall continue hereunder and in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement for so long as the corresponding Serviced Mortgage Loan or any related REO Property is part of the Trust Fund or for such longer period as is contemplated by the related Intercreditor Agreement and as any amounts payable by the related Companion Holder to or for the benefit of the Trust or any party hereto, or payable to the related Companion Holder, in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement remain due and owing.

 

(i)                The Special Servicer agrees that upon the occurrence of a Servicing Transfer Event with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, that is subject to or becomes subject to an Intercreditor Agreement in the future, it shall, subject to Section 3.19, use commercially reasonable efforts to enforce, on behalf of the Trust, subject to the Servicing Standard and to the extent the Special Servicer determines such action is in the best interests of the Trust, all rights conveyed to the Trustee pursuant to any such Intercreditor Agreement. The costs and expenses incurred by the Special Servicer in connection with such enforcement shall be paid as a Trust Fund expense or, subject to the terms of the applicable Intercreditor Agreement, with respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, by the Trust and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s), in accordance with the respective Stated Principal Balances of the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) or (ii) with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, by the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan and then, pro rata and pari passu, by the Trust and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (if any), in accordance with the respective Stated Principal Balances of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s).

 

(j)                Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, to the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the servicing and administration of a Serviced Whole Loan shall continue hereunder (but not with

 

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respect to making Advances) even if the related Serviced Mortgage Loan is no longer part of the Trust Fund, until such time as a separate servicing agreement is entered into in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement (it being acknowledged that neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be obligated under a separate agreement to which it is not a party); provided that, other than pursuant to Section 6.04 (and, with respect to Section 6.04, solely with respect to claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with a legal claim or action resulting from an action or inaction taken or not taken while the related Serviced Mortgage Loan was part of the Trust Fund), no costs, expenses, losses or fees accruing with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan on and after the date the related Serviced Mortgage Loan is no longer part of the Trust Fund shall be payable out of the Trust Fund and the Master Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Advance on or after the date such Serviced Mortgage Loan ceases to be part of the Trust Fund; provided, further, however, that if, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loans continue to be included in Other Securitizations, then for so long as a separate servicing agreement (pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) has not been entered into, the Master Servicer shall inform the related Other Servicer of any need to make Servicing Advances with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan within three (3) Business Days of determining that such an Advance is necessary or being notified that such an Advance is necessary, or in the case of a Servicing Advance that needs to be made on an emergency or urgent basis, within one (1) Business Day. With respect to Servicing Advances made by any Other Servicer as contemplated in the second proviso to the preceding sentence, the Master Servicer shall, from collections on the related Serviced Whole Loan (but never out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties) received by the Master Servicer, reimburse the Other Servicer for such Servicing Advances in the same manner and on the same level of priority as if such Servicing Advances had been made by the Master Servicer hereunder.

 

(k)                Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s obligations and responsibilities hereunder and the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s authority with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan are limited by and subject to the terms of the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and the rights of the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Special Servicer with respect thereto under the related Non-Serviced PSA. The Master Servicer (or, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer) shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standards to enforce the rights of the Trustee (as holder of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) under the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and Non-Serviced PSA.

 

(l)                The parties hereto acknowledge that each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is subject to the terms and conditions of the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and further acknowledge that, pursuant to the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement, (i) the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is to be serviced and administered by the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Special Servicer in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA, and (ii) in the event that (A) the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan is no longer part of the Trust Fund created by the related Non-Serviced PSA and (B) the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is included in the Trust Fund, then, as set forth in the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement, the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall continue to be

 

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serviced in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA, until such time as a new servicing agreement has been agreed to by the parties to the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the provisions of such agreement and confirmation has been obtained from the Rating Agencies that such new servicing agreement would not result in a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the then-current ratings of any Class of Certificates then outstanding.

 

(m)              Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s obligations and responsibilities hereunder and the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s authority with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan are limited by, and subject to, the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement. The Master Servicer (or, if a Serviced Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer) shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to obtain the benefits of the rights of the Trust (as holder of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan) under the related Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement, the provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement shall control.

 

(n)               Subject to Section 11.15 of this Agreement, in connection with the securitization of any of the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (if such Serviced Companion Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan) and the Trustee, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate with such Serviced Companion Noteholder in attempting to cause the related Mortgagor to provide information relating to such Whole Loan and the related notes, and that such holder reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate, for inclusion in any disclosure document(s) relating to such Other Securitization.

 

Section 3.02          Collection of Mortgage Loan Payments. (a) Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall make reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Mortgage Loans and the Companion Loans it is obligated to service hereunder, and shall follow such collection procedures as are consistent with this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Servicing Standard); provided that with respect to each Mortgage Loan that has an Anticipated Repayment Date, so long as the related Mortgagor is in compliance with each provision of the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not take any enforcement action with respect to the failure of the related Mortgagor to make any payment of Excess Interest, other than requests for collection, until the Maturity Date of the related Mortgage Loan or until the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan (exclusive of any portion representing accrued Excess Interest) has been paid in full); provided, further, that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, may take action to enforce the Trust’s right to apply excess cash flow to principal in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may in its discretion waive any Penalty Charge in connection with any delinquent payment on a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan that it is obligated to service hereunder three (3) times during any period of twenty-four (24) consecutive months with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan; provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may in its discretion waive any Penalty Charge in connection with any delinquent payment on a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan one additional time in such 24-month period so long as with respect to any of the foregoing waivers, no Advance or

 

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additional expense of the Trust has been incurred and remains unreimbursed to the Trust with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. Any additional waivers during such 24-month period with respect to such Mortgage Loan may be made, subject to the Servicing Standard, only after the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, has, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, given notice of a proposed waiver to the Directing Certificateholder and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder has consented to such additional waiver (provided that if the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, fails to receive a response to such notice from the Directing Certificateholder in writing within five (5) days of giving such notice, then the Directing Certificateholder shall be deemed to have consented to such proposed waiver); provided, further, that after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may waive any Penalty Charge in accordance with the Servicing Standard without the consent of the Directing Certificateholder; provided, further, that the Directing Certificateholder shall have no consent rights with respect to any Excluded Loan with respect to the foregoing waivers.

 

(b)               (i) All amounts collected by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of a Mortgage Loan shall be applied to amounts due and owing under the Mortgage Loan documents (including for principal and accrued and unpaid interest) in accordance with the express provisions of the Mortgage Loan documents; provided, however, that absent express provisions in the related Mortgage Loan documents (including any related Intercreditor Agreement), all amounts collected by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of a Mortgage Loan in the form of payments from the related Mortgagor, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds under the Mortgage Loan (in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, exclusive of any amounts payable to the holder or holders of the related Companion Loan(s) pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be applied in the following order of priority:

 

first, as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to such Mortgage Loan and unpaid interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid additional trust fund expenses of the Trust;

 

second, as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances and any interest on those Nonrecoverable Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, to the extent previously paid or reimbursed from principal collections on such Mortgage Loan (as described in the first proviso in the definition of “Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount”);

 

third, to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause first or second above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan (exclusive of default interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the excess of (i) unpaid interest accrued on such Mortgage Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable mortgage interest accrual period, over (ii) after taking into account any allocations pursuant to clause fifth below on earlier dates, the aggregate portion of the accrued and unpaid interest described in subclause (i) of this clause third that either (A) was not advanced because of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or (B) accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on

 

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the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made;

 

fourth, to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause first or second, as a recovery of principal of such Mortgage Loan then due and owing, including by reason of acceleration of such Mortgage Loan following a default thereunder (or, if the Mortgage Loan has been liquidated, as a recovery of principal to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance);

 

fifth, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan (exclusive of default interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the sum of (A) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, plus (B) any unpaid interest that accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made (to the extent collections have not been allocated as recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause fifth on earlier dates);

 

sixth, as a recovery of amounts to be currently allocated to the payment of, or escrowed for the future payment of, real estate taxes, assessments and insurance premiums and similar items relating to such Mortgage Loan;

 

seventh, as a recovery of any other reserves to the extent then required to be held in escrow with respect to such Mortgage Loan;

 

eighth, as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

 

ninth, as a recovery of any late payment charges and default interest then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

 

tenth, as a recovery of any assumption fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

 

eleventh, as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan other than remaining unpaid principal and other than, if applicable accrued and unpaid Excess Interest (if both consent fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to consent fees and then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees);

 

twelfth, as a recovery of any remaining principal of such Mortgage Loan to the extent of its entire remaining unpaid principal balance; and

 

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provided that to the extent required under the REMIC Provisions, payments or proceeds received (or receivable by exercise of the lender’s rights under the related Mortgage Loan documents) with respect to any partial release of a Mortgaged Property (including in connection with a condemnation) at a time when the loan-to-value ratio of the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, exceeds 125%, or would exceed 125% following any partial release (based solely on the value of real property and excluding personal property and going concern value, if any) must be collected and allocated to reduce the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in the manner required by the REMIC Provisions; provided, further, that if a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Non-Serviced Companion Loan comprising a Non-Serviced Whole Loan become REO Loans, the treatment of the foregoing amounts with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be subject to the terms of the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and Non-Serviced PSA, in that order; provided, further, that with respect to each Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan, amounts collected with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan shall be allocated first pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and then, any amounts allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan shall be subject to application as described above.

 

(ii)               Collections by or on behalf of the Trust in respect of any REO Property (exclusive of the amounts to be allocated to the payment of the costs of operating, managing, leasing, maintaining and disposing of such REO Property and, in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, exclusive of any amounts payable to the holder or holders of the related Companion Loan(s) pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall be applied in the following order of priority:

 

first, as a recovery of any unreimbursed Advances (including any Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) with respect to the related Mortgage Loan and interest at the Reimbursement Rate on all Advances and, if applicable, unreimbursed and unpaid additional trust fund expenses of the Trust with respect to such Mortgage Loan;

 

second, as a recovery of Nonrecoverable Advances and any interest on those Nonrecoverable Advances at the Reimbursement Rate, to the extent previously paid or reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans (as described in the first proviso in the definition of “Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount”);

 

third, to the extent not previously so allocated pursuant to clause first or second above, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan (exclusive of default interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the excess of (i) unpaid interest accrued on such Mortgage Loan at the related Mortgage Rate in effect from time to time through the end of the applicable mortgage interest accrual period, over (ii) after taking into account any allocations pursuant to clause fifth below or clause fifth of the prior paragraph on earlier dates, the aggregate portion of the accrued and unpaid interest described in subclause (i) of this clause third that either (A) was not advanced because of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts or (B) accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made;

 

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fourth, to the extent not previously allocated pursuant to clause first or second, as a recovery of principal of such Mortgage Loan to the extent of its entire unpaid principal balance;

 

fifth, as a recovery of accrued and unpaid interest on such Mortgage Loan (exclusive of default interest and Excess Interest) to the extent of the sum of (A) the cumulative amount of the reductions (if any) in the amount of related P&I Advances for such Mortgage Loan that have occurred in connection with related Appraisal Reduction Amounts, plus (B) any unpaid interest that accrued at the related Net Mortgage Rate on the portion of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan equal to any related Collateral Deficiency Amount in effect from time to time and as to which no P&I Advance was made (to the extent collections have not been allocated as recovery of accrued and unpaid interest pursuant to this clause fifth or clause fifth of the prior paragraph on earlier dates);

 

sixth, as a recovery of any Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

 

seventh, as a recovery of any late payment charges and default interest then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

 

eighth, as a recovery of any assumption fees and Modification Fees then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan;

 

ninth, as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under such Mortgage Loan other than remaining unpaid principal and other than, if applicable, accrued and unpaid Excess Interest (if both consent fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees are due and owing, first, allocated to consent fees and then, allocated to Operating Advisor Consulting Fees); and

 

tenth, in the case of an ARD Loan after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, any accrued but unpaid Excess Interest;

 

provided that if a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any related Non-Serviced Companion Loan comprising a Non-Serviced Whole Loan becomes an REO Loan, the treatment of the foregoing amounts with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be subject to the terms of the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and Non-Serviced PSA, in that order; provided, further, that with respect to each Mortgage Loan related to a Serviced Whole Loan, amounts collected with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan shall be allocated first pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and then, any amounts allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan shall be subject to application as described above.

 

(iii)               Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii) above, such provisions shall not be deemed to affect the priority of distributions of payments pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. To the extent that such amounts are paid by a party other than a Mortgagor, such amounts shall be deemed to have been paid in respect of a purchase of all or part of the Mortgaged Property (in the case of Insurance and Condemnation

 

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Proceeds or Liquidation Proceeds) and then paid by the Mortgagor under the Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan(s), as applicable, in accordance with Section 3.02(b)(ii) above.

 

(c)                To the extent consistent with the terms of the Mortgage Loans (and, with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Loan(s), as applicable, and the related Intercreditor Agreement) and applicable law, the Master Servicer shall apply all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds it receives on a day other than the Due Date to amounts due and owing under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan(s) as if such Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds were received on the Due Date immediately succeeding the month in which Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds were received and otherwise in accordance with Section 3.02(b)(ii) above.

 

(d)               In the event that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer receives Excess Interest prior to the Determination Date for any Collection Period, or receives notice from the related Mortgagor that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer will be receiving Excess Interest prior to the Determination Date for any Collection Period, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall notify the Trustee and Certificate Administrator two (2) Business Days prior to the related Distribution Date. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee shall be responsible for any failure of the related Mortgagor to pay any such Excess Interest or prepayment penalty. The preceding statements shall not, however, be construed to limit the provisions of Section 3.02(a).

 

(e)                With respect to any Mortgage Loan in connection with which the Mortgagor was required to escrow funds or to post a letter of credit related to obtaining certain performance objectives described in the applicable Mortgage Loan documents, the Master Servicer shall, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, hold such escrows, letters of credit and proceeds thereof as additional collateral and not apply such items to reduce the principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan(s), unless otherwise required to do so pursuant to the applicable Mortgage Loan documents, applicable law or court order.

 

(f)                 Promptly following the Closing Date and, with respect to any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, promptly following receipt of notice of the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, in the case of any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the Certificate Administrator shall send written notice (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit T) to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer (with a copy to any other applicable party set forth on the schedule of addresses to Exhibit T) stating that, as of such date, the Trustee is the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and directing such Non-Serviced Master Servicer to remit to the Master Servicer all amounts payable to, and to forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to the Master Servicer all reports, statements, documents, communications and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to, the holder of such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan under the related Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and the related Non-Serviced PSA. The Master Servicer shall, within two (2) Business Days of receipt of available and properly identified funds, deposit into the Collection Account all amounts received with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property or any related REO Property.

 

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Section 3.03          Collection of Taxes, Assessments and Similar Items; Servicing Accounts. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the “Servicing Accounts”), into which all Escrow Payments shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Servicing Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, the Companion Loan documents. Any Servicing Account related to a Serviced Whole Loan shall be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the related Serviced Companion Noteholder collectively, but this shall not be construed to modify respective interests of either noteholder therein as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. Amounts on deposit in Servicing Accounts may only be invested in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents and Companion Loan documents, as applicable, or in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. Servicing Accounts shall be Eligible Accounts to the extent permitted by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents. Withdrawals of amounts so deposited from a Servicing Account may be made only to: (i) effect payment of items for which Escrow Payments were collected and comparable items; (ii) reimburse the Trustee and then the Master Servicer, if applicable, for any Servicing Advances; (iii) refund to Mortgagors any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iv) pay interest to Mortgagors on balances in the Servicing Account, if required by applicable law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan as described below or, if not so required, to the Master Servicer; (v) after the occurrence of an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, apply amounts to the indebtedness under the applicable Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; (vi) withdraw amounts deposited in error; (vii) pay Penalty Charges to the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents; or (viii) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.01. As part of its servicing duties, the Master Servicer shall pay or cause to be paid to the Mortgagors interest on funds in Servicing Accounts, to the extent required by law or the terms of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to remit to any Mortgagor any amounts in excess of actual net investment income or funds in the related Servicing Account. If allowed by the related Mortgage Loan documents and applicable law, the Master Servicer may charge the related Mortgagor an administrative fee for maintenance of the Servicing Accounts.

 

(b)               The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans (other than any REO Loan succeeding a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and each Serviced Companion Loan, shall maintain accurate records with respect to each related Mortgaged Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon and the status of insurance premiums and any ground rents payable in respect thereof. The Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans (other than any REO Loan succeeding a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and each Serviced Companion Loan, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to obtain, from time to time, all bills for the payment of such items (including renewal premiums) and shall effect payment thereof from the REO Account or by the Master Servicer as Servicing Advances prior to the applicable penalty or termination date and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items, employing for such purpose Escrow Payments (which shall be so applied by the Master Servicer at the written direction of the Special Servicer in the case of REO Loans) as allowed under the

 

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terms of the related Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and Companion Loan(s). Other than with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer shall service and administer any reserve accounts (including monitoring, maintaining or changing the amounts of required escrows) in accordance with the terms of such Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Companion Loan(s), as applicable, and the Servicing Standard. To the extent that a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any related Companion Loan, as applicable, does not require a Mortgagor to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items, the Special Servicer, in the case of REO Loans, and the Master Servicer, in the case of all other Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans, as applicable, that it is responsible for servicing hereunder, shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the Mortgagor to comply with its obligation to make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due and, in any event, prior to the institution of foreclosure or similar proceedings with respect to the related Mortgaged Property for nonpayment of such items.

 

(c)                In accordance with the Servicing Standard and for each Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and each Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, the Master Servicer shall advance all such funds as are necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of (i) real estate taxes, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, (ii) ground rents (if applicable) and (iii) premiums on Insurance Policies, in each instance if and to the extent Escrow Payments collected from the related Mortgagor (or related REO Revenues, if applicable) are insufficient to pay such item when due and the related Mortgagor has failed to pay such item on a timely basis, and provided, however, that the particular advance would not, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance and provided, further, however, that with respect to the payment of taxes and assessments, the Master Servicer shall not be required to make such advance until the later of (i) five (5) Business Days after the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, has received confirmation that such item has not been paid and (ii) the date prior to the date after which any penalty or interest would accrue in respect of such taxes or assessments. The Special Servicer shall give the Master Servicer and the Trustee no less than five (5) Business Days’ written (facsimile or electronic) notice before the date on which the Master Servicer is requested to make any Servicing Advance with respect to a given Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property; provided, however, that only two (2) Business Days’ written (facsimile or electronic) notice shall be required in respect of Servicing Advances required to be made on an emergency or urgent basis; provided, further, that the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to make such a request (other than for Servicing Advances required to be made on an urgent or emergency basis) more frequently than once per calendar month (although such request may relate to more than one Servicing Advance). The Master Servicer may pay the aggregate amount of such Servicing Advances listed on a monthly request to the Special Servicer, in which case the Special Servicer shall remit such Servicing Advances to the ultimate payees. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Servicing Advances; provided that in an urgent or emergency situation requiring the making of a Servicing Advance, the Special Servicer may make a Servicing Advance in its sole discretion. The Special Servicer shall deliver to the Master Servicer a request for reimbursement for such Servicing Advance, along with all information and documentation in the Special Servicer’s possession regarding the subject Servicing Advance as the Master Servicer may reasonably request, and the Master Servicer shall be obligated, out of such Master Servicer’s own funds, to reimburse the Special Servicer for any

 

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unreimbursed Servicing Advances (other than Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances) made by the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof, together with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. Such reimbursement and any accompanying payment of interest shall be made within five (5) Business Days of the written request therefor pursuant to the preceding sentence by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated in writing by the Special Servicer. Upon the Master Servicer’s reimbursement to the Special Servicer of any Servicing Advance and payment to the Special Servicer of interest thereon, all in accordance with this Section 3.03, the Master Servicer shall for all purposes of this Agreement be deemed to have made such Servicing Advance at the same time as the Special Servicer actually made such Servicing Advance, and accordingly, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such Servicing Advance, together with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, at the same time, in the same manner and to the same extent as the Master Servicer would otherwise have been entitled if it had actually made such Servicing Advance at the time the Special Servicer did. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer shall not be required to reimburse the Special Servicer out of its own funds for, or to make at the direction of the Special Servicer, any Servicing Advance if the Master Servicer determines in its reasonable judgment that such Servicing Advance, although not characterized by the Special Servicer as a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, is in fact a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall notify the Special Servicer in writing of such determination and, if applicable, such Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance shall instead be reimbursed to the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.05 of this Agreement.

 

Any request by the Special Servicer that the Master Servicer make a Servicing Advance shall be deemed to be a determination by the Special Servicer that such requested Servicing Advance is not a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance, and the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such determination, provided that the determination shall not be binding on the Master Servicer or Trustee. On the first Business Day after the Determination Date for the related Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall report to the Master Servicer if the Special Servicer determines any Servicing Advance previously made by the Master Servicer with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such a determination, but such determination shall not be binding upon the Master Servicer, and shall in no way limit the ability of the Master Servicer in the absence of such determination to make its own determination that any Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Special Servicer makes a determination that only a portion of, and not all of, any previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall have the right to make its own subsequent determination that any remaining portion of any such previously made or proposed Servicing Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such Advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors and further as provided in Section 3.05(a). No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in effecting the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and, if applicable, ground rents on or in respect of the Mortgaged Properties shall, for purposes hereof, including, without limitation, the Certificate Administrator’s calculation of monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balances of the related Mortgage Loans or any related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans or related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable, so permit. If the Master Servicer fails to make any required

 

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Servicing Advance as and when due (including any applicable cure periods), to the extent the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure, the Trustee shall make such Servicing Advance pursuant to Section 7.05. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Servicing Advance shall be required hereunder if such Servicing Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. In addition, the Master Servicer shall consider Unliquidated Advances in respect of prior Servicing Advances for purposes of nonrecoverability determinations. The Special Servicer shall have no obligation to make any Servicing Advances under this Agreement.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 3.03(c), the Master Servicer may in its good faith judgment elect (but shall not be required unless directed by the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Loans) to make a payment from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account (or any Companion Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by a Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) (which shall be deemed first made from amounts distributable as principal and then from all other amounts comprising general collections) to pay for certain expenses set forth below notwithstanding that the Master Servicer (or Special Servicer, as applicable) has determined that a Servicing Advance with respect to such expenditure would be a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (unless, with respect to Specially Serviced Loans or REO Loans, the Special Servicer has notified the Master Servicer to not make such expenditure), where making such expenditure would prevent (i) the related Mortgaged Property from being uninsured or being sold at a tax sale or (ii) any event that would cause a loss of the priority of the lien of the related Mortgage, or the loss of any security for the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan(s); provided that in each instance, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee) that making such expenditure is in the best interest of the Certificateholders (and, if applicable, the Companion Holders), all as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Companion Loans, as applicable). The Master Servicer or Trustee may elect to obtain reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances from the Trust pursuant to the terms of Section 3.17(c). The parties acknowledge that pursuant to the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer is obligated to make servicing advances with respect to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan. The applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer shall be entitled to reimbursement for Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan (with, in each case, any accrued and unpaid interest thereon provided for under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA) in the manner set forth in the applicable Non-Serviced PSA and the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(d)               In connection with its recovery of any Servicing Advance out of the Collection Account (or any Companion Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by the Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Trustee, the Special Servicer and then the Master Servicer, as the case may be and in that order, shall be entitled to receive, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Collection Account interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such Servicing Advance from the date made to, but not including, the date of reimbursement. Subject to Section 3.17(c), the Master Servicer shall reimburse itself, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding Servicing Advance as soon as practically possible after

 

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funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Collection Account (or any Companion Distribution Account maintained as a subaccount thereof by the Companion Paying Agent, if applicable) subject to the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s options and rights to defer recovery of such amounts as provided herein; provided, however, that such Master Servicer’s or Trustee’s options and rights to defer recovery of such amounts shall not alter the Master Servicer’s obligation to reimburse the Special Servicer for any outstanding Servicing Advance as provided for in this sentence. To the extent amounts on deposit in the Companion Distribution Account with respect to the related Companion Loan are insufficient for any such reimbursement, the Master Servicer shall use efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to enforce the rights of the holder of the related Mortgage Loan under the related Intercreditor Agreement to obtain any reimbursement available from the holder of the related Companion Loan.

 

(e)                To the extent an operations and maintenance plan is required to be established and executed pursuant to the terms of a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation thereof within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such plan is required to be established or completed. To the extent any repairs, capital improvements, actions or remediations are required to have been taken or completed pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), the Master Servicer shall request from the Mortgagor written confirmation of such actions and remediations within a reasonable time after the later of the Closing Date and the date as of which such action or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed. To the extent a Mortgagor shall fail to promptly respond to any inquiry described in this Section 3.03(e), the Master Servicer shall report any such failure to the Special Servicer within a reasonable time after the date as of which such actions or remediations are required to be or to have been taken or completed.

 

Section 3.04          The Collection Account, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Companion Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account. (a) The Master Servicer shall establish and maintain, or cause to be established and maintained, a Collection Account in which the Master Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited and in no event later than the second Business Day following receipt of properly identified funds (in the case of payments by Mortgagors or other collections on the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans), except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the following payments and collections received or made by or on behalf of it subsequent to the Cut-off Date (other than in respect of principal and interest on the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans due and payable on or before the Cut-off Date, which payments shall be delivered promptly to the appropriate Mortgage Loan Seller or its respective designee and other than any amounts received from Mortgagors which are received in connection with the purchase of defeasance collateral), or payments (other than Principal Prepayments) received by it on or prior to the Cut-off Date but allocable to a period subsequent thereto:

 

(i)                all payments on account of principal, including Principal Prepayments on the Mortgage Loans or principal prepayments on Serviced Companion Loans;

 

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(ii)           all payments on account of interest on the Mortgage Loans or the Serviced Companion Loans, including Excess Interest, Prepayment Premiums, Yield Maintenance Charges and Default Interest;

 

(iii)           late payment charges and other Penalty Charges to the extent required to offset interest on Advances and additional expenses of the Trust (other than Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees or Liquidation Fees) as required by Section 3.11(d);

 

(iv)           all Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds (other than Gain-on-Sale Proceeds or Non-Serviced Gain-on-Sale Proceeds) received in respect of any Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Property (other than (A) Liquidation Proceeds that are received in connection with the purchase by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates of all the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties in the Trust Fund and that are to be deposited in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to Section 9.01 and (B) any proceeds that are received in connection with the purchase, if any, of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan from a securitization by the related mortgage loan seller, which shall be paid directly to the servicer of such securitization) together with any recovery of Unliquidated Advances in respect of the related Mortgage Loans;

 

(v)           any amounts required to be transferred from the REO Account pursuant to Section 3.14(c);

 

(vi)          any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.06 in connection with losses incurred with respect to Permitted Investments of funds held in the Collection Account; and

 

(vii)         any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.07(b) in connection with losses resulting from a deductible clause in a blanket hazard or master single interest policy.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing requirements, the Master Servicer need not deposit into the Collection Account any amount that the Master Servicer would be authorized to withdraw immediately from such account in accordance with the terms of Section 3.05 and shall be entitled to instead immediately pay such amount directly to the Person(s) entitled thereto; provided that such amounts shall be applied in accordance with the terms hereof and shall be reported as if deposited in such Collection Account and then withdrawn.

 

The foregoing requirements for deposit in the Collection Account shall be exclusive, it being understood and agreed that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, actual payments from Mortgagors in the nature of Escrow Payments, charges for beneficiary statements or demands, assumption fees, modification fees, extension fees, defeasance fees, amounts collected for Mortgagor checks returned for insufficient funds or other amounts the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer would be entitled to retain as additional servicing compensation need not be deposited by the Master Servicer in the Collection Account. If the Master Servicer shall deposit in the Collection Account any amount not required to be deposited

 

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therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from the Collection Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding. Assumption, extension and modification fees actually received from Mortgagors on Specially Serviced Loans shall be promptly delivered to the Special Servicer as additional servicing compensation.

 

Upon receipt of any of the foregoing amounts in clauses (i) through (iv) above with respect to any Specially Serviced Loans, the Special Servicer shall remit within one (1) Business Day such amounts to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, in accordance with this Section 3.04(a). Any such amounts received by the Special Servicer with respect to an REO Property shall be deposited by the Special Servicer into the REO Account and remitted to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account, pursuant to Section 3.14(c). With respect to any such amounts paid by check to the order of the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer shall endorse without recourse or warranty such check to the order of the Master Servicer and shall promptly deliver any such check to the Master Servicer by overnight courier. Funds in the Collection Account may only be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.06. As of the Closing Date, the Collection Account for the Master Servicer shall be located at the offices of Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association. The Master Servicer shall give notice to the Trustee, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor of the new location of the Collection Account prior to any change thereof.

 

(b)           The Certificate Administrator, on behalf of the Trustee, shall establish and maintain (i) the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Class Z Certificates) and the Trustee as Holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, (ii) the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Class Z Certificates), (iii) the Class VRR Distribution Account for the benefit of the Exchangeable Certificates and the Class VRR Certificates and (iv) the Excess Interest Distribution Account for the benefit of the Holders of the Class Z, Class VRR-G and Class VRR Certificates. The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator each month on or before the Master Servicer Remittance Date therein, for deposit (x) in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, that portion of the Aggregate Available Funds attributable to the Mortgage Loans (in each case, calculated without regard to clauses (a)(iii)(B), (a)(iv), (c) and (d) of the definition of Aggregate Available Funds) for the related Distribution Date, and (y) in the Excess Interest Distribution Account all Excess Interest for the related Distribution Date, in each case to the extent then on deposit in the Collection Account after giving effect to withdrawals of funds pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(ii).

 

With respect to each Companion Loan (excluding any Non-Serviced Companion Loan), the Companion Paying Agent shall establish and maintain the Companion Distribution Account, which may be a subaccount of the Collection Account, for distributions to each Companion Holder, to be held for the benefit of the related Companion Holder and shall, within two (2) Business Days following the Companion Paying Agent’s receipt of properly identified and available funds (to the extent consistent with the related Intercreditor Agreement), deposit in the Companion Distribution Account any and all amounts received by the Companion Paying Agent that are required by the terms of this Agreement or the applicable Intercreditor Agreement

 

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to be deposited therein; provided, however, that the Companion Paying Agent shall separately track for each Serviced Companion Loan all amounts deposited with respect to such Serviced Companion Loan. The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Companion Paying Agent each month, on or before the Master Servicer Remittance Date therein, for deposit in the Companion Distribution Account, an aggregate amount of immediately available funds, to the extent received with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan, to the extent of available funds, equal to the amount to be distributed to the related Companion Holder pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding the preceding, the following provisions shall apply to remittances relating to the Serviced Companion Loans that have been deposited into an Other Securitization: (1) on each Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account (or applicable portion thereof) an aggregate amount equal to all payments and/or collections actually received on, and payable to, such Serviced Companion Loans prior to such dates; provided, however, that in no event shall the Master Servicer be required to transfer to the Companion Distribution Account any portion thereof that is payable or reimbursable to or at the direction of any party to this Agreement under the other provisions of this Agreement and/or the related Intercreditor Agreement; (2) on each Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date, the Companion Paying Agent shall make the payments and remittance described in Section 4.01(j), which payments and remittance shall be made, in each case, on the Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date. With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, in the event the Master Servicer receives any properly identified and available late collections, the Master Servicer shall remit to the applicable Other Servicer or Other Trustee, within two (2) Business Day following receipt of such late collections in properly identified and available funds, the amount allocable to such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

The Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Companion Distribution Account may be subaccounts of a single Eligible Account, which shall be maintained as a segregated account separate from other accounts.

 

In addition to the amounts required to be deposited in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to this Section 3.04, the Master Servicer shall, as and when required hereunder, deliver to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account:

 

(i)           any amounts required to be deposited by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.17(a) as Compensating Interest Payments (other than the portion of any Compensating Interest Payment allocated to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) in connection with Prepayment Interest Shortfalls;

 

(ii)           any P&I Advances required to be made by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 4.03;

 

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(iii)          any Liquidation Proceeds paid by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Holders of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates in connection with the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties in the Trust Fund pursuant to Section 9.01 (exclusive of that portion thereof required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 9.01);

 

(iv)          any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges with respect to the Mortgage Loans actually collected; and

 

(v)           any other amounts required to be so delivered for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account pursuant to any provision of this Agreement.

 

If, as of the close of business (New York City time) on any Master Servicer Remittance Date or on such other date as any amount referred to in the foregoing clauses (i) through (v) or any Excess Interest is required to be delivered hereunder, the Master Servicer shall not have delivered to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account or the Excess Interest Distribution Account, as applicable, the amounts required to be deposited therein pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement (including any P&I Advance with respect to the Mortgage Loans, pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof), the Master Servicer shall pay the Certificate Administrator interest on such late payment at the Prime Rate from and including the date such payment was required to be made (without regard to any Grace Period set forth in Section 7.01(a)(i)) until (but not including) the date such late payment is received by the Certificate Administrator.

 

The Certificate Administrator shall, upon receipt, deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account or the Excess Interest Distribution Account, as applicable, any and all amounts received by the Certificate Administrator that are required by the terms of this Agreement to be deposited therein.

 

Promptly on each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to withdraw from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and deposit in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account an aggregate amount of immediately available funds equal to the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount and the amount of any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges for such Distribution Date allocated in payment of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests as specified in Section 4.01(c) and Section 4.01(e), respectively.

 

Funds on deposit in the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account or the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account shall not be invested for so long as Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is the Certificate Administrator; provided, however, that if, at any time, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is no longer the Certificate Administrator, such funds may be invested and, if invested, shall be invested by, and at the risk of, the Certificate Administrator, in Permitted Investments selected by the party hereunder that maintains such account which shall mature, unless payable on demand, not later than such time on the Distribution Date which will allow the Certificate Administrator to make withdrawals from the Distribution Account, and any such Permitted Investment shall not be sold or disposed

 

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of prior to its maturity unless payable on demand. All such Permitted Investments shall be made in the name of “[name of successor certificate administrator], as Certificate Administrator, for the benefit of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the Holders of the JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 as their interests may appear”, or in the name of any successor trustee, as Trustee for the Holders of the JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 as their interests may appear. None of the Trust, the Depositor, the Mortgagors, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall be liable for any loss incurred on such Permitted Investments.

 

An amount equal to all income and gain realized from any such investment shall be paid to the Certificate Administrator as additional compensation and shall be subject to its withdrawal at any time from time to time. The amount of any losses incurred in respect of any such investments shall be for the account of the Certificate Administrator which shall deposit the amount of such loss (to the extent not offset by income from other investments) in the Distribution Accounts, as the case may be, out of its own funds immediately as realized. If the Certificate Administrator deposits in or transfers to the Distribution Accounts, as the case may be, any amount not required to be deposited therein or transferred thereto, it may at any time withdraw such amount or retransfer such amount from the Distribution Accounts, as the case may be, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

 

As of the Closing Date, the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account shall be located at the offices of the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator shall give notice to the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Depositor of the proposed location of the Interest Reserve Account, the Excess Interest Distribution Account, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and, if established, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account prior to any change thereof.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the Collection Account (other than (i) any portion holding Excess Interest and (ii) the Companion Distribution Account, if it is a sub-account of the Collection Account), the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, any Servicing Account, the REO Account, and the Interest Reserve Account (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in such accounts) shall be owned by the Lower-Tier REMIC; the Excess Interest Distribution Account and any portion of the Collection Account holding Excess Interest (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in such accounts) shall be owned by the Grantor Trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Class Z and Class VRR Certificates; the Companion Distribution Account (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in such account) shall be owned by the Companion Holders, as applicable; and the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account (including interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds such account) shall be owned by the Upper-Tier REMIC, each for federal income tax purposes.

 

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(c)           Prior to any Determination Date for the first Collection Period during which Excess Interest is received on any Mortgage Loan, and upon notification from the Master Servicer or Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.02(d), the Certificate Administrator, on behalf of the Certificateholders, shall establish and maintain the Excess Interest Distribution Account in its own name on behalf of the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Class Z, Class VRR-G and Class VRR Certificates. The Excess Interest Distribution Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account (or as a subaccount of an Eligible Account). Prior to the applicable Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Excess Interest Distribution Account an amount equal to the Excess Interest received prior to the Determination Date for the applicable Collection Period.

 

(d)           Following the distribution of Excess Interest to Holders of the Class Z, Class VRR-G and Class VRR Certificates on the first Distribution Date after which there are no longer any Mortgage Loans outstanding which pursuant to their terms could pay Excess Interest, the Certificate Administrator shall terminate the Excess Interest Distribution Account.

 

(e)           The Certificate Administrator shall establish (upon notice from the Special Servicer of an event occurring that generates Gain-on-Sale Proceeds) and maintain (i) the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account for the benefit of the Certificateholders (other than the Class VRR Certificates) and (ii) the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account for the benefit of the Holders of the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates. Each of the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account shall be maintained as an Eligible Account (or as a subaccount of an Eligible Account), separate and apart from trust funds for mortgage pass-through certificates of other series administered by the Certificate Administrator.

 

Upon the disposition of any REO Property, in accordance with Section 3.09 or Section 3.16, the Special Servicer will calculate the Gain-on-Sale Proceeds, if any, realized that are allocable to the Mortgage Loan in connection with such sale and remit such funds to the Master Servicer who shall then remit such funds to the Certificate Administrator for deposit of (i) the Non-VRR Percentage of such funds into the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and (ii) the VRR Percentage of such funds into the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account. Any gain on such disposition that is allocable to any related Companion Loan in accordance with the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement shall be remitted by the Special Servicer to the Companion Paying Agent for deposit into the Companion Distribution Account.

 

(f)            Any Non-Serviced Gain-on-Sale Proceeds received with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Non-Serviced PSA shall be remitted to the Certificate Administrator for deposit of (i) the Non-VRR Percentage of such funds into the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and (ii) the VRR Percentage of such funds into the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account.

 

(g)           The Certificate Administrator shall establish and maintain the Class VRR Distribution Account, in its own name on behalf of the Trustee, in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Exchangeable Certificates and the Class VRR Certificates, which shall be an asset of the Trust and the Grantor Trust, but shall not be an asset of any Trust REMIC. The Class

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VRR Distribution Account shall be established and maintained as an Eligible Account or a subaccount of an Eligible Account. The Certificate Administrator shall make or be deemed to have made deposits in and withdrawals from the Class VRR Distribution Account in accordance with Article IV of this Agreement.

 

(h)           [Reserved].

 

(i)           If any Loss of Value Payments are received in connection with a Material Defect pursuant to or as contemplated by Section 3.05(g) of this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (collectively, the “Loss of Value Reserve Fund”) to be held for the benefit of the Certificateholders, for purposes of holding such Loss of Value Payments. Each account that constitutes the Loss of Value Reserve Fund shall be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. The Special Servicer shall, upon receipt, deposit in the Loss of Value Reserve Fund all Loss of Value Payments received by it. The Certificate Administrator shall, based upon information obtained from the CREFC® reports delivered by the Master Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof, account for the Loss of Value Reserve Fund as an outside reserve fund within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(h) and not an asset of any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust. Furthermore, for all federal tax purposes, the Certificate Administrator shall (i) treat amounts paid out of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund through the Collection Account to the Certificateholders as contributed to and distributed by the Trust REMICs and (ii) treat any amounts paid out of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund through the Collection Account to a Mortgage Loan Seller as distributions by the Trust to such Mortgage Loan Seller as beneficial owner of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund. The applicable Mortgage Loan Seller will be the beneficial owner of the Loss of Value Reserve Fund for all federal income tax purposes, and shall be taxable on all income earned thereon.

 

(j)            With respect to the Mortgage Loan identified as Loan No. 3 on the Mortgage Loan Schedule and secured by the Mortgaged Property identified as “Station Place III” that does not have a first payment date until December 2017, an amount equal to 30 days of interest on the Cut-off Date Balance of such Mortgage Loan at the related Net Mortgage Rate (the “Interest Deposit Amount”), shall be required to be delivered by the JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association to the Depositor who shall forward such amount to the Master Servicer on the Closing Date for deposit into the Collection Account.

 

Section 3.05          Permitted Withdrawals from the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts and the Companion Distribution Account. (a) The Master Servicer may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Collection Account (or the applicable subaccount of the Collection Account) for any of the following purposes (the following not being an order of priority and without duplication of the same payment or reimbursement):

 

(i)           (A) no later than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, to remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and the Excess Interest Distribution Account the amounts required to be remitted pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.04(b) or that may be applied to make P&I Advances pursuant to Section 4.03(a); and (B) pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 3.04(b), to remit to the Companion Paying Agent for deposit

 

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in the Companion Distribution Account the amounts required to be so deposited with respect to the Companion Loans;

 

(ii)           (A) to pay itself (or, with respect to any Transferable Servicing Interest, to pay Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association if Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association is no longer the Master Servicer, any such interest pursuant to Section 3.11(a)) unpaid Servicing Fees in respect of each Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan, Specially Serviced Loan, and REO Loan, as applicable, the Master Servicer’s rights to payment of Servicing Fees pursuant to this clause (ii)(A) with respect to any Mortgage Loan, related Serviced Companion Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan, as applicable, being limited to amounts received on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan (whether in the form of payments, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds) or such REO Loan (whether in the form of REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds), that are allocable as recovery of interest thereon, (B) to pay the Special Servicer any unpaid Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees in respect of each Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan or Corrected Loan, as applicable, and any expense incurred by the Special Servicer in connection with performing any inspections pursuant to Section 3.12(a), remaining unpaid first, out of related REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and collections in respect of the related Specially Serviced Loan (provided that, in the case of such payment relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such payment shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, in accordance with their respective Stated Principal Balances, or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable, and then, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (if any), in accordance with the respective Stated Principal Balances of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s)) and then out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, (C) to pay the Operating Advisor any unpaid Operating Advisor Fees or Operating Advisor Consulting Fees in respect of each Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan (in each case, other than any related Companion Loan), as applicable, the Operating Advisor’s right to payment of the Operating Advisor Fee or Operating Advisor Consulting Fee pursuant to this clause (ii)(C) with respect to any Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan (in each case, other than any related Companion Loan), as applicable, being limited to amounts received on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan (whether in the form of payments, P&I Advances (solely with respect to the Operating Advisor Fee), Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds), Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan (whether in the form of REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds), that are allocable as recovery of interest thereon, and (D) to pay the Asset Representations Reviewer (1) any unpaid Asset Representations Reviewer Fee in respect of each Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan (in each case, other than (i) any related Companion Loan, (ii) any Servicing Shift Whole Loan and (iii) any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), as applicable, the Asset Representations Reviewer’s right to payment of the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee

 

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pursuant to this clause (ii)(D)(1) with respect to any Mortgage Loan, Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan (in each case, other than (i) any related Companion Loan, (ii) any Servicing Shift Whole Loan and (iii) any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), as applicable, being limited to amounts received on or in respect of such Mortgage Loan (whether in the form of payments, P&I Advances, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds), Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan (whether in the form of REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds), that are allocable as recovery of interest thereon, or (2) (to the extent such fee is payable as a Trust Fund expense) any unpaid Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee payable in connection with any Asset Review that was performed as a result of an Affirmative Asset Review Vote;

 

(iii)          to reimburse the Trustee and itself, as applicable (in that order), for unreimbursed P&I Advances, the Master Servicer’s or the Trustee’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (iii) being limited to amounts received which represent Late Collections of interest (net of the related Servicing Fee) on and principal of the particular Mortgage Loans and REO Loans with respect to which P&I Advances were made; provided that with respect to each Serviced Whole Loan, reimbursement of P&I Advances shall be made only from amounts collected with respect to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and not from any amounts collected with respect to any related Serviced Companion Loan (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and AB Subordinate Companion Loan) prior to reimbursement from other funds unrelated to such Serviced Whole Loan on deposit in the Collection Account; provided, further, that if such P&I Advance with respect to a Mortgage Loan becomes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, then the maker of such P&I Advance shall additionally, but without duplication, thereafter be entitled to reimbursement for such P&I Advance from the portion of general collections and recoveries on or in respect of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties on deposit in the Collection Account from time to time that represent collections or recoveries of principal to the extent provided in clause (v) below; and provided, further, that if such Advance becomes a Nonrecoverable Advance, then such Advance shall be reimbursable pursuant to clause (v) below;

 

(iv)          to reimburse the Trustee, the Special Servicer and itself, as applicable (in that order), for unreimbursed Servicing Advances, the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s or the Trustee’s respective rights to receive payment pursuant to this clause (iv) with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or any related Companion Loan or any REO Property being limited to, as applicable, related payments, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and REO Revenues (provided that, in the case of such reimbursement relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursements shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective Stated Principal Balances, or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the

 

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related AB Subordinate Companion Loan and then, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (if any), in accordance with the respective Stated Principal Balances of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (provided that, with respect to any Serviced AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and Serviced AB Subordinate Companion Loan)), prior to reimbursement from other funds unrelated to such Serviced Whole Loan on deposit in the Collection Account related to any Mortgage Loan); provided, however, that if such Servicing Advance becomes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount, then the maker of such Servicing Advance shall additionally, but without duplication, thereafter be entitled to reimbursement for such Servicing Advance from the portion of general collections and recoveries on or in respect of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties on deposit in the Collection Account from time to time that represent collections or recoveries of principal to the extent provided in clause (v) below; provided, further, that if such Advance becomes a Nonrecoverable Advance, then such Advance shall be reimbursable pursuant to clause (v) below;

 

(v)           to reimburse the Trustee, the Special Servicer and itself, as applicable (in that order) (1) for Nonrecoverable Advances first, out of REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, if any, received on the related Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan (with respect to such Companion Loan, only for Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances made with respect thereto), then, out of the principal portion of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, then, to the extent the principal portion of general collections is insufficient and with respect to such excess only, subject to any exercise of the sole option to defer reimbursement thereof pursuant to Section 3.17(c), out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, (2) for Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts, out of the principal portion of the general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties net of such amounts being reimbursed pursuant to (1) above; (provided that, in case of such reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective Stated Principal Balances, or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan, and then, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (if any), in accordance with the respective Stated Principal Balances of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s). and provided, further, that, in case of such reimbursement with respect to Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made as described above in this clause (v)(1) and (v)(2), prior to reimbursement from other funds unrelated to such Serviced Whole Loan on deposit in the Collection Account; provided, further, that with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan, reimbursement of Nonrecoverable P&I Advances from funds collected from the related Serviced Whole Loan shall be made only from amounts

 

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collected with respect to such Serviced Mortgage Loan (and not from any amounts collected with respect to the related Serviced Companion Loan(s)), in accordance with the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (provided that, with respect to any AB Whole Loan, the foregoing with respect to Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances and Nonrecoverable P&I Advances shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan, are allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and Serviced AB Subordinate Companion Loan, prior to reimbursement from other funds unrelated to such Serviced Whole Loan on deposit in the Collection Account related to any Mortgage Loan) or (3) to pay itself, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, any related Companion Loan, if applicable, or REO Property any related earned Servicing Fee that remained unpaid in accordance with clause (ii) above following a Final Recovery Determination made with respect to such Mortgage Loan or REO Property and the deposit into the Collection Account of all amounts received in connection therewith;

 

(vi)          at such time as it reimburses the Trustee and itself, as applicable (in that order) or any Other Trustee or Other Servicer for a related securitization trust in respect of any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan for (a) any unreimbursed P&I Advance (including any such P&I Advance that constitutes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) pursuant to clause (iii) or clause (v) above, to pay itself and/or the Trustee or such other servicing party, as applicable, any interest accrued and payable thereon in accordance with Sections 4.03(d) and 3.11(d), (b) any unreimbursed Servicing Advances (including any such Servicing Advance that constitutes a Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amount) pursuant to clause (iv) or clause (v) above, to pay itself, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, or Other Trustee or Other Servicer as the case may be, any interest accrued and payable thereon in accordance with Section 3.03(d) and Section 3.11(d) or (c) any Nonrecoverable Advances pursuant to clause (v) above, to pay itself, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, or Other Trustee or Other Servicer as the case may be, any interest accrued and payable thereon; provided that in all events, subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement, interest on P&I Advances on any Serviced Mortgage Loan shall not be paid from funds actually distributable to any related Serviced Companion Loan, and interest on Servicing Advances on any Serviced Whole Loan shall be paid (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, out of collections on the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective outstanding principal balances, or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, out of collections on the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan and then, pro rata and pari passu, out of collections on the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (if any), in accordance with the respective Stated Principal Balances of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and AB Subordinate Companion Loan);

 

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incurred by such Person in respect of any Material Defect giving rise to a repurchase or substitution obligation of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or any other obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller under Section 6 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, any expenses arising out of the performance of its duties under Section 2.02 and/or Section 2.03 of this Agreement or out of the enforcement of the repurchase or substitution obligation or any other obligation of the Mortgage Loan Seller, each such Person’s right to reimbursement pursuant to this clause (vii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan, being limited to that portion of the Purchase Price, the Loss of Value Payment or Substitution Shortfall Amount paid with respect to such Mortgage Loan, that represents such expense in accordance with clause (iv) of the definition of Purchase Price;

 

(viii)       in accordance with Section 2.03(f), to reimburse itself or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, first, out of Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, if any, with respect to the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, and then out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties, for any unreimbursed expense reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with the performance of its duties under Section 2.02 and/or Section 2.03 of this Agreement or in connection with the enforcement of the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller’s obligations under Section 6 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, but only to the extent that such expenses are not reimbursable pursuant to clause (vii) above or otherwise; provided that, in case of such reimbursement out of Liquidation Proceeds, and Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds described above relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective Stated Principal Balances or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan, and then, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (if any), in accordance with the respective Stated Principal Balances of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and AB Subordinate Companion Loan), in each case, prior to being payable out of general collections with respect to the Mortgage Loans;

 

(ix)          to pay for costs and expenses incurred by the Trust pursuant to Section 3.09(c) first, out of REO Revenues, Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan or REO Loan and then out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties; provided that, in case of such reimbursement relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective Stated Principal Balances or

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(ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan (if any) and then, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (if any), in accordance with the respective Stated Principal Balances of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and AB Subordinate Companion Loan), in each case, prior to being payable out of general collections with respect to the Mortgage Loan;

 

(x)           to pay itself, as additional servicing compensation in accordance with Section 3.11(a), (a) (1) interest and investment income earned in respect of amounts relating to the Trust Fund held in the Collection Account and the Companion Distribution Account as provided in Section 3.06(b) (but only to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings with respect to the Collection Account and the Companion Distribution Account for the period from and including the prior Distribution Date to and including the Master Servicer Remittance Date related to such Distribution Date), (2) Penalty Charges (other than Penalty Charges collected while the related Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan), but only to the extent collected from the related Mortgagor and to the extent that all amounts then due and payable with respect to the related Mortgage Loan and any related Serviced Companion Loan have been paid and such Penalty Charges are not needed to pay interest on Advances or costs and expenses incurred by the Trust (other than Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees) in accordance with Section 3.11(d) and (3) the difference, if positive, between Prepayment Interest Excess and Prepayment Interest Shortfalls collected on the Mortgage Loans (other than the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans) and any Serviced Companion Loan, during the related Collection Period to the extent not required to be paid as Compensating Interest Payments; and (b) to pay the Special Servicer, as additional servicing compensation in accordance with Section 3.11(c), Penalty Charges collected on Specially Serviced Loans (but only to the extent collected from the related Mortgagor and to the extent that all amounts then due and payable with respect to the related Specially Serviced Loan have been paid and such Penalty Charges are not needed to pay interest on Advances or costs and expenses incurred by the Trust (other than Special Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees and Workout Fees) in accordance with Section 3.11(d));

 

(xi)           to recoup any amounts deposited in the Collection Account in error;

 

(xii)           to pay itself, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of their respective directors, officers, members, managers, employees and agents, or CREFC®, as the case may be, out of general collections, any amounts payable to any such Person pursuant to Section 3.11(g), Section 3.18(i), Section 6.04(a) or Section 6.04(b); provided that, in case of such reimbursement (other than a reimbursement of any amounts payable to CREFC®) relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan,

 

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pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective Stated Principal Balances or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan (if any), and then, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (if any), in accordance with the respective Stated Principal Balances of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and AB Subordinate Companion Loan), in each case, prior to being payable out of general collections with respect to the Mortgage Loans;

 

(xiii)         to pay for (a) the cost of the Opinions of Counsel contemplated by Sections 3.09(b), 3.14(a), 3.15(b), 3.18(b), 3.18(c), 3.18(g) and 10.01(f) to the extent payable out of the Trust Fund, (b) the cost of any Opinion of Counsel contemplated by Sections 13.01(a) or 13.01(c) in connection with an amendment to this Agreement requested by the Trustee or the Master Servicer, which amendment is in furtherance of the rights and interests of Certificateholders and (c) the cost of obtaining the REO Extension contemplated by Section 3.14(a); provided that, in case of such reimbursement relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, such reimbursement shall be made, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to the related Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) in accordance with their respective Stated Principal Balances or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan (if any), and then, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (if any), in accordance with the respective Stated Principal Balances of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and AB Subordinate Companion Loan), in each case, prior to being payable out of general collections with respect to the Mortgage Loans;

 

(xiv)        to pay out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and the REO Properties any and all federal, state and local taxes imposed on any Trust REMIC, or any of their assets or transactions, together with all incidental costs and expenses, to the extent that none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee is liable therefor pursuant to Section 10.01(g);

 

(xv)         to reimburse the Certificate Administrator out of general collections on the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties for expenses incurred by and reimbursable to it by the Trust pursuant to Section 10.01(c);

 

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this Agreement, all amounts received thereon subsequent to the date of purchase relating to periods after the date of purchase; or, in the case of the substitution for a Mortgage Loan by a Mortgage Loan Seller as contemplated by Section 2.03(b), to pay such Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the replaced Mortgage Loan all amounts received thereon subsequent to the date of substitution, and with respect to the related Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan(s), all Periodic Payments due thereon during or prior to the month of substitution, in accordance with Section 2.03(b);

 

(xvii)        to remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Interest Reserve Account the amounts required to be deposited in the Interest Reserve Account pursuant to Section 3.21;

 

(xviii)      to reimburse the Operating Advisor for any Operating Advisor Expenses incurred by and reimbursable to it by the Trust pursuant to Section 3.26(i);

 

(xix)         [Reserved];

 

(xx)          to remit to the Companion Paying Agent for deposit into the Companion Distribution Account the amounts required to be deposited pursuant to Section 3.04(b) without duplication of amounts remitted to the Companion Paying Agent pursuant to clause (i) above;

 

(xxi)         to clear and terminate the Collection Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01; and

 

(xxii)        to pay for any expenditures to be borne by the Trust pursuant to the third paragraph of Section 3.03(c).

 

The Master Servicer shall also be entitled to make withdrawals from time to time, from the Collection Account of amounts necessary for the payments or reimbursement of amounts required to be paid to the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer, the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee, the applicable Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator or any other applicable party to the applicable Non-Serviced PSA by the holder of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable Non-Serviced PSA.

 

The Master Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting records, on a loan-by-loan and property by property basis when appropriate, for the purpose of justifying any withdrawal from the Collection Account.

 

The Master Servicer shall pay to the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator from the Collection Account amounts permitted to be paid to it therefrom monthly upon receipt of a written statement from an officer of such party describing the item and amount to which such party is entitled. The Master Servicer may rely conclusively on any such statement and shall have no duty to re-calculate the amounts stated therein. The Special Servicer shall keep and maintain separate accounting for each Specially Serviced Loan and REO Loan, on a loan-by-loan basis and, when appropriate, on a property-by-property basis, for the purpose of justifying any request for withdrawal from the Collection Account.

 

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Notwithstanding the above, no written certificate is required for a payment of Special Servicing Fees and/or Workout Fees arising from collections other than the initial collection on a Corrected Mortgage Loan.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.05 or elsewhere in this Agreement, no amounts payable or reimbursable to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor out of general collections that do not specifically relate to a Serviced Whole Loan may be reimbursable from amounts that would otherwise be payable to the related Companion Loan(s), as applicable.

 

(b)           The Certificate Administrator may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account for any of the following purposes (the following not being an order of priority):

 

(i)           to be deemed to make deposits of the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount pursuant to Section 4.01(c) and the amount of any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges distributable pursuant to Section 4.01(e) in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, and to make distributions on the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LR Interest pursuant to Section 4.01(c);

 

(ii)           to pay to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator or any of their directors, officers, employees and agents, as the case may be, any amounts payable or reimbursable to any such Person with respect to the Mortgage Loans pursuant to Section 8.05(b);

 

(iii)          to pay the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator Fee and the Trustee Fee, as applicable, as contemplated by Section 8.05(a) hereof with respect to the Mortgage Loans;

 

(iv)          to pay for the cost (without duplication) of the Opinions of Counsel sought by (A) the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator as provided in clause (vi) of the definition of “Disqualified Organization,” (B) the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer as contemplated by Section 3.18(c), (C) the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator as contemplated by Section 5.08(c) or Section 8.02(ii) to the extent payable out of the Trust Fund, (D) the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer as contemplated by Section 10.01(f) or Section 10.01(l) to the extent payable out of the Trust Fund, or (E) the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer as contemplated by Section 13.01(a) or Section 13.01(c) in connection with any amendment to this Agreement requested by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, which amendment is in furtherance of the rights and interests of Certificateholders to the extent not paid pursuant to Section 13.01(g);

 

(v)           to pay any and all federal, state and local taxes imposed on the Lower-Tier REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC or on the assets or transactions of any such REMIC, together with all incidental costs and expenses, to the extent none of the Trustee, the

 

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Certificate Administrator, the REMIC Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is liable therefor pursuant to Section 10.01(g);

 

(vi)          to pay the REMIC Administrator any amounts reimbursable to it pursuant to Section 10.01(c) with respect to the Lower-Tier REMIC or the Upper-Tier REMIC;

 

(vii)          to pay to the Master Servicer any amounts deposited by the Master Servicer in the Distribution Accounts not required to be deposited therein; and

 

(viii)        to clear and terminate the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.

 

(c)           The Certificate Administrator shall, on any Distribution Date, make withdrawals from the Excess Interest Distribution Account to the extent required to make the distributions of Excess Interest required by Section 4.01(j).

 

(d)           The Certificate Administrator shall make, or be deemed to make, withdrawals from the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account for any of the following purposes:

 

(i)            to make distributions to the Holders of the Regular Certificates (and to (i) the Class VRR Distribution Account in respect of the Class VRR Trust Components and (ii) the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class UR Interest) on each Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section 9.01, as applicable; and

 

(ii)           to clear and terminate the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.

 

(e)           The Certificate Administrator shall make, or be deemed to make, withdrawals from the Class VRR Distribution Account for any of the following purposes:

 

(i)            to make distributions to Certificateholders holding Exchangeable Certificates or Class VRR Certificates pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section 9.01, as applicable; and

 

(ii)           to clear and terminate the Class VRR Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.

 

(f)            Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Mortgage Loan, (i) if amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account are not sufficient to pay the full amount of the Servicing Fee listed in Section 3.05(a)(ii), the Operating Advisor Fee listed in Section 3.05(a)(ii) and the Certificate Administrator Fee listed in Section 3.05(b)(ii) and (b)(iii), then the Certificate Administrator Fee shall be paid in full prior to the payment of any Servicing Fees payable under Section 3.05(a)(ii) and then, after payment of Servicing Fees, the Operating Advisor Fees payable under Section 3.05(a)(ii) and in the event that amounts on deposit in the Collection Account and the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account are not sufficient to pay the full amount of such Certificate Administrator Fee, the Certificate Administrator shall be paid based on the amount of

 

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such fees and (ii) if amounts on deposit in the Collection Account are not sufficient to reimburse the full amount of Advances and interest thereon listed in Sections 3.05(a)(iii), (a)(iv), (a)(v) and (a)(vi), then reimbursements shall be paid first to the Certificate Administrator and to the Trustee, pro rata, second to the Special Servicer, third to the Master Servicer and then to the Operating Advisor.

 

(g)           If any Loss of Value Payments are deposited into the Loss of Value Reserve Fund with respect to any Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property, then the Special Servicer shall promptly (provided that, (1) with respect to clause (iv) below, the Special Servicer shall have provided notice to the Master Servicer of the occurrence of such liquidation event and (2) with respect to clause (v) below, the Certificate Administrator shall have provided the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer with five (5) Business Days’ prior notice of such final Distribution Date) transfer such Loss of Value Payments (up to the remaining portion thereof) from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account for the following purposes:

 

(i)           to reimburse the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, in accordance with Section 3.05(a) of this Agreement, for any Nonrecoverable Advance made by such party with respect to such Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property (together with any interest on such Advances);

 

(ii)           to pay, in accordance with Section 3.05(a) of this Agreement, or to reimburse the Trust for the prior payment of, any expense or Liquidation Fee relating to such Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property that constitutes or, if not paid out of such Loss of Value Payments, would constitute an additional expense of the Trust;

 

(iii)           to offset any portion of Realized Losses that are attributable to such Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, as the case may be (as calculated without regard to the application of such Loss of Value Payments), incurred with respect to such Mortgage Loan or any related successor REO Loan;

 

(iv)          following the occurrence of a liquidation event with respect to such Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced REO Property and any related transfers from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund with respect to the items contemplated by the immediately preceding clauses (i)-(iii) as to such Mortgage Loan, to cover the items contemplated by the immediately preceding clauses (i)-(iii) in respect of any other Mortgage Loan or Serviced REO Loan; and

 

(v)           On the final Distribution Date after all distributions have been made as set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above, to each Mortgage Loan Seller, its pro rata share, based on the amount that it contributed, net of any amount contributed by such Mortgage Loan Seller that was used pursuant to clauses (i)-(iii) to offset any portion of Realized Losses that are attributable to such Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, as the case may be, additional Trust Fund expenses or any Nonrecoverable Advances incurred with respect to the Mortgage Loan related to such contribution.

 

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(h)           Any Loss of Value Payments transferred to the Collection Account pursuant to clauses (g)(i)-(g)(iii) of the prior paragraph shall be treated as Liquidation Proceeds received by the Trust in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or any successor REO Loan with respect thereto for which such Loss of Value Payments were received; and any Loss of Value Payments transferred to the Collection Account pursuant to clause (g)(iv) of the prior paragraph shall be treated as Liquidation Proceeds received by the Trust in respect of the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan for which such Loss of Value Payments are being transferred to the Collection Account to cover an item contemplated by clauses (g)(i)-(g)(iv) of the prior paragraph.

 

(i)           The Companion Paying Agent may, from time to time, make withdrawals from the Companion Distribution Account to make distributions pursuant to Section 4.01(k).

 

Section 3.06          Investment of Funds in the Collection Account and the REO Account. (a) The Master Servicer may direct any depository institution maintaining the Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account, or any Servicing Account (for purposes of this Section 3.06, an “Investment Account”), the Special Servicer may direct any depository institution maintaining the REO Account or Loss of Value Reserve Fund (also for purposes of this Section 3.06, an “Investment Account”) to invest or if it is such depository institution, may itself invest, the funds held therein, only in one or more Permitted Investments bearing interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, (i) no later than the Business Day immediately preceding the next succeeding date on which funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if a Person other than the depository institution maintaining such account is the obligor thereon and (ii) no later than the date on which funds are required to be withdrawn from such account pursuant to this Agreement, if the depository institution maintaining such account is the obligor thereon. All such Permitted Investments shall be held to maturity, unless payable on demand. Any funds held in an Investment Account shall be held in the name of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, on behalf of the Trustee (in its capacity as such) for the benefit of the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer (in the case of the Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Master Servicer), the Special Servicer (in the case of the REO Account, Loss of Value Reserve Fund or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Special Servicer) on behalf of the Trustee, shall maintain continuous physical possession of any Permitted Investment of amounts in the Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account, the Servicing Accounts, Loss of Value Reserve Fund or REO Account, as applicable, that is either (i) a “certificated security,” as such term is defined in the UCC (such that the Trustee shall have control pursuant to Section 8-106 of the UCC) or (ii) other property in which a secured party may perfect its security interest by physical possession under the UCC or any other applicable law. In the case of any Permitted Investment held in the form of a “security entitlement” (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the UCC), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall take or cause to be taken such action as the Trustee deems reasonably necessary to cause the Trustee to have control over such security entitlement. In the event amounts on deposit in an Investment Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment payable on demand, the Master Servicer (in the case of the Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Master Servicer) or the Special Servicer (in the case of the REO

 

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Account, Loss of Value Reserve Fund or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Special Servicer) shall:

 

(i)           consistent with any notice required to be given thereunder, demand that payment thereon be made on the last day such Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an amount equal to the lesser of (a) all amounts then payable thereunder and (b) the amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and

 

(ii)           demand payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly upon determination by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as the case may be, that such Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted Investment in respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the Investment Account.

 

(b)           Interest and investment income realized on funds deposited in the Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Master Servicer to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings, if any, with respect to such account for the period from and including the prior Distribution Date to and including the Master Servicer Remittance Date related to the current Distribution Date, shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Master Servicer to the extent (with respect to Servicing Accounts) not required to be paid to the related Mortgagor and shall be subject to its withdrawal, or withdrawal at its direction, in accordance with Section 3.03 or Section 3.05(a), as the case may be. Interest and investment income realized on funds deposited in the REO Account, Loss of Value Reserve Fund or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Special Servicer, to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings, if any, with respect to such account for each period from and including any Distribution Date to and including the immediately succeeding Master Servicer Remittance Date, shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Special Servicer and shall be subject to its withdrawal in accordance with Section 3.14(c). In the event that any loss shall be incurred in respect of any Permitted Investment (as to which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, would have been entitled to any Net Investment Earnings hereunder) directed to be made by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, and on deposit in any of the Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account, the Servicing Account, Loss of Value Reserve Fund or the REO Account, the Master Servicer (in the case of the Collection Account, the Companion Distribution Account or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Master Servicer), the Special Servicer (in the case of the REO Account, Loss of Value Reserve Fund or any Servicing Account maintained by or for the Special Servicer) shall deposit therein, no later than the Master Servicer Remittance Date, without right of reimbursement, the amount of Net Investment Loss, if any, with respect to such account for the period from and including the prior Distribution Date to and including the Master Servicer Remittance Date related to the current Distribution Date; provided that neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be required to deposit any loss on an investment of funds in an Investment Account if such loss is incurred solely as a result of the insolvency of the federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company that holds such Investment Account, so long as such depository institution or trust company satisfied the qualifications set forth in the definition of Eligible Account at the time such investment was made (and, with respect to the Master Servicer, such federal or state chartered depository institution or trust company is not an Affiliate of the Master Servicer unless such depository institution or trust

 

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company satisfied the qualification set forth in the definition of Eligible Account both (x) at the time the investment was made and (y) thirty (30) days prior to such insolvency).

 

(c)           Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance required under any Permitted Investment, the Master Servicer may and, upon the request of Holders of Certificates entitled to a majority of the Voting Rights allocated to any Class shall, take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings.

 

Section 3.07          Maintenance of Insurance Policies; Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage. (a) The Master Servicer (with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any related Serviced Companion Loan) shall use its efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the Mortgagor to maintain (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), to the extent required by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents, all insurance coverage as is required under the related Mortgage Loan documents except to the extent that the failure of the related Mortgagor to do so is an Acceptable Insurance Default (and except as provided in the next sentence with respect to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable). If the Mortgagor does not so maintain such insurance coverage, subject to its recoverability determination with respect to any required Servicing Advance, the Master Servicer (with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any related Serviced Companion Loan) or the Special Servicer (with respect to REO Properties other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) shall maintain all insurance coverage as is required under the related Mortgage (or, in the case of REO Property, in accordance with the Servicing Standard in an amount that is at least equal to the lesser of (1) the full replacement cost of the improvements on the REO Property, and (2) the outstanding principal balance owing on the related REO Loan, and in any event, the amount necessary to avoid the operation of any co-insurance provisions), but only in the event the Trustee has an insurable interest therein and such insurance is available to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and, if available, can be obtained at commercially reasonable rates, as determined ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan, any determination that such insurance coverage is not available or not available at commercially reasonable rates to be made with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (or, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a related AB Control Appraisal Period, with the consent of the related Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder) by the Master Servicer (with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any related Serviced Companion Loan) or the Special Servicer (with respect to REO Properties other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) except to the extent that the failure of the related Mortgagor to do so is an Acceptable Insurance Default as determined by the Master Servicer; provided, however, that if any Mortgage permits the holder thereof to dictate to the Mortgagor the insurance coverage to be maintained on such Mortgaged Property, the Master Servicer or, with respect to REO Property, the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall impose or maintain, as applicable, such insurance requirements as are consistent with the Servicing Standard taking into account the insurance in place at the closing of the Mortgage Loan; provided, further, that, with respect to the immediately preceding proviso, the Master Servicer will be obligated to use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the Mortgagor to maintain (or to itself maintain)

 

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insurance against property damage resulting from terrorist or similar acts unless the Mortgagor’s failure is an Acceptable Insurance Default (as determined by the Master Servicer with ((i) unless a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) the consent of the Directing Certificateholder or, prior to the occurrence and continuance of an AB Control Appraisal Period, the related Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, as applicable) and only in the event the Trustee has an insurable interest therein and such insurance is available to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and, if available, can be obtained at commercially reasonable rates. The Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall be entitled to rely on insurance consultants (at the applicable servicer’s expense) in determining whether any insurance is available at commercially reasonable rates. Subject to Section 3.15(a) and the costs of such insurance being reimbursed or paid to the Special Servicer as provided in the third-to-last sentence of this paragraph, the Special Servicer shall maintain for each REO Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) no less insurance coverage than was previously required of the Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan documents unless the Special Servicer determines ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder or, prior to the occurrence and continuance of an AB Control Appraisal Period, the related Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, as applicable) that such insurance is not available at commercially reasonable rates or that the Trustee does not have an insurable interest, in which case the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the Special Servicer’s determination. All Insurance Policies maintained by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall (i) contain a “standard” mortgagee clause, with loss payable to the Master Servicer on behalf of the Trustee (in the case of insurance maintained in respect of Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), including any related Serviced Companion Loan, other than REO Properties) or to the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trustee (in the case of insurance maintained in respect of REO Properties), (ii) be in the name of the Trustee (in the case of insurance maintained in respect of REO Properties), (iii) include coverage in an amount not less than the lesser of (x) the full replacement cost of the improvements securing Mortgaged Property or the REO Property, as applicable, and (y) the outstanding principal balance owing on the related Mortgage Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) or REO Loan, as applicable, and in any event, the amount necessary to avoid the operation of any co-insurance provisions, (iv) include a replacement cost endorsement providing no deduction for depreciation (unless such endorsement is not permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents), (v) be noncancelable without thirty (30) days prior written notice to the insured party (except in the case of nonpayment, in which case such policy shall not be cancelled without ten (10) days’ prior notice) and (vi) subject to the first proviso in the second sentence of this Section 3.07(a), be issued by a Qualified Insurer authorized under applicable law to issue such Insurance Policies. Any amounts collected by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer under any such Insurance Policies (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property or amounts to be released to the related Mortgagor, in each case in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the provisions of the related Mortgage Loan documents) shall be deposited in the Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 3.05(a). Any costs incurred by the Master Servicer in maintaining any such Insurance Policies in respect of Mortgage Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) (other than REO Properties and other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) (i) if the Mortgagor defaults on its obligation to do so, shall be

 

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advanced by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance (so long as such Advance would not be a Nonrecoverable Advance and if such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance then such cost shall instead be paid out of the Collection Account) and will be charged to the related Mortgagor and (ii) shall not, for purposes of calculating monthly distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan(s) (if any), notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan(s) so permit. Any cost incurred by the Special Servicer in maintaining any such Insurance Policies with respect to REO Properties shall be an expense of the Trust payable out of the related REO Account pursuant to Section 3.14(c) or, if the amount on deposit therein is insufficient therefor, advanced by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance (so long as such Advance would not be a Nonrecoverable Advance and if such Advance would be a Nonrecoverable Advance then such cost shall instead be paid out of the Collection Account). The foregoing provisions of this Section 3.07 shall apply to any Serviced Whole Loan as if it were a single “Mortgage Loan”. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the Master Servicer will not be required to maintain, and will not be in default for failing to obtain, any earthquake or environmental insurance on any Mortgaged Property unless such insurance was required at the time of origination of the related Mortgage Loan and is currently available at commercially reasonable rates.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any related Serviced Companion Loan that either (x) require the Mortgagor to maintain “all risk” property insurance (and do not expressly permit an exclusion for terrorism) or (y) contain provisions generally requiring the applicable Mortgagor to maintain insurance in types and against such risks as the holder of such Mortgage Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) reasonably requires from time to time in order to protect its interests, the Master Servicer will be required to, consistent with the Servicing Standard, (A) monitor in accordance with the Servicing Standard whether the insurance policies for the related Mortgaged Property contain Additional Exclusions, (B) request the Mortgagor to either purchase insurance against the risks specified in the Additional Exclusions or provide an explanation as to its reasons for failing to purchase such insurance and (C) notify the Special Servicer if it has knowledge that any insurance policy contains Additional Exclusions or if it has knowledge (such knowledge to be based upon the Master Servicer’s compliance with the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) above) that any Mortgagor fails to purchase the insurance requested to be purchased by the Master Servicer pursuant to clause (B) above. If the Master Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that such failure is not an Acceptable Insurance Default, the Master Servicer shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause such insurance to be maintained. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (at the expense of the Trust) shall be entitled to rely on insurance consultants in making such determinations. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to rely on insurance consultants (at the expense of such Master Servicer) in determining whether Additional Exclusions exist. Furthermore, the Master Servicer shall promptly deliver such conclusions in writing to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website for those Mortgage Loans that (i) have one of the ten (10) highest outstanding Stated Principal Balances of all of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust or (ii) comprise more than 5% of the outstanding Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then included in the Trust. During the period that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, is evaluating the availability of such insurance or waiting for a response from the Directing Certificateholder or

 

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the related Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, as applicable, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be liable for any loss related to its failure to require the Mortgagor to maintain such insurance and will not be in default of its obligations as a result of such failure.

 

(b)           (i) The Special Servicer shall maintain (or cause to be maintained), fire and hazard insurance on each REO Property (other than with respect a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), to the extent obtainable at commercially reasonable rates and the Trustee has an insurable interest, in an amount that is at least equal to the lesser of (1) the full replacement cost of the improvements on the REO Property, and (2) the outstanding principal balance owing on the REO Loan, and in any event, the amount necessary to avoid the operation of any co-insurance provisions. If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall obtain and maintain a blanket Insurance Policy with a Qualified Insurer insuring against fire and hazard losses on all of the Mortgage Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan, but excluding any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or REO Properties (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), as the case may be, required to be serviced and administered hereunder, then, to the extent such Insurance Policy provides protection equivalent to the individual policies otherwise required, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to cause fire and hazard insurance to be maintained on the related Mortgaged Properties or REO Properties. Such Insurance Policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall, if there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property a fire and hazard Insurance Policy complying with the requirements of Section 3.07(a), and there shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by such Insurance Policy, promptly deposit into the Collection Account from its own funds the amount of such loss or losses that would have been covered under the individual policy but are not covered under the blanket Insurance Policy because of such deductible clause to the extent that any such deductible exceeds the deductible limitation that pertained to the related Mortgage Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan), or in the absence of such deductible limitation, the deductible limitation which is consistent with the Servicing Standard. In connection with its activities as administrator and Master Servicer of the Mortgage Loans or any Serviced Companion Loans, the Master Servicer agrees to prepare and present, on behalf of itself, the Trustee and the Certificateholders, claims under any such blanket Insurance Policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such policy. The Special Servicer, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, may maintain, earthquake insurance on REO Properties (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), provided coverage is available at commercially reasonable rates, the cost of which shall be a Servicing Advance.

 

(ii)           If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall cause any Mortgaged Property or REO Property to be covered by a master single interest or force-placed insurance policy with a Qualified Insurer naming the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer on behalf of the Trustee as the loss payee, then to the extent such Insurance Policy provides protection equivalent to the individual policies otherwise required, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall conclusively be deemed to have satisfied its obligation to cause such insurance to be maintained on the related Mortgaged Properties and REO Properties. In the event the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall cause any Mortgaged Property or REO Property to be covered by such master single interest or

 

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force-placed insurance policy, the incremental costs of such insurance applicable to such Mortgaged Property or REO Property (i.e., other than any minimum or standby premium payable for such policy whether or not any Mortgaged Property or REO Property is covered thereby) shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance. Such master single interest or force-placed policy may contain a deductible clause, in which case the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall, in the event that there shall not have been maintained on the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property a policy otherwise complying with the provisions of Section 3.07(a), and there shall have been one or more losses which would have been covered by such policy had it been maintained, deposit into the Collection Account from its own funds the amount not otherwise payable under the master single or force-placed interest policy because of such deductible clause, to the extent that any such deductible exceeds the deductible limitation that pertained to the related Mortgage Loan, including any related Serviced Companion Loan, or, in the absence of any such deductible limitation, the deductible limitation which is consistent with the Servicing Standard.

 

(c)           Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense and keep in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement a blanket fidelity bond and an “errors and omissions” Insurance Policy with a Qualified Insurer covering the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, officers and employees acting on behalf of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer in connection with its activities under this Agreement. Such amount of coverage shall be in such form and amount as are consistent with the Servicing Standard. Coverage of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer under a policy or bond obtained by an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and providing the coverage required by this Section 3.07(c) shall satisfy the requirements of this Section 3.07(c). The Special Servicer and the Master Servicer shall promptly report in writing to the Trustee any material changes that may occur in their respective fidelity bonds, if any, and/or their respective errors and omissions Insurance Policies, as the case may be, and shall furnish to the Trustee copies of all binders and policies or certificates evidencing that such bonds, if any, and insurance policies are in full force and effect.

 

(d)           At the time the Master Servicer determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that any Mortgaged Property (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) is in a federally designated special flood hazard area (and such flood insurance has been made available), the Master Servicer shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause the related Mortgagor (in accordance with applicable law and the terms of the Mortgage Loan and related Serviced Companion Loan documents) to maintain, and, if the related Mortgagor shall default in its obligation to so maintain, shall itself maintain to the extent available at commercially reasonable rates (as determined by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard and to the extent the Trustee, as mortgagee, has an insurable interest therein), flood insurance in respect thereof, but only to the extent the related Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or related Serviced Companion Loan permits the mortgagee to require such coverage and the maintenance of such coverage is consistent with the Servicing Standard. Such flood insurance shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage Loan (and any related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable), and (ii) the maximum amount of insurance which is available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, plus such additional excess flood coverage

 

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with respect to the Mortgaged Property, if any, in an amount consistent with the Servicing Standard. If the cost of any insurance described above is not borne by the Mortgagor, the Master Servicer shall promptly make a Servicing Advance for such costs.

 

(e)           During all such times as any REO Property (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) shall be located in a federally designated special flood hazard area, the Special Servicer shall cause to be maintained, to the extent available at commercially reasonable rates (as determined by the Special Servicer (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan and prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder) in accordance with the Servicing Standard), a flood insurance policy meeting the requirements of the current guidelines of the Federal Insurance Administration in an amount representing coverage not less than the maximum amount of insurance which is available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended. The cost of any such flood insurance with respect to an REO Property shall be an expense of the Trust payable out of the related REO Account pursuant to Section 3.14(c) or, if the amount on deposit therein is insufficient therefor, paid by the Master Servicer to the Special Servicer as a Servicing Advance unless determined to be a Nonrecoverable Advance, and if determined to be a Nonrecoverable Advance, then the Master Servicer shall pay the Special Servicer from the Collection Account.

 

(f)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the long-term debt obligations or the deposit account or claims-paying ability of the Master Servicer (or its immediate or remote parent) or the Special Servicer (or its immediate or remote parent), as applicable, is rated at least “A2” by Moody’s, “A(low)” by DBRS (or, if not rated by DBRS, an equivalent rating by two other nationally recognized insurance rating organizations (which may include Moody’s or Fitch)) and “A-” by Fitch (if rated by Fitch), the Master Servicer (or its public parent) or the Special Servicer (or its public parent), as applicable, shall be allowed to provide self-insurance with respect to any of its obligation under this Section 3.07.

 

(g)           Each of the Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer shall obtain and maintain at its own expense and keep in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement an “errors and omissions” insurance policy with a Qualified Insurer covering losses that may be sustained as a result of an officer’s or employee’s errors or omissions.

 

Section 3.08          Enforcement of Due-on-Sale Clauses; Assumption Agreements. (a) As to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any related Serviced Companion Loan that contains a provision in the nature of a “due-on-sale” clause, which by its terms:

 

(i)           provides that such Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan shall (or may at the mortgagee’s option) become due and payable upon the sale or other transfer of an interest in the related Mortgaged Property or equity interests in the Mortgagor or principals of the Mortgagor; or

 

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other transfer; then, for so long as such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan is being serviced under this Agreement,

 

the Master Servicer (with respect to any Non-Specially Serviced Loan and as to which such matter is not a Special Servicer Major Decision) or the Special Servicer (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or any Non-Specially Serviced Loan as to which such matter is a Special Servicer Major Decision), on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee of record, shall (a) exercise any right such mortgagee of record may have with respect to such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan (x) to accelerate the payments thereon or (y) to withhold its consent to any sale or transfer, consistent with the Servicing Standard or (b) waive any right to exercise such rights, provided that, (i)(A) if such Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan and no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the consent (or deemed consent) of the Directing Certificateholder (or, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a related AB Control Appraisal Period, the related Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, to the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall have been obtained by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to the extent required by, and pursuant to the process described under, Section 6.08(a), (B) if such Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan, a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, and no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have consulted with the Directing Certificateholder if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a) (provided that in the case of clause (A), such consent shall be deemed given or in the case of clause (B), such consultation shall be deemed to have occurred, if a response to the request for consent or consultation, as the case may be, is not provided within ten (10) Business Days (or, if the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer are affiliates, five (5) Business Days) after receipt of the Major Decision Reporting Package) and (C) the Special Servicer shall have consulted with (I) the Risk Retention Consultation Party if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.09 and (II) if an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing, the Operating Advisor if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08, and (ii) with respect to any Mortgage Loan (x) with a Stated Principal Balance greater than or equal to $20,000,000, (y) with a Stated Principal Balance greater than or equal to 5% of the aggregated Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans then outstanding or (z) together with all other Mortgage Loans with which it is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted or together with all other Mortgage Loans with the same Mortgagor (or an Affiliate thereof), that is one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans outstanding (by Stated Principal Balance), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, prior to consenting to any action, shall obtain, a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agency that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), provided, however, that with respect to subclauses (y) and (z) of this subclause (ii), such Mortgage Loan shall also have a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000 for such Rating Agency Confirmation requirement to apply. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Excluded Loan (regardless of whether a Control Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing), the Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving

 

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proposed Major Decisions that it is processing or for which its consent is required and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

 

In connection with any request for a Rating Agency Confirmation from a Rating Agency (or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the related rating agencies) pursuant to this Section 3.08(a), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer that is processing the related action shall (if not already provided in accordance with Section 3.25 of this Agreement) deliver a Review Package to the 17g-5 Information Provider (or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the related 17g-5 information provider) in accordance with Section 3.25 of this Agreement.

 

If any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or related Serviced Companion Loan provides that such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan may be assumed or transferred without the consent of the mortgagee, provided that certain conditions contained in the related Mortgage Loan documents are satisfied where no mortgagee discretion is necessary in order to determine if such conditions are satisfied, then for so long as such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan is being serviced under this Agreement, the Master Servicer (with respect to all Non-Specially Serviced Loans where such matter is either not a Major Decision or is a Master Servicer Major Decision and all Specially Serviced Loans where such matter is a Major Decision under clause (i)(C) of the definition of “Major Decision” or, with respect to the Mural Lofts Whole Loan prior to a related AB Control Appraisal Period, clause (xiii) of Mural Lofts Major Decisions) and the Special Servicer (with respect to all Specially Serviced Loans (other than with respect to a Major Decision under clause (i)(C) of the definition of “Major Decision” or, with respect to the Mural Lofts Whole Loan prior to a related AB Control Appraisal Period, clause (xiii) of Mural Lofts Major Decisions) and with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans where such matter is a Special Servicer Major Decision), on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee of record, shall determine in accordance with the Servicing Standard whether such conditions have been satisfied.

 

(b)           As to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any related Serviced Companion Loan that contains a provision in the nature of a “due-on-encumbrance” clause that by its terms:

 

(i)           provides that such Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan shall (or may at the mortgagee’s option) become due and payable upon the creation of any additional lien or other encumbrance on the related Mortgaged Property or equity interests in the Mortgagor or principals of the Mortgagor; or

 

(ii)           requires the consent of the mortgagee to the creation of any such additional lien or other encumbrance on the related Mortgaged Property or equity interests in the Mortgagor or principals of the Mortgagor;

 

then, for so long as such Mortgage Loan (or related Serviced Companion Loan) is being serviced under this Agreement, the Master Servicer (with respect to any Non-Specially Serviced Loan and as to which such matter is not a Specially Serviced Major Decision) or the Special Servicer (with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or any Non-Specially Serviced Loan as to which such

 

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matter is a Special Servicer Major Decision), on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee of record, shall (a) exercise any right such mortgagee of record may have with respect to such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan (x) to accelerate the payments thereon or (y) to withhold its consent to the creation of any additional lien or other encumbrance, consistent with the Servicing Standard or (b) waive its right to exercise such rights, provided that (i) (A) if such Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan, no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and the matter involves a Major Decision, the consent (or deemed consent) of the Directing Certificateholder (or, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a related AB Control Appraisal Period, the related Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, to the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement) shall have been obtained by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to the extent required by, and pursuant to the process described under, Section 6.08(a), (B) if such Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan, a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, and no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have consulted with the Directing Certificateholder if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a) (provided that in the case of clause (A) such consent shall be deemed given or in the case of clause (B) such consultation shall be deemed to have occurred, if a response to the request for consent or consultation, as the case may be, is not provided within ten (10) Business Days (or, if the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer are affiliates, five (5) Business Days) after receipt of the Major Decision Reporting Package) and (C) the Special Servicer shall have consulted with (I) the Risk Retention Consultation Party if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.09 and (II) if an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing, the Operating Advisor if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08, and (ii) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, has obtained Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agency that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25) if such Mortgage Loan (A) has an outstanding principal balance that is greater than or equal to 2% of the Stated Principal Balance of the outstanding Mortgage Loans or (B) has an LTV Ratio greater than 85% (including any existing and proposed debt) or (C) has a Debt Service Coverage Ratio less than 1.20x (in each case, determined based upon the aggregate of the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loan and related Companion Loan, if any, and the principal amount of the proposed additional lien) or (D) is one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans (by Stated Principal Balance) or (E) has a Stated Principal Balance greater than $20,000,000; provided, however, that with respect to subclauses (A), (B), (C) and (D) of this subclause (ii), such Mortgage Loan shall also have a Stated Principal Balance of at least $10,000,000 for such Rating Agency Confirmation requirement to apply. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Excluded Loan (regardless of whether a Control Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing), the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions that it is processing or for which its consent is required and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

 

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In connection with any request for a Rating Agency Confirmation from a Rating Agency (or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the related rating agencies) pursuant to this Section 3.08(b), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer that is processing the related action shall (if not already provided in accordance with Section 3.25 of this Agreement) deliver a Review Package to the 17g-5 Information Provider (or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the related 17g-5 information provider) in accordance with Section 3.25 of this Agreement.

 

To the extent permitted by the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Rating Agency Confirmation described in the immediately preceding paragraph or in Section 3.08(a) shall be an expense of the related Mortgagor; provided that if the Mortgage Loan documents are silent as to who bears the costs of obtaining any such Rating Agency Confirmation, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts to make the related Mortgagor bear such costs and expenses. Unless determined to be a Nonrecoverable Advance such costs not collected from the related Mortgagor shall be advanced as a Servicing Advance.

 

If any Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan provides that such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan may be further encumbered without the consent of the mortgagee, provided that certain conditions contained in the related Mortgage Loan documents are satisfied where no mortgagee discretion is necessary in order to determine if such conditions are satisfied, then for so long as such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan is being serviced under this Agreement, the Master Servicer (with respect to all Non-Specially Serviced Loans where such matter is a Master Servicer Major Decision and all Specially Serviced Loans where such matter is a Major Decision under clause (i)(C) of the definition of “Major Decision” or, with respect to the Mural Lofts Whole Loan prior to a related AB Control Appraisal Period, clause (xiii) of Mural Lofts Major Decisions) and the Special Servicer (with respect to all Specially Serviced Loans (other than with respect to a Major Decision under clause (i)(C) of the definition of “Major Decision” or, with respect to the Mural Lofts Whole Loan prior to a related AB Control Appraisal Period, clause (xiii) of Mural Lofts Major Decisions) and with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans where such matter is a Special Servicer Major Decision), on behalf of the Trustee as the mortgagee of record, shall determine whether such conditions have been satisfied.

 

Nothing in this Section 3.08 shall constitute a waiver of the Trustee’s right, as the mortgagee of record, to receive notice of any assumption of a Mortgage Loan, any sale or other transfer of the related Mortgaged Property or the creation of any additional lien or other encumbrance with respect to such Mortgaged Property.

 

(c)           Except as otherwise permitted by Section 3.08(a) and (b) and/or Section 3.18, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall agree to modify, waive or amend any term of any Mortgage Loan and related Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, in connection with the taking of, or the failure to take, any action pursuant to this Section 3.08. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide copies of any final waivers (except with respect to provision of any such waivers to the 17g-5 Information Provider, exclusive of any Privileged Information) it effects pursuant to Section 3.08(a) or (b) to each other and to the 17g-5 Information Provider with respect to each Mortgage Loan, and shall notify the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each other and, subject to the terms of this Agreement, the

 

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17g-5 Information Provider (for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.25) and, with respect to a Whole Loan, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder, of any assumption or substitution agreement executed pursuant to Section 3.08(a) or (b) and shall forward thereto a copy of such agreement.

 

(d)           [Reserved].

 

(e)           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Special Servicer may not waive its rights or grant its consent under any “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause relating to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan or relating to any Specially-Serviced Loan without ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (or (i) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan), but prior to a Consultation Termination Event, upon consultation with the Directing Certificateholder pursuant to Section 6.08 hereof). The Directing Certificateholder shall have ten (10) Business Days (or, if the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer are affiliates, five (5) Business Days) after receipt of notice along with the Master Servicer’s (if applicable) and the Special Servicer’s recommendation and analysis with respect to such proposed waiver or proposed granting of consent and any additional information the Directing Certificateholder may reasonably request from the Special Servicer of a proposed waiver or consent under any “due on sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause in which to grant or withhold its consent (provided that if the Special Servicer fails to receive a response to such notice from the Directing Certificateholder in writing within such period, then the Directing Certificateholder shall be deemed to have consented to such proposed waiver or consent).

 

(f)            Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.08, if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, makes a determination under Sections 3.08(a) or 3.08(b) hereof that the applicable conditions in the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan documents, as applicable, with respect to assumptions or encumbrances permitted without the consent of the mortgagee have been satisfied, the applicable assumptions and transfers may be subject to an assumption or other fee, unless such fees are otherwise prohibited pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents; provided that any such fee not provided for in the Mortgage Loan documents does not constitute a “significant” change in yield pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.1001-3(e)(2).

 

Section 3.09          Realization Upon Defaulted Loans and Companion Loans. (a) Upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan documents related to a Serviced Whole Loan or a Mortgage Loan with mezzanine debt, the Master Servicer shall promptly provide written notice to the related Companion Holder or mezzanine lender, as applicable, with a copy of such notice to the Special Servicer. The Special Servicer shall, subject to subsections (b) through (d) of this Section 3.09, Section 3.24, subject to the Directing Certificateholders’ rights pursuant to Section 6.08, and any Companion Holder or mezzanine lender’s rights under the related Intercreditor Agreement (in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, on behalf of the holders of the beneficial interest of the related Companion Loan) or this Agreement, exercise reasonable efforts, consistent with the Servicing Standard, to, at any time, institute foreclosure proceedings, exercise any power of sale contained in the related Mortgage, obtain a deed in lieu of

 

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foreclosure, or otherwise acquire title to the related Mortgaged Property or comparably convert (which may include an REO Acquisition) the ownership of property securing any such Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and related Companion Loan, if any, as come into and continue in default as to which no satisfactory arrangements (including by way of a discounted pay-off) can be made for collection of delinquent payments, and which are not released from the Trust Fund pursuant to any other provision hereof. The foregoing is subject to the provision that, in any case in which a Mortgaged Property shall have suffered damage from an Uninsured Cause, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall not be required to make a Servicing Advance and expend funds toward the restoration of such property unless the Special Servicer has determined in its reasonable discretion that such restoration will increase the net proceeds of liquidation of such Mortgaged Property to the Certificateholders after reimbursement to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, for such Servicing Advance, and the Master Servicer or Special Servicer has not determined that such Servicing Advance together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. The costs and expenses incurred by the Special Servicer in any such proceedings shall be advanced by the Master Servicer; provided that, in each case, such cost or expense would not, if incurred, constitute a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance. Nothing contained in this Section 3.09 shall be construed so as to require the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust, to make an offer on any Mortgaged Property at a foreclosure sale or similar proceeding that is in excess of the fair market value of such property, as determined by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in its reasonable judgment taking into account the factors described in Section 3.16(b) and the results of any Appraisal obtained pursuant to the following sentence, all such offers to be made in a manner consistent with the Servicing Standard. If and when the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer deems it necessary and prudent for purposes of establishing the fair market value of any Mortgaged Property securing a Defaulted Loan or any related defaulted Companion Loan, whether for purposes of making an offer at foreclosure or otherwise, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, is authorized to have an Appraisal performed with respect to such property by an Independent MAI-designated appraiser the cost of which shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance.

 

(b)           The Special Servicer shall not acquire any personal property pursuant to this Section 3.09 unless either:

 

(i)           such personal property is incidental to real property (within the meaning of Section 856(e)(1) of the Code) so acquired by the Special Servicer; or

 

(ii)           the Special Servicer shall have obtained an Opinion of Counsel (the cost of which shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance) to the effect that the holding of such personal property by the Trust (to the extent not allocable to the related Companion Loan) will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.09 and Section 3.24, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall, on behalf of the Trustee, obtain title to a Mortgaged Property in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, or take any other action with respect to any Mortgaged Property, if, as a result of any such action, the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and/or any related Companion Holder, would be considered to hold title to, to be a “mortgagee-in-possession” of, or to be an “owner” or “operator” of such Mortgaged

 

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Property within the meaning of CERCLA or any comparable law, unless (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate to such effect delivered to the Trustee) the Special Servicer has previously determined in accordance with the Servicing Standard, based on an Environmental Assessment of such Mortgaged Property performed by an Independent Person who regularly conducts Environmental Assessments and performed within six (6) months prior to any such acquisition of title or other action, that:

 

(i)           such Mortgaged Property is in compliance with applicable environmental laws or, if not, after consultation with an environmental consultant, that it would be in the best economic interest of the Certificateholders (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders, and, if applicable, Companion Holders constituted a single lender, to take such actions as are necessary to bring such Mortgaged Property in compliance with such laws, and

 

(ii)           there are no circumstances present at such Mortgaged Property relating to the use, management or disposal of any hazardous materials for which investigation, testing, monitoring, containment, clean-up or remediation could be required under any currently effective federal, state or local law or regulation, or that, if any such hazardous materials are present for which such action could be required, after consultation with an environmental consultant, it would be in the best economic interest of the Certificateholders (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the Companion Holders), as a collective whole as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, Companion Holders constituted a single lender, to take such actions with respect to the affected Mortgaged Property.

 

The cost of any such Environmental Assessment shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance and the cost of any remedial, corrective or other further action contemplated by clause (i) and/or clause (ii) of the preceding sentence shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance, unless it is a Nonrecoverable Servicing Advance (in which case it shall be an expense of the Trust and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, shall be withdrawn in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement by the Master Servicer from the Collection Account, including from the Companion Distribution Account (such withdrawal to be made from amounts on deposit therein that are otherwise payable on or allocable to such Serviced Whole Loan)); and if any such Environmental Assessment so warrants, the Special Servicer shall, except with respect to any Companion Loan and any Environmental Assessment ordered after such Mortgage Loan has been paid in full, perform such additional environmental testing at the expense of the Trust as it deems necessary and prudent to determine whether the conditions described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the preceding sentence have been satisfied. With respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans, the Master Servicer and, with respect to Specially Serviced Loans, the Special Servicer (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) shall review and be familiar with the terms and conditions relating to enforcing claims and shall monitor the dates by which any claim or action must be taken (including delivering any notices to the insurer and using reasonable efforts to perform any actions required under such policy) under each environmental insurance policy in effect and obtained on behalf of the mortgagee to receive the maximum proceeds available under such policy for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests).

 

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(d)           If (i) the environmental testing contemplated by subsection (c) above establishes that either of the conditions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of subsection (c) above of the first sentence thereof has not been satisfied with respect to any Mortgaged Property securing a Defaulted Loan and, in the case of a Serviced Mortgage Loan, any related Companion Loan, and (ii) there has been no breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in or required to be made pursuant to Section 6 of each of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements for which the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller could be required to repurchase such Defaulted Loan pursuant to Section 6 of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, then the Special Servicer shall take such action as it deems to be in the best economic interest of the Trust (other than proceeding to acquire title to the Mortgaged Property) and is hereby authorized ((A) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event (or with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, after the occurrence and during the continuation of an AB Control Appraisal Period, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) and (B) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan), with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder at such time as it deems appropriate to release such Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage, provided that, if such Mortgage Loan has a then-outstanding principal balance of greater than $1,000,000, then prior to the release of the related Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage, (i) the Special Servicer shall have notified in writing the Rating Agencies, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and ((A) prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event and (B) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) the Directing Certificateholder, in writing of its intention to so release such Mortgaged Property and the bases for such intention, (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall have posted such notice of the Special Servicer’s intention to so release such Mortgaged Property to the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b) and (iii) in addition to the prior written consent of the Directing Certificateholder as required above, the Holders of Certificates entitled to a majority of the Voting Rights shall have consented or have been deemed to have consented to such release within thirty (30) days of the Certificate Administrator’s posting such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website (failure to respond by the end of such 30-day period being deemed consent of the Holders of the Certificates). To the extent any fee charged by any Rating Agency in connection with rendering such written confirmation is not paid by the related Mortgagor, such fee is to be an expense of the Trust; provided that the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to collect such fee from the Mortgagor to the extent permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

(e)            The Special Servicer shall provide written reports and a copy of any Environmental Assessments in electronic format to the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan), the Master Servicer and the 17g-5 Information Provider monthly regarding any actions taken by the Special Servicer with respect to any Mortgaged Property securing a Defaulted Loan or defaulted Companion Loan as to which the environmental testing contemplated in subsection (c) above has revealed that either of the conditions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the first sentence thereof has not been satisfied, in each case until the earlier to occur of satisfaction of both such conditions, repurchase of the related Mortgage Loan by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or release of the lien of the related Mortgage on such Mortgaged Property.

 

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provide the Master Servicer with all information regarding forgiveness of indebtedness and required to be reported with respect to any Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan that is abandoned or foreclosed and the Master Servicer shall report to the Internal Revenue Service and the related Mortgagor, in the manner required by applicable law, such information and the Master Servicer shall report, via Form 1099A or Form 1099C (or any successor form), all forgiveness of indebtedness and abandonment and foreclosure to the extent such information has been provided to the Master Servicer by the Special Servicer. Upon request, the Master Servicer shall deliver a copy of any such report to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator.

 

(g)            The Special Servicer shall have the right to determine, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the advisability of the maintenance of an action to obtain a deficiency judgment if the state in which the Mortgaged Property is located and the terms of the Mortgage Loan (and if applicable, the related Companion Loan) permit such an action.

 

(h)            The Special Servicer shall maintain accurate records, prepared by one of its Servicing Officers, of each Final Recovery Determination in respect of a Defaulted Loan (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or defaulted Companion Loan or any REO Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) and the basis thereof. Each Final Recovery Determination shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate promptly delivered to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) and the Master Servicer and in no event later than the next succeeding P&I Advance Determination Date.

 

Section 3.10          Trustee and Custodian to Cooperate; Release of Mortgage Files. (a) Upon the payment in full of any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), or the receipt by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, of a notification that payment in full shall be escrowed in a manner customary for such purposes, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, will promptly notify the Trustee and the Custodian and request delivery of the related Mortgage File. Any such notice and request shall be in the form of a Request for Release signed by a Servicing Officer and shall include a statement to the effect that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such payment which are required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.04(a) or remitted to the Master Servicer to enable such deposit, have been or will be so deposited. Within seven (7) Business Days (or within such shorter period as release can reasonably be accomplished if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer notifies the Custodian of an exigency) of receipt of such notice and request, the Custodian shall release the related Mortgage File to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be; provided that in the case of the payment in full of a Serviced Companion Loan or its related Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage File shall not be released by the Custodian unless the related Serviced Whole Loan is paid in full. No expenses incurred in connection with any instrument of satisfaction or deed of reconveyance shall be chargeable to the Collection Account.

 

(b)           From time to time as is appropriate for servicing or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) (and any related Companion Loan), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall deliver to the Custodian a Request for Release signed by a Servicing Officer. Upon receipt of the foregoing, the Custodian shall deliver the Mortgage File or any document therein to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (or a

 

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designee), as the case may be. Upon return of such Mortgage File or such document to the Custodian, or the delivery to the Trustee and the Custodian of a certificate of a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, stating that such Mortgage Loan (and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan), was liquidated and that all amounts received or to be received in connection with such liquidation which are required to be deposited into the Collection Account (including amounts related to the related Companion Loan, if applicable) pursuant to Section 3.04(a) have been or will be so deposited, or that such Mortgage Loan has become an REO Property, a copy of the Request for Release shall be released by the Custodian to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (or a designee), as the case may be, with the original being released upon termination of the Trust.

 

(c)            Within seven (7) Business Days (or within such shorter period as delivery can reasonably be accomplished if the Special Servicer notifies the Trustee of an exigency) of receipt thereof, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Special Servicer any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or other documents necessary to the foreclosure or trustee’s sale in respect of a Mortgaged Property or to any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Mortgage Note (including any note evidencing a related Companion Loan) or Mortgage or to obtain a deficiency judgment, or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or in equity. The Special Servicer shall be responsible for the preparation of all such documents and pleadings. When submitted to the Trustee for signature, such documents or pleadings shall be accompanied by a certificate of a Servicing Officer requesting that such pleadings or documents be executed by the Trustee and certifying as to the reason such documents or pleadings are required and that the execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee will not invalidate or otherwise affect the lien of the Mortgage, except for the termination of such a lien upon completion of the foreclosure or trustee’s sale. The Trustee shall not be required to review such documents for their sufficiency or enforceability.

 

With respect to each Servicing Shift Whole Loan, on and after the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, if pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement and the related Non-Serviced PSA, and as appropriate for enforcing the terms of such Servicing Shift Whole Loan, as applicable, the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer requests in writing delivery to it of the original Note, then the Custodian shall release or cause the release of such original Note to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or its designee.

 

(d)           If, from time to time, pursuant to the terms of the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, and as appropriate for enforcing the terms of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer requests delivery to it of the original Mortgage Note for a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, then the Custodian shall release or cause the release of such original Mortgage Note to such Non-Serviced Master Servicer or its designee.

 

Section 3.11          Servicing Compensation. (a) As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Servicing Fee with respect to each Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan and REO Loan (other than the portion of any REO Loan related to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan) (including Specially Serviced Loans and any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan constituting a “specially serviced loan” under any related

 

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Non-Serviced PSA). As to each Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan and REO Loan, the Servicing Fee shall accrue from time to time at the Servicing Fee Rate and shall be computed on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, and in the same manner as interest is calculated on such Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, and, in connection with any partial month interest payment, for the same period respecting which any related interest payment due on such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan or deemed to be due on such REO Loan is computed. The Servicing Fee with respect to any Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or REO Loan shall cease to accrue if a Liquidation Event occurs with respect to the related Mortgage Loan, except that if such Mortgage Loan is part of a Serviced Whole Loan and such Serviced Whole Loan continues to be serviced and administered under this Agreement notwithstanding such Liquidation Event, then the applicable Servicing Fee shall continue to accrue and be payable as if such Liquidation Event did not occur. The Servicing Fee shall be payable monthly, on a loan-by-loan basis, from payments of interest on each Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan and REO Revenues allocable as interest on each REO Loan, and as otherwise provided by Section 3.05(a). The Master Servicer shall be entitled to recover unpaid Servicing Fees in respect of any Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or REO Loan out of that portion of related payments, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds and REO Revenues (in the case of an REO Loan) allocable as recoveries of interest, to the extent permitted by Section 3.05(a). Except as set forth in the next two sentences, the third paragraph of this Section 3.11(a), Section 6.03, Section 6.05 and Section 7.01(c), the right to receive the Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part (except in connection with a transfer of all of the Master Servicer’s duties and obligations hereunder to a successor servicer in accordance with the terms hereof). With respect to each Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, the Servicing Fee shall be payable to the Master Servicer from amounts payable in respect of such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

The Master Servicer shall be entitled to retain, and shall not be required to deposit in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.04(a), additional servicing compensation (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) in the form of the following amounts to the extent collected from the related Mortgagor: (i) 100% of Excess Modification Fees related to any consents, modifications, waivers, extensions or amendments of any Non-Specially Serviced Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent not prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement) that do not involve Major Decisions; (ii) 50% of Excess Modification Fees related to any consents, modifications, waivers, extensions or amendments of (i) any Non-Specially Serviced Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent not prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement) that are Major Decisions and (ii) any Specially Serviced Loans that are items under clause (i)(C) of Major Decisions or clause (xiii) of the Mural Lofts Major Decisions; (iii) 100% of all assumption application fees received on Non-Specially Serviced Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent not prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement) to the extent the Master Servicer is processing the underlying transaction and 100% of all defeasance fees actually collected during the related Collection Period in connection with the defeasance of a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan, if applicable, (provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any such defeasance fee shall not include any Modification Fees or waiver fees in connection with a defeasance that the Special Servicer is entitled to under this Agreement); (iv) 100% of assumption, waiver, consent and earnout fees and similar fees

 

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pursuant to Section 3.08 and Section 3.18 or other actions performed in connection with this Agreement on the Non-Specially Serviced Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent not prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement) that do not involve Major Decisions; (v) 50% of all assumption, waiver, consent and earnout fees and similar fees (other than assumption application and defeasance fees), pursuant to Section 3.08 and Section 3.18 or other actions performed in connection with this Agreement on (A) any Non-Specially Serviced Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent not prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement) where the action is a Major Decision and (B) any Specially Serviced Loans that are items under clause (i)(C) of Major Decisions or clause (xiii) of the Mural Lofts Major Decisions; (vi) any and all amounts collected for checks returned for insufficient funds related to the accounts held by the Master Servicer; (vii) 100% of charges for beneficiary statements actually paid by the Mortgagors to the extent such beneficiary statements were prepared by the Master Servicer; (viii) any Prepayment Interest Excesses arising from any principal prepayments on the Mortgage Loans; and (ix) interest or other income earned on deposits in the Investment Accounts maintained by the Master Servicer, in accordance with Section 3.06(b) (but only to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings, if any, with respect to any such Investment Account for each Collection Period and, further, in the case of the Servicing Account, only to the extent such interest or other income is not required to be paid to any Mortgagor under applicable law or under the related Mortgage Loan). In addition, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to retain as additional servicing compensation (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) any reasonable review fees for processing Mortgagor requests actually paid by the related Mortgagor and shall not be required to deposit such amounts in the Collection Account or the Companion Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.04(a) or Section 3.04(b), respectively. Subject to Section 3.11(d), the Master Servicer shall also be entitled to additional servicing compensation in the form of Penalty Charges to the extent provided in Section 3.11(d). The Master Servicer shall be required to pay out of its own funds all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including, without limitation, payment of any amounts due and owing to any of its Sub-Servicers and the premiums for any blanket Insurance Policy insuring against hazard losses pursuant to Section 3.07), if and to the extent such expenses are not payable directly out of the Collection Account and the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

With respect to any of the preceding fees as to which both the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer are entitled to receive a portion thereof, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each have the right, but not any obligation, to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion of such fee; provided that (A) neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have the right to reduce or elect not to charge the portion of any such fee due to the other and (B) to the extent either the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer exercises its right to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion in any such fee, the party that reduced or elected not to charge its respective portion of such fee shall not have any right to share in any part of the other party’s portion of such fee. If the Master Servicer decides not to charge any fee, the Special Servicer shall nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which the Special Servicer would have been entitled if the Master Servicer had charged a fee and the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to any of such fee charged by the Special Servicer.

 

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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Master Servicer may, at its option, assign or pledge to any third party or retain for itself the Transferable Servicing Interest; provided, however, that in the event of any resignation or termination of such Master Servicer, all or any portion of the Transferable Servicing Interest may be reduced by the Trustee to the extent reasonably necessary (in the sole discretion of the Trustee) for the Trustee to obtain a qualified successor master servicer that meets the requirements of Section 6.05 and who requires market-rate servicing compensation that accrues at a per annum rate in excess of the Retained Fee Rate, and any such assignment of the Transferable Servicing Interest shall, by its terms be expressly subject to the terms of this Agreement and such reduction. The Master Servicer shall pay the Transferable Servicing Interest to the holder of the Transferable Servicing Interest at such time and to the extent the Master Servicer is entitled to receive payment of its Servicing Fees hereunder, notwithstanding any resignation or termination of the Master Servicer hereunder (subject to reduction pursuant to the preceding sentence).

 

(b)           As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Special Servicing Fee with respect to each Specially Serviced Loan and REO Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any REO Loan relating to a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property). As to each Specially Serviced Loan and REO Loan, the Special Servicing Fee shall accrue from time to time at the Special Servicing Fee Rate and shall be computed on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of such Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, and in the same manner as interest is calculated on the Specially Serviced Loans or REO Loans, as the case may be, and, in connection with any partial month interest payment, for the same period respecting which any related interest payment due on such Specially Serviced Loan or deemed to be due on such REO Loan is computed. The Special Servicing Fee with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan shall cease to accrue if a Liquidation Event occurs with respect to the related Mortgage Loan. The Special Servicing Fee shall be payable monthly, on a loan-by-loan basis, in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.05(a). The right to receive the Special Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of the Special Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement. The Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any Special Servicing Fees with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan.

 

(c)            The Special Servicer shall be entitled to additional servicing compensation in the form of (i) (A) except with respect to items under clause (i)(C) of the definition of Major Decision or clause (xiii) of the Mural Lofts Major Decisions, 100% of Excess Modification Fees related to modifications, waivers, extensions or amendments of any Specially Serviced Loans and (B) 50% of Excess Modification Fees related to modifications, waivers, extensions or amendments of any Specially Serviced Loans under clause (i)(C) of Major Decisions or clause (xiii) of the Mural Lofts Major Decisions, (ii) 100% of assumption application fees received on any Specially Serviced Loans and 100% of such assumption application fees for all Non-Specially Serviced Loans to the extent the Special Servicer is processing the underlying transaction, (iii) (A) except with respect to items under clause (i)(C) of the definition of Major Decisions or clause (xiii) of the Mural Lofts Major Decisions, 100% of assumption, waiver, consent and earnout fees and similar fees, pursuant to Section 3.08 and Section 3.18 or other actions performed in connection with this Agreement on the Specially Serviced Loans or certain other similar fees paid by the related Mortgagor and (b) 50% of assumption, waiver, consent and earnout fees and similar fees, pursuant to Section 3.08 and Section 3.18 or other actions

 

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performed in connection with this Agreement or certain other similar fees paid by the related Mortgagor on the Specially Serviced Loans with respect to items clause (i)(C) of Major Decisions or clause (xiii) of the Mural Lofts Major Decisions; (iv) any and all amounts collected for checks returned for insufficient funds relating to the accounts held by the Special Servicer; (v) 50% of all Excess Modification Fees and assumption, waiver, consent and earnout fees and similar fees pursuant to Section 3.08 or Section 3.18 or other actions performed in connection with this Agreement received with respect to all Non-Specially Serviced Loans (including any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent not prohibited by the related Intercreditor Agreement) to the extent the matter involves a Major Decision, shall be promptly paid to the Special Servicer by the Master Servicer (or directly from the related Mortgagor) to the extent such fees are paid by the Mortgagor and shall not be required to be deposited in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.04(a); (v) 100% of charges for beneficiary statements actually paid by the Mortgagors to the extent such beneficiary statements were prepared by the Special Servicer; and (vii) Penalty Charges paid by the Mortgagors and accrued while the related Mortgage Loans were Specially Serviced Loans to the extent provided in Section 3.11(d). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer may also charge reasonable review fees in connection with any Mortgagor request to the extent actually paid by the Mortgagor. Subject to Section 3.11(d), the Special Servicer shall also be entitled to additional servicing compensation in the form of interest or other income earned on deposits relating to the Trust Fund in the REO Account in accordance with Section 3.06(b) (but only to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings, if any, with respect to such account for the period from and including the prior Distribution Date to and including the Master Servicer Remittance Date related to such Distribution Date).

 

The Special Servicer shall also be entitled to additional servicing compensation in the form of a Workout Fee equal to the lesser of (i) the amount calculated with respect to each Corrected Loan at the Workout Fee Rate on such Corrected Loan for so long as it remains a Corrected Loan and (ii) $1,000,000 in the aggregate with respect to any particular workout of a Corrected Loan; provided, however, that after receipt by the Special Servicer of Workout Fees with respect to such Corrected Loan in an amount equal to $25,000, any Workout Fees in excess of such amount shall be reduced by the Excess Modification Fee Amount; provided, further, however, that in the event the Workout Fee collected over the course of such workout calculated at the Workout Fee Rate is less than $25,000, then the Special Servicer shall be entitled to an amount from the final payment on the related Corrected Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) that would result in the total Workout Fees payable to the Special Servicer in respect of that Corrected Loan (including any related Serviced Companion Loan) to be $25,000. The Workout Fee shall be reduced (but not below zero) pursuant to the preceding sentence with respect to each collection on such Corrected Loan from which fee would otherwise be payable until an amount equal to such Excess Modification Fee Amount has been deducted in full. The Workout Fee with respect to any Corrected Loan will cease to be payable if such loan again becomes a Specially Serviced Loan; provided that a new Workout Fee will become payable if and when such Specially Serviced Loan again becomes a Corrected Loan. The Special Servicer shall not be entitled to any Workout Fee with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. If the Special Servicer is terminated (other than for cause) or resigns, it shall retain the right to receive any and all Workout Fees payable in respect of Mortgage Loans or any related Companion Loan that became Corrected Loans prior to the time of that termination or resignation except the Workout Fees will no longer be payable if the Corrected Loan subsequently becomes a Specially

 

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Serviced Loan. If the Special Servicer resigns or is terminated (other than for cause), it will receive any Workout Fees payable on Specially Serviced Loans for which the resigning or terminated Special Servicer had determined to grant a forbearance or cured the event of default through a modification, restructuring or workout negotiated by the Special Servicer and evidenced by a signed writing, but which had not as of the time the Special Servicer resigned or was terminated become a Corrected Loan solely because the Mortgagor had not had sufficient time to make three consecutive timely Periodic Payments and which subsequently becomes a Corrected Loan as a result of the Mortgagor making such three consecutive timely Periodic Payments. The successor special servicer will not be entitled to any portion of such Workout Fees. The Special Servicer will not be entitled to receive any Workout Fees after termination for cause.

 

A Liquidation Fee will be payable with respect to each Specially Serviced Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or REO Property (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) as to which the Special Servicer receives any Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds subject to the exceptions set forth in the definition of Liquidation Fee (such Liquidation Fee to be paid out of such Liquidation Proceeds, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds). If, however, Liquidation Proceeds or Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds are received with respect to any Corrected Loan and the Special Servicer is properly entitled to a Workout Fee, such Workout Fee will be payable based on and out of the portion of such Liquidation Proceeds and Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds that constitute principal and/or interest on such Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Special Servicer shall only be entitled to receive a Liquidation Fee or a Workout Fee, but not both, with respect to proceeds on any Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Companion Loan, the Liquidation Fee, Workout Fee and Special Servicing Fees, if any, will be computed as provided in the related Intercreditor Agreement or to the extent such Intercreditor Agreement is silent or refers to this Agreement or indicates such fees are paid in accordance with this Agreement, as provided herein as though such Companion Loan were a Mortgage Loan. Subject to Section 3.11(d), the Special Servicer will also be entitled to additional fees in the form of Penalty Charges. The Special Servicer shall be required to pay out of its own funds all expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities hereunder (including, without limitation, payment of any amounts, other than management fees in respect of REO Properties, due and owing to any of its Sub-Servicers and the premiums for any blanket Insurance Policy obtained by it insuring against hazard losses pursuant to Section 3.07), if and to the extent such expenses are not expressly payable directly out of the Collection Account or the REO Account, and the Special Servicer shall not be entitled to reimbursement therefor except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

 

With respect to any of the preceding fees as to which both the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer are entitled to receive a portion thereof, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each have the right, but not any obligation, to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion of such fee; provided that (A) neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have the right to reduce or elect not to charge the portion of any such fee due to the other and (B) to the extent either the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer exercises its right to reduce or elect not to charge its respective portion in any such fee, the party that reduced or elected not to charge its respective portion of such fee shall not have any right to share in any part of the other party’s portion of such fee. If the Master Servicer decides not to charge any fee,

 

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the Special Servicer shall nevertheless be entitled to charge its portion of the related fee to which the Special Servicer would have been entitled if the Master Servicer had charged a fee and the Master Servicer shall not be entitled to any of such fee charged by the Special Servicer.

 

(d)           In determining the compensation of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, with respect to Penalty Charges, on any Distribution Date, the aggregate Penalty Charges collected on any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any related Companion Loan since the prior Distribution Date shall be applied (in such order) to reimburse (i) the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee for interest on Advances on such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, if applicable (and, in connection with a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer or the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee for interest on the Servicing Advances made by any such party with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan pursuant to the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, to the extent not prohibited by the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement) due on such Distribution Date, (ii) the Trust for all interest on Advances previously paid to the Master Servicer or the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(vi) hereof (and, in connection with a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related trust for all interest on Servicing Advances reimbursed by such trust to any party under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, which resulted in an additional expense for the Trust, to the extent not prohibited by the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement) with respect to such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan, if applicable and (iii) the Trust for all additional expenses of the Trust (other than Special Servicing Fees, Workout Fees and Liquidation Fees), including without limitation, inspections by the Special Servicer and all unpaid Advances incurred since the Closing Date with respect to such Mortgage Loan. Penalty Charges (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, which shall be payable as additional servicing compensation under the related Non-Serviced PSA) remaining thereafter shall be distributed to the Master Servicer, if and to the extent accrued while such Mortgage Loan and any related Companion Loan was a Non-Specially Serviced Loan, and to the Special Servicer, if and to the extent accrued on such Mortgage Loan during the period such Mortgage Loan was a Specially Serviced Loan or REO Loan. Any Penalty Charges paid or payable as additional servicing compensation to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be distributed between the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, on a pro rata basis, based on the Master Servicer’s and Special Servicer’s respective entitlements to such compensation described in the previous sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Penalty Charges with respect to any Companion Loan will be allocated pursuant to the applicable Intercreditor Agreement after payment of all related Advances and interest thereon and additional expenses of the Trust in accordance with this Section 3.11(d).

 

If a Servicing Shift Whole Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan prior to the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Special Servicer shall service and administer such Servicing Shift Whole Loan and any related REO Property in the same manner as any other Specially Serviced Loan or Serviced REO Property and shall be entitled to all rights and compensation earned with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan as Special Servicer of such Serviced Whole Loan. With respect to a Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, prior to the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, no other special servicer will be entitled to any such compensation or have such rights and obligations. If a Servicing Shift Whole Loan is still a Specially Serviced Loan on the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Non-Serviced Special Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to compensation with respect to such

 

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Servicing Shift Whole Loan as if the Special Servicer were being terminated as the Special Servicer with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan and the Non-Serviced Special Servicer were replacing the Special Servicer as the successor Special Servicer with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan.

 

If a Servicing Shift Whole Loan is being specially serviced on the applicable Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to compensation for the period during which it acted as Special Servicer with respect to such Whole Loan, including its share of any liquidation or workout fees and any additional servicing compensation as well as all surviving indemnity and other rights in respect of such special servicing role under this Agreement.

 

(e)            With respect to each Distribution Date, the Special Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master Servicer within two (2) Business Days following the Determination Date, and the Master Servicer shall deliver, to the extent it has received, to the Certificate Administrator, without charge and on the Master Servicer Remittance Date, an electronic report (which may include HTML, Word or Excel compatible format, clean and searchable PDF format or such other format as mutually agreeable between the Certificate Administrator and the Special Servicer) that discloses and contains an itemized listing of any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees received by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates, if any, with respect to such Distribution Date; provided that no such report shall be due in any month during which no Disclosable Special Servicer Fees were received.

 

(f)             The Special Servicer and its Affiliates shall be prohibited from receiving or retaining any compensation or any other remuneration (including, without limitation, in the form of commissions, brokerage fees, rebates, or as a result of any other fee-sharing arrangement) from any Person (including, without limitation, the Trust, any Mortgagor, any property manager, any guarantor or indemnitor in respect of a Mortgage Loan and any purchaser of any Mortgage Loan or REO Property) in connection with the disposition, workout or foreclosure of any Mortgage Loan, the management or disposition of any REO Property, or the performance of any other special servicing duties under this Agreement, other than as expressly provided in this Section 3.11; provided that such prohibition shall not apply to Permitted Special Servicer/Affiliate Fees.

 

(g)            Pursuant to the CREFC® License Agreement, CREFC® shall be paid (according to the payment instructions set forth on Exhibit JJ hereto or such other payment instructions as CREFC® may provide to the Master Servicer in writing at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Master Servicer Remittance Date) the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee on a monthly basis. The Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account and, to the extent sufficient funds are on deposit therein, pay the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee to CREFC® in accordance with Section 3.05(a)(xii) on a monthly basis, from funds on deposit in the Collection Account.

 

Section 3.12          Inspections; Collection of Financial Statements. (a) The Master Servicer shall perform (at its own expense), or shall cause to be performed (at its own expense), a physical inspection of each Mortgaged Property relating to a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or a Specially Serviced Loan) with a Stated Principal Balance of

 

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(i) $2,000,000 or more at least once every twelve (12) months and (ii) less than $2,000,000 at least once every twenty-four (24) months, in each case, commencing in the calendar year 2018; provided, however, that if a physical inspection has been performed by the Special Servicer in the previous twelve (12) months and the Master Servicer has no knowledge of a material change in the Mortgaged Property since such physical inspection, the Master Servicer will not be required to perform or cause to be performed, such physical inspection; provided, further, that if any scheduled payment becomes more than sixty (60) days delinquent on the related Mortgage Loan, the Special Servicer shall inspect or cause to be inspected the related Mortgaged Property as soon as practicable after such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan and annually thereafter for so long as such Mortgage Loan remains a Specially Serviced Loan. The cost of such inspection by the Special Servicer pursuant to the second proviso of the immediately preceding sentence shall be an expense of the Trust, and, to the extent not paid by the related Mortgagor, reimbursed first from Penalty Charges actually received from the related Mortgagor and then from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(ii), provided that, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, such cost shall be payable, subject to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement (i) with respect to a Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, in accordance with their respective Stated Principal Balances, or (ii) with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, first, from the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan and then, pro rata and pari passu, from the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (if any), in accordance with the respective Stated Principal Balances of the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (provided that, with respect to any AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise modify the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which any amounts collected with respect to the related Whole Loan are allocated to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan and AB Subordinate Companion Loan), in each case, prior to being payable out of general collections. The Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, shall prepare or cause to be prepared a written report of each such inspection detailing the condition of and any damage to the Mortgaged Property to the extent evident from the inspection and specifying the existence of (i) any vacancy in the Mortgaged Property that the preparer of such report has knowledge of and deems material, (ii) any sale, transfer or abandonment of the Mortgaged Property of which the preparer of such report has knowledge or that is evident from the inspection, (iii) any adverse change in the condition of the Mortgaged Property of which the preparer of such report has knowledge or that is evident from the inspection, and that the preparer of such report deems material, (iv) any visible material waste committed on the Mortgaged Property of which the preparer of such report has knowledge or that is evident from the inspection and (v) photographs of each inspected Mortgaged Property. The Special Servicer and the Master Servicer shall deliver or, if applicable, make available on its website a copy (in electronic format) of each such report prepared by the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, to the other party, to the Directing Certificateholder ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) and to the Trustee within seven (7) Business Days after the later of (i) the completion of such report or (ii) the Special Servicer’s or the Master Servicer’s, as applicable, receipt of such report, provided that the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts to obtain such report within 30 days after completion of the related inspection. Within five (5) Business Days after request for copies of such reports by the Rating Agencies,

 

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the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver or make available a copy (in electronic format) of each such report prepared by the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer, as applicable, to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. In respect of any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan and prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Master Servicer shall deliver a copy of each such report to the Directing Certificateholder and upon request to each Controlling Class Certificateholder (which request may state that such items may be delivered until further notice).

 

(b)           The Special Servicer, in the case of any Specially Serviced Loan, and the Master Servicer, in the case of any Non-Specially Serviced Loan shall make reasonable efforts to collect promptly and review from each related Mortgagor quarterly and annual operating statements, financial statements, budgets and rent rolls of the related Mortgaged Property, and the quarterly and annual financial statements of such Mortgagor, whether or not delivery of such items is required pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents and any other reports or documents required to be delivered under the terms of the Mortgage Loans (and each Serviced Companion Loan), if delivery of such items is required pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan (and each Serviced Companion Loan) documents. The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not be required to request such operating statements or rent rolls more than once if the related Mortgagor is not required to deliver such statements pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan documents. In addition, the Special Servicer shall cause quarterly and annual operating statements, budgets and rent rolls to be regularly prepared in respect of each REO Property and shall collect all such items promptly following their preparation. The Special Servicer shall deliver all such items to the Master Servicer within five (5) Business Days of receipt, and the Master Servicer shall make available on its website copies of all the foregoing items so collected to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder and the Depositor, in electronic format, in each case within thirty (30) days of its receipt thereof, but in no event, in the case of annual statements, later than June 30 of each year commencing June 30, 2018. Upon the request of any Privileged Person (other than the NRSROs) to receive copies of such items, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver electronic copies of such items to the Certificate Administrator to be posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver, upon request of any Rating Agency, copies of all of the foregoing items so collected thereby to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.13(c); provided, however, that upon the request of any NRSRO to receive copies of any portion of such items, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver additional copies of the requested items so collected thereby to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.13(c).

 

Within forty-five (45) days after receipt by the Master Servicer, with respect to all Non-Specially Serviced Loans it is responsible for servicing hereunder, or the Special Servicer with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), of any quarterly and annual operating statements or rent rolls beginning with the quarter ending March 31, 2018 (if the related Mortgagor provides sufficient information to report pursuant to CREFC® guidelines) and the calendar year ending December 31, 2018 with respect to any Mortgaged Property or REO Property, such Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall, based upon such operating statements or rent rolls received, prepare (or, if previously prepared, update) the analysis of operations and the CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet and the CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report; provided that any such

 

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CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report and/or CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet shall not be required to be prepared or updated with respect to year-end or the first calendar quarter of each year to the extent provided by the then-current CREFC® Investor Reporting Package. Upon the occurrence and continuation of a Servicing Transfer Event, the Master Servicer shall provide the Special Servicer with all prior CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Reports and CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheets for the related Mortgage Loan (including underwritten figures), and the Special Servicer’s obligations hereunder shall be subject to its having received all such reports. The Master Servicer (with respect to non-Specially Serviced Loans) will deliver, or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties) shall forward to the Master Servicer who shall, upon request of any Rating Agency (which request may be made directly to the Master Servicer, concurrently with posting such request on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website via the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool), deliver copies electronically of all operating statements and rent rolls received from any Mortgagor to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.13(c) and 3.13(d), and the Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall, upon request, make available to the other and (prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event) the Directing Certificateholder electronically monthly copies of all the foregoing items so collected thereby. All CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Reports and CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheets shall be maintained by the Master Servicer with respect to each Mortgaged Property (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) and REO Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), and the Master Servicer shall forward copies (in electronic format) thereof and the related operating statements or rent rolls (in each case, promptly following the initial preparation and each material revision thereof) upon request of the Certificate Administrator to the Certificate Administrator (notwithstanding the Certificate Administrator’s receipt of the same pursuant to Section 3.12(b)) and upon request of a Rating Agency to the 17g-5 Information Provider (and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post all such items to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website), and upon request, shall make such items available to the Operating Advisor, the Directing Certificateholder, and with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, the related Companion Holder and the Special Servicer. The Master Servicer shall maintain a CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report and a CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet with respect to each Mortgaged Property (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) or REO Property (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property).

 

(c)            At or before 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on each Determination Date, the Special Servicer shall prepare and deliver or cause to be delivered to the Master Servicer and, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder, the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File and any applicable CREFC® Loan Liquidation Reports, CREFC® Loan Modification Reports and CREFC® REO Liquidation Reports with respect to the Specially Serviced Loans (excluding, for the Directing Certificateholder, any Excluded Loans) and any REO Properties (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), providing the information required of the Special Servicer in an electronic format, reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer as of the Business Day preceding such Determination Date, which CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File shall include data, to enable the Master Servicer to produce the following supplemental CREFC® reports: (i) a CREFC® Delinquent Loan Status Report, (ii) a CREFC® Historical Loan Modification/Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report, (iii) a CREFC® REO Status Report, (iv) a CREFC® Comparative Financial Status Report and (v) a CREFC® NOI Adjustment Worksheet and a CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report, in

 

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each case with the supporting financial statements, budgets, operating statements and rent rolls submitted by the Mortgagor.

 

(d)           Not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Master Servicer Remittance Date beginning November 2017, the Master Servicer shall prepare (if and to the extent necessary) and deliver or cause to be delivered in electronic format to the Certificate Administrator the following reports and data files: (A) to the extent the Master Servicer has received the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File at the time required, the most recent CREFC® Delinquent Loan Status Report, CREFC® Historical Loan Modification/Forbearance and Corrected Mortgage Loan Report and the CREFC® REO Status Report, (B) CREFC® Loan Setup File (with respect to the first Distribution Date), (C) the most recent CREFC® Property File, and CREFC® Comparative Financial Status Report (in each case incorporating the data required to be included in the CREFC® Special Servicer Loan File pursuant to Section 3.12(c) by the Special Servicer and Master Servicer), (D) a CREFC® Servicer Watch List with information that is current as of such Determination Date, (E) CREFC® Financial File, (F) CREFC® Loan Level Reserve/LOC Report, (G) the CREFC® Advance Recovery Report, (H) CREFC® Total Loan Report and (I) the report on Disclosable Special Servicer Fees delivered pursuant to Section 3.11(e) to the extent received from the Special Servicer, if any. Additionally, not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Master Servicer Remittance Date beginning November 2017, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered in electronic format to the Certificate Administrator any applicable CREFC® Loan Liquidation Reports, CREFC® Loan Modification Reports and CREFC® REO Liquidation Reports received from the Special Servicer. Not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) two (2) Business Days prior to the Distribution Date beginning in November 2017, the Master Servicer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Certificate Administrator via electronic format the CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File and the CREFC® Appraisal Reduction Amount Template, if provided for such Distribution Date. In no event shall any report described in this subsection be required to reflect information that has not been collected by or delivered to the Master Servicer, or any payments or collections not received by the Master Servicer, as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Business Day on which the report is due. In no event shall any report described in this subsection be required to reflect information that has not been collected by or delivered to the Master Servicer, or any payments or collections not received by the Master Servicer, as of the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Business Day on which the report is due.

 

Not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) two calendar days (or if the second calendar day is not a Business Day, then the immediately succeeding Business Day) following the Distribution Date beginning November 2017, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator the CREFC® Schedule AL File in EDGAR-Compatible Format; provided, that the Master Servicer shall have no obligation to prepare or deliver any such CREFC® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File unless the Depositor has delivered the items required by Section 2.01(j) in both EDGAR-Compatible Format and Excel Format. If the CREFC® Schedule AL File is not provided by the time set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Certificate Administrator shall request such CREFC® Schedule AL File from the Master Servicer via email at NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com, with a copy to the Depositor at US_CMBS_Notice@jpmorgan.com. In preparing the CREFC® Schedule AL File and any Schedule AL Additional File for any given Distribution Date, and without any due diligence, investigation or verification, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely,

 

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absent manifest error, on the content, completeness, accuracy and compliance with any applicable requirements of Items 1111(h) and 1125 of Regulation AB and Item 601(b) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act as in effect on the Closing Date of the Initial Schedule AL File, Initial Schedule AL Additional File and the Annex A-1 to the Prospectus. The Master Servicer may concurrently with the delivery of the related CREFC® Schedule AL File, deliver any related Schedule AL Additional File in EDGAR-Compatible Format to the Certificate Administrator. The CREFC® Schedule AL File and the Schedule AL Additional File shall each be a single file. Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Master Servicer shall be required to combine multiple CREFC® Schedule AL Files or Schedule AL Additional Files, unless, solely with respect to the Master Servicer, multiple Sub-Servicers prepare and submit such CREFC® Schedule AL Files or Schedule AL Additional Files to the Master Servicer. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to review, redact, reconcile, edit or verify the content, completeness or accuracy of the information contained in any CREFC® Schedule AL File or any Schedule AL Additional File.

 

In the absence of manifest error, the Master Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon, without investigation or inquiry, any information and reports delivered to it by any third party, and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon the Master Servicer’s reports and the Special Servicer’s reports and any information provided by the Trustee, without any duty or obligation to recompute, verify or recalculate any of the amounts and other information stated therein.

 

(e)            The Special Servicer shall deliver to the Master Servicer the reports and information required of the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(b) and Section 3.12(c), and the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Certificate Administrator the reports and data files set forth in Section 3.12(d). The Master Servicer may, absent manifest error, conclusively rely on the reports and/or data to be provided by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(b) and Section 3.12(c). The Certificate Administrator may, absent manifest error, conclusively rely on the reports and/or data to be provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(d). In the case of information or reports to be furnished by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.12(d), to the extent that such information or reports are, in turn, based on information or reports to be provided by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(b) or Section 3.12(c) and to the extent that such reports are to be prepared and delivered by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.12(b) or Section 3.12(c), the Master Servicer shall have no obligation to provide such information or reports to the Certificate Administrator until it has received the requisite information or reports from the Special Servicer, and the Master Servicer shall not be in default hereunder due to a delay in providing the reports required by Section 3.12(d) caused by the Special Servicer’s failure to timely provide any information or report required under Section 3.12(b) or Section 3.12(c) of this Agreement.

 

(f)             Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, the failure of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer to disclose any information otherwise required to be disclosed by this Section 3.12 shall not constitute a breach of this Section 3.12 to the extent the Master Servicer or Special Servicer so fails because such disclosure, in the reasonable belief of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, would violate any applicable law or any provision of a Mortgage Loan document prohibiting disclosure of information with respect to the Mortgage Loans or Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer and Special Servicer may disclose any

 

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such information or any additional information to any Person so long as such disclosure is consistent with applicable law and the Servicing Standard. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may affix to any information provided by it any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion (without suggesting liability on the part of any other party hereto).

 

(g)            Unless otherwise specifically stated herein, if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is required to deliver any statement, report or information under any provisions of this Agreement, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may satisfy such obligation by (x) physically delivering a paper copy of such statement, report or information, (y) delivering such statement, report or information in a commonly used electronic format or (z) except with respect to information to be provided to the Certificate Administrator or any Companion Holder and, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder, making such statement, report or information available on the Master Servicer’s Internet website, unless this Agreement expressly specifies a particular method of delivery.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall deliver any required statements, reports or other information to the Certificate Administrator in an electronic format mutually agreeable to the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may physically deliver a paper copy of any such statement, report or information as a temporary measure due to system problems, however, copies in electronic format shall follow upon the correction of such system problems.

 

Section 3.13          Access to Certain Information. (a) Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall provide or cause to be provided to the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator shall afford access to any Mortgage Loan Seller and to any Certificateholder that is a federally insured financial institution, the OCC, the FDIC, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America and the supervisory agents and examiners of such boards and such corporations, and any other federal or state banking or insurance regulatory authority that may exercise authority over any such Certificateholder, and to each Holder of a Non-Registered Certificate, access to any documentation or information regarding the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is a portion of a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Loan, and the Trust within its control which may be required by applicable law. At the election of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator, such access may be afforded to such Person identified above by the delivery of copies of information as requested by such Person and the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator shall be permitted to require payment (other than from the Directing Certificateholder and the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator on its own behalf or on behalf of the Certificateholders, as applicable) of a sum sufficient to cover the reasonable out-of-pocket costs incurred by it in making such copies. Such access shall (except as described in the preceding sentence) be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Certificate Administrator or the Custodian.

 

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The failure of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer to provide access as provided in this Section 3.13 as a result of a confidentiality obligation shall not constitute a breach of this Section 3.13. In connection with providing information pursuant to this Section 3.13, the Master Servicer and Special Servicer may each (i) affix a reasonable disclaimer to any information provided by it for which it is not the original source (without suggesting liability on the part of any other party hereto); (ii) affix to any information provided by it a reasonable statement regarding securities law restrictions on such information and/or condition access to information on (x) the execution of a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit X, or (y) execution of a “click-through” confidentiality agreement if such information is being provided through the Master Servicer’s Internet website; (iii) withhold access to confidential information or any intellectual property; and/or (iv) withhold access to items of information contained in the Servicing File for any Mortgage Loan if the disclosure of such items is prohibited by applicable law or the provisions of any related Mortgage Loan documents or would constitute a waiver of the attorney-client privilege. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the failure of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to disclose any information otherwise required to be disclosed by it pursuant to this Agreement shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement to the extent that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, determines, in its reasonable good faith judgment consistent with the applicable Servicing Standard, that such disclosure would violate applicable law or any provision of a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan document prohibiting disclosure of information with respect to the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans or the Mortgaged Properties, constitute a waiver of the attorney-client privilege on behalf of the Trust or the Trust or otherwise materially harm the Trust or the Trust. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer may refrain from disclosing information that it reasonably determines would prejudice the interest of the Certificateholders with respect to a workout or exercise of remedies as to any particular Mortgage Loan.

 

Upon the reasonable request of any Certificateholder (or the holder of a Serviced AB Subordinate Companion Loan) that is a Privileged Person identified to the Master Servicer’s reasonable satisfaction, the Master Servicer may provide (or forward electronically) (at the expense of such Certificateholder or holder of such Serviced AB Subordinate Companion Loan, as applicable) copies of any appraisals, operating statements, rent rolls and financial statements (in each case, solely relating to the related Serviced Whole Loan, if requested by the holder of a Serviced AB Subordinate Companion Loan) obtained by the Master Servicer; provided that, in connection therewith, the Master Servicer may require a written confirmation executed by the requesting Person substantially in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer, generally to the effect that such Person is a Certificateholder (or an investment advisor for a Certificateholder), a Certificate Owner or holder of a Serviced AB Subordinate Companion Loan and a Privileged Person and will keep such information confidential and shall use such information only for the purpose of analyzing asset performance and evaluating any continuing rights it may have with respect to the Trust. For the avoidance of doubt, the Master Servicer shall not make any Asset Status Reports available to any Certificateholders on its website. None of the parties to this Agreement shall provide any Asset Status Report or any Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator.

 

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with respect to the Directing Certificateholder), unless required by applicable law or court order, no Certificateholder or beneficial owner shall be given access to, or be provided copies of, the Mortgage Files or Diligence Files.

 

(b)          The Certificate Administrator shall make available to Privileged Persons (provided that the Prospectus, Distribution Date Statements, Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements, this Agreement and the Commission EDGAR filings referred to below will be available to the general public) via the Certificate Administrator’s Website, the following items, in each case, to the extent such items were prepared by or delivered to the Certificate Administrator in electronic format:

 

(i)           The following documents, which will initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “deal documents”:

 

(A)           the Prospectus and any other disclosure document relating to the Offered Certificates, in the form most recently provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Depositor or by any Person designated by the Depositor;

 

(B)            this Agreement and any amendments and exhibits hereto;

 

(C)            each Sub-Servicing Agreement delivered to the Certificate Administrator on and after the Closing date;

 

(D)            the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and any amendments and exhibits thereto; and

 

(E)             the CREFC® Loan Setup File provided by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator;

 

(ii)            the following documents, which will initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “SEC EDGAR filings”;

 

(A)           any reports on Forms 10-D, 10-K, 8-K and ABS-EE that have been filed by the Certificate Administrator with respect to the Trust through the EDGAR system;

 

(iii)           The following documents, which will initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “periodic reports”:

 

(A)           all Distribution Date Statements prepared by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.02;

 

(B)           the CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File, the CREFC® Bond Level File, the CREFC® Collateral Summary File, the CREFC® Property File, each of the “surveillance reports” identified as such in the definition of “CREFC® Investor Reporting Package” (including, without limitation, the CREFC® Operating Statement Analysis Report and the CREFC® NOI Adjustment

 

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Worksheets), the CREFC® Advance Recovery Report to the extent delivered by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Agreement from time to time; and

 

(C)           all Operating Advisor Annual Reports;

 

(iv)           The following documents, which will initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “additional documents”:

 

(A)           summaries of Final Asset Status Reports or, prior to an AB Control Appraisal Period, summaries of Asset Status Reports approved by the holder of the related Companion Loan, and related information delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.19(d);

 

(B)           all property inspection reports and environmental reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.12(a); and

 

(C)           any Appraisals delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.19;

 

(D)           the CREFC® Appraisal Reduction Amount Template or a detailed worksheet showing the calculation of each Appraisal Reduction Amount, Collateral Deficiency Amount, and Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount on a current and cumulative basis;

 

(v)            The following documents, which will initially be made available under a tab or heading designated “special notices”:

 

(A)           any notice with respect to a release pursuant to Section 3.09(d);

 

(B)           any notice regarding a waiver, modification or amendment of the terms of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to Section 3.18(e);

 

(C)           any notice of final payment on the Certificates delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.01(h);

 

(D)           any notice of the occurrence of any Servicer Termination Event or termination of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer delivered pursuant to Section 7.01;

 

(E)           any notice of the Certificate Administrator’s determination that an Asset Review Trigger has occurred and any other notice required to be delivered to the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 12.01;

 

(F)           any Asset Review Report Summary received by the Certificate Administrator;

 

(G)           [Reserved];

 

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(H)           any notice of resignation of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, and any notice of the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or the successor certificate administrator pursuant to Section 8.07 or Section 8.08;

 

(I)             any Officer’s Certificate supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance;

 

(J)            any notice of resignation or termination of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.03;

 

(K)           any notice of termination pursuant to Section 9.01;

 

(L)           any notice of resignation or termination of the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer and any notice of the acceptance of appointment by the successor operating advisor or the successor asset representations reviewer pursuant to Section 3.26 or Section 12.03, respectively;

 

(M)         any notice of any request by requisite percentage of Certificateholders for a vote to terminate the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01(d), the Operating Advisor pursuant to Section 3.26(j) or the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 12.05(b);

 

(N)          any notice of recommendation of termination of the Special Servicer by the Operating Advisor and the related report prepared by the Operating Advisor in connection with such recommendation;

 

(O)          any notice that a Control Termination Event has occurred or is terminated or that a Consultation Termination Event has occurred;

 

(P)           any notice that an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred or is terminated;

 

(Q)           any notice of the occurrence of an Operating Advisor Termination Event;

 

(R)           any notice of the occurrence of an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event;

 

(S)           any Proposed Course of Action Notice;

 

(T)           any assessments of compliance delivered to the Certificate Administrator;

 

(U)           any attestation reports delivered to the Certificate Administrator

 

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(V)           any notice or documents provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Depositor or the Master Servicer with a direction to post such notice or documents to the “Special Notices” tab;

 

(W)          any “special notices” required by a Certificateholder to be posted on the Certificate Administrator’s website pursuant to Section 5.06;

 

(vi)           the “Investor Q&A Forum” pursuant to Section 4.07(a);

 

(vii)          solely to any of the Certificateholders and the Certificate Owners that are Privileged Persons, the “Investor Registry” pursuant to Section 4.07(b); and

 

(viii)         the “Risk Retention Special Notices” tab;

 

provided that with respect to a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event deemed to exist due solely to the existence of an Excluded Loan, the Certificate Administrator will only be required to make available such notice of the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event or the notice of the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event to the extent the Certificate Administrator has been notified of such Excluded Loan.

 

The Certificate Administrator shall, in addition to posting the applicable notices on the “Risk Retention Special Notices” tab described in clause (viii) above, (i) provide email notification to any Privileged Person (other than Financial Market Publishers) that has registered to receive access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website that a notice has been posted to the “Risk Retention Special Notices” tab and (ii) include a fixed statement in the Distribution Date Statement that risk retention notices, if any, can be found on the “Risk Retention Special Notices” tab.

 

In the event that the Retaining Sponsor determines that the Third Party Purchaser no longer complies with the provisions of the Risk Retention Rule related to (a) number of third-party purchasers, (b) source of funds, (c) third-party review, (d) affiliation and control rights and (e) hedging, transfer and pledging, it will be required to send a written notice of such non-compliance to the Certificate Administrator who will post such notice on its website under the “Risk Retention Special Notices” tab.

 

Notwithstanding the description set forth above, for purposes of obtaining information or access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website, all Excluded Information shall be made available under one separate tab or heading rather than under the headings described above in the preceding paragraph.

 

The Certificate Administrator shall post on the Certificate Administrator’s Website the items and reports identified in clauses (iii)(A) and (B) above on each Distribution Date. In addition, if the Depositor so directs the Certificate Administrator, and on terms acceptable to the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Administrator shall make certain other information and reports related to the Mortgage Loans available through its Internet website.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Excluded Information shall be made available under a separate tab or heading designated “Excluded Information” on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (and not under any of the tabs or headings described in items (i) through (vii) above) and made available to Privileged Persons other than any Excluded Controlling Class Holder that is a Borrower Party (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s)).

 

Any Person (other than the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder) that is a Borrower Party shall only be entitled to access the Distribution Date Statements and the following items made available to the general public: the Prospectus, this Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreements and the SEC filings on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. In the case of the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, if any such Person becomes an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, upon delivery to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in physical form of an investor certification substantially in the form Exhibit P-1E and upon delivery to the Certificate Administrator in physical form of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1F, which shall include each of the CTSLink User ID associated with such Excluded Controlling Class Holder, such Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall be entitled to access all information (other than the Excluded Information with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loans (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loans)) available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

In the case of the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, upon delivery of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1B hereto, such Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder shall be entitled to access all information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee may each rely on (i) an investor certification in the form of Exhibit P-1B hereto from the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder to the effect that such Person is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder and (ii) an investor certification in the form of Exhibit P-1D hereto from the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder to the effect that such Person is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to one or more Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s). In the event the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder becomes an Excluded Controlling Class Holder, such party shall promptly notify each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee in writing substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1E that such party has become an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to the Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s) listed in such notice and shall also provide the Certificate Administrator a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1F listing each of the CTSLink User ID associated with such Excluded Controlling Class Holder and directing the Certificate Administrator to restrict such Excluded Controlling Class Holder’s access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website as and to the extent provided in this Agreement. Upon confirmation from the Certificate Administrator that such access has been restricted, such Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall submit a new investor

 

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certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1D to access the information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, except that such Excluded Controlling Class Holder shall not be entitled to access any Excluded Information related to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s) (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan(s)) made available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website. With respect to any Excluded Information sent for posting on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor shall mark or label such information as “Excluded Information” prior to delivery to the Certificate Administrator, and the Certificate Administrator shall segregate on the Certificate Administrator’s Website such Excluded Information (and, if possible, on loan-by-loan basis) from information relating to other Mortgage Loans or Whole Loans, as applicable.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively assume that the Directing Certificateholder and all beneficial owners of the Certificates of the Controlling Class are not Excluded Controlling Class Holders except to the extent that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, has received a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1E from the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder that it has become an Excluded Controlling Class Holder. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator shall be liable for any communication to the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder that is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder or disclosure of any information relating to an Excluded Controlling Class Loan (including any related Excluded Information delivered to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website) if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, did not receive prior written notice that the related Mortgage Loan is an Excluded Controlling Class Loan and/or, with respect to any related Excluded Information posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, such information was not delivered to the Certificate Administrator in accordance with Section 3.33(a).

 

Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on delivery from the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder of an investor certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1B that it is not or is no longer an Excluded Controlling Class Holder. To the extent the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder receives access pursuant to this Agreement to any Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information, such Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide any such Excluded Information to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any related Excluded Controlling Class Holder, (C) any employees or personnel of such Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder or any of its Affiliate involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (D) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient

 

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internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

 

The Certificate Administrator makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy or completeness of any report, document or other information made available on its Internet website and assumes no responsibility therefor, other than with respect to such reports, documents or other information prepared by the Certificate Administrator. In addition, the Certificate Administrator may disclaim responsibility for any information distributed by it for which it is not the original source. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for any disclosure of information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan to the extent such information was included in the Asset Status Report or the Final Asset Status Report delivered to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website and not properly identified as relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan.

 

In connection with providing access to the Certificate Administrator’s Website (other than with respect to access provided to the general public in accordance with Section 3.13(b)), the Certificate Administrator may require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer. The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for the dissemination of information in accordance herewith. Questions regarding the Certificate Administrator’s Website can be directed to the Certificate Administrator’s CMBS customer service desk at (866) 846-4526.

 

(c)            The 17g-5 Information Provider shall make available solely to the Depositor and the NRSROs the following items to the extent such items are delivered to it (in the form of an electronic document suitable for posting) via electronic mail at 17g5informationprovider@wellsfargo.com, specifically with a subject reference of “JPMDB 2017-C7” and an identification of the type of information being provided in the body of such electronic mail; or via any alternative electronic mail address following notice to the parties hereto or any other delivery method established or approved by the 17g-5 Information Provider if or as may be necessary or beneficial:

 

(i)             any notices of waivers under Section 3.08(c);

 

(ii)            any Final Asset Status Report delivered by the Special Servicer under Section 3.19(d);

 

(iii)           any notice of final payment on the Certificates;

 

(iv)           any environmental reports delivered by the Special Servicer under Section 3.09(e);

 

(v)            any Appraisals delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.19;

 

(vi)           any annual statements as to compliance and related Officer’s Certificates delivered under Section 11.09 or 11.10;

 

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(vii)          any annual independent public accountants’ attestation reports delivered pursuant to Section 11.11;

 

(viii)         any notice to the Rating Agencies relating to the Special Servicer’s determination to take action without receiving Rating Agency Confirmation from any Rating Agency as set forth in Section 3.25(a);

 

(ix)           copies of requests or questions that were submitted by the Rating Agencies relating to a request for Rating Agency Confirmation;

 

(x)            any requests for Rating Agency Confirmation that are delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to Section 3.25(a);

 

(xi)           any notice of resignation of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator and any notice of the acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or the successor certificate administrator pursuant to Section 8.07 or Section 8.08;

 

(xii)          any Officer’s Certificate supporting any determination that any Advance was (or, if made, would be) a Nonrecoverable Advance;

 

(xiii)         any notice of a Servicer Termination Event or termination of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer delivered pursuant to Section 7.01;

 

(xiv)         any notice of the merger or consolidation of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.09;

 

(xv)          any notice of any amendment that modifies the procedures herein relating to Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act pursuant to Section 13.01(a)(ix);

 

(xvi)         any Operating Advisor Annual Report pursuant to Section 3.26;

 

(xvii)        any summary of oral communication with the Rating Agencies or any written question or request from the Rating Agencies directed toward the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator or Trustee regarding any of the information delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to this Section 3.13(c) or regarding any request for a Rating Agency Confirmation or regarding any of the Mortgage Loan documents or any matter related to the Certificates, the Mortgage Loans, any related Companion Loan, the related Mortgaged Properties, the related Mortgagors or any other matters related to this Agreement or any applicable Intercreditor Agreement; provided that the summary of such oral communication shall not identify the Rating Agency with whom the communication was held pursuant to Section 3.13(g);

 

(xviii)        any other information delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider pursuant to this Agreement including, without limitation, Section 2.03(b), Section 3.07(a), Section 3.12, Section 3.17(c), Section 3.18(e), Section 11.09 or Section 11.10; and

 

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(xix)           any other information delivered to the Rating Agencies pursuant to this Agreement including, without limitation, Section 13.10.

 

The foregoing information shall be made available by the 17g-5 Information Provider on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. Information will be posted on the same Business Day of receipt provided that such information is received by 2:00 p.m., New York City time, or, if received after 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the next Business Day by 12:00 p.m. New York City time; provided, however, any information delivered pursuant to Section 3.13(d) shall be posted in accordance with Section 3.13(d). The 17g-5 Information Provider shall have no obligation or duty to verify, confirm or otherwise determine whether the information being delivered is accurate, complete, conforms to the transaction, or otherwise is or is not anything other than what it purports to be. In the event that any information is delivered or posted in error, each of the Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider may remove such information from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. The Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider have not obtained and shall not be deemed to have obtained actual knowledge of any information merely by posting such information to the Certificate Administrator’s Website or the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website to the extent such information was not produced by the Certificate Administrator or the 17g-5 Information Provider, as applicable. Access shall be provided by the 17g-5 Information Provider to the NRSROs upon receipt of an NRSRO Certification in the form of Exhibit P-2 hereto (which certification may be submitted electronically via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website). If a Rating Agency requests access to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, access shall be granted by the 17g-5 Information Provider on the same Business Day, provided that such request is made prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Business Day, or if received after 2:00 p.m., New York City time, on the following Business Day. Questions regarding delivery of information to the 17g-5 Information Provider may be directed to (866) 846-4526 or 17g5informationprovider@wellsfargo.com (specifically referencing “JPMDB 2017-C7” in the subject line).

 

Upon delivery by the Depositor to the 17g-5 Information Provider of information designated by the Depositor as pre-closing information from the Depositor’s 17g-5 Website (the “Pre-close Information”), the 17g-5 Information Provider shall make such information available only to the Depositor and to NRSROs via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to this Section 3.13(c). Such information shall be provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider via electronic media and delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider as mutually agreed. The Depositor shall not be entitled to direct the 17g-5 Information Provider to provide access to the Pre-close Information or any other information on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website to any designee or third party.

 

Upon request of the Depositor or the Rating Agencies, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website any additional information requested by the Depositor or the Rating Agencies to the extent such information is delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider electronically in accordance with this Section 3.13. In no event shall the 17g-5 Information Provider disclose on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website the Rating Agency that requested such additional information.

 

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Except as provided in Section 3.13(d) below, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may, but shall not be obligated to send such information, report, notice or document to the applicable Rating Agency so long as such information, report, notice or document (i) was previously provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider or (ii) is simultaneously provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider.

 

The 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify any party that delivers information to the 17g-5 Information Provider under this Agreement that such information was received and that it has been posted. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify each Person that has signed-up for access to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in respect of the transaction governed by this Agreement each time an additional document is posted to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website and such notice shall specifically identify such document in the subject line or otherwise in the body of the email notice. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall send such notice to such Person’s email address provided by and used by such Person for the purpose of accessing the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, including a general email address if such general email address has been provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider in connection with a completed NRSRO Certification in the form of Exhibit P-2 hereto.

 

Any information required to be delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider by any party under this Agreement shall be delivered to it via electronic mail at 17g5informationprovider@wellsfargo.com, specifically with a subject reference of “JPMDB 2017-C7” and an identification of the type of information being provided in the body of such electronic mail, or via any alternative electronic mail address following notice to the parties hereto or any other delivery method established or approved by the 17g-5 Information Provider.

 

(d)           The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may, but shall not be obligated to, provide bulk information that relates to two or more transactions to the 17g-5 Information Provider. Any such information shall be posted by the 17g-5 Information Provider and the 17g-5 Information Provider may, but shall not be obligated to, post such information in accordance with the timeframe provided in Section 3.13(c) above, provided, however, that if the 17g-5 Information Provider is not able to post such information in accordance with the timeframe in Section 3.13(c), then it shall post such information within a reasonable time.

 

(e)            Certain information concerning the Mortgage Loans and the Certificates (including the Distribution Date Statements, CREFC® reports and supplemental notices with respect to such Distribution Date Statements and CREFC® reports) shall be provided by the Certificate Administrator to third parties (including Bloomberg, L.P., Trepp, LLC, Intex Solutions, Inc., BlackRock Financial Management Inc., Interactive Data Corporation, CMBS.com, Inc., Markit Group Limited, Moody’s Analytics, MBS Data, LLC and Thomson Reuters Corporation) with the consent of the Depositor, and providing such information shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator. Such information will be made available to such third parties upon receipt of a certificate in the form of Exhibit P-3 hereto, which certification may be submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

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make available, solely with respect to the Master Servicer, through the Master Servicer’s Internet website or, with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, otherwise, any additional information relating to the Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), any related Serviced Companion Loan, the Mortgaged Properties (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), or the related Mortgagors, for review by the Depositor, the Underwriters and any other Persons who deliver an Investor Certification in accordance with this Section 3.13 and the Rating Agencies (collectively, the “Disclosure Parties”) (only to the extent such additional information is simultaneously delivered to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.13(c)), in each case, except to the extent doing so is prohibited by this Agreement (including without limitation, any prohibitions on dissemination of any confidential information, including, without limitation, any Privileged Information), applicable law or by the related Mortgage Loan documents. Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to (i) indicate the source of such information and affix thereto any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its discretion and/or (ii) require that the recipient of such information (A) except for the Depositor and the Rating Agencies, enter into (x) an Investor Certification, (y) a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit X or (z) a “click-through” confidentiality agreement if such information is being provided through the Master Servicer’s Internet website, and (B) acknowledge that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may contemporaneously provide such information to any other Disclosure Party. In addition, to the extent access to such information is provided via the Master Servicer’s Internet website, the Master Servicer may require registration and the acceptance of a reasonable and customary disclaimer and/or an additional or alternative agreement as to the confidential nature of such information. In connection with providing access to or copies of the information described in this Section 3.13(f) to current or prospective Certificateholders the form of confidentiality agreement used by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be: (i) in the case of a Certificateholder, an Investor Certification executed by the requesting Person indicating that such Person is a Holder of Certificates and will keep such information confidential (except that such Certificateholder may provide such information (x) to its auditors, legal counsel and regulators and (y) to any other Person that holds or is contemplating the purchase of any Certificate or interest therein (provided that such other Person confirms in writing such ownership interest or prospective ownership interest and agrees to keep such information confidential)); and (ii) in the case of a prospective purchaser of Certificates or interests therein or an investment advisor related thereto, an Investor Certification indicating that such Person is a prospective purchaser of a Certificate or an interest therein or an investment advisor related thereto and is requesting the information for use in evaluating a possible investment in Certificates and will otherwise keep such information confidential with no further dissemination (except that such Person may provide such information to its auditors, legal counsel and regulators). In the case of a licensed or registered investment advisor acting on behalf of a current or prospective Certificateholder, the Investor Certification shall be executed and delivered by both the investment advisor and such current or prospective Certificateholder.

 

Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be liable for its dissemination of information in accordance with this Agreement or by others in violation of the terms of this Agreement. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be responsible or have any liability for the completeness or accuracy of the information delivered, produced or otherwise made available pursuant to this Section 3.13 unless such information was produced by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable.

 

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(g)            The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall be permitted (but not obligated) to orally communicate with the Rating Agencies regarding any of the Mortgage Loan documents and any other matter related to the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgaged Properties, the related Mortgagors or any other matters relating to this Agreement or related Intercreditor Agreement; provided that such party summarizes the information provided to the Rating Agencies in such communication in writing and provides the 17g-5 Information Provider with such written summary in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.13(c) the same day such communication takes place; provided, further, that the summary of such oral communications shall not identify which Rating Agency the communication was with. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such written summary on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.13(c).

 

(h)            The Special Servicer, subject to the limitations on delivery of Privileged Communications, shall deliver to the Operating Advisor such reports and other information produced or otherwise available to the Directing Certificateholder (other than, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, any Asset Status Reports that are not Final Asset Status Reports), or Certificateholders generally, requested by the Operating Advisor in support of the performance of its obligations under this Agreement in electronic format.

 

(i)           None of the foregoing restrictions in this Section 3.13 or otherwise in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict oral or written communications, or providing information, between the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer, on the one hand, and any Rating Agency or NRSRO, on the other hand, with regard to (i) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s review of the ratings it assigns to the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, (ii) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s approval of the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as a commercial mortgage master, special or primary servicer, or (iii) such Rating Agency’s or NRSRO’s evaluation of the Master Servicer’s, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, servicing operations in general; provided that the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not provide any information relating to the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans, to any Rating Agency or NRSRO in connection with such review and evaluation by such Rating Agency or NRSRO unless (x) Mortgagor, property and other deal specific identifiers are redacted; (y) such information has already been provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider and has been uploaded on to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website; or (z) the Rating Agency confirms in writing that it does not intend to use such information in undertaking credit rating surveillance with respect to the Certificates; provided, however, that the Rating Agencies may use information delivered under this clause (z) for any purpose to the extent it is publicly available (unless the availability results from a breach of this Agreement or any other confidentiality agreement to which such Rating Agency is subject) or comprised of information collected by the applicable Rating Agency from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website (or another 17g-5 information provider’s website that they have access to) other than pursuant to this Section 3.13(i).

 

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(j)             The costs and expenses of compliance with this Section 3.13 by the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and any other party hereto shall not be additional expenses of the Trust, but shall be borne by the applicable party hereto.

 

Section 3.14          Title to REO Property; REO Account. (a) If title to any Mortgaged Property is acquired (directly or through a single member limited liability company established for that purpose) and thus such Mortgaged Property becomes an REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be issued in the name of the Trust where permitted by applicable law or regulation and consistent with customary servicing procedures, and otherwise, in the name of the Trustee or its nominee on behalf of the Certificateholders and, if applicable, on behalf of the related Companion Holders, in the case of a Serviced Companion Loan. REO Property with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is excluded for all purposes of this Section 3.14. The Special Servicer, on behalf of the Trust and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder, shall sell any REO Property prior to the close of the third calendar year following the year in which the Trust acquires ownership of such REO Property, within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.856-6(b)(1), for purposes of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code, unless the Special Servicer either (i) applies for a qualifying extension of time no later than sixty (60) days prior to the close of the third calendar year in which it acquired ownership (or the period provided in the then applicable REMIC Provisions) and such extension is granted or is not denied (an “REO Extension”) by the Internal Revenue Service to sell such REO Property or (ii) obtains for the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer an Opinion of Counsel, addressed to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, to the effect that the holding by the Trust of such REO Property subsequent to the close of the third calendar year following the year in which acquisition occurred will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur. If the Special Servicer is granted or not denied the REO Extension contemplated by clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence or obtains the Opinion of Counsel contemplated by clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Special Servicer shall sell such REO Property within such longer period as is permitted by such REO Extension or such Opinion of Counsel, as the case may be. Any expense incurred by the Special Servicer in connection with its being granted the REO Extension contemplated by clause (i) of the second preceding sentence or its obtaining the Opinion of Counsel contemplated by clause (ii) of the second preceding sentence, shall be an expense of the Trust payable out of the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a).

 

(b)           The Special Servicer shall segregate and hold all funds collected and received in connection with any REO Property separate and apart from its own funds and general assets. If an REO Acquisition shall occur, the Special Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more REO Accounts, held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificateholders and, if applicable, on behalf of any related Companion Holder(s), as applicable, as their interest shall appear, and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests), for the retention of revenues and other proceeds derived from each REO Property. The REO Account shall be an Eligible Account. The Special Servicer shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, in the REO Account, within two (2) Business Days after receipt of properly identified and available funds, all REO Revenues, Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds received in respect of an REO Property. Funds in the REO Account may be invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with Section 3.06. The Special Servicer shall give notice to the

 

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Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, and the Master Servicer of the location of the REO Account when first established and of the new location of the REO Account prior to any change thereof.

 

(c)            The Special Servicer shall withdraw from the REO Account funds necessary for the proper operation, management, insuring, leasing, maintenance and disposition of any REO Property, but only to the extent of amounts on deposit in the REO Account relating to such REO Property. On the later of the date that is (x) on or prior to the Determination Date (or with respect to a Serviced Companion Loan, on the Business Day preceding each Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date) or (y) two (2) Business Days after such amounts are received and properly identified and determined to be available, the Special Servicer shall withdraw from the REO Account and remit to the Master Servicer, which shall deposit into the Collection Account (or the Companion Distribution Account, as applicable), the aggregate of all amounts received in respect of each REO Property during the most recently ended Collection Period, net of (i) any withdrawals made out of such amounts pursuant to the preceding sentence and (ii) Net Investment Earnings on amounts on deposit in the REO Account; provided, however, that the Special Servicer may retain in such REO Account, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, such portion of such balance as may be necessary to maintain a reasonable reserve for repairs, replacements, leasing, management and tenant improvements and other related expenses for the related REO Property. In addition, on or prior to the day the Special Servicer remits funds as provided in this Section 3.14(c), the Special Servicer shall provide the Master Servicer with a written accounting of amounts remitted to the Master Servicer for deposit in the Collection Account, as applicable, on such date. The Master Servicer shall apply all such amounts as instructed by the Special Servicer on the day the Master Servicer receives the written accounting as provided in the previous sentence.

 

(d)           The Special Servicer shall keep and maintain separate records, on a property-by-property basis, for the purpose of accounting for all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the REO Account pursuant to Section 3.14(b) or Section 3.14(c).

 

Section 3.15          Management of REO Property. (a) If title to any REO Property is acquired, the Special Servicer shall manage, consent, protect, operate and lease such REO Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property) for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the related Companion Holders, and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) solely for the purpose of its timely disposition and sale in a manner that does not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or result in the receipt by the Trust or any Serviced Companion Noteholder of any “income from non-permitted assets” within the meaning of Section 860F(a)(2)(B) of the Code or result in an Adverse REMIC Event. Subject to the foregoing, however, the Special Servicer shall have full power and authority to do any and all things in connection therewith as are in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders (and, in the case of each Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder(s)) and the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) all as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Companion Loans, as applicable) (as determined by the Special Servicer in its reasonable judgment in accordance with the Servicing Standard). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, REO Property with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is excluded for all purposes of this Section 3.15.

 

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Subject to this Section 3.15, the Special Servicer may allow the Trust or any commercial mortgage securitization that holds any Serviced Companion Loan to earn “net income from foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(d) of the Code if it determines that earning such income is in the best interests of Certificateholders and, if applicable, any related Companion Holder(s) on a net after-tax basis as compared with net leasing such REO Property or operating such REO Property on a different basis. In connection therewith, the Special Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited on a daily basis (and in no event later than two (2) Business Days following receipt of such properly identified and available funds) in the applicable REO Account all revenues received by it with respect to each REO Property and the related REO Loan, and shall withdraw from the REO Account, to the extent of amounts on deposit therein with respect to such REO Property, funds necessary for the proper operation, management, leasing and maintenance of such REO Property, including, without limitation:

 

(i)             all insurance premiums due and payable in respect of such REO Property;

 

(ii)            all real estate taxes and assessments in respect of such REO Property that may result in the imposition of a lien thereon;

 

(iii)           any ground rents in respect of such REO Property, if applicable; and

 

(iv)           all costs and expenses necessary to maintain and lease such REO Property.

 

To the extent that amounts on deposit in the REO Account in respect of any REO Property are insufficient for the purposes set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above with respect to such REO Property, the Master Servicer (subject to receiving notice from the Special Servicer in accordance with the procedures set forth elsewhere in this Agreement) shall advance from its own funds such amount as is necessary for such purposes unless (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and (in respect of any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan, and prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event) the Directing Certificateholder) such advances would, if made, constitute Nonrecoverable Servicing Advances.

 

(b)           Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Special Servicer shall not:

 

(i)             permit the Trust to enter into, renew or extend any New Lease with respect to any REO Property, if the New Lease by its terms will give rise to any income that does not constitute Rents from Real Property;

 

(ii)            permit any amount to be received or accrued under any New Lease other than amounts that will constitute Rents from Real Property;

 

(iii)           authorize or permit any construction on any REO Property, other than the completion of a building or other improvement thereon, and then only if more than 10% of the construction of such building or other improvement was completed before default on the related Mortgage Loan, became imminent, all within the meaning of Section 856(e)(4)(B) of the Code; or

 

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(iv)           Directly Operate, or allow any other Person, other than an Independent Contractor, to Directly Operate, any REO Property on any date more than ninety (90) days after its acquisition date;

 

unless, in any such case, the Special Servicer has obtained an Opinion of Counsel (the cost of which shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance) to the effect that such action will not cause such REO Property to fail to qualify as “foreclosure property” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(8) of the Code at any time that it is held for the benefit of the Trust, in which case the Special Servicer may take such actions as are specified in such Opinion of Counsel.

 

(c)            The Special Servicer shall contract with any Independent Contractor for the operation and management of any REO Property within ninety (90) days of the acquisition date thereof, provided that:

 

(i)             the terms and conditions of any such contract may not be inconsistent with this Agreement and shall reflect an agreement reached at arm’s length;

 

(ii)            the fees of such Independent Contractor (which shall be an expense of the Trust) shall be reasonable and customary in light of the nature and locality of the Mortgaged Property;

 

(iii)           any such contract shall require, or shall be administered to require, that the Independent Contractor (A) pay all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the operation and management of such REO Property, including, without limitation, those listed in subsection (a) hereof, and (B) remit all related revenues collected (net of its fees and such costs and expenses) to the Special Servicer upon receipt;

 

(iv)           none of the provisions of this Section 3.15(c) relating to any such contract or to actions taken through any such Independent Contractor shall be deemed to relieve the Special Servicer of any of its duties and obligations hereunder with respect to the operation and management of any such REO Property; and

 

(v)            the Special Servicer shall be obligated to manage and supervise such Independent Contractor in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

 

The Special Servicer shall be entitled to enter into any agreement with any Independent Contractor performing services for it related to its duties and obligations hereunder for indemnification of the Special Servicer by such Independent Contractor, and nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

 

(d)           When and as necessary, the Special Servicer shall send to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Master Servicer a statement prepared by the Special Servicer setting forth the amount of net income or net loss, as determined for federal income tax purposes, resulting from the operation and management of a trade or business on, the furnishing or rendering of a non-customary service to the tenants of, or the receipt of any other amount not constituting Rents from Real Property in respect of, any REO Property in accordance with Section 3.15(a) and 3.15(b).

 

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Section 3.16          Sale of Defaulted Loans and REO Properties. (a) (i) Within thirty (30) days after a Defaulted Loan has become a Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer shall order (but shall not be required to have received) an Appraisal and within thirty (30) days of receipt of the Appraisal shall determine the fair value of such Defaulted Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that if the Special Servicer is then in the process of obtaining an Appraisal with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, the Special Servicer shall make its fair value determination as soon as reasonably practicable (but in any event within thirty (30) days) after its receipt of such an Appraisal. The Special Servicer may, from time to time, adjust its fair value determination based upon changed circumstances, new information and other relevant factors, in each instance in accordance with a review of such circumstances and new information in accordance with the Servicing Standard including, without limitation, the period and amount of the occupancy level and physical condition of the related Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy; provided that the Special Servicer shall promptly notify the Master Servicer in writing of the initial fair value determination and any adjustment to its fair value determination.

 

(ii)            If any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan subject to an Intercreditor Agreement is a Specially Serviced Loan or to the extent otherwise required pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, then the Special Servicer (with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan) or the Master Servicer (with respect to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan) shall promptly notify in writing the other, any related Companion Holder and any related mezzanine lender, as applicable, of any events requiring notice under the Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof. Thereafter, any related Companion Holder and related mezzanine lender, as applicable, shall, notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.16 to the contrary, have the option to purchase the related Mortgage Loan and cure defaults relating thereto as and to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(iii)           If any Mortgage Loan not subject to an Intercreditor Agreement becomes a Specially Serviced Loan, or if the related Companion Holder or related mezzanine lender, as applicable, for any such Mortgage Loan subject to an Intercreditor Agreement has not previously exercised the option to purchase the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the previous paragraph, the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to solicit offers for each Defaulted Loan on behalf of the Certificateholders and the holder of any related Serviced Companion Loan in such manner as will be reasonably likely to maximize the value of the Defaulted Loan on a net present value basis, if and when the Special Servicer determines, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that no satisfactory arrangements (including by way of a discounted pay-off) can be made for collection of delinquent payments thereon and such a sale would be in the best economic interests of the Trust and, if applicable, the related Companion Holder. In the case of the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, under certain limited circumstances permitted under the related Intercreditor Agreement, to the extent that such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is not sold together with the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan by the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer for the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to sell (with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder if no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is not an Excluded Loan) such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan if it determines in

 

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accordance with the Servicing Standard that such action would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to a liquidation fee to the same extent that the Special Servicer would be entitled to such liquidation fee had such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan been a Serviced Mortgage Loan. The Special Servicer is required to give the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor and (other than in respect of any Excluded Loan) the Directing Certificateholder not less than ten (10) Business Days’ (or, if the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer are affiliates, five (5) Business Days’) prior written notice of its intention to sell any Defaulted Loan. In the absence of a cash offer at least equal to the Purchase Price, the Special Servicer may purchase the Defaulted Loan for the Purchase Price (provided that it gives at least ten (10) Business Days’ (or, if the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer are affiliates, five (5) Business Days’) prior written notice of its intention to purchase such Defaulted Loan to the Directing Certificateholder and there is no higher offer within such time) or may accept the first cash offer received from any Person that constitutes a fair price for the Defaulted Loan.

 

(iv)           (A) In the case of a Defaulted Loan, in the absence of any offer at least equal to the Purchase Price pursuant to clause (iii) above (or purchase by the Special Servicer for such price), the Special Servicer shall solicit offers and, subject to subclause (B) below, may accept the highest offer received from any Person that is determined by the Special Servicer to constitute a fair price for such Defaulted Loan, if the offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person. In determining whether any cash offer from a Person other than an Interested Person constitutes a fair price for any Defaulted Loan, the Special Servicer shall take into account (in addition to the results of any Appraisal, updated Appraisal or narrative appraisal that it may have obtained pursuant to this Agreement within the prior 9 months), among other factors, the period and amount of the occupancy level and physical condition of the related Mortgaged Property and the state of the local economy. If the offeror is an Interested Person (provided that the Trustee may not be an offeror), the Trustee shall determine whether the cash offer constitutes a fair price; provided that no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (x) it is the highest offer received and (y) if the offer is less than the applicable Purchase Price, at least two other offers are received from independent third parties. In determining whether any offer received from an Interested Person represents a fair price for any such Defaulted Loan, the Trustee shall rely on the most recent Appraisal (or update of such Appraisal) of the related Mortgaged Property conducted in accordance with this Agreement within the preceding nine-month period or, in the absence of any such Appraisal, on a new Appraisal. Except as provided in the following paragraph, the cost of any Appraisal will be covered by, and will be reimbursable as, a Servicing Advance by the Master Servicer.

 

Notwithstanding anything contained in the preceding paragraph to the contrary, if the Trustee is required to determine whether a cash offer by an Interested Person constitutes a fair price, the Trustee may (at its option and at the expense of the Interested Person) designate an independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuing loans similar to the subject Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, that has been selected with reasonable care by

 

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the Trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. If the Trustee designates such a third party to make such determination, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third party’s determination. The reasonable fees of, and the costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by any such third party shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable by, the Interested Person; provided that the Trustee will not engage a third party expert whose fees exceed a commercially reasonable amount as determined by the Trustee. The Special Servicer shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect payment from such Interested Person. If such expense is not paid by the applicable Interested Person within thirty (30) days of demand for payment, such expense shall be reimbursable to the Trustee by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance but the Special Servicer shall continue to use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect such amounts from the applicable Interested Person. Neither the Trustee, in its individual capacity, nor any of its Affiliates may make an offer for or purchase any Specially Serviced Loan.

 

(B)           The Special Servicer will not be obligated to accept the highest offer if the Special Servicer determines (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan, in consultation with the Directing Certificateholder (unless a Consultation Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing) and, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder), in accordance with the Servicing Standard (and subject to the requirements of any related Intercreditor Agreement), that the rejection of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, in the case of a sale of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder (as a collective whole, as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, the related Companion Holder constituted a single lender (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of such Companion Loan, as the case may be)). In addition, the Special Servicer may accept a lower offer from any Person other than the Special Servicer or its Affiliate if it determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that the acceptance of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, in the case of a sale of a Serviced Whole Loan or an REO Property related to a Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder (as a collective whole, as if such Certificateholders and, if applicable, the related Companion Holder constituted a single lender (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of such Companion Loan, as the case may be)) (for example, if the prospective buyer making the lower offer is more likely to perform its obligations, or the terms offered by the prospective buyer making the lower offer are more favorable); provided that the offeror is not the Special Servicer or a Person that is an Affiliate of the Special Servicer. The Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to sell all Defaulted Loans prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date. For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall have no obligation to make any fair value determination, to the extent required to do so pursuant to this Section 3.16, on the basis of anything other than the related Appraisal.

 

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(v)            Unless and until any Specially Serviced Loan is sold pursuant to this Section 3.16(a), the Special Servicer shall pursue such other resolution strategies with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan, including, without limitation, workout and foreclosure, as the Special Servicer may deem appropriate, consistent with the Asset Status Report and the Servicing Standard and the REMIC Provisions.

 

(b)           (i) (A) The Special Servicer may purchase any REO Property at the Purchase Price therefor (in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, such purchase shall be a purchase of the entire REO Property, including the portion relating to the related Companion Loan). The Special Servicer may also offer to sell to any Person any REO Property (in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, such sale shall be a sale of the entire REO Property, including the portion relating to the related Companion Loan), if and when the Special Servicer determines, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that such a sale would be in the best economic interest of the Trust and the related Companion Holders. The Special Servicer shall give the Trustee, the Master Servicer, each Companion Holder, the Certificate Administrator and, in respect of any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan and prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder, not less than five (5) days’ prior written notice of the Purchase Price and its intention to (i) purchase any REO Property at the Purchase Price therefor or (ii) sell any REO Property, in which case the Special Servicer shall accept the highest offer received from any Person for any REO Property in an amount at least equal to the Purchase Price therefor. To the extent permitted by applicable law, and subject to the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer, an Affiliate of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of the Special Servicer, or an employee of either of them may act as broker in connection with the sale of any REO Property and may retain from the proceeds of such sale a brokerage commission that does not exceed the commission that would have been earned by an independent broker pursuant to a brokerage agreement entered into at arm’s length.

 

(B)           In the absence of any such offer as set forth in subclause (A) above, the Special Servicer shall, subject to subclause (C) below, accept the highest offer for such REO Property received from any Person that is determined to be a fair price (1) by the Special Servicer, if the highest offeror is a Person other than an Interested Person, or (2) by the Trustee, if the highest offeror is an Interested Person unless such offer by an Interested Person (i) is equal to or greater than the applicable Purchase Price and (ii) is the highest offer received; provided, however, that absent an offer at least equal to the Purchase Price, no offer from an Interested Person shall constitute a fair price unless (A) it is the highest offer received and (B) at least two other offers are received from independent third parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither the Trustee, in its individual capacity, nor any of its Affiliates may make an offer for or purchase any REO Property pursuant hereto.

 

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Serviced Companion Loans). In addition, the Special Servicer may accept a lower offer if it determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that acceptance of such offer would be in the best interests of the Certificateholders and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the related Companion Holder, in either case, as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Serviced Companion Loans) (for example, if the prospective buyer making the lower offer is more likely to perform its obligations, or the terms offered by the prospective buyer making the lower offer are more favorable); provided that the offeror is not the Special Servicer or a Person that is an Affiliate of the Special Servicer.

 

(D)           In determining whether any offer received from an Interested Person represents a fair price for any REO Property, the Trustee shall obtain and may conclusively rely on the opinion of an Independent appraiser or other Independent expert in real estate matters retained by the Trustee in connection with making such determination. The reasonable cost of such Independent appraiser or other Independent expert shall be an expense of the offering Interested Person purchaser. The reasonable fees and costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by any such third party shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable, from the offering Interested Person and the Special Servicer shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect payment from such Interested Person. If such expense is not paid by the applicable Interested Person within thirty (30) days of demand for payment, such expense shall be reimbursable to the Trustee by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance but the Special Servicer shall continue to use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to collect such amounts from the applicable Interested Person. In determining whether any offer constitutes a fair price for any REO Property, the Special Servicer or the Trustee (or, if applicable, such appraiser) shall take into account, and any appraiser or other expert in real estate matters shall be instructed to take into account, as applicable, among other factors, the physical condition of such REO Property, the state of the local economy and the Trust’s obligation to comply with REMIC Provisions.

 

(ii)            Subject to the Servicing Standard, the Special Servicer shall act on behalf of the Trust and the related Companion Holders, in negotiating and taking any other action necessary or appropriate in connection with the sale of any REO Property, including the collection of all amounts payable in connection therewith. A sale of any REO Property shall be without recourse to, or representation or warranty by, the Trustee, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Trust (except that any contract of sale and assignment and conveyance documents may contain customary warranties of title, so long as the only recourse for breach thereof is to the Trust) and, if consummated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor nor the Trustee shall have any liability to the Trust or any Certificateholder or related Companion Holder (if applicable) with respect to the purchase price therefor accepted by the Special Servicer or the Trustee.

 

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(c)            Any sale of a Defaulted Loan or any REO Property shall be for cash only (unless changes in the REMIC Provisions or authoritative interpretations thereof made or issued subsequent to the Startup Day allow a sale for other consideration).

 

(d)           With respect to each Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, if the related Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan becomes a Defaulted Loan, and if the Special Servicer determines to sell the related Mortgage Loan that has become a Defaulted Loan in accordance with this Section 3.16, then the Special Servicer shall sell the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan together with such Mortgage Loan as one whole loan and shall require that all offers be submitted to the Special Servicer in writing. With respect to the Serviced AB Whole Loan, the Special Servicer shall sell the Serviced AB Subordinate Companion Loan along with the related Mortgage Loan if it determines that a sale of the Serviced AB Whole Loan would maximize recoveries on the Serviced AB Whole Loan in accordance with the Servicing Standard. In addition, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Appraisal Period with respect to the Serviced AB Whole Loan, the Special Servicer will only be permitted to sell the Serviced AB Whole Loan for less than the Purchase Price with the consent of the holder of the related Serviced AB Subordinate Companion Loan. To the extent a determination is required to be made hereunder as to whether any cash offer constitutes a fair price for the Serviced Whole Loan, such determination shall be made by the Special Servicer unless the offeror is an Interested Person and by the Trustee if the offeror is an Interested Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer will not be permitted to sell the related Mortgage Loan together with the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan(s) if it becomes a defaulted Whole Loan without the written consent of the holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (provided that such consent is not required if the holder of the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan is the Mortgagor or an Affiliate of the Mortgagor) unless the Special Servicer has delivered to the Other Servicer under the applicable Other Securitization, who shall deliver to the related directing certificateholder for the holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan: (a) at least fifteen (15) Business Days prior written notice of any decision to attempt to sell such Serviced Whole Loan; (b) at least ten (10) days prior to the permitted sale date, a copy of each bid package (together with any material amendments to such bid packages) received by the Special Servicer in connection with any such proposed sale; (c) at least ten (10) days prior to the proposed sale date, a copy of the most recent appraisal for such Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, and any documents in the servicing file reasonably requested by the holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan that are material to the sale price of such Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan; and (d) until the sale is completed, and a reasonable period of time (but no less time than is afforded to other offerors and the Directing Certificateholder) prior to the proposed sale date, all information and other documents being provided to other offerors and all leases or other documents that are approved by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed sale. The holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (or its representative) will be permitted to submit an offer at any sale of such Serviced Whole Loan; provided, however, the related Mortgagor and its agents and Affiliates shall not be permitted to submit an offer at such sale. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to each Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan, the holder of the related Companion Loan may waive any of the delivery or timing requirements set forth in this paragraph with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan. If the Trustee is required to determine whether a cash offer by an Interested Person constitutes a fair price, the Trustee may (at its option and at the expense of the

 

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offering Interested Person purchaser) designate an independent third party expert in real estate or commercial mortgage loan matters with at least five (5) years’ experience in valuing loans similar to the subject Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as the case may be, that has been selected with reasonable care by the Trustee to determine if such cash offer constitutes a fair price for such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan. If the Trustee designates such a third party to make such determination, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon such third party’s determination. The reasonable fees of, and the costs of all appraisals, inspection reports and broker opinions of value incurred by any such third party pursuant to this paragraph shall be covered by, and shall be reimbursable, from the Interested Person; provided that Trustee will not engage a third party expert whose fees exceed a commercially reasonable amount as determined by the Trustee.

 

(e)            (i) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.16 to the contrary, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, the holder of the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each applicable Serviced Whole Loan will have the right to purchase the related Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, as applicable. Such right of the holder of such AB Subordinate Companion Loan shall be given priority over any provision described in this Section 3.16 as and to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. If the related Mortgage Loan or related REO Property is purchased by the holder of such AB Subordinate Companion Loan, repurchased by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller or otherwise ceases to be subject to this Agreement, the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan will no longer be subject to this Agreement.

 

(ii)            Notwithstanding anything in this Section 3.16 to the contrary, any mezzanine lender will have the right to purchase the related Mortgage Loan or REO Property, as applicable, and cure defaults relating thereto, as and to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(f)             Unless otherwise provided in an Intercreditor Agreement the sale of any Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Section 3.16 will be on a servicing released basis.

 

(g)            In the event the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer has the right to purchase any Companion Loan on behalf of the Trust pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall exercise such right.

 

Section 3.17          Additional Obligations of Master Servicer and Special Servicer. (a) The Master Servicer shall deliver all Compensating Interest Payments (other than the portion of any Compensating Interest Payment allocated to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) to the Certificate Administrator for deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, without any right of reimbursement therefor. The Master Servicer shall deliver the portion of any Compensating Interest Payment allocated to a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan to the Companion Paying Agent for deposit in the Companion Distribution Account on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, without any right of reimbursement therefor.

 

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(b)           The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to each Companion Holder any reports or notices required to be delivered to such Companion Holder pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(c)            Upon the determination that a previously made Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance, to the extent that the reimbursement thereof would exceed the full amount of the principal portion of general collections on the Mortgage Loans deposited in the Collection Account and available for distribution on the next Distribution Date, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, each at its own option and in its sole discretion, as applicable, instead of obtaining reimbursement for the remaining amount of such Nonrecoverable Advance pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(v) immediately, as an accommodation may elect to refrain from obtaining such reimbursement for such portion of the Nonrecoverable Advance during the one month collection period ending on the then-current Determination Date, for successive one-month periods for a total period not to exceed twelve (12) months (provided that, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan, any such deferral exceeding six (6) months shall require, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event, the consent of the Directing Certificateholder), and any election to so defer or not to defer shall be deemed to be in accordance with the Servicing Standard. If the Master Servicer or the Trustee makes such an election at its sole option and in its sole discretion to defer reimbursement with respect to all or a portion of a Nonrecoverable Advance (together with interest thereon), then such Nonrecoverable Advance (together with interest thereon) or portion thereof shall continue to be fully reimbursable in the subsequent collection period (subject, again, to the same sole option to defer; it is acknowledged that, in such a subsequent period, such Nonrecoverable Advance shall again be payable first from principal collections as described above prior to payment from other collections). In connection with a potential election by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee to refrain from the reimbursement of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof during the one month collection period ending on the related Determination Date for any Distribution Date, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee shall further be authorized to wait for principal collections on the Mortgage Loans to be received until the end of such collection period before making its determination of whether to refrain from the reimbursement of a particular Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof); provided, however, that if, at any time the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, elects, in its sole discretion, not to refrain from obtaining such reimbursement or otherwise determines that the reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance during a one-month collection period will exceed the full amount of the principal portion of general collections deposited in the Collection Account for such Distribution Date, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall use its reasonable efforts to give the 17g-5 Information Provider fifteen (15) days’ notice of such determination for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), unless extraordinary circumstances make such notice impractical, and thereafter shall deliver such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider as soon as practical thereafter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, failure to give notice as required by the preceding sentence shall in no way affect the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s or the Trustee’s election whether to refrain from obtaining such reimbursement as described in this Section 3.17(c). Nothing herein shall give the Master Servicer or the Trustee the right to defer reimbursement of a Nonrecoverable Advance to the extent of any principal collections then available in the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a)(v).

 

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The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to limit any liability that may otherwise be imposed on such Person for any failure by such Person to comply with the conditions to making such an election under this section or to comply with the terms of this section and the other provisions of this Agreement that apply once such an election, if any, has been made; provided, however, that the fact that a decision to recover such Nonrecoverable Advances over time, or not to do so, benefits some classes of Certificateholders to the detriment of other classes, shall not, with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, constitute a violation of the Servicing Standard and/or with respect to the Trustee (solely in its capacity as Trustee), constitute a violation of any fiduciary duty to Certificateholders or any contractual obligation hereunder. If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, determines, in its sole discretion, that its ability to fully recover the Nonrecoverable Advances has been compromised, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, shall be entitled to immediate reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate from all amounts in the Collection Account for such Distribution Date (deemed first from principal and then interest). Any such election by any such party to refrain from reimbursing itself or obtaining reimbursement for any Nonrecoverable Advance or portion thereof with respect to any one or more collection periods shall not limit the accrual of interest at the Reimbursement Rate on such Nonrecoverable Advance for the period prior to the actual reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advance. The Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s or the Trustee’s, as applicable, agreement to defer reimbursement of such Nonrecoverable Advances as set forth above is an accommodation to the Certificateholders and shall not be construed as an obligation on the part of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as applicable, or a right of the Certificateholders. Nothing herein shall be deemed to create in the Certificateholders a right to prior payment of distributions over the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s or the Trustee’s, as applicable, right to reimbursement for Advances (deferred or otherwise) and accrued interest thereon. In all events, the decision to defer reimbursement or to seek immediate reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances shall be deemed to be in accordance with the Servicing Standard and none of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the other parties to this Agreement shall have any liability to one another or to any of the Certificateholders or any of the Companion Holders for any such election that such party makes as contemplated by this section or for any losses, damages or other adverse economic or other effects that may arise from such an election.

 

With respect to any modification or amendment of any Intercreditor Agreement related to a Serviced Whole Loan (to the extent received), the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to the 17g-5 Information Provider a copy of any such modification or amendment, which the 17g-5 Information Provider shall promptly post on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c).

 

(d)           With respect to any Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan), if the related loan documents permit the lender to (but do not require the lender to), at its option, prior to an event of default under the related Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan), apply amounts held in any reserve account as a prepayment or hold such amounts in a reserve account, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may not apply such amounts as a prepayment, and will instead continue to hold such amounts in the applicable reserve account, unless not applying those amounts as a prepayment would be a violation of the Servicing Standard. Such amount may be used, if permitted under the loan documents, to defease the loan, or may be used

 

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to prepay the Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan), or for other purpose consistent with the Servicing Standard and the loan documents, upon a subsequent default.

 

(e)            Within three (3) Business Days after the execution of any amendment or modification of any Intercreditor Agreement, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide to the Certificate Administrator a copy of such modification or amendment of any such Intercreditor Agreement, and such amendment or modification shall be a Reportable Event as set forth in Section 11.07.

 

Section 3.18          Modifications, Waivers, Amendments and Consents. (a) Except as set forth in Section 3.08(a), Section 3.08(b), this Section 3.18(a), Section 3.18(c), Section 3.18(f), Section 3.18(g), Section 3.18(k), Section 6.08 and Section 6.09, but subject to any other conditions set forth thereunder (including, without limitation, the Special Servicer’s or the Master Servicer’s processing and/or consent rights pursuant to this subsection (a) with respect to any modification, waiver or amendment that constitutes a Major Decision) and, with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or any Serviced Whole Loan, (and with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, subject to the rights of the related Companion Holder, as applicable, to advise or consult with the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, with respect to, or to consent to, a modification, waiver or amendment, in each case, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement), the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not modify, waive or amend the terms of a Mortgage Loan and/or related Companion Loan that would constitute a Master Servicer Major Decision or a Special Servicer Major Decision, as applicable, without (x) (i) prior to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan, the consent (or deemed consent) of the Directing Certificateholder (or, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a related AB Control Appraisal Period, the related Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, to the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement) having been obtained by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable to the extent required by, and pursuant to the process described under, Section 6.08(a), (y) (i) after the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, having consulted with the Directing Certificateholder if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08(a), or (z) the Special Servicer shall have consulted with (i) the Risk Retention Consultation Party if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.09 and (ii) if an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing, the Operating Advisor if and to the extent required pursuant to Section 6.08; and provided, further, that no extension entered into pursuant to this Section 3.18(a) shall extend the Maturity Date beyond the earlier of (i) five (5) years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date and (ii) in the case of a Mortgage Loan secured solely or primarily by a leasehold estate and not also the related fee interest, the date twenty (20) years or, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard giving due consideration to the remaining term of the Ground Lease, ten (10) years, prior to the expiration of such leasehold estate. If such extension would extend the Maturity Date of such Mortgage Loan and/or related Companion Loan for more than twelve (12) months from and after the original Maturity Date of such Mortgage Loan and/or related Companion Loan and such Mortgage Loan and/or related Companion Loan is not in default or default with respect thereto is not reasonably foreseeable, prior to any such extension, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable shall

 

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(1) provide the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer (in the case of the Special Servicer), the Special Servicer (in the case of the Master Servicer) the Operating Advisor and ((i) prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) the Directing Certificateholder, with an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the related Mortgagor to the extent permitted under the Mortgage Loan documents and, if not required or permitted to be paid by the Mortgagor, to be paid as an expense of the Trust in accordance with Section 3.11(d)) that such extension would not constitute a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan and/or Serviced Companion Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and (2) subject to the Servicing Standard, ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to an Excluded Loan) obtain the consent of the Directing Certificateholder (or, with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a related AB Control Appraisal Period, the related Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, to the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement) (or (i) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, but prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan, consult with the Directing Certificateholder pursuant to the process described in Section 6.08(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the rights of the related Companion Holder to advise the Master Servicer with respect to, or consent to, such modification, waiver or amendment pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement and, subject to the Special Servicer’s processing and/or consent rights pursuant to this subsection (a), the Master Servicer, with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans, without the consent of the applicable Special Servicer or the Directing Certificateholder, may modify or amend the terms of any Non-Specially Serviced Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan in order to (i) cure any ambiguity or mistake therein or (ii) correct or supplement any provisions therein which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or correct any error; provided that, if the Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and/or related Serviced Companion Loan is not in default or default with respect thereto is not reasonably foreseeable, such modification or amendment would not be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b).

 

Subject to Section 6.08, applicable law and the Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan documents, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall permit the substitution of any Mortgaged Property (or any portion thereof) for one or more other parcels of real property at any time the Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan is not in default pursuant to the terms of the related Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan documents or default with respect thereto is not reasonably foreseeable unless (i) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, obtains Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (and delivers such Rating Agency Confirmation to the Directing Certificateholder, if permitted by the applicable Rating Agency) and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25)) and (ii) such substitution would not be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan and/or related Serviced Companion Loan within the

 

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meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) or otherwise cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur (and the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may obtain and rely upon an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the related Mortgagor if not prohibited by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents, and if so prohibited, at the expense of the Trust) with respect thereto).

 

In connection with (i) the release of a Mortgaged Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), or any portion of such Mortgaged Property from the lien of the related Mortgage or (ii) the taking of a Mortgaged Property (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property), or any portion of such Mortgaged Property by exercise of the power of eminent domain or condemnation, if the related Mortgage Loan documents require the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to calculate (or to approve the calculation of the related Mortgagor of) the loan-to-value ratio of the remaining Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties or the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties, for purposes of REMIC qualification of the related Mortgage Loan, then such calculation shall, unless then permitted by the REMIC Provisions, exclude the value of personal property and going concern value, if any, as determined by an appropriate third party.

 

If, following any such release or taking, the loan-to-value ratio (as so calculated) is greater than 125%, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall require payment of principal by a “qualified amount” as determined under Revenue Procedure 2010-30 or any successor provision, unless the related Mortgagor provides an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the related Mortgagor if allowed by the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents, and if not allowed, at the expense of the Trust) that, if such amount is not paid, the related Mortgage Loan will not fail to be a Qualified Mortgage.

 

(b)           If the Special Servicer determines that a modification, waiver or amendment (including, without limitation, the forgiveness or deferral of interest or principal or the substitution of collateral pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and/or related Serviced Companion Loan or otherwise, the release of collateral or the pledge of additional collateral) of the terms of a Specially Serviced Loan (or any Non-Specially Serviced Loan with respect to which such determination derives from the Special Servicer’s consideration of a Major Decision that is subject to its processing and/or consent rights pursuant to Section 3.18(a) of this Agreement) with respect to which a payment default or other material default has occurred or a payment default or other material default is, in the Special Servicer’s judgment, reasonably foreseeable (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of the Special Servicer), is reasonably likely to produce a greater recovery on a net present value basis (the relevant discounting to be performed at the related Mortgage Rate) to the Trust and, if applicable, the Companion Holders, as the holders of the related Serviced Companion Loan, than liquidation of such Specially Serviced Loan, then the Special Servicer may agree to a modification, waiver or amendment of such Specially Serviced Loan, subject to (x) the provisions of this Section 3.18(b) and Section 3.18(c), (y) with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than any Excluded Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the approval of the Directing Certificateholder (or after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, but prior to a Consultation Termination Event, upon consultation with the Directing Certificateholder) as provided in Section 6.08; provided

 

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that with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of the related AB Control Appraisal Period, the approval of the related Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder will be required to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement and the Directing Certificateholder shall have no consent or consultation rights regarding the matter; and (z) additionally, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the rights of the related Companion Noteholder or with respect to a Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) with mezzanine debt, the rights of the related mezzanine lender, to advise or consult with the Special Servicer with respect to, or consent to, such modification, waiver or amendment, in each case, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement or mezzanine intercreditor agreement, as applicable; provided that in the case of any release or substitution of collateral (other than a defeasance), the Special Servicer shall have obtained an Opinion of Counsel that such release or substitution would not be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) or otherwise cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Excluded Loan (regardless of whether a Control Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing), the Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions that it is processing or for which its consent is required and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

 

The Special Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to the extent possible to cause each Specially Serviced Loan to fully amortize prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date and shall not agree to a modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Specially Serviced Loan if such modification, waiver or amendment would (1) extend the maturity date of any such Specially Serviced Loan to a date occurring later than the earlier of (a) five (5) years prior to the Rated Final Distribution Date and (b) if such Specially Serviced Loan is secured solely or primarily by a leasehold estate and not also the related fee interest, the date occurring twenty (20) years or, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard giving due consideration to the remaining term of the ground lease and, ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder, ten (10) years prior to the expiration of such leasehold estate (including any options to extend such leasehold estate exercisable unilaterally by the related Mortgagor), or (2) provide for the deferral of interest unless interest accrues on the related Mortgage Loan, or Serviced Whole Loan generally at the related Mortgage Rate.

 

(c)            Any provision of this Section 3.18 to the contrary notwithstanding, except when a Mortgage Loan and/or Companion Loan is in default or default with respect thereto is reasonably foreseeable, no fee described in this Section 3.18 shall be collected by any Master Servicer or Special Servicer from a Mortgagor (or on behalf of the Mortgagor) in conjunction with any consent or any modification, waiver or amendment of a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable (unless the amount thereof is specified in the related Mortgage Note) if the collection of such fee would cause such consent, modification, waiver or amendment to be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Note within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b).

 

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To the extent consistent with this Agreement (including, without limitation, the first sentence of Section 3.18(a), Section 6.08 and Section 6.09), the Master Servicer (as provided in Section 3.08(a), 3.08(b), 3.18(a), Section 3.18(k), Section 3.34) or the Special Servicer (as provided in Section 3.08(a), Section 3.08(b), Section 3.18(a) and Section 3.34) may, consistent with the Servicing Standard, agree to any waiver, modification or amendment of a Mortgage Loan and/or Serviced Companion Loan that is not in default or as to which default is not reasonably foreseeable only if the contemplated waiver, modification or amendment (i) will not be a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and (ii) will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur. In making this determination, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer may obtain and rely upon (and shall provide to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator if obtained) an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the related Mortgagor or such other Person requesting such modification or, if such expense cannot be collected from the related Mortgagor or such other Person, to be paid out of the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a); provided that the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall use its reasonable efforts to collect such fee from the Mortgagor or such other Person to the extent permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents). Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer may waive the payment of any Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge or the requirement that any prepayment of a Mortgage Loan be made on a Due Date, or if not made on a Due Date, be accompanied by all interest that would be due on the next Due Date with respect to any Mortgage Loan, Serviced Companion Loan that is not a Specially Serviced Loan.

 

(d)           Subject to Section 3.18(c), the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer each may, as a condition to its granting any request by a Mortgagor for consent, modification (including extensions), waiver or indulgence or any other matter or thing, the granting of which is within the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, discretion pursuant to the terms of the instruments evidencing or securing the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan and is permitted by the terms of this Agreement, require that such Mortgagor pay to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, as additional servicing compensation, a reasonable or customary fee, for the additional services performed in connection with such request; provided that the charging of such fee is not a “significant modification” of the Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b).

 

(e)            All modifications (including extensions), waivers and amendments of the Mortgage Loans and/or Companion Loans entered into pursuant to this Section 3.18 shall be in writing, signed by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, and the related Mortgagor (and by any guarantor of the related Mortgage Loan, if such guarantor’s signature is required by the Special Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard).

 

With respect to any modification, waiver or amendment for which it is responsible for processing pursuant to Section 3.18(a), the Special Servicer shall notify the Master Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor (after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), the Directing Certificateholder (other than (i) following the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) with respect to any Excluded Loan), the applicable Companion Holder (or, if such Companion Loan is included in a securitization, the master servicer of such

 

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Other Securitization) (unless, with respect to a holder of a Serviced AB Subordinate Companion Loan, an AB Control Appraisal Period has occurred, if applicable), the related Mortgage Loan Seller (if such Mortgage Loan Seller is not a Master Servicer or Sub-Servicer of such Mortgage Loan or the Directing Certificateholder) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c)) in writing of any modification, waiver or amendment (in each case, after it is finalized and executed) of any term of any Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan that is modified, waived or amended and the date thereof. With respect to any modification, waiver or amendment (in each case, after it is finalized and executed) for which it is responsible for processing pursuant to Section 3.18(a), the Master Servicer shall provide written notice of any such modification, waiver or amendment to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer (and the Special Servicer shall, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event and other than with respect to an Excluded Loan, forward such notice to the Directing Certificateholder), the applicable Companion Holder (or, if such Companion Loan is included in a securitization, the master servicer of such Other Securitization) (unless, with respect to a holder of a Serviced AB Subordinate Companion Loan, an AB Control Appraisal Period has occurred, if applicable) and the related Mortgage Loan Seller (so long as such Mortgage Loan Seller is not a Master Servicer or Sub-Servicer of such Mortgage Loan or the Directing Certificateholder) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c)). The party responsible for delivering notice shall deliver to the Custodian with a copy to the Master Servicer (if such notice is being delivered by the Special Servicer) for deposit in the related Mortgage File, an original counterpart of the agreement relating to such modification, waiver or amendment, promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) following the execution thereof, with a copy to the applicable Companion Holder, if any (or, if such Companion Loan is included in a securitization, the master servicer of such Other Securitization). Following receipt of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, delivery of the aforesaid modification, waiver or amendment to the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Administrator shall forward a copy thereof to each Holder of a Certificate (other than the Class R or Class Z Certificates) upon request. With respect to the processing of any modification, waiver or consent related to any Mortgagor incurring additional debt or mezzanine debt, the Special Servicer (if the Special Servicer processes such modification, waiver or consent pursuant to Section 3.18(a)) or the Master Servicer (if the Master Servicer processes such modification, waiver or consent pursuant to Section 3.18(a) or Section 3.18(k)) shall, on or before the later of (i) 3:00 p.m. on the related Master Servicer Remittance Date and (ii) five (5) Business Days immediately following the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, obtaining actual knowledge of the incurrence of such additional debt or mezzanine debt, deliver notice of the Mortgagor’s incurrence of such debt, substantially in the form of Exhibit KK, to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com. The notice contemplated in the preceding sentence shall set forth, to the extent the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, has the requisite information or can reasonably obtain such information, (1) the amount of additional debt that was incurred in the related Collection Period, (2) the total debt service coverage ratio calculated on the basis of such Mortgage Loan and additional debt, and (3) the aggregate LTV Ratio calculated on the basis of such Mortgage Loan and additional debt. In the event that either (i) the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package is amended to include such information set forth above, in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer, Special Servicer and Certificate

 

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Administrator, as applicable, and the Master Servicer confirms with the Certificate Administrator that such amended CREFC® Investor Reporting Package enables the Certificate Administrator to include such information on Form 10-D in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Certificate Administrator, or (ii) the Trust is no longer subject to the Exchange Act, the additional report in the form of Exhibit KK shall no longer be required hereunder. From time to time, the Master Servicer, Special Servicer and Certificate Administrator may agree on a different delivery time and format for the information set forth in this paragraph.

 

(f)             Subject to the consent rights and processes set forth in Section 6.08 and Section 6.09 with respect to Major Decisions, the Master Servicer shall process all defeasances of Mortgage Loans (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and Serviced Companion Loans in accordance with the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents, and shall be entitled to any defeasance fees paid relating thereto (provided that for the avoidance of doubt, any such defeasance fee shall not include the Special Servicer’s portion of any Modification Fees or waiver fees in connection with a defeasance that the Special Servicer is entitled to under this Agreement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall not permit (or, with regard to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, take any act in furtherance of) the substitution of any Mortgaged Property pursuant to the defeasance provisions of any Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan unless such defeasance complies with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii) and the Master Servicer has received (i) replacement collateral consisting of government securities within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), which satisfies the requirements of the applicable Mortgage Loan documents, in an amount sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the related Mortgage Loan (or defeased portion thereof) when due, (ii) a certificate of an Independent certified public accountant to the effect that such substituted property will provide cash flows sufficient to meet all payments of interest and principal (including payments at maturity) on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan in compliance with the requirements of the terms of the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, (iii) one or more Opinions of Counsel (at the expense of the related Mortgagor) to the effect that the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, will have a first priority perfected security interest in such substituted Mortgaged Property; provided, however, that, to the extent consistent with the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, the related Mortgagor shall pay the cost of any such opinion as a condition to granting such defeasance, (iv) to the extent consistent with the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, the Mortgagor shall establish a single purpose entity to act as a successor Mortgagor, if so required by the Rating Agencies, (v) to the extent permissible under the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, the Master Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to require the related Mortgagor to pay all costs of such defeasance, including but not limited to the cost of maintaining any successor Mortgagor, and (vi) to the extent permissible under the Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, the Master Servicer shall obtain, at the expense of the related Mortgagor, Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25); provided, further, however, that no such confirmation from any Rating Agency shall be required to the extent that

 

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the Master Servicer has delivered a defeasance certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit U hereto for any Mortgage Loan that (together with any Mortgage Loans cross-collateralized with such Mortgage Loans) is: (i) a Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance less than $20,000,000, (ii) a Mortgage Loan that represents less than 5% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of all Mortgage Loans, and (iii) a Mortgage Loan that is not one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans by Stated Principal Balance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that requiring the Mortgagor to pay for the items specified in clauses (ii), (iv) and (v) in the preceding sentence would be inconsistent with the related Mortgage Loan documents, such reasonable costs shall be paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller as and to the extent set forth in the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

 

(g)            Notwithstanding anything herein or in the related Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents, to the contrary, the Master Servicer may permit the substitution of “government securities,” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, that comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii) for any Mortgaged Property pursuant to the defeasance provisions of any Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable (or any portion thereof), in lieu of the defeasance collateral specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents or Serviced Whole Loan documents, as applicable; provided that such substitution is consistent with the Servicing Standard and the Master Servicer (subject to the Special Servicer’s processing and/or consent rights pursuant to Section 3.18(a) with respect to any such action that constitutes a Special Servicer Major Decision) reasonably determines that allowing their use would not cause a default or event of default to become reasonably foreseeable and the Master Servicer receives an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the Mortgagor to the extent permitted under the Mortgage Loan documents and, if applicable, Companion Loan documents or otherwise as a Trust Fund expense) to the effect that such use would not be and would not constitute a “significant modification” of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and would not otherwise constitute an Adverse REMIC Event with respect to any Trust REMIC; and provided, further, that the requirements set forth in Section 3.18(f) (including receipt of any Rating Agency Confirmation) are satisfied; and provided, further, that such securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government, or the Master Servicer shall obtain Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25).

 

(h)            If required under the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan documents or if otherwise consistent with the Servicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall establish and maintain one or more accounts (the “Defeasance Accounts”), which shall be Eligible Accounts, into which all payments received by the Master Servicer from any defeasance collateral substituted for any Mortgaged Property shall be deposited and retained, and shall administer such Defeasance Accounts in accordance with the Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Master Servicer permit such amounts to be maintained in the Defeasance Account for a period in excess of ninety (90) days, unless such amounts are reinvested by the Master Servicer in “government securities,”

 

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within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, that comply with Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii). To the extent not required or permitted to be placed in a separate account, the Master Servicer shall deposit all payments received by it from defeasance collateral substituted for any Mortgaged Property into the Collection Account and treat any such payments as payments made on the Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan in advance of its Due Date in accordance with clause (a)(i) of the definition of “Aggregate Available Funds” and not as a prepayment of the related Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the Master Servicer permit such amounts to be maintained in the Collection Account for a period in excess of 365 days (or 366 days in the case of a leap year).

 

(i)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall, unless it has received Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25) (the cost of which shall be paid by the related Mortgagor, if so allowed by the terms of the related loan documents and otherwise paid out of general collections) grant or accept any consent, approval or direction regarding the termination of the related property manager or the designation of any replacement property manager, with respect to any Mortgaged Property that secures a Mortgage Loan that (i) is one of the ten largest Mortgage Loans by Stated Principal Balance or (ii) has an unpaid principal balance that is at least equal to five percent (5%) of the then aggregate principal balance of all Mortgage Loans or $35,000,000.

 

(j)             Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in connection with any modification, waiver, consent or amendment in connection with any defeasance transaction contemplated by clause (i)(A)(3) of the definition of “Major Decision”, the Special Servicer shall not process, consent to or approve, as applicable, any such modification, waiver, consent or amendment without first having received a copy of an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer that such modification, waiver, consent or amendment will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur.

 

(k)           Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 3.18(a) or Section 3.08(a), but subject to any related Intercreditor Agreement, the Master Servicer may, without any Directing Certificateholder approval or consent, Rating Agency Confirmation or the Special Servicer’s approval or consent (provided that the Master Servicer delivers notice thereof to the Special Servicer after completion (and the Special Servicer shall promptly, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event and other than in respect of any Excluded Loan, deliver notice thereof to the Directing Certificateholder, except to the extent that the Special Servicer or the Directing Certificateholder, as the case may be, notifies the Master Servicer that such party does not desire to receive copies of such items) take any action that is not a Major Decision with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans; provided that (w) any such action would not in any way affect a payment term of the Certificates, (x) any such action would not constitute a “significant modification” of such Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b) and would not otherwise cause either Trust REMIC to fail to

 

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qualify as a REMIC for federal income tax purposes (as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the Trust to the extent not reimbursed or paid by the related Mortgagor), to the extent requesting such opinion is consistent with the Servicing Standard), (y) agreeing to such action would be consistent with the Servicing Standard, and (z) agreeing to such action would not violate the terms, provisions or limitations of this Agreement or any Intercreditor Agreement; provided, further, that, in the case of any Master Servicer Major Decision that requires the consent of the Directing Certificateholder, such consent shall be deemed given if a response to the request for consent is not provided within 10 Business Days after receipt of the Master Servicer’s written recommendation and analysis and all information reasonably requested by the Directing Certificateholder, and reasonably available to the Master Servicer in order to grant or withhold such consent. The foregoing is intended to be an itemization of actions the Master Servicer may take without having to obtain the approval of the Special Servicer (other than as described in each item) and is not intended to limit the responsibilities of the Master Servicer hereunder.

 

Section 3.19          Transfer of Servicing Between Master Servicer and Special Servicer; Recordkeeping; Asset Status Report. (a) Upon determining that a Servicing Transfer Event has occurred with respect to any Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), Serviced Companion Loan, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly give notice to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, the Operating Advisor and ((i) prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) the Directing Certificateholder thereof, and the Master Servicer shall deliver the related Mortgage File and Servicing File to the Special Servicer and concurrently provide a copy of such Servicing File, exclusive of all Privileged Communications, to the Operating Advisor. The Master Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to provide the Special Servicer with all information, documents and records (including records stored electronically on computer tapes, magnetic discs and the like) relating to such Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan, either in the Master Servicer’s possession or otherwise available to the Master Servicer without undue burden or expense, and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer to enable it to assume its functions hereunder with respect thereto. The Master Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to comply with the preceding sentence within five (5) Business Days of the occurrence of each related Servicing Transfer Event (or, in the case of clauses (viii), (ix) or (x) of the definition of Servicing Transfer Event, within five (5) Business Days of receiving notice from the Special Servicer of such Servicing Transfer Event when the Special Servicer makes the determination) and in any event shall continue to act as Master Servicer and administrator of such Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan until the Special Servicer has commenced the servicing of such Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Serviced Companion Loan. The Master Servicer shall deliver to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, and ((i) prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event or (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) the Directing Certificateholder, a copy of the notice of such Servicing Transfer Event provided by the Master Servicer to the Special Servicer, or by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer, pursuant to this Section 3.19. Prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver to each Controlling Class Certificateholder a copy of the notice of such Servicing Transfer Event provided by the Master Servicer pursuant to this Section 3.19.

 

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Upon determining that a Specially Serviced Loan (other than an REO Loan) has become current and has remained current for three consecutive Periodic Payments (provided that (i) no additional Servicing Transfer Event is foreseeable in the reasonable judgment of the Special Servicer, and (ii) for such purposes taking into account any modification or amendment of such Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan), and that no other Servicing Transfer Event is continuing with respect thereto, the Special Servicer shall immediately give notice thereof to the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder (unless with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan an AB Control Appraisal Period has occurred) and ((i) prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) the Directing Certificateholder and shall return the related Mortgage File and Servicing File to the Master Servicer (or copies thereof if copies only were delivered to the Special Servicer) and upon giving such notice, and returning such Mortgage File and Servicing File to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer’s obligation to service such Corrected Loan shall terminate and the obligations of the Master Servicer to service and administer such Mortgage Loan and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan shall recommence.

 

(b)           In servicing any Specially Serviced Loans and Serviced Companion Loans, the Special Servicer will provide to the Custodian originals of documents included within the definition of “Mortgage File” for inclusion in the related Mortgage File to the extent within its possession (with a copy of each such original to the Master Servicer), and provide the Master Servicer with copies of any additional related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan information including correspondence with the related Mortgagor.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.12(c), the Master Servicer shall maintain ongoing payment records with respect to each of the Specially Serviced Loans, Serviced Companion Loans and REO Properties (other than with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and shall provide the Special Servicer with any information in its possession with respect to such records to enable the Special Servicer to perform its duties under this Agreement; provided that this statement shall not be construed to require the Master Servicer to produce any additional reports.

 

(d)           No later than sixty (60) days after a Servicing Transfer Event for a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and, if applicable, the related Companion Loan (the “Initial Delivery Date”), the Special Servicer shall deliver in electronic format a report (the “Asset Status Report”) with respect to such Mortgage Loan and related Companion Loan, if applicable, and the related Mortgaged Property to the Directing Certificateholder. Subsequent to the issuance of a Final Asset Status Report to the extent that during the course of the resolution of such Specially Serviced Loan material changes in the strategy reflected in the initial Final Asset Status Report (or subsequent Final Asset Status Reports) are necessary to reflect the then current circumstances and recommendation as to how the Specially Serviced Loan might be returned to performing status or otherwise liquidated in accordance with the Servicing Standard, the Special Servicer shall prepare one or more additional Asset Status Reports with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan (each such report a “Subsequent Asset Status Report”). The Special Servicer shall deliver each Asset Status Report in electronic form to: (i) the Master Servicer, (ii) the Directing Certificateholder (but only in respect of any Mortgage Loan other than any Excluded Loan and in any event prior to the

 

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occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event), (iii) the Risk Retention Consultation Party, (iv) the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder with respect to the Serviced AB Whole Loan, only to the extent the Serviced AB Subordinate Companion Loan is not subject to an AB Control Appraisal Period, (v) the Operating Advisor (but, other than with respect to an Excluded Loan, only after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event), (vi) the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such report on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c)) and, (vii) with respect to any related Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in an Other Securitization, to the master servicer of such Other Securitization into which the related Serviced Companion Loan has been sold or to the related Companion Holder. Such Asset Status Report shall set forth the following information to the extent reasonably determinable based on the information that was delivered to the Special Servicer in connection with the transfer of servicing pursuant to the Servicing Transfer Event:

 

(i)              summary of the status of such Specially Serviced Loan and any negotiations with the related Mortgagor;

 

(ii)            a discussion of the legal and environmental considerations reasonably known to the Special Servicer, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that are applicable to the exercise of remedies as aforesaid and to the enforcement of any related guaranties or other collateral for the related Mortgage Loan (and any related Serviced Companion Loan) and whether outside legal counsel has been retained;

 

(iii)           the most current rent roll and income or operating statement available for the related Mortgaged Property;

 

(iv)           (A) the Special Servicer’s recommendations on how such Specially Serviced Loan might be returned to performing status (including the modification of a monetary term, and any workout, restructure or debt forgiveness) and returned to the Master Servicer for regular servicing or otherwise realized upon (including any proposed sale of a Defaulted Loan or REO Property), (B) a description of any such proposed or taken actions, and (C) the alternative courses of action that were or are being considered by the Special Servicer in connection with the proposed or taken actions;

 

(v)            the status of any foreclosure actions or other proceedings undertaken with respect to the Specially Serviced Loan, any proposed workouts and the status of any negotiations with respect to such workouts, and an assessment of the likelihood of additional defaults under the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(vi)           a description of any amendment, modification or waiver of a material term of any ground lease (or any space lease or air rights lease, if applicable) or franchise agreement;

 

(vii)           the decision that the Special Servicer made, or intends or proposes to make, including a narrative analysis setting forth the Special Servicer’s rationale for its proposed decision, including its rejection of the alternatives;

 

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(viii)          an analysis of whether or not taking such proposed action is reasonably likely to produce a greater recovery on a present value basis than not taking such action, setting forth (x) the basis on which the Special Servicer made such determination and (y) the net present value calculation and all related assumptions;

 

(ix)            the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property (and a copy of the last obtained Appraisal of such Mortgaged Property) together with a description of any adjustments to the valuation of such Mortgaged Property made by the Special Servicer together with an explanation of those adjustments; and

 

(x)              such other information as the Special Servicer deems relevant in light of the Servicing Standard.

 

A summary of each Final Asset Status Report shall be provided to the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee.

 

If within ten (10) Business Days (or, if the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer are affiliates, five (5) Business Days) of receiving an Asset Status Report, the Directing Certificateholder does not disapprove such Asset Status Report in writing or if the Special Servicer makes a determination, in accordance with the Servicing Standard that the disapproval by the Directing Certificateholder (communicated to the Special Servicer within ten (10) Business Days (or, if the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer are affiliates, five (5) Business Days)) is not in the best interest of all the Certificateholders, the Special Servicer shall implement the recommended action as outlined in such Asset Status Report; provided, however, that the Special Servicer may not take any action that is contrary to applicable law, the Servicing Standard or the terms of the applicable Mortgage Loan documents. If, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder disapproves such Asset Status Report within ten (10) Business Days (or, if the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer are affiliates, five (5) Business Days) of receipt and the Special Servicer has not made the affirmative determination described above, the Special Servicer shall revise such Asset Status Report and deliver a new Asset Status Report as soon as practicable, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after such disapproval, to the Master Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event and, in the case of a Serviced AB Whole Loan, only prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event and during an AB Control Appraisal Period with respect to the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan), the Operating Advisor (but only after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such report on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c)). With respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event, the Special Servicer shall revise such Asset Status Report as described above in this Section 3.19(d) until the Directing Certificateholder shall fail to disapprove such revised Asset Status Report in writing within ten (10) Business Days (or, if the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer are affiliates, five (5) Business Days) of receiving such revised Asset Status Report or until the Special Servicer makes a determination, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that the disapproval is not in the best interests of the Certificateholders; provided that, if the Directing

 

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Certificateholder has not approved the Asset Status Report for a period of sixty (60) Business Days following the first submission of an Asset Status Report, the Special Servicer shall follow the Directing Certificateholder’s direction, if such direction is consistent with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that if the Directing Certificateholder’s direction would cause the Special Servicer to violate the Servicing Standard, the Special Servicer may act upon the most recently submitted form of Asset Status Report; provided, further, however, that such Asset Status Report does not, and is not intended to be, a substitute for the approvals that are specifically required pursuant to Section 6.08. The procedures described in this paragraph are collectively referred to herein as the “Directing Certificateholder Asset Status Report Approval Process”.

 

Pursuant to, and to the extent required by, Section 6.09, the Special Servicer shall consult with the Risk Retention Consultation Party on a non-binding basis (in person or remotely via electronic, telephonic or other mutually agreeable communication) and propose alternative courses of action and provide other feedback in respect of any Asset Status Report. The Special Servicer may choose to revise the Asset Status Report as it deems reasonably necessary in accordance with Servicing Standard to take into account any input and/or recommendations of the Risk Retention Consultation Party, but is under no obligation to follow any particular recommendation of the Risk Retention Consultation Party.

 

The Special Servicer may, from time to time, modify any Asset Status Report it has previously delivered and implement such report; provided that such report shall have been prepared, reviewed and not rejected pursuant to the terms of this Section 3.19(d). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Excluded Loan (regardless of whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing), the Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor (in person or remotely via electronic, telephonic or other mutually agreeable communication), on a non-binding basis, in connection with an Asset Status Report for an Excluded Loan which includes a Major Decision that it is processing or for which its consent is required and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

 

No direction or disapproval of the Directing Certificateholder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party hereunder or under a related Intercreditor Agreement or failure of the Directing Certificateholder to consent to or approve (including any deemed consents or approvals) any request of the Special Servicer, shall (a) require or cause the Special Servicer to violate the terms of a Specially Serviced Loan, applicable law or any provision of this Agreement, including the Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard and to maintain the REMIC status of each Trust REMIC and status of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, (b) result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions, (c) expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Trust, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or their respective officers, directors, members, employees or agents to any claim, suit or liability or (d) materially expand the scope of the Special Servicer’s, Trustee’s or the Master Servicer’s responsibilities under this Agreement.

 

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Prior to an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the Special Servicer shall deliver each Final Asset Status Report to the Operating Advisor promptly following the conclusion of each Directing Certificateholder Asset Status Report Approval Process. The Operating Advisor’s review of any such Final Asset Status Report shall only provide background information to support the Operating Advisor’s duties concerning the Special Servicer’s compliance with the Servicing Standard, and the Operating Advisor shall not provide comments to the Special Servicer in respect of such Final Asset Status Report.

 

If an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing, the Special Servicer shall promptly deliver each Asset Status Report prepared in connection with a Specially Serviced Loan to the Operating Advisor (and if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and such Specially Serviced Loan is not an Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder). After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the Operating Advisor shall provide comments to the Special Servicer in respect of any such Asset Status Report within ten (10) Business Days following the later of receipt of (i) such Asset Status Report or (ii) such additional information reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor related thereto, and propose possible alternative courses of action to the extent it determines such alternatives to be in the best interest of the Certificateholders (including any Certificateholders that are holders of the Control Eligible Certificates), as a collective whole. The Special Servicer shall consider such alternative courses of action, if any, and any other feedback provided by the Operating Advisor (and if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and such Specially Serviced Loan is not an Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder) in connection with the Special Servicer’s preparation of any Asset Status Report. The Special Servicer may revise the Asset Status Report as it deems necessary to take into account any input and/or comments from the Operating Advisor (and if no Consultation Termination Event has occurred and is continuing and such Specially Serviced Loan is not an Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder), to the extent the Special Servicer determines that the Operating Advisor’s and/or Directing Certificateholder’s input and/or recommendations are consistent with the Servicing Standard and in the best interest of the Certificateholders, as a collective whole (or, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, the best interest of the Certificateholders and the holders of the related Companion Loan, as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of such Companion Loan)). Promptly upon determining whether or not to revise any Asset Status Report to take into account any input and/or comments from the Operating Advisor or the Directing Certificateholder, the Special Servicer shall revise the Asset Status Report, if applicable, and deliver to the Operating Advisor and the Directing Certificateholder the revised Asset Status Report (until a Final Asset Status Report is issued). The procedures described in this and the immediately preceding paragraph are collectively referred to as the “ASR Consultation Process”.

 

After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder (and at any time with respect to any Excluded Loan) shall have no right to consent to any Asset Status Report under this Section 3.19. After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event but prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder (except with respect to any Excluded Loan or, prior to the occurrence and continuance of an AB Control Appraisal Period, the related Serviced AB Whole Loan) shall consult with the Special Servicer and may propose

 

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alternative courses of action and provide such other feedback as the Directing Certificateholder determines in respect of any Asset Status Report. After the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event (and at any time with respect to any Excluded Loan), the Directing Certificateholder (other than in its capacity as a Certificateholder) shall have no right to receive any Asset Status Report or otherwise consult with the Special Servicer with respect to Asset Status Reports and the Special Servicer shall only be obligated to consult with the Operating Advisor with respect to any Asset Status Report as described above. The Special Servicer may choose to revise the Asset Status Report as it deems reasonably necessary in accordance with the Servicing Standard to take into account any input and/or recommendations of the Operating Advisor or the Directing Certificateholder during the applicable periods described above, but is under no obligation to follow any particular recommendation of the Operating Advisor or the Directing Certificateholder.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to the occurrence and continuance of an AB Control Appraisal Period with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan, the Special Servicer shall prepare an Asset Status Report for any Serviced AB Whole Loan, upon it becoming a Specially Serviced Loan pursuant to this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement, but the Directing Certificateholder will have no approval rights over any such Asset Status Report, and the consent or approval rights with respect to such Asset Status Report shall be as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(e)            (i) Upon receiving notice of the occurrence of the events described in clause (iv) and (x) of the definition of Servicing Transfer Event (without regard to the 60-day or 30-day period, respectively, set forth therein), the Master Servicer shall with reasonable promptness give notice thereof, and shall use its reasonable efforts to provide the Special Servicer with all information relating to the Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer to enable it to negotiate with the related Mortgagor. The Master Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to comply with the preceding sentence within five (5) Business Days of the occurrence of each such event.

 

(ii)            After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, upon receiving notice of the occurrence of an event described in clause (iv) or (x) of the definition of Servicing Transfer Event (without regard to the 60-day or 30-day period, respectively, set forth therein), the Master Servicer shall deliver notice thereof to the Operating Advisor at the same time such notice is provided to the Special Servicer pursuant to clause (i) above.

 

(f)             Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, no later than two (2) Business Days following the establishment of a Final Asset Status Report with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan (other than any Excluded Loan), the Special Servicer shall deliver in electronic format to the Directing Certificateholder a draft notice that will include a draft summary of the Final Asset Status Report (which briefly summarizes such Final Asset Status Report, but shall not include any Privileged Information) (and shall deliver each Final Asset Status Report with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan prior to the occurrence and continuance of an AB Control Appraisal Period (to the extent approved by the related Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder), to the Directing Certificateholder). With respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan, if, prior to the occurrence and

 

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continuance of a Control Termination Event, within ten (10) Business Days (or, if the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer are affiliates, five (5) Business Days) of receipt of such draft summary, the Directing Certificateholder approves of, or does not disapprove of such draft summary, then the Special Servicer shall deliver in electronic format such notice and summary of the Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator for posting on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b). If the Directing Certificateholder affirmatively disapproves of such summary in writing, then within two (2) Business Days of receipt of such disapproval, the Special Servicer shall revise the summary and deliver such new summary to the Directing Certificateholder until the Directing Certificateholder approves such draft summary; provided, however, that if the Directing Certificateholder has not approved of the draft summary of the Final Asset Status Report within twenty (20) Business Days of receipt of the initial draft summary of the Final Asset Status Report, then the most recent draft summary of the Final Asset Status Report delivered by the Special Servicer prior to such 20th Business Day shall be deemed to be the final summary of the Final Asset Status Report; provided, further, however, that if at any time the Special Servicer determines that any affirmative disapproval of such draft summary by the Directing Certificateholder is not in the best interest of all the Certificateholders pursuant to the Servicing Standard, the Special Servicer shall deliver in electronic format such notice and summary of the Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator for posting on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b) notwithstanding such disapproval. The Special Servicer shall promptly deliver (but in any event no later than two (2) Business Days following its completion) a copy of each Final Asset Status Report to the Operating Advisor. The Special Servicer shall prepare a summary of any Final Asset Status Report related to any Serviced AB Whole Loan for which the related holder of an AB Subordinate Companion Loan is not subject to an AB Control Appraisal Period, which Final Asset Status Report has been approved or deemed approved by the holder of the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement (to the extent such Intercreditor Agreement requires such approval or deemed approval), and deliver in electronic format notice of such Final Asset Status Report and the summary of such Final Asset Status Report to the Certificate Administrator for posting on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b).

 

(g)            No provision of this Section 3.19 shall require the Special Servicer to take or to refrain from taking any action because of any proposal, objection or comment by the Operating Advisor or a recommendation of the Operating Advisor.

 

Section 3.20          Sub-Servicing Agreements. (a) The Master Servicer and Special Servicer may enter into Sub-Servicing Agreements to provide for the performance by third parties of any or all of its respective obligations hereunder; provided that the Sub-Servicing Agreement as amended or modified: (i) is consistent with this Agreement in all material respects and requires the Sub-Servicer to comply with all of the applicable conditions of this Agreement; (ii) provides that if the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall for any reason no longer act in such capacity hereunder (including, without limitation, by reason of a Servicer Termination Event), the Trustee or its designee shall thereupon assume all of the rights and, except to the extent they arose prior to the date of assumption, obligations of such party under such agreement, or, alternatively, may act in accordance with Section 7.02 hereof under the circumstances described therein (subject to Section 3.20(g) hereof); (iii) provides that the Trustee (for the benefit of the Certificateholders and the related Companion Holder (if applicable) and

 

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the Trustee (as holder of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests) shall be a third party beneficiary under such Sub-Servicing Agreement, but that (except to the extent the Trustee or its designee assumes the obligations of such party thereunder as contemplated by the immediately preceding clause (ii)) none of the Trust, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, any successor master servicer or successor special servicer or any Certificateholder (or the related Companion Holder, if applicable) shall have any duties under such Sub-Servicing Agreement or any liabilities arising therefrom; (iv) permits any purchaser of a Mortgage Loan pursuant to this Agreement to terminate such Sub-Servicing Agreement with respect to such purchased Mortgage Loan at its option and without penalty; provided, however, that the Initial Sub-Servicing Agreements may only be terminated by the Trustee or its designees as contemplated by Section 3.20(g) hereof and in such additional manner and by such other Persons as is provided in such Sub-Servicing Agreement; (v) does not permit the Sub-Servicer any direct rights of indemnification that may be satisfied out of assets of the Trust; (vi) does not permit the Sub-Servicer to modify any Mortgage Loan unless and to the extent the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, is permitted hereunder to modify such Mortgage Loan; (vii) does not permit the Sub-Servicer to take any action constituting a Major Decision and certain other decisions without the consent of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable (subject to the rights of the Directing Certificateholder pursuant to Section 6.08); (viii) with respect to any Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into after the Closing Date, if such Sub-Servicer is a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer, such Sub-Servicer, at the time the related Sub-Servicing Agreement is entered into, is not a Prohibited Party; (ix) provides that the Sub-Servicer shall be in default under the related Sub-Servicing Agreement and such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be terminated (following the expiration of any applicable Grace Period) if, among other things, the Sub-Servicer fails (A) to deliver by the due date any Exchange Act reporting items required to be delivered to the Master Servicer under Article XI or under the Sub-Servicing Agreement or to the master servicer under any other pooling and servicing agreement that the Depositor is a party to, or (B) to perform in any material respect any of its covenants or obligations contained in the Sub-Servicing Agreement regarding creating, obtaining or delivering any Exchange Act reporting items required for any party to this Agreement to perform its obligations under Article XI or under the Exchange Act reporting items required under any other pooling and servicing agreement that the Depositor is a party to; and (x) provides that such Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be terminable if at any time the related Sub-Servicer is a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Third Party Purchaser if such Sub-Servicer is a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2).

 

Any successor master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, hereunder shall, upon becoming successor master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, be assigned and may assume any Sub-Servicing Agreements from the predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable (subject to Section 3.20(g) hereof). In addition, each Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into by the Master Servicer may but need not provide that the obligations of the Sub-Servicer thereunder may terminate with respect to any Mortgage Loan serviced thereunder at the time such Mortgage Loan becomes a Specially Serviced Loan; provided, however, that the Sub-Servicing Agreement may provide (if the Sub-Servicing Agreement provides for Advances by the Sub-Servicer, although it need not so provide) that the Sub-Servicer will continue to make all Advances and calculations and prepare all reports required under the Sub-Servicing Agreement with respect to Specially Serviced Loans and continue to

 

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collect its Primary Servicing Fees as if no Servicing Transfer Event had occurred and with respect to REO Properties (and the related REO Loans) as if no REO Acquisition had occurred and to render such incidental services with respect to such Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as are specifically provided for in such Sub-Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver to the Trustee copies of all Sub-Servicing Agreements, and any amendments thereto and modifications thereof, entered into by it, in each case promptly upon its execution and delivery of such documents. References in this Agreement to actions taken or to be taken by the Master Servicer include actions taken or to be taken by a Sub-Servicer on behalf of the Master Servicer; and, in connection therewith, all amounts advanced by any Sub-Servicer (if the Sub-Servicing Agreement provides for Advances by the Sub-Servicer, although it need not so provide) to satisfy the obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder to make Advances shall be deemed to have been advanced by the Master Servicer out of its own funds and, accordingly, in such event, such Advances shall be recoverable by such Sub-Servicer in the same manner and out of the same funds as if such Sub-Servicer were the Master Servicer, and, for so long as they are outstanding, such Advances shall accrue interest in accordance with Section 3.03(d), such interest to be allocable between the Master Servicer and such Sub-Servicer as may be provided (if at all) pursuant to the terms of the Sub-Servicing Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, the Master Servicer shall be deemed to have received any payment when a Sub-Servicer retained by it receives such payment. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall notify the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, the Trustee and the Depositor (and the Special Servicer shall notify the Operating Advisor) in writing promptly of the appointment by it of any Sub-Servicer, except that the Master Servicer need not provide such notice as to the Initial Sub-Servicing Agreements.

 

(b)           Each Sub-Servicer shall be authorized to transact business in the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law to the extent necessary to ensure the enforceability of the related Mortgage Loans or the compliance with its obligations under the Sub-Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

(c)            As part of its servicing activities hereunder, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, for the benefit of the Trustee, and the Certificateholders, shall (at no expense to the Trustee, the Certificateholders or the Trust) monitor the performance and enforce the obligations of each Sub-Servicer under the related Sub-Servicing Agreement, except that the Master Servicer shall be required only to use reasonable efforts to cause any Initial Sub-Servicer to comply with the requirements of Article XI hereof. Such enforcement, including, without limitation, the legal prosecution of claims, termination of Sub-Servicing Agreements in accordance with their respective terms and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as is in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have the right to remove a Sub-Servicer retained by it (i) with respect to a Sub-Servicer other than an Initial Sub-Servicer only, at any time it considers removal to be in accordance with the best interests of the Trust and/or the Certificateholders and (ii) in accordance with the terms of the related Sub-Servicing Agreement.

 

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Agreement, the Master Servicer, at its expense, shall deliver to the assuming party all documents and records relating to such Sub-Servicing Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and, if applicable, the Companion Loans then being serviced thereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held on behalf of it thereunder, and otherwise use reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Sub-Servicing Agreement to the assuming party.

 

(e)            Notwithstanding the provisions of any Sub-Servicing Agreement and this Section 3.20, except to the extent provided in Article XI with respect to the obligations of any Sub-Servicer that is an Initial Sub-Servicer, the Master Servicer shall remain obligated and responsible to the Trustee, the Special Servicer, holders of the Companion Loans serviced hereunder and the Certificateholders for the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement in accordance with the provisions hereof to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if it alone were servicing and administering the Mortgage Loans for which it is responsible, and the Master Servicer shall pay the fees of any Sub-Servicer thereunder as and when due from its own funds. In no event shall the Trust bear any termination fee required to be paid to any Sub-Servicer as a result of such Sub-Servicer’s termination under any Sub-Servicing Agreement.

 

(f)             The Trustee, upon the request of the Master Servicer, shall furnish to any Sub-Servicer any documents necessary or appropriate to enable such Sub-Servicer to carry out its servicing and administrative duties under any Sub-Servicing Agreement.

 

(g)            Each Sub-Servicing Agreement shall provide that, in the event the Trustee or any other Person becomes successor master servicer, the Trustee or such successor master servicer shall have the right to terminate such Sub-Servicing Agreement with or without cause and without a fee. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other contrary provision in this Agreement, the Trustee and any successor master servicer shall assume each Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement and (i) the Initial Sub-Servicer’s rights and obligations under the Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement shall expressly survive a termination of the Master Servicer’s servicing rights under this Agreement; provided that the Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement has not been terminated in accordance with its provisions; (ii) any successor master servicer, including, without limitation, the Trustee (if it assumes the servicing obligations of the Master Servicer) shall be deemed to automatically assume and agree to the then-current Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement without further action upon becoming the successor master servicer and (iii) this Agreement may not be modified in any manner which would increase the obligations or limit the rights of the Initial Sub-Servicer hereunder and/or under the Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Initial Sub-Servicer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).

 

(h)            With respect to Mortgage Loans subject to a Sub-Servicing Agreement with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer shall, upon request (such request to be made reasonably in advance as appropriate to the circumstances surrounding such request) of the related Sub-Servicer, reasonably cooperate in delivering reports and information, including remittance information, and affording access to information to the related Sub-Servicer that would be required to be delivered or afforded, as the case may be, to the Master Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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(i)           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Special Servicer shall not enter into any Sub-Servicing Agreement which provides for the performance by third parties of any or all of its obligations herein, without, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of any Control Termination Event, the consent of the Directing Certificateholder, except to the extent necessary for the Special Servicer to comply with applicable regulatory requirements.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Sub-Servicer shall be permitted under any Sub-Servicing Agreement to make material servicing decisions, such as loan modifications or determinations as to the manner or timing of enforcing remedies under the Mortgage Loan documents, without the consent of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable.

 

(j)            Except with respect to an Initial Sub-Servicer, no party (other than the Special Servicer) shall enter into an agreement with a Sub-Servicer that is a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Third Party Purchaser if such Sub-Servicer would be a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2) of Regulation AB as a result of entering into such agreement with such Sub-Servicer. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the parties to this Agreement, absent actual knowledge to the contrary, may conclusively rely upon a representation of any Initial Sub-Servicer that such Sub-Servicer is not, to its actual knowledge, a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Third Party Purchaser. If at any time a party obtains actual knowledge that such Sub-Servicer is a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2) and is a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Third Party Purchaser, such party shall terminate such Sub-Servicer in accordance with the Sub-Servicing Agreement.

 

Section 3.21          Interest Reserve Account.

 

(a)           On the Master Servicer Remittance Date occurring in each February and in any January that occurs in a year that is not a leap year (in each case, unless the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the Certificate Administrator, in respect of the Actual/360 Loans, shall deposit into the Interest Reserve Account, an amount equal to one (1) day’s interest on the Stated Principal Balance of the Actual/360 Loans as of the Distribution Date occurring in the month preceding the month in which Master Servicer Remittance Date occurs at the related Net Mortgage Rate, to the extent a full Periodic Payment or P&I Advance is made in respect thereof (all amounts so deposited in any consecutive February and January, “Withheld Amounts”).

 

(b)           On each Master Servicer Remittance Date occurring in March (or February, if the related Distribution Date is the final Distribution Date), the Certificate Administrator shall withdraw, from the Interest Reserve Account an amount equal to the Withheld Amounts from the preceding January (if applicable) and February, if any, and deposit such amount into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account.

 

Section 3.22          Directing Certificateholder and Operating Advisor Contact with Master Servicer and Special Servicer. Within a reasonable time upon request from the Directing Certificateholder or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, and no more often than on a monthly basis, each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, without charge, make a

 

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knowledgeable Servicing Officer via telephone available to verbally answer questions from (a) ((i) prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) the Directing Certificateholder and (b) the Operating Advisor (with respect to the Special Servicer only), regarding the performance and servicing of the Mortgage Loans and/or REO Properties for which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, is responsible. In connection with such telephonic meeting, and, at the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s option, the Directing Certificateholder or Operating Advisor, as applicable, shall execute an Investor Certification or confidentiality agreement satisfying the requirements of Section 3.13(f).

 

Section 3.23          Controlling Class Certificateholders and Directing Certificateholder; Certain Rights and Powers of Directing Certificateholder. (a) Each Controlling Class Certificateholder is hereby deemed to have agreed by virtue of its purchase of a Certificate to provide its name and address to the Certificate Administrator and to notify the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor of the transfer of any Certificate of a Controlling Class by delivering a notice to each such Person substantially in the form of Exhibit NN attached hereto, the selection of a Directing Certificateholder or the resignation or removal thereof. The Directing Certificateholder is hereby deemed to have agreed by virtue of its purchase of a Certificate to notify the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor when such Certificateholder is appointed Directing Certificateholder and when it is removed or resigns. To the extent there is only one Controlling Class Certificateholder and it or its Affiliate is also the Special Servicer, it shall be the Directing Certificateholder.

 

On the Closing Date, the initial Directing Certificateholder (other than the Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder) shall execute and deliver to the parties to this Agreement a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1G to this Agreement. Upon the resignation or removal of the existing Directing Certificateholder, any successor Directing Certificateholder shall execute and deliver to the parties to this Agreement a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1G to this Agreement to each of the addressees therein prior to being recognized as the new Directing Certificateholder.

 

(b)           Once a Directing Certificateholder has been selected, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each other Certificateholder (or Certificate Owner, if applicable) shall be entitled to rely on such selection unless the Controlling Class Certificateholders entitled to appoint the Directing Certificateholder, by Certificate Balance, or such Directing Certificateholder shall have notified the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and each other Controlling Class Certificateholder, in writing, of the resignation of such Directing Certificateholder or the selection of a new Directing Certificateholder. Upon the resignation of a Directing Certificateholder, the Certificate Administrator shall request the Controlling Class Certificateholders to select a new Directing Certificateholder. In the event that (i) the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor receives written notice from a majority of the Controlling Class Certificateholders that a Directing Certificateholder is no longer designated and (ii) the Controlling Class Certificateholder that owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class (or

 

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a representative thereof) becomes the Directing Certificateholder pursuant to the proviso of the definition of “Directing Certificateholder”, then the Controlling Class Certificateholder that owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class (or its representative) shall provide its name and address to the Certificate Administrator and notify the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor that it is the new Directing Certificateholder; provided that the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to rely on the written notification provided by the purported Controlling Class Certificateholder that owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class without independently verifying that such Controlling Class Certificateholder actually owns the largest aggregate Certificate Balance of the Controlling Class.

 

(c)           Until it receives notice to the contrary, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the most recent notification with respect to the identity of the Controlling Class Certificateholder and the Directing Certificateholder.

 

(d)           In the event that no Directing Certificateholder has been appointed or identified to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, has attempted to obtain such information from the Certificate Administrator and no such entity has been identified to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, then until such time as the new Directing Certificateholder is identified, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have no duty to consult with, provide notice to, or seek the approval or consent of any such Directing Certificateholder as the case may be.

 

(e)           Upon request, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver to the Depositor, Trustee, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer and, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder, a list of each Controlling Class Certificateholder as reflected in the Certificate Register, including names and addresses at the expense of the Trust. In addition to the foregoing, within five (5) Business Days of receiving notice of the selection of a new Directing Certificateholder or the existence of a new Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, and the Master Servicer shall notify each Non-Serviced Trustee, Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer, Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator and Non-Serviced Operating Advisor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, KKR Real Estate Credit Opportunity Partners Aggregator I L.P. shall be the initial Directing Certificateholder and shall remain so until a successor is appointed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or until a Consultation Termination Event occurs.

 

Until it receives notice to the contrary, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the preceding sentence with respect to the identity of the Directing Certificateholder.

 

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related Certificateholders of such Class (through the Depository) of the Class becoming the Controlling Class.

 

(g)           Each Certificateholder acknowledges and agrees, by its acceptance of its Certificates, that: (i) the Directing Certificateholder may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates; (ii) the Directing Certificateholder may act solely in the interests of the Holders of the Controlling Class; (iii) the Directing Certificateholder does not have any liability or duties to the Holders of any Class of Certificates other than the Controlling Class; (iv) the Directing Certificateholder may take actions that favor interests of the Holders of the Controlling Class over the interests of the Holders of one or more other Classes of Certificates; and (v) the Directing Certificateholder shall have no liability whatsoever (other than to a Controlling Class Certificateholder) for having so acted, and no Certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against the Directing Certificateholder or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal of the Directing Certificateholder for having so acted.

 

(h)           All requirements of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to provide notices, reports, statements or other information (including the access to information on a website) to the Directing Certificateholder contained in this Agreement shall also apply to each Companion Holder with respect to information relating to the related Serviced Mortgage Loan or a Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable; provided, however, that nothing in this subsection (h) shall in any way eliminate the obligation to deliver any information required to be delivered under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(i)             Until it receives notice to the contrary, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to rely on the most recent notification with respect to the identity and contact information of the Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Directing Certificateholder and any Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder.

 

(j)            With respect to a Serviced Whole Loan and any approval and consent rights in this Agreement with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan, the related Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder shall exercise such rights in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(k)           The Certificate Registrar shall determine which Class of Certificates is the then-current Controlling Class within two (2) Business Days of a request from the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Operating Advisor, Certificate Administrator, Trustee, any Certificateholder and provide such information to the requesting party.

 

(l)             [Reserved].

 

(m)           Promptly upon its determination of a change in the Controlling Class, the Certificate Administrator shall (i) include on its statement made available pursuant to Section 4.02(a) of this Agreement the identity of the new Controlling Class and (ii) provide to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Operating Advisor notice of such event and the identity and contact information of the new Controlling Class Certificateholder (the cost of

 

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obtaining such information from the Depository being an expense of the Trust). The Certificate Administrator shall notify the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer within ten (10) Business Days of the existence or cessation of (i) any Control Termination Event, (ii) any Consultation Termination Event or (iii) any Operating Advisor Consultation Event. Upon the Certificate Administrator’s determination that a Control Termination Event, a Consultation Termination Event or an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred or is terminated, the Certificate Administrator shall, within ten (10) Business Days, post a “special notice” on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to this provision.

 

In the event that a Control Termination Event has occurred due to a reduction of the Certificate Balance of the Class E-RR Certificates (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of such Class in accordance with Section 4.05(a) hereof) to less than 25% of the Original Certificate Balance thereof, such special notice shall state “A Control Termination Event has occurred due to the reduction of the Certificate Balance of the Class E-RR Certificates to less than 25% of the Original Certificate Balance thereof.”

 

In the event that a Consultation Termination Event has occurred due to the reduction of each Class of Control Eligible Certificates below 25% of its Original Certificate Balance, in each case without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts, such special notice shall state: “A Consultation Termination Event has occurred because no Class of Control Eligible Certificates exists where such Class’s aggregate Certificate Balance is at least equal to 25% of the Original Certificate Balance of that Class, in each case without regard to the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts.”

 

In the event that an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred due to the reduction of the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Class E-RR, Class F-RR and Class G-RR to 25% or below of the initial Certificate Balances of such Classes in the aggregate (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of such Classes), such special notice shall state: “An Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred because Certificate Balance of the Class E-RR, Class F-RR and Class G-RR Certificates in the agreement is 25% or less of the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of such Classes (taking into account the application of any Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of such Classes).”

 

Section 3.24          Intercreditor Agreements. (a) Each of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer acknowledges and agrees that each Serviced Whole Loan being serviced under this Agreement and each Mortgage Loan with mezzanine debt is subject to the terms and provisions of the related Intercreditor Agreement and each agrees to service each such Serviced Whole Loan and each Mortgage Loan with mezzanine debt in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, including, without limitation, effecting distributions and allocating reimbursement of expenses in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement and, in the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement, the related Intercreditor Agreement shall govern. Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Agreement, each of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer agrees not to take any action with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan or a Mortgage Loan with mezzanine debt or the related Mortgaged Property without the prior consent

 

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of the related Companion Holder or mezzanine lender, as applicable, to the extent that the related Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Companion Holder or mezzanine lender, as applicable, is required or permitted to consent to such action. Each of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer acknowledges and agrees that each Companion Holder and each mezzanine lender or its respective designee has the right to purchase the related Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the related Intercreditor Agreement to the extent provided for therein. Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer further acknowledges and agrees that any Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder will have the right to replace the Special Servicer solely with respect to the related Serviced AB Whole Loan, to the extent provided for herein and in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(b)           Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall have any liability for any cost, claim or damage that arises from any entitlement in favor of a Companion Holder or a mezzanine lender under the related Intercreditor Agreement or conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of such Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision of any Intercreditor Agreement that may otherwise require the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to abide by any instruction or direction of a Companion Holder or a mezzanine lender, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be required to comply with any instruction or direction the compliance with which requires an Advance that constitutes or would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. In no event shall any expense arising from compliance with an Intercreditor Agreement constitute an expense to be borne by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer for its own account without reimbursement. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be required to consult with or obtain the consent of any Companion Holder or a mezzanine lender unless such Companion Holder or mezzanine lender has delivered notice of its identity and contact information to each of the parties to this Agreement (upon which notice each of the parties to this Agreement shall be conclusively entitled to rely). As of the Closing Date, the contact information for the Companion Holders and mezzanine lenders is as set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, be required to consult with or obtain the consent of a new Directing Certificateholder or a new Controlling Class Certificateholder unless the Certificate Administrator has delivered notice to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, as required under Section 3.23(e) or the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, have actual knowledge of the identity and contact information of a new Directing Certificateholder or a new Controlling Class Certificateholder.

 

(c)           No direction or disapproval of the Companion Holders or any mezzanine lender shall (a) require or cause the Master Servicer or Special Servicer to violate the terms of a Mortgage Loan or Serviced Companion Loan, applicable law or any provision of this Agreement, including the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s obligation to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard and to maintain the REMIC status of each Trust REMIC and the status of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, (b) result in the imposition of a “prohibited transaction” or “prohibited contribution” tax under the REMIC Provisions or (c) materially expand the scope of the Special Servicer’s, Trustee’s, the Certificate Administrator’s or the Master Servicer’s responsibilities under this Agreement.

 

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(d)           With respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, notwithstanding any rights the Operating Advisor or the Directing Certificateholder hereunder may have to consult with respect to any action or other matter with respect to the servicing of such Companion Loan, to the extent the related Intercreditor Agreement provides that such right is exercisable by the related Companion Holder or is exercisable in conjunction with any related Companion Holder, the Directing Certificateholder shall not be permitted to exercise such right or, to the extent provided in the related Intercreditor Agreement, shall be required to exercise such right in conjunction with the related Companion Holder, as applicable (except to the extent that the Directing Certificateholder is the related Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder). Additionally, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult, seek the approval or obtain the consent of the holder of any Serviced Companion Loan with respect to any matters with respect to the servicing of such Companion Loan to the extent required under related Intercreditor Agreement and shall not take such actions requiring consent of the related Companion Holder without such consent. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall deliver reports and notices to the related Companion Holder as required under the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Special Servicer shall be required (i) to provide copies of any notice, information and report that it is required to provide to the Controlling Class Certificateholder pursuant to this Agreement with respect to any Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, to the related Holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, within the same time frame it is required to provide to the Controlling Class Certificateholder (for this purpose, without regard to whether such items are actually required to be provided to the Controlling Class Certificateholder under this Agreement due to the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or a Consultation Termination Event) and (ii) to consult with any related Holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan on a strictly non-binding basis, to the extent having received such notices, information and reports, such related Companion Holder requests consultation with respect to any such Major Decisions or the implementation of any recommended actions outlined in an Asset Status Report relating to a Serviced Whole Loan, and consider alternative actions recommended by such related Companion Holder; provided that after the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from the delivery to such related Companion Holder by the Special Servicer of written notice of a proposed action, together with copies of the notice, information and report required to be provided to the Controlling Class Certificateholder, the Special Servicer shall no longer be obligated to consult with such related Companion Holder, whether or not such related Companion Holder has responded within such ten (10) Business Day period (unless, the Special Servicer proposes a new course of action that is materially different from the action previously proposed, in which case such ten (10) Business Day period shall be deemed to begin anew from the date of such proposal and delivery of all information relating thereto). Notwithstanding the consultation rights of the related Holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Special Servicer may make any Major Decision or take any action set forth in the Asset Status Report before the expiration of the aforementioned ten (10) Business Day period if the Special Servicer determines that immediate action with respect thereto is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders and the related Companion Holder, if any. In no event

 

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shall the Special Servicer be obligated at any time to follow or take any alternative actions recommended by the related Companion Holder.

 

(f)            In addition to the consultation rights of the holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, such Companion Holder shall have the right to attend (in person or telephonically, in the discretion of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable) annual meetings with the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer at the offices of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, upon reasonable notice and at times reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, in which servicing issues related to the related Whole Loan are discussed.

 

(g)           With respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the Special Servicer shall not modify, waive or amend the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement such that the monthly remittance to the holder of the related Companion Loan is required earlier than two (2) Business Days after receipt by the Master Servicer of the related Periodic Payment without the consent of the Master Servicer.

 

Section 3.25          Rating Agency Confirmation. (a) Notwithstanding the terms of any related Mortgage Loan documents or other provisions of this Agreement, if any action under any Mortgage Loan documents or this Agreement requires Rating Agency Confirmation as a condition precedent to such action, if the party (the “RAC Requesting Party”) required to obtain such Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency has made a request to any Rating Agency for such Rating Agency Confirmation and, within ten (10) Business Days of the Rating Agency Confirmation request being posted to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, such Rating Agency has not replied to such request or has responded in a manner that indicates that such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation, then such RAC Requesting Party shall be required to confirm (through direct communication and not by posting any confirmation on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website) that the applicable Rating Agency has received the Rating Agency Confirmation request, and, if it has, promptly request the related Rating Agency Confirmation again. The circumstances described in the preceding sentence are referred to in this Agreement as a “RAC No-Response Scenario.” Once the RAC Requesting Party has sent a request for a Rating Agency Confirmation to the 17g-5 Information Provider, such RAC Requesting Party, may, but shall not be obligated to send such request directly to the Rating Agencies in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 13.10(d).

 

If there is no response to such Rating Agency Confirmation request within five (5) Business Days of such second request in a RAC No-Response Scenario or if such Rating Agency has responded in a manner that indicates such Rating Agency is neither reviewing such request nor waiving the requirement for Rating Agency Confirmation, then (x) with respect to any condition in any Mortgage Loan document requiring such Rating Agency Confirmation or with respect to any other matter under this Agreement relating to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans (other than as set forth in clause (y) below), the requirement to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation shall be deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist) with respect to such Rating Agency and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, may then take such action if the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, confirms its original determination (made prior to making such request) that taking the action with respect to

 

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which it requested the Rating Agency Confirmation would still be consistent with the Servicing Standard, and (y) with respect to a replacement of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, such condition shall be deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist) if (i) it has been appointed and currently serves as a master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, on a transaction-level basis on a CMBS transaction currently rated by Moody’s that currently has securities outstanding and for which Moody’s has not cited servicing concerns of the applicable replacement as the sole or a material factor in such rating action or any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in a commercial mortgage-backed securitization transaction serviced by the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer prior to the time of determination, if Moody’s is the non-responding Rating Agency, (ii) the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer is rated at least “CMS3” (in the case of the master servicer) or “CSS3” (in the case of the special servicer), if Fitch is the non-responding Rating Agency or (iii) DBRS has not publicly cited servicing concerns of the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, as the sole or material factor in any qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of the ratings (or placement on “watch status” in contemplation of a ratings downgrade or withdrawal) of securities in any other commercial mortgage-backed securitization transaction serviced by the applicable replacement master servicer or special servicer prior to the time of determination, if DBRS is the non-responding Rating Agency.

 

Any Rating Agency Confirmation request made by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator or Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to this Agreement, shall be made in writing, which writing shall contain a cover page indicating the nature of the Rating Agency Confirmation request, and shall contain all back-up material necessary for the Rating Agency to process such request. Such written Rating Agency Confirmation request shall be provided in electronic format to the 17g-5 Information Provider, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall post such request on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c).

 

Promptly following the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s determination to take any action discussed in this Section 3.25 following any requirement to obtain a Rating Agency Confirmation being deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist), the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide electronic written notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider of the action taken for the particular item at such time, and the 17g-5 Information Provider shall promptly post such notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c).

 

(b)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.25, for purposes of the provisions of any Mortgage Loan document relating to defeasance (including without limitation the type of collateral acceptable for use as defeasance collateral) or release or substitution of any collateral, any Rating Agency Confirmation requirement in the Mortgage Loan documents for which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer would have been permitted to waive obtaining or to make a determination with respect to such Rating Agency Confirmation pursuant to Section 3.25(a) shall be deemed not to apply (as if such requirement did not exist).

 

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(c)           For all other matters or actions not specifically discussed in Section 3.25(a) above, the applicable RAC Requesting Party shall deliver Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency.

 

Section 3.26          The Operating Advisor. (a) The Operating Advisor shall review (i) the actions of the Special Servicer with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan (as provided in Section 3.08(a), Section 3.08(b), Section 3.19(d), this Section 3.26 and Section 6.08(a)) and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event the actions of the Special Servicer with respect to Major Decisions relating to the Mortgage Loans when they are not a Specially Serviced Loans, (ii) all reports by the Special Servicer made available to Privileged Persons on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, (iii) each Asset Status Report (after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event) and (iv) each Final Asset Status Report delivered to the Operating Advisor by the Special Servicer. The Operating Advisor shall perform its duties hereunder in accordance with the Operating Advisor Standard. For the avoidance of doubt, the Operating Advisor will have no obligation or responsibility at any time to review the actions of the Master Servicer for compliance with the Servicing Standard. Except with respect to a waiver of the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee by the Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.26(i), the Operating Advisor will have no obligation or responsibility at any time to consult with the Master Servicer.

 

(b)           The Operating Advisor and its Affiliates will be obligated to keep confidential any information appropriately labeled as “Privileged Information” received from the Special Servicer or Directing Certificateholder in connection with the Directing Certificateholder’s exercise of its rights under this Agreement (including, without limitation, in connection with the review and/or approval of any Asset Status Report or Final Asset Status Report), subject to any Privileged Information Exception or law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree requiring the disclosure of such Privileged Information. Subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement related to Privileged Information, the Operating Advisor agrees that it shall use information received from the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement solely for purposes of complying with its duties and obligations hereunder.

 

(c)           (i) Based on the Operating Advisor’s review of any assessment of (i) any assessment of compliance report, attestation report, and other information delivered to the Operating Advisor by the Special Servicer or made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website during the prior calendar year, (ii) (A) prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, with respect to any Specially Serviced Loan, any related Final Asset Status Report or Final Major Decision Reporting Package, and (B) after the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, any Asset Status Report and any Major Decision Reporting Package, the Operating Advisor shall ((i) if any Mortgage Loans were Specially Serviced Loans at any time during the prior calendar year or (ii) if the Operating Advisor was entitled to consult with the Special Servicer with respect to any Major Decision during the prior calendar year) deliver to the Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider within one hundred twenty (120) days of the end of such prior calendar year, an annual report (the “Operating Advisor Annual Report”), substantially in the form of Exhibit V (which form may be modified or altered as to either its organization or content by the Operating Advisor, subject to compliance of such form with the terms and provisions of this Agreement including, without limitation, provisions

 

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herein relating to Privileged Information; provided, however, that in no event shall the information or any other content included in the Operating Advisor Annual Report contravene any provision of this Agreement), setting forth whether the Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer is operating in compliance with the Servicing Standard with respect to its performance of its duties pursuant to this Agreement with respect to Specially Serviced Loans (and, after the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, with respect to Major Decisions on Non-Specially Serviced Loans) during the prior calendar year on a Trust-Level Basis and identifying (1) which, if any, standards the Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, the Special Servicer has failed to comply and (2) any material deviations from the Special Servicer’s obligations hereunder with respect to the resolution or liquidation of any Specially Serviced Loan or REO Property (other than with respect to any REO Property related to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan); provided, further, however, that in the event the Special Servicer is replaced, the Operating Advisor Annual Report shall only relate to the special servicer that was acting as Special Servicer as of December 31 in the prior calendar year and is continuing in such capacity through the date of such Operating Advisor Annual Report; provided, further, that the Operating Advisor shall prepare a separate Operating Advisor Annual Report relating to each Excluded Special Servicer and any Excluded Special Servicer Loan(s) serviced by such Excluded Special Servicer. In preparing any Operating Advisor Annual Report, the Operating Advisor (i) shall not be required to report on instances of non-compliance with, or deviations from, the Servicing Standard or the Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement that the Operating Advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, to be immaterial and (ii) shall not be required to provide or obtain a legal opinion, legal review or legal conclusion. Subject to the restrictions in this Agreement, each such Operating Advisor Annual Report shall (A) identify any material deviations (i) from the Servicing Standard and (ii) from the Special Servicer’s obligations under this Agreement with respect to the resolution or liquidation of Specially Serviced Loans or REO Properties that the Special Servicer is responsible for servicing under this Agreement (other than with respect to any REO Property related to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and (B) comply with all of the confidentiality requirements described in this Agreement regarding Privileged Information (subject to any permitted exceptions). Such Operating Advisor Annual Report shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator (which shall promptly post such Operating Advisor Annual Report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b)) and the 17g-5 Information Provider (which shall promptly post such Operating Advisor Annual Report on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c)); provided, however, that the Special Servicer shall be given an opportunity to review the Operating Advisor Annual Report at least five (5) Business Days prior to such annual report’s delivery to the Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider. The Operating Advisor shall have no obligation to adopt any comments to the Operating Advisor Annual Report that are provided by the Special Servicer.

 

(ii)           In the event the Operating Advisor’s ability to perform its obligations in respect of the Operating Advisor Annual Report is limited or prohibited due to the failure of a party hereto to timely deliver information required to be delivered to the Operating Advisor or because such information is inaccurate or incomplete, the Operating Advisor shall set forth such limitations or prohibitions in the related Operating Advisor Annual Report, and the Operating Advisor shall not be subject to any liability arising from such

 

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limitations or prohibitions. The Operating Advisor shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the accuracy and completeness of any information it is provided without liability for any such reliance hereunder. If the Operating Advisor is prohibited or materially limited from obtaining Privileged Information and such prohibition or limitation prevents the Operating Advisor from performing its duties under this Agreement, the Operating Advisor shall not be subject to any liability arising therefrom.

 

(d)           [Reserved].

 

(e)           (i) With respect to any Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, after the calculation (and if an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing, prior to the utilization by the Special Servicer) of any of the calculations related to net present value in accordance with Section 1.02(iv), the Special Servicer shall forward such calculations, together with any supporting material or additional information necessary in support thereof (including such additional information reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor to confirm the mathematical accuracy of such calculations, but not including any Privileged Communications), to the Operating Advisor promptly, but in any event no later than two (2) Business Days after preparing such calculations, and the Operating Advisor shall promptly, but no later than three (3) Business Days after receipt of such calculations and any supporting or additional materials, recalculate and review for accuracy and consistency with this Agreement the mathematical calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portion of the applicable formulas required to be utilized in connection with any such calculation.

 

(ii)           In connection with this Section 3.26(e), in the event the Operating Advisor does not agree with the mathematical calculations of the net present value or the application of the applicable non-discretionary portions of the formula required to be utilized for such calculation, the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer shall consult with each other in order to resolve any material inaccuracy in the mathematical calculations or the application of the non-discretionary portions of the related formula in arriving at those mathematical calculations or any disagreement within five (5) Business Days of delivery of such calculations. In the event the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer are not able to resolve such inaccuracies or disagreement prior to the end of such five (5) Business Day period, the Operating Advisor shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator of such disagreement and the Certificate Administrator shall examine the calculations and supporting materials provided by the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer and determine which calculation is to apply (and shall provide prompt written notice of such determination to the Operating Advisor and the Special Servicer).

 

(f)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, and prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the Operating Advisor’s review will be limited to an after-the-action review of any assessment of compliance, attestation report, Final Major Decision Reporting Package, Final Asset Status Report and other information delivered to the Operating Advisor by the Special Servicer or made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website during the prior calendar year (together with any additional information and material reviewed by the Operating Advisor), and, therefore, it shall have no involvement with respect to collateral substitutions, assignments, workouts, modifications, consents, waivers, insurance policies, mortgagor substitutions, lease changes,

 

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additional borrower debt, defeasances, property management changes, releases from escrow, assumptions or other similar actions that the Special Servicer may perform under this Agreement and will have no obligations at any time with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan. In addition, with respect to the Operating Advisor’s review of net present value calculations as required in Section 3.26(e) above, the Operating Advisor’s recalculation shall not take into account the reasonableness of Special Servicer’s property and borrower performance assumptions or other similar discretionary portions of the net present value calculation.

 

(g)           The Operating Advisor and its Affiliates shall keep all information appropriately labeled as “Privileged Information” confidential and shall not disclose such information to any other Person (including any Certificateholders other than the Directing Certificateholder), other than (1) to a party hereto, to the extent expressly set forth herein with a notice indicating that such information is Privileged Information, (2) pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception or (3) where necessary to support specific findings or conclusions concerning allegations of deviations from the Servicing Standard (i) in the Operating Advisor Annual Report or (ii) in connection with a recommendation by the Operating Advisor to replace the Special Servicer. Each party to this Agreement that receives Privileged Information shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any other Person without the prior written consent of the Special Servicer and, unless a Consultation Termination Event has occurred, the Directing Certificateholder (with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any Excluded Loan) other than pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. In addition and for the avoidance of doubt, while the Operating Advisor may serve in a similar capacity with respect to Other Securitizations that involve the same parties or borrower involved in this securitization, the knowledge of the employees performing operating advisor functions for such Other Securitizations are not imputed to different employees of the Operating Advisor performing the obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor shall be permitted to share Privileged Information with its Affiliates and any subcontractors of the Operating Advisor that agree in writing to be bound by the same confidentiality provisions applicable to the Operating Advisor. Subject to the terms and conditions in this Agreement related to Privileged Information, the Operating Advisor agrees that it shall use information received from the Special Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement solely for purposes of complying with its duties and obligations hereunder.

 

(h)           Subject to the requirements of confidentiality imposed on the Operating Advisor herein (including without limitation in respect of Privileged Information), the Operating Advisor shall respond to Inquiries proposed by Privileged Persons from time to time in accordance with the terms of Section 4.07(a).

 

(i)           As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to receive the Operating Advisor Fee on each Distribution Date with respect to each Mortgage Loan (excluding the Non-Serviced Mortgage Loans, the Servicing Shift Loans and any Companion Loan) or each REO Loan. As to each Mortgage Loan and each REO Loan, the Operating Advisor Fee shall accrue from time to time at the Operating Advisor Fee Rate and shall be computed on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, and in the same manner as interest is calculated on the related Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, and, in connection with any partial month

 

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interest payment, for the same period respecting which any related interest payment due on the related Mortgage Loan or deemed to be due on such REO Loan is computed.

 

The Operating Advisor shall be entitled to reimbursement of any Operating Advisor Expenses provided for pursuant to Section 6.04(a) and/or 6.04(b) hereof, such amounts to be reimbursed from amounts on deposit in the Collection Account as provided by Section 3.05(a). Each successor Operating Advisor shall be required to acknowledge and agree to the terms of the preceding sentence.

 

In addition, the Operating Advisor Consulting Fee shall be payable to the Operating Advisor with respect to each Major Decision for which the Operating Advisor has consultation obligations hereunder. The Operating Advisor Consulting Fee shall be payable from funds on deposit in the Collection Account as provided in Section 3.05(a)(ii) of this Agreement, but only to the extent such Operating Advisor Consulting Fee is actually received from the related Mortgagor. When the Operating Advisor has consultation obligations with respect to a Major Decision under this Agreement, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer processing the related Major Decision shall use efforts to collect the applicable Operating Advisor Consulting Fee from the related Mortgagor in connection with such Major Decision that are consistent with the efforts that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, would use to collect any Mortgagor-paid fees owed to it in accordance with the Servicing Standard, but only to the extent not prohibited by the related Mortgage Loan documents. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may waive or reduce the amount of any Operating Advisor Consulting Fee payable by the related Mortgagor if it determines that such full or partial waiver is in accordance with the Servicing Standard, but in no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer take any enforcement action with respect to the collection of such Operating Advisor Consulting Fee other than requests for collection; provided that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult, on a non-binding basis, with the Operating Advisor prior to any such waiver or reduction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor shall have no obligations or consultation rights as Operating Advisor with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan or any related REO Property; provided, further, that the Operating Advisor shall not be entitled to an Operating Advisor Consulting Fee with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan.

 

(j)            The Operating Advisor may be removed upon (i) the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of Classes to which such Appraisal Reduction Amounts are allocable) requesting a vote to replace the Operating Advisor with a replacement Operating Advisor selected by such Certificateholders (provided that the proposed replacement Operating Advisor is an Eligible Operating Advisor) and (ii) payment by such requesting Holders to the Certificate Administrator of all reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote and (iii) receipt by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (which confirmations will be obtained by the Certificate Administrator at the expense of such Holders and will not constitute an additional expense of the Trust). The Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders of such request by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b), and concurrently by mail conduct the solicitation of

 

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votes of all Certificates in such regard. Upon the vote or written direction of Holders of a majority of the aggregate Certificate Balance of all Classes of Principal Balance Certificates (taking into account the application of Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances of Classes to which such Appraisal Reduction Amounts are allocable), the Trustee shall immediately replace the Operating Advisor with the replacement Operating Advisor.

 

(k)           After the occurrence of an Operating Advisor Termination Event, the Trustee may, and upon the written direction of Certificateholders representing at least 25% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balance of the Classes of Certificates), the Trustee shall promptly terminate the Operating Advisor for cause and appoint a replacement Operating Advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor; provided that no such termination shall be effective until a successor Operating Advisor has been appointed and has assumed all of the obligations of the Operating Advisor under this Agreement. The Trustee may rely on a certification by the replacement Operating Advisor that it is an Eligible Operating Advisor. Upon any termination of the Operating Advisor and appointment of a successor to the Operating Advisor, the Trustee will, as soon as possible, be required to give written notice of the termination and appointment to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the 17g-5 Information Provider, the Depositor, the Directing Certificateholder (but only if no Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event has occurred) and the Certificateholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee is unable to find a successor operating advisor within thirty (30) days of the termination of the Operating Advisor, the Depositor shall be permitted to find a replacement. The Trustee shall not be liable for any failure to identify and appoint a successor operating advisor so long as the Trustee uses commercially reasonable efforts to conduct a search for a successor operating advisor and such failure is not a result of the Trustee’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the performance of its obligations hereunder.

 

(l)           The holders of Certificates representing at least 25% of the Voting Rights affected by any Operating Advisor Termination Event hereunder may waive such Operating Advisor Termination Event within twenty (20) days of the receipt of notice from the Certificate Administrator of the occurrence of such Operating Advisor Termination Event. Upon any such waiver of an Operating Advisor Termination Event, such Operating Advisor Termination Event shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose hereunder. Upon any such waiver of an Operating Advisor Termination Event by Certificateholders, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to recover all costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with enforcement action taken with respect to such Operating Advisor Termination Event prior to such waiver from the Trust.

 

(m)           Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder shall have the right to consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, to the identity of any replacement Operating Advisor appointed pursuant to this Section 3.26; provided, further, that such consent will be deemed to have been granted if no objection is made within ten (10) Business Days following the Directing Certificateholder’s receipt of the request for consent and, if granted or deemed granted, such consent cannot thereafter be revoked or withdrawn.

 

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(n)           The Operating Advisor may resign from its obligations and duties hereby imposed on it (a) upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Directing Certificateholder, if applicable, and (b) upon the appointment of, and the acceptance of such appointment by, a successor Operating Advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor and receipt by the Trustee of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency. If no successor operating advisor has been so appointed and accepted the appointment within thirty (30) days after the notice of resignation, the resigning Operating Advisor may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor operating advisor that is an Eligible Operating Advisor. No such resignation by the Operating Advisor shall become effective until the replacement Operating Advisor shall have assumed the resigning Operating Advisor’s responsibilities and obligations. The resigning Operating Advisor shall pay all costs and expenses (including costs and expenses incurred by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) associated with a transfer of its duties pursuant to this Section 3.26.

 

(o)           [Reserved].

 

(p)           In the event the Operating Advisor resigns or is otherwise terminated for any reason it shall remain entitled to any accrued and unpaid Operating Advisor Fees and Operating Advisor Consulting Fees and reimbursement of accrued and unpaid Operating Advisor Expenses pursuant to Section 3.26(i) and shall also remain entitled to any rights of indemnification provided hereunder.

 

(q)           The parties hereto agree, and the Certificateholders by their acceptance of their Certificates shall be deemed to have agreed, that (i) subject to Section 6.04, the Operating Advisor shall have no liability to any Certificateholder for any actions taken or for refraining from taking any actions under this Agreement, (ii) the Operating Advisor shall act solely as a contracting party to the extent set forth in this Agreement, (iii) the Operating Advisor shall have no (A) fiduciary duty, or (B) other duty except with respect to its specific obligations under this Agreement, and shall have no duty to any particular Class of Certificates, particular Certificateholders or any third party, and (iv) the Operating Advisor does not constitute an “investment adviser” within the meaning of the Advisers Act.

 

(r)            With respect to the determination of whether an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing, or has terminated, the Operating Advisor shall be entitled to rely solely on its receipt from the Certificate Administrator of notice thereof pursuant to Section 3.23(m) of this Agreement, and, with respect to any obligations of the Operating Advisor that are performed only after the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, the Operating Advisor shall have no obligation to perform any such duties until the receipt of such notice.

 

Section 3.27          Companion Paying Agent. (a) With respect to each of the Serviced Companion Loans, the Master Servicer shall be the Companion Paying Agent hereunder. The Companion Paying Agent undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement.

 

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(b)           No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Companion Paying Agent from liability for its negligent failure to act, bad faith or its own willful misfeasance; provided, however, that the duties and obligations of the Companion Paying Agent shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement. The Companion Paying Agent shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Companion Paying Agent. In the absence of bad faith on the part of the Companion Paying Agent, the Companion Paying Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth and correctness of the statements or conclusions expressed therein, upon any resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instrument furnished to the Companion Paying Agent by any Person and which on their face do not contradict the requirements of this Agreement.

 

(c)           In the case of each of the Serviced Companion Loans, upon the resignation or removal of the Master Servicer pursuant to Article VII of this Agreement, the Master Servicer, as the Companion Paying Agent, shall be deemed simultaneously to resign or be removed.

 

(d)           This Section 3.27 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the resignation or removal of the Companion Paying Agent, as regards to rights accrued prior to such resignation or removal.

 

Section 3.28          Companion Register. The Companion Paying Agent shall maintain a register (the “Companion Register”) with respect to each Serviced Companion Loan on which it will record the names and address of, and wire transfer instructions for, the Companion Holders from time to time, to the extent such information is provided in writing to it by each Companion Holder. The initial Companion Holders, along with their respective name and address, and, with respect to the Serviced AB Subordinate Companion Loan, the wire transfer instructions, are listed on Exhibit S hereto. In the event a Companion Holder transfers a Companion Loan without notice to the Companion Paying Agent, the Companion Paying Agent shall have no liability for any misdirected payment in such Companion Loan and shall have no obligation to recover and redirect such payment.

 

The Companion Paying Agent shall promptly provide the name and address of the Companion Holder to any party hereto or any successor Companion Holder upon written request and any such Person may, without further investigation, conclusively rely upon such information. The Companion Paying Agent shall have no liability to any Person for the provision of any such name and address.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, unless specifically provided to the contrary in the related Intercreditor Agreement or this Agreement: (x) any notices, reports or other information required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement by any party hereto to a Serviced Companion Holder with respect to a Companion Loan that has been included in an Other Securitization shall be provided to the Other Servicer under the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and (y) any notices, reports or other information required to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement by any party hereto to a holder of a Non-Serviced Companion Loan shall be provided to the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer under the related Non-Serviced PSA.

 

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Section 3.29          Certain Matters Relating to the Whole Loans. (a) In the event that any of the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer shall be replaced in accordance with the terms of the applicable Non-Serviced PSA, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall acknowledge its successor as the successor to the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee, the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as the case may be.

 

(b)           If any of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Master Servicer receives notice from a Rating Agency that the Master Servicer is no longer an “approved” master servicer by any of the Rating Agencies rating the Certificates, then the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Master Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly notify each Non-Serviced Master Servicer of the same.

 

(c)           In connection with the securitization of each Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, (in each case, only while it is a Serviced Companion Loan), upon the request of (and at the expense of) the related Serviced Companion Noteholder (or its designee), each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trustee, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts to cooperate with such Serviced Companion Noteholder in attempting to cause the related Mortgagor to provide information relating to such Whole Loan and the related notes, and that such holder reasonably determines to be necessary or appropriate, for inclusion in any disclosure document(s) relating to such Other Securitization.

 

(d)           In connection with the sale of any Non-Serviced Whole Loan by any Non-Serviced Special Servicer, upon receipt of any notices or materials required to be furnished by such Non-Serviced Special Servicer to the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, the Special Servicer shall, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, forward such materials to the Directing Certificateholder for its consent, if such consent is required. The Special Servicer may (with the consent of the Directing Certificateholder prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) waive any timing or delivery requirements related to such sale to the extent set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(e)           With respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, or the Operating Advisor, following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event, shall be entitled to exercise any consultation rights held by the holder of such Mortgage Loan in its capacity as a “Non-Controlling Note Holder” (or similar term identified in the related Intercreditor Agreement) under the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(f)            With respect to the servicing of each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, this Agreement is subject to the related Intercreditor Agreement and incorporates by reference all provisions required to be included herein pursuant to such Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(g)           With respect to each Whole Loan, if any Serviced Companion Loan becomes the subject of an “asset review” (or such analogous term defined in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement) pursuant to the related Other Pooling and Servicing

 

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Agreement, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Custodian shall reasonably cooperate with the Other Asset Representations Reviewer or any other party to the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement in connection with such Asset Review by providing the Other Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party with any documents reasonably requested by the Other Asset Representations Reviewer or such other requesting party, but only to the extent such documents are in the possession of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Custodian, as the case may be.

 

(h)           On each Servicing Shift Securitization Date, (i) the Custodian shall, upon receipt of a Request for Release transfer the related Mortgage File (other than the note(s) designating the related Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan), the original of which shall be retained by the Custodian) for the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan to the related Non-Serviced Trustee under the related Non-Serviced PSA and retain a copy of such Mortgage File and (ii) the Master Servicer shall, upon receipt of notice from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller that the applicable Servicing Shift Lead Note has been or is being securitized on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, transfer (and cooperate with reasonable requests in connection with such transfer of) the Servicing File for the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan, and any Escrow Payments, reserve funds and originals of items specified in clauses (x) and (xii) of the definition of Mortgage File for the related Servicing Shift Whole Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date.

 

Upon receipt of notice from the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller that the applicable Servicing Shift Lead Note has been or is being securitized on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date, the Master Servicer shall provide the Custodian with a Request for Release of the Mortgage File on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date and transfer (and cooperate with reasonable requests in connection with such transfer of) the Servicing File to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer identified to it pursuant to the related notice from the related Mortgage Loan Seller on the related Servicing Shift Securitization Date.

 

Promptly upon any change in the identity of the Master Servicer, the successor master servicer shall deliver notice of such change (together with the contact information of such successor Master Servicer) to each Non-Serviced Trustee, Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator, Non-Serviced Special Servicer, Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Operating Advisor.

 

Section 3.30          [Reserved].

 

Section 3.31          [Reserved].

 

Section 3.32          Resignation Upon Prohibited Risk Retention Affiliation. For so long as the following affiliations are prohibited pursuant to the Risk Retention Rule, upon the occurrence of (i) a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, obtaining actual knowledge that the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, is or has become a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Third Party Purchaser (an “Impermissible TPP Affiliate”), (ii) the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee receiving written notice by any other party to this Agreement, the Third Party Purchaser, the Sponsor or any Underwriter or

 

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Initial Purchaser that the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, is or has become an Impermissible TPP Affiliate, or (iii) an officer or manager of the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer that is responsible for performing the duties of the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer obtaining actual knowledge that it is or has become a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Third Party Purchaser or any other party to this Agreement (an “Impermissible Operating Advisor Affiliate” or “Impermissible Asset Representations Reviewer Affiliate”, respectively; and either of an Impermissible TPP Affiliate, an Impermissible Operating Advisor Affiliate and an Impermissible Asset Representations Reviewer Affiliate being an “Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate”), then in each such case the Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate shall be required to promptly notify the Retaining Sponsor and the other parties to this Agreement and resign in accordance with Section 3.26, Section 6.05, Section 7.03, Section 8.07 or Section 12.03, as applicable. The resigning Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate will be required to bear all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of each other party to this Agreement, the Trust and each Rating Agency in connection with such resignation as and to the extent required under this Agreement; provided, however, if the affiliation causing an Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate is the result of the Third Party Purchaser acquiring an interest in such Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate or an affiliate of such Impermissible Risk Retention Affiliate, then such costs and expenses will be an expense of the Trust.

 

Section 3.33          Delivery of Excluded Information to the Certificate Administrator. (a) Any Excluded Information that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor identifies and delivers to the Certificate Administrator for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator via e-mail (or such other electronic means as is mutually acceptable to the parties) in one or more separate files labeled “Excluded Information” followed by the applicable loan name and loan file to cmbsexcludedinformation@wellsfargo.com. For the avoidance of doubt, any information that is not appropriately labeled and delivered in accordance with this Section 3.33(a) shall not be separately posted as Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and any information appropriately labeled and delivered to the Certificate Administrator pursuant to this Section 3.33(a) shall be posted on the Certificate Administrator’s Website under the “Excluded Information” section, as provided under Section 3.13. When so posted, the Excluded Controlling Class Holders shall be prohibited from the access of Excluded Information with respect to any Excluded Controlling Class Loans on the Certificate Administrator’s Website (unless a loan-by-loan segregation is later performed by the Certificate Administrator in which case such access shall only be prohibited with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loans). None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor shall have any obligations to separately label and deliver any Excluded Information in accordance with this Section 3.33(a) until such party has received written notice with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan in the form of Exhibit P-1E to this Agreement. Nothing set forth in this Agreement shall prohibit the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder from receiving, requesting or reviewing any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder is not a Borrower Party and, if such Excluded Information is not available to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder on the Certificate Administrator’s Website on account of it constituting Excluded Information, such Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not a Borrower Party with respect to the related

 

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Excluded Controlling Class Loan shall be permitted to reasonably request and obtain such information in accordance with Section 3.13(a).

 

(b)           Nothing set forth in this Agreement shall prohibit the Directing Certificateholder or any Controlling Class Certificateholder from receiving, requesting or reviewing any Excluded Information relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which the Directing Certificateholder or such Controlling Class Certificateholder is not a Borrower Party and, if such Excluded Information is not available to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder via the Certificate Administrator’s Website, such Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder that is not a Borrower Party with respect to the related Excluded Controlling Class Loan shall be permitted to reasonably request and obtain such information in accordance with Section 3.13(a) and Section 4.02(f) of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.34          Processing and Consent. (a) The Master Servicer shall process the following servicing actions: (i) Master Servicer Major Decisions and (ii) servicing action relating to a Non-Specially Serviced Loan which action is not a Major Decision.

 

(b)           The Special Servicer shall process the following servicing actions: (i) servicing actions in respect of Specially Serviced Loans other than with respect to actions under clause (i)(C) of the definition of “Major Decision” (or, with respect to the Mural Lofts Whole Loan prior to a related AB Control Appraisal Period, clause (xiii) of the Mural Lofts Major Decisions) and (ii) Special Servicer Major Decisions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any action in respect of a Non-Specially Serviced Loan that the Special Servicer is responsible for processing as described in the preceding sentence, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may mutually agree that Master Servicer shall process such action in accordance with the terms and conditions reasonable agreed to by the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, including the Special Servicer’s consent (which consent will be deemed given fifteen (15) Business Days after the Special Servicer’s receipt of the Master Servicer’s Major Decision Reporting Package; provided, however, such deemed consent shall not be given until at least five (5) Business Days after the consent period provided for in the related Intercreditor Agreement has expired).

 

(c)           Upon receiving a request for any matter that constitutes a Special Servicer Major Decision, unless the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer mutually agree that the Master Servicer will process such request, the Master Servicer shall forward such request to the Special Servicer and the Special Servicer will be required to process such request and the Master Servicer will have no further obligation with respect to such request or the related Special Servicer Major Decision, except that the Master Servicer shall continue to cooperate with the Special Servicer by delivering to the Special Servicer any requested additional information in the Master Servicer’s possession.

 

(d)           The party responsible for processing any Major Decision shall be responsible for seeking any required consent of the Directing Certificateholder (and, if consultation is required, will be responsible for consulting with the Directing Certificateholder) as and to the extent required under Section 6.08; provided, however, that if the Master Servicer is processing a Special Servicer Major Decision pursuant to mutual agreement of the Master

 

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Servicer and the Special Servicer as discussed in this Section 3.34, the Special Servicer not the Master Servicer shall seek the consent of the Directing Certificateholder or consult with the Directing Certificate, as applicable, in each case, as and to the extent required under Section 6.08. Such party seeking the consent of, or consulting with the Directing Certificateholder shall also be responsible for consulting with the Risk Retention Consultation Party as and to the extent required under Section 6.09.

 

(e)           With respect to any Mortgagor request or other action in respect of Non-Specially Serviced Loans that is not a Major Decision, the Master Servicer shall not be required to obtain the consent of, or consult with, any party, including the Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder, the Operating Advisor and the Risk Retention Consultation Party.

 

[End of Article III]

 

Article IV

DISTRIBUTIONS TO CERTIFICATEHOLDERS

 

Section 4.01          Distributions.

 

(a)           Distributions of Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds. On each Distribution Date, to the extent of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds for such Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to transfer the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account to the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account in the amounts and priorities set forth in Section 4.01(c) with respect to each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests, and immediately thereafter, shall make distributions thereof from the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account in the following order of priority, satisfying in full, to the extent required and possible, each priority before making any distribution with respect to any succeeding priority:

 

(i)           first, to the Holders of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-SB, Class X-A, Class X-B and Class X-D Certificates, pro rata (based upon their respective entitlements to interest for such Distribution Date), in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the aggregate Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Classes of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

 

(ii)          second, to the Holders of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-SB Certificates in reduction of their Certificate Balances: (I) prior to the Cross-Over Date (1) first, to the Holders of the Class A-SB Certificates, in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount, until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-SB Certificates is reduced to the Class A-SB Planned Principal Balance for such Distribution Date; (2) second, to the Holders of the Class A-1 Certificates, in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in subclause (1) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates is reduced to zero; (3) third, to the Holders of the Class A-2 Certificates in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions

 

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specified in subclauses (1) and (2) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates is reduced to zero; (4) fourth, to the Holders of the Class A-3 Certificates in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in subclauses (1), (2) and (3) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-3 Certificates is reduced to zero; (5) fifth, to the Holders of the Class A-4 Certificates in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in subclauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-4 Certificates is reduced to zero; (6) sixth, to the Holders of the Class A-5 Certificates in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in subclauses (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-5 Certificates is reduced to zero; (7) seventh, to the Holders of the Class A-SB Certificates, in an amount up to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions specified in subclauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) above have been made on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-SB Certificates is reduced to zero; and (II) on or after the Cross-Over Date, to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-SB Certificates, pro rata (based on their respective Certificate Balances) in an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the Certificate Balance of each of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-SB Certificates is reduced to zero;

 

(iii)         third, to the Holders of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-SB Certificates pro rata (based upon the aggregate unreimbursed Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to each such Class), up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, plus interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Non-VRR Certificate Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

 

(iv)          fourth, to the Holders of the Class A-S Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

 

(v)           fifth, after the Certificate Balances of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-SB Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class A-S Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions in respect of the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-SB Certificates on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class A-S Certificates is reduced to zero;

 

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Class, plus interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Non-VRR Certificate Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

 

(vii)        seventh, to the Holders of the Class B Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

 

(viii)       eighth, after the Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class B Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions in respect of the Class A Certificates on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class B Certificates is reduced to zero;

 

(ix)          ninth, to the Holders of the Class B Certificates, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, plus interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Non-VRR Certificate Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

 

(x)           tenth, to the Holders of the Class C Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

 

(xi)          eleventh, after the Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates and the Class B Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class C Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions in respect of the Class A Certificates and Class B Certificates on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class C Certificates is reduced to zero;

 

(xii)         twelfth, to the Holders of the Class C Certificates, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, plus interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Non-VRR Certificate Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

 

(xiii)        thirteenth, to the Holders of the Class D Certificates in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

 

(xiv)        fourteenth, after the Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates and the Class B and Class C Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class D Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions in respect of the Class A Certificates and the Class B and Class C

 

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Certificates on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balances of the Class D Certificates is reduced to zero;

 

(xv)         fifteenth, to the Holders of the Class D Certificates, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, plus interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Non-VRR Certificate Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

 

(xvi)        sixteenth, to the Holders of the Class E-RR Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

 

(xvii)      seventeenth, after the Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates and the Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class E-RR Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balances thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions in respect of the Class A Certificates and the Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class E-RR Certificates is reduced to zero;

 

(xviii)     eighteenth, to the Holders of the Class E-RR Certificates, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, plus interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Non-VRR Certificate Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

 

(xix)        nineteenth, to the Holders of the Class F-RR Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

 

(xx)         twentieth, after the Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates and the Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E-RR Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class F-RR Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions in respect of the Class A Certificates and the Class B, Class C, Class D and Class E-RR Certificates on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class F-RR Certificates is reduced to zero;

 

(xxi)        twenty-first, to the Holders of the Class F-RR Certificates, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, plus interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Non-VRR Certificate Realized Loss was allocated to such Class;

 

(xxii)       twenty-second, to the Holders of the Class G-RR Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

 

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(xxiii)      twenty-third, after the Certificate Balances of the Class A Certificates and the Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR Certificates and Class F-RR Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Holders of the Class G-RR Certificates, in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Principal Distribution Amount (or the portion thereof remaining after any distributions in respect of the Class A Certificates and the Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E-RR and Class F-RR Certificates on such Distribution Date), until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class G-RR Certificates is reduced to zero;

 

(xxiv)      twenty-fourth, to the Holders of the Class G-RR Certificates, up to an amount equal to the unreimbursed Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class, plus interest on that amount at the Pass-Through Rate for such Class compounded monthly from the date the related Non-VRR Certificate Realized Loss was allocated to such Class; and

 

(xxv)       twenty-fifth, to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class UR Interest, the amount, if any, of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds remaining in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account with respect to such Distribution Date.

 

If, in connection with any Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator has reported the amount of an anticipated distribution to the Depository based on the receipt of payments as of the Determination Date and additional Periodic Payments, balloon payments or unscheduled principal payments are subsequently received by the Master Servicer and required to be part of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds for such Distribution Date, the Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator and the Certificate Administrator will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Depository to make the revised distribution on a timely basis on such Distribution Date. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Certificate Administrator shall be liable or held responsible for any resulting delay in the making of such distribution to Certificateholders solely on the basis of the actions described in the preceding sentence.

 

(b)           Distribution of VRR Certificate Available Funds. On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to transfer the Lower Tier Distribution Amount from the Lower Tier REMIC Distribution Account to the Upper Tier REMIC Distribution Account and from the Upper Tier REMIC Distribution Account to the Class VRR Distribution Account in the amounts and priorities set forth in Section 4.01(c) with respect to each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests, and immediately thereafter, shall make distributions thereof from the Class VRR Distribution Account in the following order of priority, satisfying in full, to the extent required and possible, each priority before making any distribution with respect to any succeeding priority:

 

(i)           to the extent of the VRR Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Available Funds for such Distribution Date,

 

(A)           first, simultaneously

 

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(1)       to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class A-1 Certificates and the Class X-A Certificates (but only the Component XA-1 Percentage thereof) in clause (i) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-A1 Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A1 Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component;

 

(2)       to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-A2 Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class A-2 Certificates and the Class X-A Certificates (but only the Component XA-2 Percentage thereof) in clause (i) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-A2 Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A2 Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-A2 Trust Component;

 

(3)       to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class A-3 Certificates and the Class X-A Certificates (but only the Component XA-3 Percentage thereof) in clause (i) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-A3 Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A3 Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component;

 

(4)       to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-A4 Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class A-4 Certificates and the Class X-A Certificates (but only the Component XA-4 Percentage thereof) in clause (i) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-A4 Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A1 Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-A4 Trust Component;

 

(5)       to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class A-5 Certificates and the Class X-A Certificates (but only the Component XA-5 Percentage thereof) in clause (i) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-A5 Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A5 Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest

 

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Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component;

 

(6)       to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-ASB Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class A-SB Certificates and the Class X-A Certificates (but only the Component XA-SB Percentage thereof) in clause (i) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-ASB Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-ASB Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-ASB Trust Component;

 

(7)       to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-AS Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class X-A Certificates (but only the Component XA-S Percentage thereof) in clause (i) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-AS Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A1 Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-AS Trust Component;

 

(8)       to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-B Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class X-B Certificates (but only the Component XB Percentage thereof) in clause (i) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-B Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-B Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-B Trust Component;

 

(9)       to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-C Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class X-B Certificates (but only the Component XC Percentage thereof) in clause (i) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-C Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-C Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-C Trust Component; and

 

(10)       to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-D Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class X-D Certificates in clause (i) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-D Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-D Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution

 

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Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-D Trust Component;

 

(B)           second, to the Grantor Trust in respect of (A) the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-A1 Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A1 Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution; (B) the Class VRR-A2 Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-A2 Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A2 Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution; (C) the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-A3 Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A3 Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution; (D) the Class VRR-A4 Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-A4 Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A4 Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution; (E) the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-A5 Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A5 Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution; and (F) the Class VRR-ASB Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-ASB Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balances, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-ASB Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution, in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-SB Certificates, respectively in clause (ii) of the Section 4.01(a), until the Certificate Balances of the Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5 and Class VRR-ASB Certificates are reduced to zero;

 

(C)           third, to the Grantor Trust in respect of (A) the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-A1 Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A1 Percentage Interest of the unreimbursed VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated thereto and not reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date and the VRR Certificate Realized Loss Interest Amount; (B) the Class VRR-A2 Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-A2 Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A2 Percentage Interest of the unreimbursed VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated thereto and not reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date and the VRR Certificate Realized Loss Interest Amount; (C) the Class VRR-A3 Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-A3 Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A3 Percentage Interest of the unreimbursed VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated thereto and not reimbursed prior to such Distribution

 

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Date and the VRR Certificate Realized Loss Interest Amount; (D) the Class VRR-A4 Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-A4 Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A4 Percentage Interest of the unreimbursed VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated thereto and not reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date and the VRR Certificate Realized Loss Interest Amount; (E) the Class VRR-A5 Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-A5 Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-A5 Percentage Interest of the unreimbursed VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated thereto and not reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date and the VRR Certificate Realized Loss Interest Amount; and (F) the Class VRR-ASB Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-ASB Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balances, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-ASB Percentage Interest of the unreimbursed VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated thereto and not reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date and the VRR Certificate Realized Loss Interest Amount;

 

(D)           fourth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-AS Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class A-S Certificates in clause (iv) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-AS Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-AS Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-AS Trust Component;

 

(E)           fifth, after the Certificates Balances of the Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5 and Class VRR-ASB Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-AS Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-AS Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-AS Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution, until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-AS Certificates is reduced to zero;

 

(F)           sixth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-AS Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-AS Certificates, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-AS Percentage Interest of the unreimbursed VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated thereto and not reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date, and the VRR Certificate Realized Loss Interest Amount;

 

(G)           seventh, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-B Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class B Certificates in clause (vii) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-B Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-B Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-B Trust Component;

 

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(H)           eighth, after the Certificates Balances of the Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5, Class VRR-ASB and Class VRR-AS Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-B Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-B Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-B Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution, until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-B Certificates is reduced to zero;

 

(I)            ninth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-B Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-B Certificates, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-B Percentage Interest of the unreimbursed VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated thereto and not reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date, and the VRR Certificate Realized Loss Interest Amount;

 

(J)           tenth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-C Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class C Certificates in clause (x) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-C Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-C Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-C Trust Component;

 

(K)             eleventh, after the Certificates Balances of the Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5, Class VRR-ASB, Class VRR-AS and Class VRR-B Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-C Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-C Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-C Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution, until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-C Certificates is reduced to zero;

 

(L)           twelfth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-C Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-C Certificates, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-C Percentage Interest of the unreimbursed VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated thereto and not reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date, and the VRR Certificate Realized Loss Interest Amount;

 

(M)            thirteenth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-D Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class D Certificates in clause (xiii) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-D Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-D Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-D Trust Component;

 

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(N)             fourteenth, after the Certificates Balances of the Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5, Class VRR-ASB, Class VRR-AS, Class VRR-B and Class VRR-C Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-D Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-D Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-D Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution, until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-D Certificates is reduced to zero;

 

(O)             fifteenth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-D Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-D Certificates, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-D Percentage Interest of the unreimbursed VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated thereto and not reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date, and the VRR Certificate Realized Loss Interest Amount;

 

(P)           sixteenth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-E Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class E Certificates in clause (xiv) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-E Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-E Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-E Trust Component;

 

(Q)             seventeenth, after the Certificates Balances of the Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5, Class VRR-ASB, Class VRR-AS, Class VRR-B, Class VRR-C and Class VRR-D Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-E Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-E Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-E Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution, until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-E Certificates is reduced to zero;

 

(R)           eighteenth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-E Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-E Certificates, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-E Percentage Interest of the unreimbursed VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated thereto and not reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date, and the VRR Certificate Realized Loss Interest Amount;

 

(S)           nineteenth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-F Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class F Certificates in clause (xvii) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-F Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-F Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution

  

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Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-F Trust Component;

 

(T)           twentieth, after the Certificates Balances of the Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5, Class VRR-ASB, Class VRR-AS, Class VRR-B, Class VRR-C, Class VRR-D and Class VRR-E Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-F Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-F Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-F Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution, until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-F Certificates is reduced to zero;

 

(U)           twenty-first, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-F Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-F Certificates, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-F Percentage Interest of the unreimbursed VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated thereto and not reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date, and the VRR Certificate Realized Loss Interest Amount;

 

(V)           twenty-second, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-G Trust Component (in a manner analogous to the distributions on the Class G Certificates in clause (xx) of Section 4.01(a)) and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-G Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-G Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR-G Trust Component;

 

(W)            twenty-third, after the Certificates Balances of the Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5, Class VRR-ASB, Class VRR-AS, Class VRR-B, Class VRR-C, Class VRR-D, Class VRR-E and Class VRR-F Certificates have been reduced to zero, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-G Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-G Certificates, in reduction of its Certificate Balance, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-G Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution, until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class VRR-G Certificates is reduced to zero;

 

(X)           twenty-fourth, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR-G Trust Component and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR-G Certificates, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-G Percentage Interest of the unreimbursed VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated thereto and not reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date, and the VRR Certificate Realized Loss Interest Amount;

 

(ii)           to the extent of the VRR-Exchange Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Available Funds for such Distribution Date,

 

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(A)           first, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR Trust Components and, concurrently, to the Class VRR Certificates, in respect of interest, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-Exchange Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date with respect to the Class VRR Trust Components;

 

(B)           second, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR Trust Components and, concurrently, to the Class VRR Certificates in reduction of the Certificate Balance thereof, up to an amount equal to the Class VRR-Exchange Percentage Interest of the VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, until the outstanding Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Certificates has been reduced to zero;

 

(C)           third, to the Grantor Trust in respect of the Class VRR Trust Components and, concurrently, to the Holders of the Class VRR Certificates up to an amount equal to Class VRR-Exchange Percentage of the unreimbursed VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated thereto and not reimbursed prior to such Distribution Date and the VRR Certificate Realized Loss Interest Amount;

 

provided, that when the Certificate Balance of the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates has been reduced to zero and after payment in full of all unpaid expenses of the Trust the amount, if any, of the VRR Certificate Available Funds remaining in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account with respect to such Distribution Date shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class UR Interest.

 

(c)           On each Distribution Date, each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall be deemed to receive distributions in respect of principal or reimbursement of Realized Loss in an amount equal to the amount of principal or reimbursement of Realized Loss actually distributable to the Holders of the respective Related Certificates or related Trust Component as provided in Sections 4.01(a), 4.01(d), 4.01(f) and 4.01(i) such that at all times the Lower-Tier Principal Amount of each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests is equal to the Certificate Balance of the Class of Related Certificates or related Trust Component. On each Distribution Date, each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall be deemed to receive distributions in respect of interest in an amount equal to (A) the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of its Related Certificates or related Trust Component plus  (B) a pro rata portion of the Interest Distribution Amount in respect of (i) in the case of the Class LA1, Class LA2, Class LA3, Class LA4, Class LA5, Class LASB and Class LAS Uncertificated Interests, the Class X-A Certificates, (ii) in the case of the Class LB and Class LC Uncertificated Interests, the Class X-B Certificates and (iii) in the case of the Class LD Uncertificated Interest, the Class X-D Certificates, in each case, computed based on an interest rate equal to the excess of the Weighted Average Net Mortgage Rate over the Pass-Through Rate of the Related Certificates or related Trust Component and a notional amount equal to its related Lower-Tier Principal Amount, in each case to the extent actually distributable thereon as provided in Section 4.01(a). Amounts distributable pursuant to this paragraph are referred to herein collectively as the “Lower-Tier Distribution Amount”, and shall be made by the Certificate Administrator by deeming such Lower-Tier Distribution Amount to be withdrawn from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account to be deposited in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account.

 

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As of any date, the principal balance of each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall equal the Certificate Balance of the Related Certificates or related Trust Components with respect thereto, as adjusted for the allocation of Realized Losses, as provided in Sections 4.04(b) and 4.04(c). The initial principal balance of each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall equal the respective Original Lower-Tier Principal Amount. The pass-through rate with respect to each Lower-Tier Regular Interest shall be the rate per annum set forth in the Preliminary Statement hereto.

 

Any amount that remains in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account on each Distribution Date after distribution of the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount and distribution of Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges pursuant to Section 4.01(e)(iv) shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LR Interest (but only to the extent of the Aggregate Available Funds for such Distribution Date remaining in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, if any).

 

(d)           While the Certificate Balance of any Class of Certificates is reduced to zero, such Class shall not be entitled to any further distributions in respect of interest or principal other than reimbursement of Realized Losses with interest and other amounts provided for in this Section 4.01.

 

(e)           (i) On each Distribution Date, the Non-VRR Percentage of Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges, if any, collected in respect of the Mortgage Loans during the related Collection Period (the “Non-VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges”) will be required to be distributed by the Certificate Administrator to the Holders of each Class of Non-VRR Certificates in the following manner: (1) pro rata, among (w) the YM Group A, (x) the YM Group B, (y) the YM Group C and (z) the YM Group RR and based upon the aggregate of principal distributed to the classes of Principal Balance Certificates in each YM Group on such Distribution Date, and (2) among the Classes of Certificates in each YM Group, in the following manner: (i) with respect to each YM Group other than the YM Group RR, (A) the holders of each Class of Principal Balance Certificates in such YM Group shall be entitled to receive on each Distribution Date an amount of Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges equal to the sum, for all mortgage loan prepayments, of the product of (a) a fraction whose numerator is the amount of principal distributed to such Class on such Distribution Date and whose denominator is the total amount of principal distributed to all of the Principal Balance Certificates or Trust Components in that YM Group representing principal payments in respect of the Mortgage Loans on such Distribution Date, (b) the Base Interest Fraction for the related principal prepayment and such Class of Principal Balance Certificates, and (c) the Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges collected during the related Collection Period and allocated to such YM Group and (B) any Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges allocated to such YM Group collected during the related Collection Period remaining after such distributions will be distributed to the holders of each Class of Class X Certificates in such YM Group and (ii) with respect to the YM Group RR, the holders of each class of Principal Balance Certificates in such YM Group shall be entitled to receive on each Distribution Date an amount of Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges equal to the sum, for all mortgage loan prepayments, of the product of (a) a fraction whose numerator is the amount of principal distributed to such Class on such Distribution Date and whose denominator is the total amount of principal distributed to all of the classes comprising YM

  

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Group RR on such Distribution Date, and (b) the Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges collected during the related Collection Period and allocated to such YM Group. If there is more than one such Class of Certificates or Trust Components entitled to distributions of principal on any particular Distribution Date on which Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges relating to the Mortgage Loans are distributable, the aggregate amount of such Prepayment Premiums or Yield Maintenance Charges will be allocated among all such Classes of Certificates or Trust Components up to, and on a pro rata basis in accordance with, their respective entitlements thereto in accordance with the first sentence of this paragraph.

 

For purposes of the first paragraph of this Section 4.01(e), the relevant “Base Interest Fraction” with respect to any Principal Prepayment on any Mortgage Loan that provides for the payment of a Yield Maintenance Charge or Prepayment Premium, and with respect to any Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates, shall be a fraction (A) whose numerator is the greater of (x) zero and (y) the difference between (i) the Pass-Through Rate on such Class of Certificates, and (ii) the applicable Discount Rate used in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents in calculating the Yield Maintenance Charge with respect to such Principal Prepayment and (B) whose denominator is the greater of zero and the difference between (i) the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan (or with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Serviced Whole Loan, the Mortgage Rate of such Serviced Whole Loan), and (ii) the applicable Discount Rate used in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents in calculating the Yield Maintenance Charge with respect to such Principal Prepayment. However, (1) under no circumstances shall the Base Interest Fraction be greater than one or less than zero, (2) if the applicable Discount Rate is greater than or equal to the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and is greater than or equal to the Pass-Through Rate on such Class of Certificates, then the Base Interest Fraction will equal zero and (3) if the applicable Discount Rate is greater than or equal to the Mortgage Rate on such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and is less than the Pass-Through Rate on such Class of Certificates, then the Base Interest Fraction will be one (1).

 

For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the relevant “Discount Rate” in connection with any Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge collected on any prepaid Mortgage Loan or REO Loan and distributable on any Distribution Date shall be a rate per annum equal to (i) if a discount rate was used in the calculation of the applicable Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge pursuant to the terms of the relevant Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, such discount rate (as reported by the applicable Master Servicer), converted (if necessary) to a monthly equivalent yield, or (ii) if a discount rate was not used in the calculation of the applicable Prepayment Premium or Yield Maintenance Charge pursuant to the terms of the relevant Mortgage Loan or REO Loan, as the case may be, the yield calculated by the linear interpolation of the yields (as reported under the heading “U.S. Government Securities/Treasury Constant Maturities” in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) published by the Federal Reserve Board for the week most recently ended before the date of the relevant prepayment (or deemed prepayment) of U.S. Treasury constant maturities with a maturity date, one longer and one shorter, most nearly approximating the related Stated Maturity Date (in the case of a Mortgage Loan or REO Loan that is not related to an ARD Loan) or the Anticipated Repayment Date (in the case of a Mortgage Loan or REO Loan that is related to an ARD Loan), such interpolated yield converted to a monthly equivalent yield. If Federal

 

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Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) is no longer published, the Certificate Administrator shall select a comparable publication as the source of the applicable yields of U.S. Treasury constant maturities.

 

(ii)           On any Distribution Date, the VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges, if any, collected in respect of the Mortgage Loans during the related Collection Period (the “VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges”) will be required to be distributed by the Certificate Administrator to the Holders of the Exchangeable Certificates and the Class VRR Certificates, on a pro rata and pari passu basis, as follows:

 

(A)           to the Holders of the Class VRR-A1 Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (A) the then applicable Class VRR-A1 Percentage Interest, (B) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (C) the total distributions of the corresponding Non-VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges made on the Class A-1 Certificates and Class X-A Certificates (but only the Component XA-1 Percentage thereof);

 

(B)           to the Holders of the Class VRR-A2 Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (A) the then applicable Class VRR-A2 Percentage Interest, (B) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (C) the total distributions of the corresponding Non-VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges made on the Class A-2 Certificates and Class X-A Certificates (but only the Component XA-2 Percentage thereof);

 

(C)           to the Holders of the Class VRR-A3 Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (A) the then applicable Class VRR-A3 Percentage Interest, (B) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (C) the total distributions of the corresponding Non-VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges made on the Class A-3 Certificates and Class X-A Certificates (but only the Component XA-3 Percentage thereof);

 

(D)           to the Holders of the Class VRR-A4 Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (A) the then applicable Class VRR-A4 Percentage Interest, (B) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (C) the total distributions of the corresponding Non-VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges made on the Class A-4 Certificates and Class X-A Certificates (but only the Component XA-4 Percentage thereof);

 

(E)           to the Holders of the Class VRR-A5 Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (A) the then applicable Class VRR-A5 Percentage Interest, (B) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (C) the total distributions of the corresponding Non-VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges made on the Class A-5 Certificates and Class X-A Certificates (but only the Component XA-5 Percentage thereof);

 

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(F)           to the Holders of the Class VRR-ASB Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (A) the then applicable Class VRR-ASB Percentage Interest, (B) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (C) the total distributions of the corresponding Non-VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges made on the Class A-SB Certificates and Class X-A Certificates (but only the Component XA-SB Percentage thereof);

 

(G)           to the Holders of the Class VRR-AS Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (A) the then applicable Class VRR-AS Percentage Interest, (B) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (C) the total distributions of the corresponding Non-VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges made on the Class A-S Certificates and Class X-A Certificates (but only the Component XA-S Percentage thereof);

 

(H)           to the Holders of the Class VRR-B Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (A) the then applicable Class VRR-B Percentage Interest, (B) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (C) the total distributions of the corresponding Non-VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges made on the Class B Certificates and Class X-B Certificates (but only the Component XB Percentage thereof);

 

(I)            to the Holders of the Class VRR-C Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (A) the then applicable Class VRR-C Percentage Interest, (B) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (C) the total distributions of the corresponding Non-VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges made on the Class C Certificates and Class X-B Certificates (but only the Component XC Percentage thereof);

 

(J)           to the Holders of the Class VRR-D Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (A) the then applicable Class VRR-D Percentage Interest, (B) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (C) the total distributions of the corresponding Non-VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges made on the Class D Certificates and Class X-D Certificates;

 

(K)             to the Holders of the Class VRR-E Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (A) the then applicable Class VRR-E Percentage Interest, (B) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (C) the total distributions of the corresponding Non-VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges made on the Class E Certificates;

 

(L)           to the Holders of the Class VRR-F Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (A) the then applicable Class VRR-F Percentage Interest, (B) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (C) the total distributions of the corresponding Non-VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges made on the Class F Certificates;

 

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(M)            to the Holders of the Class VRR-G Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (A) the then applicable Class VRR-G Percentage Interest, (B) the Risk Retention Allocation Factor and (C) the total distributions of the corresponding Non-VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges made on the Class G Certificates; and

 

(N)             to the Holders of the Class VRR Certificates, in an amount equal to the product of (A) the then applicable Class VRR-Exchange Percentage Interest and (B) the VRR Certificate Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges.

 

(iii)          No Yield Maintenance Charges or Prepayment Premium shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class R or Class Z Certificates.

 

(iv)         All distributions of Yield Maintenance Charges and Prepayment Premiums made pursuant to this Section 4.01(e) shall first be deemed to be distributed from the Lower-Tier REMIC to the Upper-Tier REMIC in respect of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, pro rata, based upon the amount of principal distributed in respect of each such Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests for such Distribution Date pursuant to Section 4.01(c) above.

 

(f)            On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall (i) withdraw amounts from the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (other than amounts with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) equal to the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date and deposit such amounts in the Distribution Account for distribution pursuant to Section 4.01(a) to the Holders of the Regular Certificates (other than the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates) (in order of distribution priority) (first deeming such amounts to be distributed with respect to the Related Lower-Tier Regular Interests) and (ii) withdraw amounts from the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account (other than amounts with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) equal to the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Remittance Amount for such Distribution Date and deposit such amounts in the Class VRR Distribution Account for distribution pursuant to Section 4.01(b) to the Holders of the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates and Class VRR Trust Components (first deeming such amounts to be distributed with respect to the Related Lower-Tier Regular Interests). Amounts paid in reimbursement of Realized Losses pursuant to Sections 4.01(a) and 4.01(b) shall not reduce the Certificate Balances of the Classes of Certificates receiving such distributions. Any amounts remaining in the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account after such distributions shall be applied to offset future Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and VRR Certificate Realized Losses, respectively, allocable to the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Risk Retention Certificates) and the Class VRR Trust Components (and therefore to the Exchangeable Certificates and the Class VRR Certificates), respectively. Upon termination of the Trust, any amounts remaining in the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account shall be distributed to the Holders of the Class R Certificates from the Lower-Tier REMIC in respect of the Class LR Interest.

 

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(g)           All distributions made with respect to each Class of Certificates on each Distribution Date shall be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates in such Class based on their respective Percentage Interests. Except as otherwise specifically provided in Sections 4.01(h), 4.01(i) and 9.01, all distributions with respect to each Class on each Distribution Date shall be made to the Certificateholders of the respective Class of record at the close of business on the related Record Date and shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of any such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor, if such Certificateholder shall have provided the Certificate Administrator with wiring instructions no less than five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date (which wiring instructions may be in the form of a standing order applicable to all subsequent Distribution Dates), or otherwise by check mailed to such Certificateholder at its address in the Certificate Register. The final distribution on each Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Realized Losses previously allocated to such Certificate) will be made in like manner, but only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Each distribution with respect to a Book-Entry Certificate shall be paid to the Depository, as Holder thereof, and the Depository shall be responsible for crediting the amount of such distribution to the accounts of its Depository Participants in accordance with its normal procedures. Each Depository Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such distribution to the Certificate Owners that it represents and to each indirect participating brokerage firm (a “brokerage firm” or “indirect participating firm”) for which it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds to the Certificate Owners that it represents. None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Certificate Registrar, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Underwriters shall have any responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by this Agreement or applicable law.

 

(h)           Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.01, whenever the Certificate Administrator expects that the final distribution with respect to any Class of Certificates (in each case, determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of any amount of Realized Losses previously allocated to such Class of Certificates) will be made on the next Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall, no later than the related P&I Advance Determination Date, post on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b) a notice in electronic format to the effect that:

 

(i)           the Certificate Administrator expects that the final distribution with respect to such Class of Certificates will be made on such Distribution Date but (with respect to the Certificates) only upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location therein specified; and

 

(ii)           no interest shall accrue on such Certificates from and after such Distribution Date.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or

 

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accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to this Section 4.01(h) shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six (6) months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate and subject to escheatment and other applicable laws. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust hereunder by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with this Section 4.01(h).

 

(i)           Distributions in reimbursement of Realized Losses previously allocated to the Regular Certificates or Trust Components shall be made in the amounts and manner specified in Section 4.01(a) or Section 4.01(d), as applicable, to the Holders of the respective Class otherwise entitled to distributions of interest and principal on such Class on the relevant Distribution Date; provided that all distributions in reimbursement of Realized Losses previously allocated to a Class of Certificates which has since been retired shall be to the prior Holders that surrendered the Certificates of such Class upon retirement thereof and shall be made by check mailed to the address of each such prior Holder last shown in the Certificate Register. Notice of any such distribution to a prior Holder shall be made in accordance with Section 13.05 at such last address. The amount of the distribution to each such prior Holder shall be based upon the aggregate Percentage Interest evidenced by the Certificates surrendered thereby. If the check mailed to any such prior Holder is returned uncashed, then the amount thereof shall be set aside and held uninvested in trust for the benefit of such prior Holder, and the Certificate Administrator shall attempt to contact such prior Holder in the manner contemplated by Section 4.01(h) as if such Holder had failed to surrender its Certificates.

 

(j)            On each Distribution Date, any Excess Interest received during the related Collection Period with respect to the Mortgage Loans shall be distributed from the Excess Interest Distribution Account (i) to the Holders of the Class Z Certificates in an amount equal to 95% of such Excess Interest and (ii) to the Class VRR-G Trust Component (and thus to the Class VRR-G and Class VRR Certificates) in an amount equal to 5% such Excess Interest. Excess Interest will not be available to pay any other amounts except for distributions on Class Z Certificates and the Class VRR-G Trust Component set forth in the prior sentence.

 

(k)           On the Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan, the Companion Paying Agent shall make withdrawals and payments from the Companion Distribution Account for each Companion Loan in the following order of priority:

 

(i)           to pay to the Master Servicer any amounts deposited by the Master Servicer in the Companion Distribution Account not required to be deposited therein;

 

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(ii)           to the extent permitted under the related Intercreditor Agreement and not otherwise previously reimbursed, to pay the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator or any of their directors, officers, employees and agents, as the case may be, any amounts payable or reimbursable to any such Person pursuant to Section 8.05, to the extent any such amounts relate solely to a Serviced Whole Loan related to such Companion Loan, and such amounts are to be paid by the related Companion Holder pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(iii)          to pay all amounts remaining in the Companion Distribution Account related to such Serviced Companion Loan to the related Companion Holder, in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement; and

 

(iv)          to clear and terminate the Companion Distribution Account at the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01.

 

All distributions from the Companion Distribution Account required hereunder shall be made by the Companion Paying Agent to the related Companion Holder by wire transfer in immediately available funds on the Serviced Whole Loan Remittance Date to the account of such Companion Holder or an agent therefor appearing on the Companion Register on the related Record Date (or, if no such account so appears or information relating thereto is not provided at least five Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by check sent by first class mail to the address of such Companion Holder or its agent appearing on the Companion Register). Any such account shall be located at a commercial bank in the United States.

 

On the final Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account and deliver to the Certificate Administrator who shall distribute to the Mortgage Loan Sellers, any Loss of Value Payments relating to the Mortgage Loans that it is servicing and that were transferred from the Loss of Value Reserve Fund to the Collection Account on the immediately preceding Master Servicer Remittance Date in accordance with Section 3.05(g)(v).

 

Section 4.02          Distribution Date Statements; CREFC® Investor Reporting Packages; Grant of Power of Attorney. (a) On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall make available pursuant to Section 3.13(b) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website to any Privileged Person a statement (substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit G hereto and based in part upon information supplied to the Certificate Administrator in the related CREFC® Investor Reporting Package in accordance with CREFC® guidelines) as to the distributions made on such Distribution Date (each, a “Distribution Date Statement”) which shall include:

 

(i)           the amount of the distribution on such Distribution Date to the Holders of each Class of Certificates in reduction of the Certificate Balance;

 

(ii)           the aggregate amount of Advances made, with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans, during the period from but not including the previous Distribution Date to and including such Distribution Date and details of P&I Advances as of the Master Servicer Remittance Date;

 

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(iii)         the aggregate amount of compensation paid to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, servicing compensation paid to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, compensation paid to the Operating Advisor and CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fees paid to CREFC®, in each case, with respect to the Collection Period for such Determination Date together with detailed calculations of servicing compensation paid to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer;

 

(iv)         the aggregate Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Loans, with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans, outstanding immediately before and immediately after such Distribution Date;

 

(v)          the aggregate amount of unscheduled payments received;

 

(vi)         the number of loans, their aggregate principal balance, weighted average remaining term to maturity and weighted average Mortgage Rate of the Mortgage Loans, with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans, as of the end of the related Collection Period for such Distribution Date;

 

(vii)        the number and aggregate principal balance of the Mortgage Loans (A) delinquent 30 days to 59 days, (B) delinquent 60 days to 89 days, (C) delinquent 90 days to 120 days, (D) current but specially serviced or in foreclosure but not an REO Property and (E) for which the related Mortgagor is subject to oversight by a bankruptcy court;

 

(viii)       the value of any REO Property (and, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the trust’s interest therein) included in the Trust Fund as of the end of the related Determination Date for such Distribution Date, on a loan-by-loan basis, based on the most recent Appraisal or valuation;

 

(ix)          the Aggregate Available Funds, Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds and VRR Certificate Available Funds for such Distribution Date;

 

(x)           the Interest Accrual Amount in respect of such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date, separately identifying any Interest Accrual Amount for such Distribution Date allocated to such Class of Certificates;

 

(xi)          the amount of the distribution on such Distribution Date to the Holders of such Class of Certificates allocable to (A) Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges and (B) in the case of the Class Z, Class VRR-G and Class VRR Certificates, Excess Interest;

 

(xii)         the Pass-Through Rate or VRR Interest Rate for such Class of Certificates for such Distribution Date;

 

(xiii)        the Scheduled Principal Distribution Amount and the Unscheduled Principal Distribution Amount for such Distribution Date, with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans;

 

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(xiv)        the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as the case may be, of each Class of Certificates immediately before and immediately after such Distribution Date, separately identifying any reduction therein as a result of the allocation of any Realized Loss on such Distribution Date and the aggregate amount of all reductions as a result of allocations of Realized Losses in respect of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates) and the Class VRR Trust Components (and therefore to the Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates) to date;

 

(xv)        the Certificate Factor for each Class of Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) immediately following such Distribution Date;

 

(xvi)       the amount of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts effected (including, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the amount allocable to the related Mortgage Loan and Serviced Companion Loan) in connection with such Distribution Date on a loan-by-loan basis and the total Appraisal Reduction Amount effected in connection with such Distribution Date;

 

(xvii)      the current Controlling Class;

 

(xviii)      the number and related Stated Principal Balance of any Mortgage Loans extended or modified since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date) on a loan-by-loan basis;

 

(xix)        a loan-by-loan listing of each Mortgage Loan which was the subject of a Principal Prepayment since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date) and the amount and the type of Principal Prepayment occurring;

 

(xx)         a loan-by-loan listing of each Mortgage Loan which was defeased since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date);

 

(xxi)        all deposits into, withdrawals from, and the balance of the Interest Reserve Account on the Master Servicer Remittance Date;

 

(xxii)        in the case of the Class R Certificates, the amount of any distributions on such Certificates pursuant to Sections 4.01(a), 4.01(b), 4.01(c) and 4.01(f);

 

(xxiii)      the amount of the distribution on such Distribution Date to the Holders of such Class of Certificates in reimbursement of previously allocated Realized Loss;

 

(xxiv)      the aggregate unpaid principal balance of the Mortgage Loans outstanding as of the close of business on the related Determination Date, with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans;

 

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Date, as of the Cut-off Date) or prior to the related Determination Date (other than a payment in full), (A) the loan number thereof, (B) the aggregate of all Liquidation Proceeds and other amounts received in connection with such Liquidation Event (separately identifying the portion thereof allocable to distributions on the Certificates), and (C) the amount of any Realized Loss allocated to the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates) and the Class VRR Trust Components (and therefore to the Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates) in connection with such Liquidation Event;

 

(xxvi)      with respect to any REO Property (including, with respect to any Non-Serviced Whole Loan, the Trust’s interest therein) included in the Trust as to which the Special Servicer determined, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that all payments or recoveries with respect to the Mortgaged Property have been ultimately recovered since the previous Determination Date, (A) the loan number of the related Mortgage Loan, (B) the aggregate of all Liquidation Proceeds and other amounts received in connection with that determination (separately identifying the portion thereof allocable to distributions on the Certificates), and (C) the amount of any Realized Loss allocated to the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates) and the Class VRR Trust Components (and therefore to the Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates) in respect of the related REO Loan in connection with that determination;

 

(xxvii)     the aggregate amount of interest on P&I Advances paid to the Master Servicer and the Trustee since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date), with respect to the pool of Mortgage Loans;

 

(xxviii)    [Reserved];

 

(xxix)      the then-current credit support levels for each Class of Certificates;

 

(xxx)       the aggregate amount of Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges on the Mortgage Loans (each separately identified) collected since the previous Determination Date (or in the case of the first Distribution Date, as of the Cut-off Date);

 

(xxxi)       a loan-by-loan listing of any material modification, extension or waiver of a Mortgage Loan;

 

(xxxii)      a loan-by-loan listing of any material breach of the representations and warranties given with respect to a Mortgage Loan by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller;

 

(xxxiii)    an itemized listing of any Disclosable Special Servicer Fees received by the Special Servicer or any of its Affiliates with respect to the related Distribution Date, which information will be provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer;

 

(xxxiv)    [Reserved].

 

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(xxxv)     a statement of the identity of the Directing Certificateholder and to the extent that the Directing Certificateholder and any affiliates thereof primarily operate under an identity other than that of the Directing Certificateholder and the affiliation of such identity with the Directing Certificateholder is not reasonably evident from the Directing Certificateholder’s name, the identity pursuant to which the Directing Certificateholder and any affiliates thereof primarily operate; and

 

(xxxvi)    the amount of any Excess Interest actually received.

 

In the case of information furnished pursuant to clauses (i), (ix), (x), (xi), (xiv), (xxiii) and (xxxvi) above, (A) the amounts shall be expressed as a dollar amount in the aggregate for all Certificates of each applicable Class and per Definitive Certificate and (B) the Holders of the Class VRR Certificates shall receive such information with respect to such clauses allocable to the Exchangeable Certificates exchanged therefor.

 

With respect to the information identified in clause (xxxv), the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely on the statement set forth in Exhibit P-1G.

 

The Certificate Administrator has not obtained and shall not be deemed to have obtained actual knowledge of any information only by virtue of its receipt and posting of such information to the Certificate Administrator’s Website or its filing of such information pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to, filing of such information via EDGAR.

 

Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year, the Certificate Administrator shall furnish to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a Certificateholder, a statement containing the information set forth in clauses (i) and (x) above as to the applicable Class, aggregated for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which person was a Certificateholder, together with such other information as the Certificate Administrator deems necessary or desirable, or that a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner reasonably requests, to enable the Certificateholders to prepare their tax returns for such calendar year. Such obligation of the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time are in force.

 

Upon receipt of an Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer required to be delivered pursuant to Section 12.01(b), the Certificate Administrator shall (i) include such Asset Review Report Summary in Item 1B on the Form 10-D in accordance with Section 11.04 for such period in which such Asset Review Report Summary was delivered, and (ii) post such Asset Review Report Summary to the Certificate Administrator’s Website not later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of such Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

(b)           [Reserved].

 

(c)           Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may, at its sole cost and expense, make available by electronic media, bulletin board service or, if applicable, Internet website (in addition to making information available as provided herein) any reports or other

 

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information the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, is required or permitted to provide to any party to this Agreement, the Rating Agencies, any Certificateholder or any prospective Certificateholder that has provided the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, with an Investor Certification or has executed a “click-through” confidentiality agreement in accordance with Section 3.13 hereof (which may be a licensed or registered investment advisor) to the extent such action does not conflict with the terms of this Agreement (including without limitation, any requirements to keep Privileged Information confidential), the terms of the Mortgage Loans or applicable law. Notwithstanding this paragraph, the availability of such information or reports on the Internet or similar electronic media shall not be deemed to satisfy any specific delivery requirements in this Agreement except as set forth herein. In connection with providing access to the Master Servicer’s Internet website, the Master Servicer shall take reasonable measures to ensure that only such parties listed above may access such information including, without limitation, requiring registration, a confidentiality agreement and acceptance of a disclaimer. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not be liable for dissemination of this information in accordance with this Agreement, and neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be responsible for any information delivered, produced, or made available pursuant to Section 3.13 and 4.02(b), other than information produced by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable; provided that such information otherwise meets the requirements set forth herein with respect to the form and substance of such information or reports. The Master Servicer shall be entitled to attach to any report provided pursuant to this subsection, any reasonable disclaimer with respect to information provided, or any assumptions required to be made by such report.

 

The Special Servicer shall from time to time (and, in any event, as may be reasonably required by the Master Servicer) provide the Master Servicer with such information in its possession regarding the Specially Serviced Loans and REO Properties as may be necessary for the Master Servicer to prepare each report and any supplemental information to be provided by the Master Servicer to the Certificate Administrator. Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Depositor shall have any obligation to recompute, verify or recalculate the information provided thereto by the Master Servicer. Unless the Certificate Administrator has actual knowledge that any report or file received from the Master Servicer contains erroneous information, the Certificate Administrator is authorized to rely thereon in calculating and making distributions to Certificateholders in accordance with Section 4.01, preparing the Distribution Date Statement required by Section 4.02(a) and allocating Realized Losses to the Certificates in accordance with Section 4.04.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer to disclose any information otherwise required to be disclosed pursuant to this Section 4.02(b) or Section 4.02(d) shall not constitute a breach of this Section 4.02(b) or of Section 4.02(d) to the extent the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer so fails because such disclosure, in the reasonable belief of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, would violate any applicable law or any provision of a Mortgage Loan document prohibiting disclosure of information with respect to the Mortgage Loans or the Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer or the Special Servicer may affix to any information provided by it any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion (without suggesting liability on the part of any other party hereto).

 

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(d)           Upon the written request of a Certificateholder, any beneficial owner of a Certificate or any prospective purchaser of a Certificate that is a Qualified Institutional Buyer and is designated by a Certificateholder or a beneficial owner of a Certificate as such and, in any case, has delivered an Investor Certification to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, as soon as reasonably practicable, at the expense of the requesting party, the Certificate Administrator shall make available to the requesting party such information that is in the Certificate Administrator’s possession or can reasonably be obtained by the Certificate Administrator as is requested by such person, for purposes of satisfying applicable reporting requirements under Rule 144A under the Securities Act. Neither the Certificate Registrar, nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any responsibility for the sufficiency under Rule 144A or any other securities laws of any available information so furnished to any person including any prospective purchaser of a Certificate or any interest therein, nor for the content or accuracy of any information so furnished which was prepared or delivered to them by another.

 

(e)           The information to which any Certificateholder is entitled is limited to the information gathered and provided to the Certificateholder by the parties hereto pursuant to this Agreement and by acceptance of any Certificate, each Certificateholder agrees that except as specifically provided herein, no Certificateholder shall contact any Mortgagor directly with respect to any Mortgage Loan.

 

(f)            Upon the reasonable request of any Excluded Controlling Class Holder identified to the Master Servicer (in the case of a Non-Specially Serviced Loan) or the Special Servicer (in the case of a Specially Serviced Loan) to the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s reasonable satisfaction (at the expense of such Excluded Controlling Class Holder) and if such information is in the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s possession, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide or make available (or forward electronically) to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder (at the expense of such Excluded Controlling Class Holder) any Excluded Information (available to Privileged Persons through the Certificate Administrator’s Website but not accessible to such Excluded Controlling Class Holder through the Certificate Administrator’s Website on account of it constituting Excluded Information) relating to any Excluded Controlling Class Loan with respect to which such Excluded Controlling Class Holder is not a Borrower Party; provided that, in connection therewith, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer may require a written confirmation executed by the requesting Person substantially in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, generally to the effect that such Person is the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, will keep such Excluded Information confidential and is not a Borrower Party, upon which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer may conclusively rely. In addition, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall be entitled to conclusively rely on delivery from the Directing Certificateholder or a Controlling Class Certificateholder, as applicable, of an Investor Certification substantially in the form of Exhibit P-1B that such Directing Certificateholder or Controlling Class Certificateholder is not an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to a particular Mortgage Loan. For the avoidance of doubt, the Special Servicer referenced in this Section 4.02(f) shall include any applicable Excluded Special Servicer with respect to the related Excluded Special Servicer Loan(s).

 

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Section 4.03          P&I Advances. (a) On or before 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Master Servicer shall (i) remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit from its own funds into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of P&I Advances, if any, with respect to the Mortgage Loans to be made in respect of the related Distribution Date, (ii) apply amounts held in the Collection Account, for future distribution to Certificateholders in subsequent months in discharge of any such obligation to make P&I Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loans or (iii) make P&I Advances in the form of any combination of (i) and (ii) aggregating the total amount of P&I Advances to be made. Any amounts held in the Collection Account for future distribution and so used to make P&I Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loans shall be appropriately reflected in the Master Servicer’s records and replaced by the Master Servicer by deposit in the Collection Account on or before the next succeeding Master Servicer Remittance Date (to the extent not previously replaced through the deposit of Late Collections of the delinquent principal and/or interest in respect of which P&I Advances were made). The Master Servicer shall notify the Certificate Administrator of (i) the aggregate amount of P&I Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loans for a Distribution Date and (ii) the amount of any Nonrecoverable P&I Advances with respect to the Mortgage Loans for such Distribution Date, on or before two (2) Business Days prior to such Distribution Date. If the Master Servicer fails to make a required P&I Advance by 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Master Servicer Remittance Date, the Trustee shall make such P&I Advance pursuant to Section 7.05 by noon, New York City time, on the related Distribution Date, unless the Master Servicer shall have cured such failure (and provided written notice of such cure to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Distribution Date. In the event that the Master Servicer fails to make a required P&I Advance hereunder, the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Trustee of such circumstances by 4:30 p.m., New York City time, on the related Master Servicer Remittance Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the portion of any P&I Advance equal to the CREFC® Intellectual Property Royalty License Fee for the related Mortgage Loans shall not be remitted to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account but shall be deposited into the Collection Account for payment to CREFC® on such Distribution Date.

 

To the extent required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, if a P&I Advance is made with respect to any Mortgage Loan with a related Serviced Companion Loan, the Master Servicer or Trustee, as applicable, shall notify the Other Servicer and the Other Trustee of the amount of the P&I Advance it made with respect to such Mortgage Loan within two (2) Business Days of making such P&I Advance.

 

(b)           Subject to Section 4.03(c) and Section 4.03(e) below, the amount of P&I Advances to be made by the Master Servicer with respect to any Distribution Date and each Mortgage Loan, shall be equal to: (i) the Periodic Payments (net of related Servicing Fees and, in the case of any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, a fee accruing at the related Non-Serviced Primary Servicing Fee Rate) other than Balloon Payments, that were due on the Mortgage Loans (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any REO Loan (other than any portion of an REO Loan related to a Companion Loan) during the related Collection Period and delinquent as of the close of business on the Business Day preceding the related Master Servicer Remittance Date (or not advanced by any Sub-Servicer on behalf of the Master Servicer) and (ii) with respect to each Mortgage Loan delinquent in respect of its Balloon Payment as of the Master

 

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Servicer Remittance Date (including any REO Loan (other than any portion of an REO Loan related to a Companion Loan) as to which the related Balloon Payment would have been past due), an amount equal to the Assumed Scheduled Payment therefor. Subject to subsection (c) below, the obligation of the Master Servicer to make such P&I Advances is mandatory, and with respect to any Mortgage Loan (including any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or REO Loan (other than any portion of an REO Loan related to a Companion Loan), shall continue until the Distribution Date on which the proceeds, if any, received in connection with a Liquidation Event or the disposition of the REO Property, as the case may be, with respect thereto are to be distributed. No P&I Advances shall be made with respect to any Companion Loan.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no P&I Advance shall be required to be made hereunder if such P&I Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. With respect to each Serviced Mortgage Loan, if the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Trustee has determined that a P&I Advance or Servicing Advance with respect to such Mortgage Loan, would be or has become a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer shall provide each Other Servicer and Other Trustee written notice of such determination within the time period required by the related Intercreditor Agreement. With respect to each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer will be required to make its determination (based on information provided by the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Special Servicer) that it has made a P&I Advance on such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan that is a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed P&I Advance would, if made, constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan independently of any determination made by the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, the applicable Non-Serviced Special Servicer or the Non-Serviced Trustee, as the case may be, under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA in respect of the related Non-Serviced Companion Loan (and if the Special Servicer or the Trustee elects to make and makes such a determination, then it shall make such determination independently of any such determination by such other Person). If the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee determines that a proposed P&I Advance with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, if made, or any outstanding P&I Advance with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan previously made, would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance, the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Trustee, as applicable, shall provide the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer and Non-Serviced Special Servicer written notice of such determination within two (2) Business Days of the date of such determination. If the Master Servicer receives written notice from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as the case may be, that either has determined in accordance with the applicable Non-Serviced PSA with respect to a Non-Serviced Companion Loan, that any proposed advance under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA that is similar to a P&I Advance would be, or any outstanding advance under such Non-Serviced PSA that is similar to a P&I Advance is, a nonrecoverable advance, then the Master Servicer or the Trustee may, based upon such determination, determine that any P&I Advance previously made or proposed to be made with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, will be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance. Thereafter, in either case, the Master Servicer and the Trustee shall not be required to make any additional P&I Advances with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan unless and until the Master Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, determines that any such additional P&I Advances with respect to the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan would not be a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance, which determination may be as a result of consultation with the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as the case

 

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may be, or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Trustee, as the case may be, shall have the sole discretion provided in this Agreement to determine that any future P&I Advance or outstanding P&I Advance would be, or is, as applicable, a Nonrecoverable Advance.

 

(d)           In connection with the recovery of any P&I Advance out of the Collection Account, pursuant to Section 3.05(a), the Master Servicer shall be entitled to pay the Trustee and itself (in that order of priority) as the case may be, out of any amounts then on deposit in the Collection Account (but in no event from any funds allocable to a Serviced Companion Noteholder (unless related thereto), except to the extent permitted pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement), interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of such P&I Advance from the date made to but not including the date of reimbursement; provided, however, that no interest will accrue on any P&I Advance (i) made with respect to a Mortgage Loan until after the related Due Date has passed or (ii) if the related Periodic Payment is received after the Determination Date but on or prior to the related Master Servicer Remittance Date. The Master Servicer shall reimburse itself and/or the Trustee, as the case may be, for any outstanding P&I Advance, subject to Section 3.17 of this Agreement, as soon as practicably possible after funds available for such purpose are deposited in the Collection Account.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) neither the Master Servicer nor the Trustee shall make an advance for Excess Interest, Yield Maintenance Charges, Default Interest, late payment charges, Prepayment Premiums, Balloon Payments or any P&I Advance with respect to any Companion Loan or with respect to any cure payment payable by any Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder and (ii) if an Appraisal Reduction Amount has been made with respect to any Mortgage Loan (or, in the case of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, an Appraisal Reduction Amount has been made in accordance with the related Non-Serviced PSA and the Master Servicer has notice of such Appraisal Reduction Amount) then in the event of subsequent delinquencies thereon, the interest portion of the P&I Advance in respect of such Mortgage Loan for the related Distribution Date shall be reduced (it being herein acknowledged that there shall be no reduction in the principal portion of such P&I Advance) to equal the product of (x) the amount of the interest portion of such P&I Advance for such Mortgage Loan for such Distribution Date without regard to this clause (ii), and (y) a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is equal to the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such Distribution Date, net of the related Appraisal Reduction Amount (or, in the case of a Serviced Whole Loan, the portion of such Appraisal Reduction Amount allocated to the related Mortgage Loan), if any, and the denominator of which is equal to the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan immediately prior to such Distribution Date. For purposes of the immediately preceding sentence, the Periodic Payment due on the Maturity Date for a Balloon Mortgage Loan will be the Assumed Scheduled Payment for the related Distribution Date.

 

(f)            In no event shall either the Master Servicer or the Trustee be required to make a P&I Advance with respect to any Companion Loan.

 

Section 4.04          Allocation of Realized Losses. (a) On each Distribution Date, immediately following the distributions to be made on such date pursuant to Section 4.01, the

 

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Certificate Administrator shall calculate the Non-VRR Certificate Realized Loss and the VRR Certificate Realized Loss (each, a “Realized Loss”). Any allocation of Realized Losses to a Class of Regular Certificates or Trust Components shall be made by reducing the Certificate Balance thereof by the amount so allocated. Any Realized Losses so allocated to a Class of Regular Certificates or Trust Components shall be allocated among the respective Certificates of such Class in proportion to the Percentage Interests evidenced thereby. The allocation of Realized Losses shall constitute an allocation of losses and other shortfalls experienced by the Trust. Reimbursement of previously allocated Realized Losses will not constitute distributions of principal for any purpose and will not result in an additional reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Class of Certificates or Trust Components in respect of which any such reimbursement is made. With respect to any Class of Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates) and the Class VRR Trust Components (and therefore to the Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates), to the extent any Nonrecoverable Advances (plus interest thereon) that were reimbursed from principal collections on the Mortgage Loans and previously resulted in a reduction of the Aggregate Principal Distribution Amount are subsequently recovered on the related Mortgage Loan, the amount of such recovery will be added to the Certificate Balance of the Class or Classes of Principal Balance Certificates other than the Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates) and the Class VRR Trust Components (and therefore to the Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates) that previously were allocated Realized Losses, in sequential order, in each case up to the amount of the unreimbursed Realized Losses allocated to such Class of Certificates or Trust Components.

 

(b)           On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Balances of the Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates) will be reduced without distribution, as a write-off to the extent of any Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses, if any, allocable to such Certificates with respect to such Distribution Date. Any such write off shall be allocated first, to the Class G-RR Certificates, second, to the Class F-RR Certificates, third, to the Class E-RR Certificates, fourth, to the Class D Certificates, fifth, to the Class C Certificates, sixth, to the Class B Certificates, seventh, to the Class A-S Certificates and then, pro rata (based on their respective Certificate Balances), to the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 and Class A-SB Certificates, in each case until the remaining Certificate Balances of such Classes of Certificates have been reduced to zero.

 

On each Distribution Date, the Certificate Balance of the Class VRR Trust Components (and therefore of the Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates) will be reduced without distribution, as a write-off to the extent of any VRR Certificate Realized Losses, if any, allocable to such Vertical Risk Retention Certificates with respect to such Distribution Date. Any such write off shall be allocated, pro rata, to (1) the Class VRR Certificates and (2) the Exchangeable Certificates (in the following order: first, to the Class VRR-G Certificates, second, to the Class VRR-F Certificates, third, to the Class VRR0E Certificates, fourth, to the Class VRR-D Certificates, fifth, to the Class C Certificates, sixth, to the Class VRR-B Certificates, seventh, to the Class VRR-AS Certificates and then, pro rata (based on their respective Certificate Balances), to the Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5 and Class VRR-ASB Certificates) until the remaining Certificate Balance of such Classes of Certificates have been reduced to zero.

 

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(c)           With respect to any Distribution Date, any Realized Losses allocated to a Class of Principal Balance Certificates (other than the Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates) and the Class VRR Trust Components (and therefore to the Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates) pursuant to Section 4.04(a) or Section 4.04(b) with respect to such Distribution Date shall reduce the Lower-Tier Principal Amount of the Related Lower-Tier Regular Interest with respect thereto as a write-off.

 

(d)           With respect to each Class of Exchangeable Certificates and the Class VRR Certificates, for purposes of determining allocations and distributions under Section 4.01(a) and Section 4.01(b) of this Agreement as between the Exchangeable Certificates and the Class VRR Certificates and this Section 4.04, all allocations of Realized Losses to each Class of Exchangeable Certificates for any Distribution Date shall be determined without regard to any exchange of such Exchangeable Certificates for Class VRR Certificates; provided, however, that all amounts of Realized Losses that would otherwise be allocable to Exchangeable Certificates that have been exchanged for Class VRR Certificates shall be allocated to such Class of Certificates, without duplication.

 

Section 4.05          Appraisal Reduction Amounts; Collateral Deficiency Amounts. (a) For purposes of (x) determining the Controlling Class (and whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing) and (y) determining the Voting Rights of the related Classes for purposes of removal of the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, the Non-VRR Percentage of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts (with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, to the extent allocated to the related Mortgage Loan) will be allocated to each Class of Non-VRR Certificates (other than the Senior Certificates) in reverse sequential order to notionally reduce the related Certificate Balances until the Certificate Balance of each such Class is reduced to zero (i.e., first, to the Class G-RR Certificates, second, to the Class F-RR Certificates, third, to the Class E-RR Certificates, fourth, to the Class D Certificates, fifth, to the Class C Certificates, sixth, to the Class B Certificates, and finally, to the Class A-S Certificates).

 

For purposes of determining the Voting Rights of the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates for purposes of removal of the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, the VRR Percentage of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts (with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, to the extent allocated to the related Mortgage Loan) will be allocated to the Class VRR Trust Components and thus to the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates as follows: pro rata, to (1) the Class VRR Certificates and (2) the Exchangeable Certificates in reverse sequential order (i.e., first, to the Class VRR-G Certificates, second, to the Class VRR-F Certificates, third, to the Class VRR0E Certificates, fourth, to the Class VRR-D Certificates, fifth, to the Class C Certificates, sixth, to the Class VRR-B Certificates, seventh, to the Class VRR-AS Certificates and then, pro rata (based on their respective Certificate Balances), to the Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5 and Class VRR-ASB Certificates), to notionally reduce the related Certificate Balances until the Certificate Balance of each such Class is reduce to zero.

 

As of the first Determination Date after a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) becomes an AB Modified Loan, the Master Servicer shall calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, taking into account the most recent Appraisal obtained by the Special Servicer with respect to such

 

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Mortgage Loan, and all other information relevant to a Collateral Deficiency Amount determination. Upon obtaining knowledge or receipt of notice by the Master Servicer that a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan has become an AB Modified Loan, the Master Servicer shall (i) promptly request from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee the most recent appraisal with respect to such AB Modified Loan, in addition to all other information reasonably required by the Master Servicer to calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, and (ii) as of the first Determination Date following receipt by the Master Servicer of the appraisal and any other information set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i) that the Master Servicer reasonably expects to receive, calculate whether a Collateral Deficiency Amount exists with respect to such AB Modified Loan, taking into account the most recent appraisal obtained by the Non-Serviced Special Servicer with respect to such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, and all other information relevant to a Collateral Deficiency Amount determination. Upon obtaining knowledge or receipt of notice by any other party to this Agreement that a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan has become an AB Modified Loan, such party shall promptly notify the Master Servicer thereof. The Special Servicer shall provide (via electronic delivery) the Master Servicer with any information in its possession that is reasonably required to determine, redetermine, calculate or recalculate any Collateral Deficiency Amount for any Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) and any Serviced Companion Loan using reasonable efforts to deliver such information within five (5) Business Days of the Master Servicer’s reasonable request. None of the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor or the Certificate Administrator shall calculate or verify any Collateral Deficiency Amount. Upon reasonable prior written request, the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to assist the Master Servicer in obtaining information reasonably required to calculate or recalculate any Collateral Deficiency Amount with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan in the event that the Master Servicer is unsuccessful in obtaining such information from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer or Non-Serviced Trustee.

 

For purposes of determining the Controlling Class and whether a Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing, the Non-VRR Percentage of Collateral Deficiency Amounts allocated to an AB Modified Loan will be allocated to each Class of Control Eligible Certificates in reverse sequential order to notionally reduce the related Certificate Balances until the Certificate Balance of each such Class of Control Eligible Certificates is reduced to zero. For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of determining the Controlling Class or the occurrence of a Control Termination Event or Operating Advisor Consultation Event, any Class of Control Eligible Certificates shall be allocated both applicable Appraisal Reduction Amounts and applicable Collateral Deficiency Amounts (the sum of which shall constitute the applicable Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount), in accordance with this Section 4.05(a)

 

The Master Servicer shall promptly notify the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator of the amount of any Appraisal Reduction Amount (which notification shall be made by delivery of the CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File in accordance with Section 3.12(d)), any Collateral Deficiency Amount and any resulting Cumulative Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to each Mortgage Loan, AB Modified Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, if any (which notification shall be satisfied through delivery of such information included in the CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File and the CREFC® Appraisal Reduction Amount

 

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Template included in the CREFC® Investor Reporting Package, or such report mutually agreed upon between Master Servicer and Certificate Administrator, which shall be delivered simultaneously with the CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File in accordance with Section 3.12(d)). Based on information in its possession, the Certificate Administrator shall determine from time to time which Class of Certificates is the Controlling Class. The Certificate Administrator shall provide notice of the identity of the Controlling Class as set forth in Section 3.23(m). With respect to any Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable, calculated for purposes of determining (i) the Voting Rights of the related Classes for purposes of removing the Special Servicer or (ii) the Controlling Class, the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property will be determined on an “as-is” basis.

 

(b)           (i) The Holders of the majority of Voting Rights of any Class of Control Eligible Certificates that is determined at any time of determination to no longer be the Controlling Class (any such Class, an “Appraised-Out Class”) as a result of an Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount in respect of such Class shall have the right, at their sole expense, to require the Special Servicer to order a second Appraisal with respect to any Mortgage Loan (or Serviced Whole Loan) for which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred or as to which there exists a Collateral Deficiency Amount (such Holders, the “Requesting Holders”). The Special Servicer shall use its reasonable efforts to cause such second Appraisal to be (A) delivered within thirty (30) days from receipt of the Requesting Holders’ written request and (B) prepared on an “as-is” basis by an MAI appraiser (provided that such MAI appraiser may not be the same MAI appraiser that provided the Appraisal in respect of which the Requesting Holders are requesting the Special Servicer to obtain an additional Appraisal).

 

(ii)           Upon receipt of any supplemental Appraisal pursuant to clause (i) above, the Special Servicer shall determine, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, whether, based on its assessment of such supplemental Appraisal, any recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount is warranted, and if so warranted shall direct the Master Servicer to, and the Master Servicer shall, recalculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable, based on such supplemental appraisal. If required by such recalculation, the Appraised-Out Class shall be reinstated as the Controlling Class and each other Appraised-Out Class shall, if applicable, have its related Certificate Balance notionally restored to the extent required by such recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable. The Holders of an Appraised-Out Class requesting any supplemental Appraisal pursuant to clause (i) above shall refrain from exercising any direction, control, consent and/or similar rights of the Controlling Class until such time, if any, as the Class is reinstated as the Controlling Class (such period beginning upon receipt by the Special Servicer of any request to obtain a supplemental Appraisal pursuant to clause (i) above to but excluding the date on which either (A) the Special Servicer determines that no recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount is warranted or (B) the Master Servicer recalculates the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable, based on the supplemental Appraisal and receipt of any information requested by the Master Servicer pursuant to this section, the “Appraisal Review Period”). The rights of the

 

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Controlling Class during each Appraisal Review Period shall be exercised by the next most senior Control Eligible Certificates, if any.

 

(iii)          In addition, the Requesting Holders of any Appraised-Out Class will have the right, at their sole expense, to require the Special Servicer to order an additional Appraisal of any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) for which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred or as to which there exists a Collateral Deficiency Amount if an event has occurred at, or with regard to, the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties that would have a material effect on its Appraised Value, and the Special Servicer is required to use reasonable efforts to obtain an Appraisal within 60 days from receipt of the Requesting Holders’ written request; provided that the Special Servicer will not be required to obtain such Appraisal if it determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that no events at, or with regard to, the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties have occurred that would have a material effect on the Appraised Value of the related Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties. The right of the Holders of an Appraised-Out Class to require the Special Servicer to order an additional Appraisal as described herein will be limited to no more frequently than once in any 9-month period with respect to any Mortgage Loan

 

(c)           With respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), and each Serviced Whole Loan as to which an Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred (unless such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan has become a Corrected Loan (for such purposes taking into account any amendment or modification of such Mortgage Loan, any related Serviced Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan)), the Special Servicer shall (1) within thirty (30) days of each anniversary of the related Appraisal Reduction Event, and (2) upon its determination that the value of the related Mortgaged Property has materially changed, notify the Master Servicer of the occurrence of such anniversary or determination and order an Appraisal (which may be an update of a prior Appraisal), the cost of which shall be paid by the Master Servicer as a Servicing Advance or to the extent it would be a Nonrecoverable Advance, an expense of the Trust, or conduct an internal valuation, as applicable and, promptly following receipt of any such Appraisal or performance of such valuation (or receipt of any Appraisal obtained in accordance with Section 4.05(b) above), shall deliver a copy thereof to the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and ((i) prior to the occurrence of any Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) the Directing Certificateholder. Based upon such Appraisal or internal valuation (or any Appraisal obtained in accordance with Section 4.05(b) above) and receipt of information reasonably requested by the Master Servicer from the Special Servicer necessary to calculate the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, the Master Servicer shall determine or redetermine, as applicable, and report to the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and ((i) prior to the occurrence of any Consultation Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) the Directing Certificateholder, the amount and calculation or recalculation of the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount with respect to such Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable, and such report shall be delivered in the CREFC® Appraisal Reduction Amount Template format; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall not be liable for failure to comply with such duties insofar as such failure results from a failure of the Special Servicer to provide sufficient information to the Master Servicer to

 

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comply with such duties or failure by the Special Servicer to otherwise comply with its obligations hereunder. Such report shall also be forwarded by the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer if the related Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan), to the extent the related Serviced Companion Loan has been included in an Other Securitization, to the Other Servicer of such Other Securitization into which the related Serviced Companion Loan has been sold, or to the holder of any related Serviced Companion Loan by the Master Servicer (or the Special Servicer if the related Mortgage Loan is a Specially Serviced Loan). If the Master Servicer is required to redetermine the Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, such redetermined Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount shall replace the prior Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount, as applicable, with respect to such Mortgage Loan, Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable. Prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event and other than with respect to any Excluded Loan, the Special Servicer shall consult with the Directing Certificateholder with respect to any Appraisal, valuation or downward adjustment in connection with an Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to Section 4.05(b), the Special Servicer will not be required to obtain an Appraisal or conduct an internal valuation, as applicable, with respect to a Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan that is the subject of an Appraisal Reduction Event to the extent the Special Servicer has obtained an Appraisal or conducted such a valuation (in accordance with requirements of this Agreement), as applicable, with respect to the related Mortgaged Property within the twelve-month period immediately prior to the occurrence of the Appraisal Reduction Event. Instead, the Master Servicer may use the prior Appraisal or valuation, as applicable, in calculating any Appraisal Reduction Amount or Collateral Deficiency Amount with respect to such Mortgage Loan or related Companion Loan or Serviced Whole Loan; provided that the Special Servicer has not notified the Master Servicer of any material change to the related Mortgaged Property having occurred and affecting the validity of such Appraisal or valuation. The Special Servicer, upon reasonable prior written request, shall provide the Master Servicer with information in its possession that is reasonably required to determine, calculate, redetermine or recalculate any Appraisal Reduction Amount, using reasonable efforts to deliver such information, within five (5) Business Days following the Master Servicer’s reasonable request therefor.

 

(d)           Any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), any related Serviced Companion Loan and any Serviced Whole Loan, previously subject to an Appraisal Reduction Amount, which has become a Corrected Loan (for such purposes taking into account any amendment or modification of such Mortgage Loan, any related Serviced Companion Loan and any Serviced Whole Loan, as applicable), and with respect to which no other Appraisal Reduction Event has occurred and is continuing, will no longer be subject to an Appraisal Reduction Amount. Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of a Non-Serviced Whole Loan shall be calculated by the applicable party under and in accordance with and pursuant to the terms of the applicable Non-Serviced PSA.

 

(e)           Each Serviced Whole Loan will be treated as a single Mortgage Loan for purposes of calculating an Appraisal Reduction Amount with respect to the Mortgage Loan and Companion Loan(s) that comprise such Serviced Whole Loan. Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of a Serviced AB Whole Loan in respect of an AB Modified Loan will be allocated in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement or, if no allocation is specified

 

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in the related Intercreditor Agreement, then, first, to the related AB Subordinate Companion Loan (until its principal balance is notionally reduced to zero by such Appraisal Reduction Amounts) and second, pro rata, between the related AB Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan (if any), based upon their respective Stated Principal Balances. Any Appraisal Reduction Amount in respect of any Serviced Pari Passu Whole Loan will be allocated in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement or, if no allocation is specified in the related Intercreditor Agreement, then, pro rata, between the related Serviced Pari Passu Mortgage Loan and the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, based upon their respective Stated Principal Balances.

 

Section 4.06          Grantor Trust Reporting.

 

(a)           The parties intend that the portion of the Trust Fund constituting the Grantor Trust, shall constitute, and that the affairs of the Grantor Trust shall be conducted so as to qualify such portion as, a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under subpart E, part I of subchapter J of the Code, and the provisions hereof shall be interpreted consistently with this intention. In furtherance of such intention, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have the power to vary the investment of the Holders of the Exchangeable Certificates, Class VRR Certificates or Class Z Certificates in the Grantor Trust so as to improve their rate of return. The Certificate Administrator shall prepare or cause to be prepared, submit to the Trustee for execution (and the Trustee shall timely execute and timely return to the Certificate Administrator) and timely file all Tax Returns in respect of the Grantor Trust. In addition, the Certificate Administrator shall (A) file, or cause to be filed, Internal Revenue Service Form 1041 on Form 1099) or such other form as may be applicable with the Internal Revenue Service with copies of the statements in the following clause and (B) furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Holders of the Exchangeable Certificates, Class VRR Certificates or Class Z Certificates, their allocable share of income and expense with respect to the Excess Interest, the Class VRR Distribution Account and the Excess Interest Distribution Account, in the time or times and in the manner required by the Code.

 

(b)           The Grantor Trust is a WHFIT that is a WHMT. The Certificate Administrator will report as required under the WHFIT Regulations to the extent such information as is reasonably necessary to enable the Certificate Administrator to do so is provided to the Certificate Administrator on a timely basis. The Certificate Administrator is hereby directed to assume that DTC is the only “middleman” as defined by the WHFIT Regulations unless the Depositor provides the Certificate Administrator with the identities of other “middlemen” that are Certificateholders. The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to indemnification in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in the event that the Internal Revenue Service makes a determination that the first sentence of this paragraph is incorrect.

 

(c)           The Certificate Administrator shall report required WHFIT information using the accrual method, except to the extent the WHFIT Regulations specifically require a different method. The Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to determine whether any Certificateholder uses the cash or accrual method. The Certificate Administrator shall make available (via its website) WHFIT information to Certificateholders annually. In addition, the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible or liable for providing

 

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subsequently amended, revised or updated information to any Certificateholder, unless requested by the Certificateholder.

 

(d)           The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for failure to meet the reporting requirements of the WHFIT Regulations nor for any penalties thereunder if such failure is due to: (i) the lack of reasonably necessary information being provided to the Certificate Administrator or (ii) incomplete, inaccurate or untimely information being provided to the Certificate Administrator. Each Holder of a Class Z Certificate, Exchangeable Certificate or Class VRR Certificate, by acceptance of its interest in such class of Certificates, will be deemed to have agreed to provide the Certificate Administrator with information regarding any sale of such securities, including the price, amount of proceeds and date of sale. Absent receipt of information regarding any sale of a Class Z Certificate, Exchangeable Certificate or Class VRR Certificate, including the price, amount of proceeds and date of sale from the beneficial owner thereof or the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator shall assume there is no secondary market trading of WHFIT interests.

 

(e)           To the extent required by the WHFIT Regulations, the Certificate Administrator shall use reasonable efforts to publish on an appropriate website the CUSIP for the Class Z Certificates. The CUSIP so published will represent the Rule 144A CUSIP. The Certificate Administrator shall make reasonable good faith efforts to keep the website accurate and updated to the extent such CUSIP has been received. Absent the receipt of such CUSIP, the Certificate Administrator will use a reasonable identifier number in lieu of a CUSIP. The Certificate Administrator shall not be liable for investor reporting delays that result from the receipt of inaccurate or untimely CUSIP information.

 

Section 4.07          Investor Q&A Forum; Investor Registry; and Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall make available, only to Privileged Persons, the Investor Q&A Forum. The “Investor Q&A Forum” shall be a service available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, where (i) Certificateholders and beneficial owners of Certificates that are Privileged Persons may submit questions to (A) the Certificate Administrator relating to the Distribution Date Statement, (B) the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, relating to the reports being made available pursuant to Section 3.13(b), the Mortgage Loans (excluding any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or the related Mortgaged Properties or (C) the Operating Advisor relating to the Operating Advisor Annual Report or other reports prepared by the Operating Advisor or actions by the Special Servicer referenced in any Operating Advisor Annual Report (each an “Inquiry” and collectively, “Inquiries”), and (ii) Privileged Persons may view Inquiries that have been previously submitted and answered, together with the answers thereto. Upon receipt of an Inquiry for the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, and in the case of any Inquiry relating to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or related Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as applicable, the Certificate Administrator shall forward the Inquiry to the appropriate person (in the case of the Master Servicer to the following: AskMidland@Midlandls.com), in each case within a commercially reasonable period of time following receipt thereof. Following receipt of an Inquiry, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, unless such party determines not to answer such Inquiry as provided below, shall reply to the Inquiry, which reply of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or the Operating

 

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Advisor, as applicable, shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator by electronic mail. In the case of an Inquiry relating to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the Certificate Administrator shall make reasonable efforts to obtain an answer from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer or the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer, as applicable; provided that the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for the content of such answer or any delay or failure to obtain such answer. The Certificate Administrator shall post (within a commercially reasonable period of time following preparation or receipt of such answer, as the case may be) such Inquiry and the related answer to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. If the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor determines, in its respective sole discretion, that (i) any Inquiry is beyond the scope of the topics described above, (ii) answering any Inquiry would not be in the best interests of the Trust and/or the Certificateholders, (iii) answering any Inquiry would be in violation of applicable law, the applicable Mortgage Loan documents or this Agreement, (iv) answering any Inquiry would materially increase the duties of, or result in significant additional cost or expense to, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, (v) answering any Inquiry would require the disclosure of Privileged Information (subject to the Privileged Information Exception), or (vi) answering any Inquiry is otherwise, for any reason, not advisable, it shall not be required to answer such Inquiry and, in the case of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, shall promptly notify the Certificate Administrator of such determination. In addition, no party shall post or otherwise disclose any direct communications with the Directing Certificateholder as part of its response to any Inquiries. The Certificate Administrator shall notify the Person who submitted such Inquiry in the event that the Inquiry will not be answered. Any notice by the Certificate Administrator to the Person who submitted an Inquiry that will not be answered shall include the following statement: “Because the Pooling and Servicing Agreement provides that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Operating Advisor shall not answer an Inquiry if it determines, in its respective sole discretion, that (i) any Inquiry is beyond the scope of the topics described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, (ii) answering any Inquiry would not be in the best interests of the Trust and/or the Certificateholders, (iii) answering any Inquiry would be in violation of applicable law or the applicable Mortgage Loan documents, (iv) answering any Inquiry would materially increase the duties of, or result in significant additional costs or expenses to the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or Operating Advisor, as applicable, (v) answering any Inquiry would require the disclosure of Privileged Information, or (vi) answering any Inquiry is otherwise, for any reason, not advisable, no inference should or may be drawn from the fact that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor has declined to answer the Inquiry.” Answers posted on the Investor Q&A Forum will be attributable only to the respondent, and shall not be deemed to be answers from any of the Depositor, the Underwriters or any of their respective Affiliates. None of the Underwriters, Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or the Operating Advisor or any of their respective Affiliates will certify to any of the information posted in the Investor Q&A Forum and no such party shall have any responsibility or liability for the content of any such information. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to post to the Certificate Administrator’s Website any Inquiry or answer thereto that the Certificate Administrator determines, in its sole discretion, is administrative or ministerial in nature. The Investor Q&A Forum will not reflect questions, answers and other communications that are not

 

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submitted via the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor shall not be required to respond to any Inquiries from Certificateholders for which its response would require the Operating Advisor to provide information to such inquiring Certificateholders that they are otherwise not entitled to receive under the terms of this Agreement.

 

(b)           The Certificate Administrator shall make available to any Certificateholder and any Certificate Owner that is a Privileged Person, the Investor Registry. The “Investor Registry” shall be a voluntary service available on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, where Certificateholders and Certificate Owners that are Privileged Persons can register and thereafter obtain information with respect to any other Certificateholder or Certificate Owner that has so registered. Any person registering to use the Investor Registry will be required to certify that (a) it is a Certificateholder or a Certificate Owner and a Privileged Person and (b) it grants authorization to the Certificate Administrator to make its name and contact information available on the Investor Registry for at least forty-five (45) days from the date of such certification to persons entitled to access to the Investor Registry. Such Person shall then be asked to enter certain mandatory fields such as the individual’s name, the company name and email address, as well as certain optional fields such as address, phone, and Class(es) of Certificates owned. If any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner notifies the Certificate Administrator that it wishes to be removed from the Investor Registry (which notice may not be within forty-five (45) days of its registration), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly remove it from the Investor Registry. The Certificate Administrator will not be responsible for verifying or validating any information submitted on the Investor Registry, or for monitoring or otherwise maintaining the accuracy of any information thereon. The Certificate Administrator may require acceptance of a waiver and disclaimer for access to the Investor Registry.

 

(c)            The 17g-5 Information Provider shall make available, only to NRSROs, the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool. The “Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool” shall be a service available on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, where NRSROs may (i) submit questions to the Certificate Administrator relating to any Distribution Date Statements, or submit questions to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, relating to the reports prepared by such parties (each such submission, a “Rating Agency Inquiry”), and (ii) view Rating Agency Inquiries that have been previously submitted and answered, together with the responses thereto. In addition, NRSROs may use the forum to submit requests (each such submission also, a “Rating Agency Inquiry”) to the Master Servicer for loan-level reports and other related information. Upon receipt of a Rating Agency Inquiry for the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall forward the Rating Agency Inquiry to the appropriate person (in the case of the Master Servicer to the following: AskMidland@Midlandls.com), in each case within a commercially reasonable period of time following receipt thereof. Following receipt of a Rating Agency Inquiry from the 17g-5 Information Provider, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, unless it determines not to answer such Rating Agency Inquiry as provided below, shall reply by email to the Certificate Administrator. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall post (within a commercially reasonable period of time following receipt of such response) such Rating Agency Inquiry with the related response thereto (or such reports, as applicable) to the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool. Any reports posted by the 17g-5 Information Provider in response to an inquiry may be posted on a separate website

 

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or web page accessible by a link on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website. If the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer determines, in its respective sole discretion, that (i) answering any Rating Agency Inquiry would be in violation of applicable law, the Servicing Standard, this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan documents, (ii) answering any Rating Agency Inquiry would or is reasonably expected to result in a waiver of an attorney-client privilege with, or the disclosure of attorney work product, or (iii) (A) answering any Rating Agency Inquiry would materially increase the duties of, or result in significant additional cost or expense to, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and (B) the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard (or in good faith, in the case of the Certificate Administrator) that the performance of such duties or the payment of such costs and expenses is beyond the scope of its duties in its capacity as Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, under this Agreement, it shall not be required to answer such Rating Agency Inquiry and shall promptly notify the 17g-5 Information Provider by email of such determination. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall promptly thereafter post the Rating Agency Inquiry with the reason it was not answered to the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool. The 17g-5 Information Provider will not be liable for the failure by any other such Person to so answer. Questions posted on the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool shall not be attributed to the submitting NRSRO. Answers posted on the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool will be attributable only to the respondent, and shall not be deemed to be answers from any other person. None of the Underwriters, the Depositor, or any of their respective Affiliates will certify to any of the information posted in the Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool and no such party shall have any responsibility or liability for the content of any such information. The 17g-5 Information Provider shall not be required to post to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website any Rating Agency Inquiry or answer thereto that the 17g-5 Information Provider determines, in its sole discretion, is administrative or ministerial in nature. The Rating Agency Q&A Forum and Document Request Tool will not reflect questions, answers and other communications that are not submitted via the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website.

 

Section 4.08          Secure Data Room. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall create a Secure Data Room and the Depositor shall, upon the receipt of each Mortgage Loan Seller’s Diligence File Certification and within 120 days following the Closing Date, deliver to the Certificate Administrator an electronic copy of the Diligence Files for the Mortgage Loans that have been uploaded by the Mortgage Loan Sellers to the Intralinks Site. Upon receipt thereof, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly upload the contents of each Diligence File actually received by it to the Secure Data Room. Access to the Secure Data Room shall be granted by the Certificate Administrator to (i) the Asset Representations Reviewer and (ii) any other Person at the direction of the Depositor, in each case, upon the occurrence of an Affirmative Asset Review Vote and receipt by the Certificate Administrator of a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit RR hereto (which shall be sent via email to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com or submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s website). In no case whatsoever shall Certificateholders be permitted to access the Secure Data Room. For the avoidance of doubt, the Certificate Administrator shall be under no obligation to post any documents or information to the Secure Data Room other than the contents of the Diligence Files initially delivered to it by the Depositor.

 

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(b)            The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation or duty to verify, review, confirm or otherwise determine whether the type, number or contents of any Diligence File delivered to the Certificate Administrator is accurate, complete, or relates to the transaction or confirm that all documents and information constituting any Diligence File have actually been delivered to the Certificate Administrator. In no case shall the Certificate Administrator be deemed to have obtained actual or constructive knowledge of the contents of, or information contained in, any Diligence File by virtue of posting such Diligence File to the Secure Data Room. In the event that any document or information is posted in error, the Certificate Administrator may remove such document or information from the Secure Data Room. The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation to produce physical or electronic copies of any document or information provided to it for posting to the Secure Data Room. The Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible or held liable for any other Person’s use or dissemination of the documents or information contained on the Secure Data Room; provided that such event or occurrence is not also a result of its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to restrict access to the Secure Data Room on a loan-by-loan basis and any Person with access to the Secure Data Room shall covenant to access only the information necessary to perform its duties and responsibilities under this Agreement.

 

(c)            Upon the resignation or removal of the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 8.07, the Certificate Administrator shall transfer electronic copies of the Diligence Files to a successor certificate administrator designated in writing by the Depositor or the Master Servicer, and all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of the Diligence Files shall be payable as part of the costs and expenses associated with the transfer of its responsibilities upon the resignation or removal of the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 8.07. Following the date on which any Mortgage Loan is paid in full, liquidated, repurchased or otherwise removed from the Trust, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, may direct the Certificate Administrator in writing to delete the Diligence File related to such Mortgage Loan from the Secure Data Room; provided that absent such direction, the Certificate Administrator shall not be obligated to delete any Diligence File from the Secure Data Room. Following the termination of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.01, the Certificate Administrator shall be permitted to delete all files from the Secure Data Room. Upon deletion, in no event shall the Certificate Administrator be obligated to reproduce or retrieve such deleted files.

 

[End of Article IV]

 

Article V

THE CERTIFICATES

 

Section 5.01          The Certificates. (a) The Certificates will be substantially in the respective forms annexed hereto as Exhibits A-1 through and including A-24, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Agreement or as may, in the reasonable judgment of the Certificate Registrar, be necessary, appropriate or convenient to comply, or facilitate compliance, with applicable laws, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required by law, or as may, consistently herewith, be

 

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determined by the officers executing such Certificates, as evidenced by their execution thereof. The Class X Certificates will be issuable only in minimum Denominations of authorized initial Notional Amount of not less than $1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. The Offered Certificates (other than the Class X-A Certificates and Class X-B Certificates) will be issuable only in minimum Denominations of authorized initial Certificate Balance of not less than $10,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. The Non-Registered Certificates (other than the Class X-D, Class R and Class Z Certificates) will be issuable in minimum Denominations of authorized initial Certificate Balance of not less than $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof. If the Original Certificate Balance or initial Notional Amount, as applicable, of any Class does not equal an integral multiple of $1.00, then a single additional Certificate of such Class may be issued in a minimum denomination of authorized initial Certificate Balance or initial Notional Amount, as applicable, that includes the excess of (i) the Original Certificate Balance or initial Notional Amount, as applicable, of such Class over (ii) the largest integral multiple of $1.00 that does not exceed such amount. The Class R and Class Z Certificates shall be issued, maintained and transferred in minimum percentage interests of 10% of such Class R or Class Z Certificates and in integral multiples of 1% in excess thereof.

 

(b)           One authorized signatory shall sign the Certificates for the Certificate Registrar by manual or facsimile signature. If an authorized signatory whose signature is on a Certificate no longer holds that office at the time the Certificate Registrar countersigns the Certificate, the Certificate shall be valid nevertheless. A Certificate shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Certificate Registrar (who may be the same officer who executed the Certificate) manually countersigns the Certificate. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Certificate has been executed and countersigned under this Agreement.

 

Section 5.02          Form and Registration. No transfer of any Non-Registered Certificate shall be made unless that transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction which does not require such registration or qualification. If a transfer (other than one by the Depositor to an Affiliate thereof or an initial Retaining Party or by the Initial Purchasers to KKR Real Estate Credit Opportunity Partners Aggregator I L.P.) is to be made in reliance upon an exemption from the Securities Act, and under the applicable state securities laws, then either:

 

(a)           Each Class of the Non-Registered Certificates sold to institutions that are non-United States Securities Persons in Offshore Transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Act shall initially be represented by a temporary book-entry certificate in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the applicable form set forth as an exhibit hereto (each a “Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate”), which shall be deposited on the Closing Date on behalf of the purchasers of the Non-Registered Certificates represented thereby with the Certificate Registrar, at its principal trust office, as custodian, for the Depository, and registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of the Depository for the account of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear and/or Clearstream. Prior to the expiration of the 40-day period commencing on the later of the commencement of the offering and the Closing Date (the “Restricted Period”), beneficial interests in each Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate may be held only through Euroclear or Clearstream. After

 

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the expiration of the Restricted Period, a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate may be exchanged for an interest in the related Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate in the applicable form set forth as an exhibit hereto in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 5.03(f). During the Restricted Period, distributions due in respect of a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate shall only be made upon delivery to the Certificate Registrar by Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, of a Non-U.S. Beneficial Ownership Certification. After the expiration of the Restricted Period, distributions due in respect of any beneficial interests in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate shall not be made to the holders of such beneficial interests unless exchange for a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class is improperly withheld or refused. The aggregate Certificate Balance of a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or a Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Certificate Registrar, as custodian for the Depository, as hereinafter provided.

 

On the Closing Date, the Certificate Administrator shall execute, the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate, and the Certificate Administrator shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificates, which shall be held by the Certificate Registrar for purposes of effecting the exchanges contemplated by the preceding paragraph. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is hereby initially appointed the Authenticating Agent with the power to act, on the Trustee’s behalf, in the authentication and delivery of the Certificates in connection with transfers and exchanges as herein provided. If Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is removed as Certificate Administrator, then Wells Fargo Bank, National Association shall be terminated as Authenticating Agent. If the Authenticating Agent is terminated, the Trustee shall appoint a successor authenticating agent, which may be the Trustee or an Affiliate thereof.

 

(b)           Certificates of each Class of Non-Registered Certificates (other than any Risk Retention Certificate during the applicable Transfer Restriction Period) offered and sold to Qualified Institutional Buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Act (“Rule 144A”) shall be represented by Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificates, which shall be deposited with the Certificate Registrar or an agent of the Certificate Registrar, as custodian for the Depository, and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee of the Depository. The aggregate Certificate Balance of a Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Certificate Registrar, as custodian for the Depository, as hereinafter provided.

 

(c)           Certificates of each Class of Non-Registered Certificates that are initially offered and sold to investors that are Institutional Accredited Investors that are not Qualified Institutional Buyers (together with the Risk Retention Certificates (during the applicable Transfer Restriction Period) and the Class R and Class Z Certificates, the “Non-Book Entry Certificates”) shall be in the form of Definitive Certificates, substantially in the applicable form set forth as an exhibit hereto, and shall be registered in the name of such investors or their nominees by the Certificate Registrar who shall deliver the certificates for such Non-Book Entry Certificates to the respective beneficial owners or owners. For the avoidance of doubt, the Class R and Class Z Certificates shall only be in the form of Definitive Certificates, and the Risk

 

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Retention Certificates shall be issued in the form of Definitive Certificates at all times during the applicable Transfer Restriction Period.

 

(d)           Owners of beneficial interests in Book-Entry Certificates of any Class shall not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Certificates unless: (i) the Depository advises the Certificate Registrar in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities as depository with respect to the Book-Entry Certificates of such Class or ceases to be a Clearing Agency, and the Certificate Registrar and the Depository are unable to locate a qualified successor within ninety (90) days of such notice or (ii) the Trustee has instituted or has been directed to institute any judicial proceeding to enforce the rights of the Holders of such Class and the Trustee has been advised by counsel that in connection with such proceeding it is necessary or appropriate for the Certificate Registrar to obtain possession of the Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that under no circumstances will certificated Non-Registered Certificates be issued to beneficial owners of a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. Upon notice of the occurrence of any of the events described in clause (i) or (ii) above with respect to any Certificates of a Class that are in the form of Book-Entry Certificates and upon surrender by the Depository of any Book-Entry Certificate of such Class and receipt from the Depository of instructions for re-registration, the Certificate Registrar shall issue Certificates of such Class in the form of Definitive Certificates (bearing, in the case of a Definitive Certificate issued for a Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate, the same legends regarding transfer restrictions borne by such Book-Entry Certificate), and thereafter the Certificate Registrar shall recognize the Holders of such Definitive Certificates as Certificateholders under this Agreement. Unless and until Definitive Certificates are issued in respect of a Class of Book-Entry Certificates, beneficial ownership interests in such Class of Certificates will be maintained and transferred on the book entry records of the Depository and Depository Participants, and all references to actions by Holders of such Class of Certificates will refer to action taken by the Depository upon instructions received from the related registered Holders of Certificates through the Depository Participants in accordance with the Depository’s procedures and, except as otherwise set forth herein, all references herein to payments, notices, reports and statements to Holders of such Class of Certificates will refer to payments, notices, reports and statements to the Depository or its nominee as the registered Holder thereof, for distribution to the related registered Holders of Certificates through the Depository Participants in accordance with the Depository’s procedures.

 

(e)           During the applicable Transfer Restriction Period, each of the Risk Retention Certificates shall only be held as Definitive Certificates in the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account by the Certificate Administrator (and each related Retaining Party’s respective interest shall be tracked in the form of an entry in the Certificate Administrator’s trust accounting system under the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account), for the benefit of the Holder of the related Certificate. The Certificate Administrator shall hold such Risk Retention Certificates in safekeeping and shall release the same only upon receipt of written instructions from the related Holder and the Retaining Sponsor, and in accordance with any authentication procedures as may be utilized by the Certificate Administrator and in accordance with this Agreement. There shall be, and hereby is, established by the Certificate Administrator an account which will be designated the “Retained Interest Safekeeping Account” and into which the Risk Retention Certificates shall be held and which shall be governed by and subject to this Agreement. In addition, on and after the date hereof, the Certificate Administrator may establish

 

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any number of subaccounts to the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account for each Retaining Party. The Risk Retention Certificates shall be delivered to the Certificate Administrator in physical form as set forth herein. No amounts distributable to the Risk Retention Certificates shall be remitted to the Retained Interest Safekeeping Account, but shall be remitted directly to each related Retaining Party in accordance with written instructions provided separately by each Retaining Party to the Certificate Administrator. Under no circumstances by virtue of safekeeping the Risk Retention Certificates shall the Certificate Administrator be obligated to bring legal action or institute proceedings against any person on behalf of the related Retaining Parties. During the applicable Transfer Restriction Periods and for such longer time as the related Retaining Parties may request, the Certificate Administrator shall hold the Risk Retention Certificates in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons at the below location (or any other location, provided the Certificate Administrator has given notice to each of the related Retaining Parties of such new location):

 

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Attn: Security Control and Transfer (SCAT) - MAC N9345-010
425 E Hennepin Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55414

 

On the Closing Date, the Certificate Administrator shall deliver written confirmation to the Depositor, the Retaining Sponsor and the related Retaining Party substantially in the form of Exhibit TT to this Agreement evidencing its receipt of the Risk Retention Certificates.

 

The Certificate Administrator shall make available to each Retaining Party its respective account information as mutually agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator and each respective Retaining Party, and in accordance with the Certificate Administrator’s policies and procedures. Any transfer of a Risk Retention Certificate shall be subject to Section 5.03(g) and Section 5.03(i), and, if applicable, Section 5.03(n).

 

For the sake of clarity, after the applicable Transfer Restriction period, the Risk Retention Certificates may be transferred at the direction of the Holder thereof in the same manner prescribe herein for other Certificates, subject to Section 5.03(i).

 

Section 5.03          Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Certificates. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall keep or cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office books (the “Certificate Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Certificate Administrator shall provide for the registration of Certificates and of transfers and exchanges of Certificates as herein provided (the Certificate Administrator, in such capacity, being the “Certificate Registrar”). In such capacities, the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for, among other things, (i) maintaining the Certificate Register and a record of the aggregate holdings of Certificates of each Class of Non-Registered Certificates represented by a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, a Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate and a Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate and accepting Certificates for exchange and registration of transfer, holding the Risk Retention Certificates as Definitive Certificates on behalf of each Holder of such Risk Retention Certificates and (iii) transmitting to the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer any notices from the Certificateholders. No fee or service

 

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charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of Transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in this Section 5.03.

 

(b)           Subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Article V, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates in authorized denominations, in like aggregate interest and of the same Class.

 

(c)           Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. If a holder of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate deposited with the Certificate Registrar as custodian for the Depository wishes at any time during the Restricted Period to exchange its interest in such Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate for an interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer its interest in such Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to a Person who is required to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class, such holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of the Depository, exchange or cause the exchange of such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in such Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.07 hereof, of (1) instructions given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures from a Depository Participant directing the Certificate Registrar to credit, or cause to be credited, a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures containing information regarding the Euroclear or Clearstream account to be credited with such increase and the name of such account and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit I hereto given by the holder of such beneficial interest stating that the transfer of such interest has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Book-Entry Certificates and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S, then the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository to reduce, or cause to be reduced, the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate and to increase, or cause to be increased, the Certificate Balance of the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions (who shall be the agent member of Euroclear or Clearstream, or both) a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate equal to the reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate, and to debit, or cause to be debited, from the account of the Person making such exchange or transfer the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate that is being exchanged or transferred.

 

(d)           Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. If a holder of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate deposited with the Certificate Registrar as custodian for the Depository wishes at any time following the Restricted Period to exchange its interest in such Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate for an interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer its interest in such Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to a Person who is required to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in a Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, such holder may, subject to the

 

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rules and procedures of the Depository, exchange, or cause the exchange of, such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in such Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.07 hereof, of (1) instructions given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures from a Depository Participant directing the Certificate Registrar to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, (2) a written order given in accordance with the Depository’s procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be credited with such increase and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit J hereto given by the holder of such beneficial interest stating (A) that the transfer of such interest has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Book-Entry Certificates and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S, or (B) that the transferee is otherwise entitled to hold its interest in the applicable Certificates in the form of an interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, without any registration of such Certificates under the Act (in which case such certificate shall enclose an Opinion of Counsel to such effect and such other documents as the Certificate Registrar may reasonably require), then the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository to reduce, or cause to be reduced, the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate and to increase, or cause to be increased, the Certificate Balance of the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate equal to the reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate, and to debit, or cause to be debited, from the account of the Person making such exchange or transfer the beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate that is being exchanged or transferred.

 

(e)           Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate. If a holder of a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate deposited with the Certificate Registrar as custodian for the Depository wishes at any time to exchange its interest in such Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate for an interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer its interest in such Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to a Person who is required to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate, such holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, and the Depository, exchange or cause the exchange of such interest for an equivalent beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.07 hereof, of (1) instructions from Euroclear or Clearstream, if applicable, and the Depository, directing the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate equal to the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, such instructions to contain information regarding the participant account with the Depository to be credited with such increase, (2) with respect to a transfer of an interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, information regarding the participant account of the Depository to be debited with such decrease and (3) with respect to a transfer of an interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate for an interest in the

 

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Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate (i) during the Restricted Period, a certificate in the form of Exhibit K hereto given by the holder of such beneficial interest and stating that the Person transferring such interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate reasonably believes that the Person acquiring such interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate is a Qualified Institutional Buyer or (ii) after the Restricted Period, an Investment Representation Letter in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto from the transferee to the effect that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Buyer (an “Investment Representation Letter”) and is obtaining such beneficial interest in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, then the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository to reduce, or cause to be reduced, the Certificate Balance of the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate and to increase, or cause to be increased, the Certificate Balance of the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to be exchanged, and the Certificate Registrar shall instruct the Depository, concurrently with such reduction, to credit, or cause to be credited, to the account of the Person specified in such instructions, a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate equal to the reduction in the Certificate Balance of the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate and to debit, or cause to be debited, from the account of the Person making such transfer the beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate that is being transferred.

 

(f)            Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. Interests in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate as to which the Certificate Registrar has received from Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate (a “Non-U.S. Beneficial Ownership Certification”) to the effect that Euroclear or Clearstream, as applicable, has received a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto from the holder of a beneficial interest in such Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, shall be exchanged after the Restricted Period, for interests in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class. The Certificate Registrar shall effect such exchange by delivering to the Depository for credit to the respective accounts of such holders, a duly executed and authenticated Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, representing the aggregate Certificate Balance of interests in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate initially exchanged for interests in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. The delivery to the Certificate Registrar by Euroclear or Clearstream of the certificate or certificates referred to above may be relied upon by the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar as conclusive evidence that the certificate or certificates referred to therein has or have been delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate. Upon any exchange of interests in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate for interests in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall endorse the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to reflect the reduction in the Certificate Balance represented thereby by the amount so exchanged and shall endorse the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to reflect the corresponding increase in the amount represented thereby. Until so exchanged in full and except as provided therein, the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate, and the Certificates evidenced thereby, shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate and Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate authenticated and delivered hereunder.

 

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(g)           Non-Book Entry Certificate to Book-Entry Certificate. If a holder of a Non-Book Entry Certificate (other than (a) a Class R Certificate or (b) a Risk Retention Certificate during the applicable Transfer Restriction Period) wishes at any time to exchange its interest in such Non-Book Entry Certificate for an interest in a Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class, or to transfer all or part of such Non-Book Entry Certificate to a Person who is entitled to take delivery thereof in the form of an interest in a Book-Entry Certificate, such holder may, subject to the rules and procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream, if applicable, and the Depository, cause the exchange of all or part of such Non-Book Entry Certificate for an equivalent beneficial interest in the appropriate Book-Entry Certificate of the same Class. Upon receipt by the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, at its office designated in Section 5.07 hereof, of (1) such Non-Book Entry Certificate, duly endorsed as provided herein, (2) instructions from such holder directing the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, to credit, or cause to be credited, a beneficial interest in the applicable Book-Entry Certificate equal to the portion of the Certificate Balance of the Non-Book Entry Certificate to be exchanged, such instructions to contain information regarding the participant account with the Depository to be credited with such increase and (3) a certificate in the form of Exhibit M hereto (in the event that the applicable Book-Entry Certificate is the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate), in the form of Exhibit N hereto (in the event that the applicable Book-Entry Certificate is the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate) or in the form of Exhibit O hereto (in the event that the applicable Book-Entry Certificate is the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate), then the Certificate Registrar, as registrar, shall cancel, or cause to be canceled, all or part of such Non-Book Entry Certificate, shall, if applicable, execute, authenticate and deliver to the transferor a new Non-Book Entry Certificate equal to the aggregate Certificate Balance of the portion retained by such transferor and shall instruct the Depository to increase, or cause to be increased, such Book-Entry Certificate by the aggregate Certificate Balance of the portion of the Non-Book Entry Certificate to be exchanged and to credit, or cause to be credited, to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in the applicable Book-Entry Certificate equal to the Certificate Balance of the portion of the Non-Book Entry Certificate so canceled. Upon the written direction of the Depositor (which may be by email to cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com) or its Affiliate, the Certificate Registrar shall execute any instrument as may be reasonably required by the Depository to effect such exchange.

 

(h)           Non-Book Entry Certificates on Initial Issuance Only. Subject to the issuance of Definitive Certificates, if and when permitted by Section 5.02(d), and subject to the issuance and transfer of the Risk Retention Certificates during the applicable Transfer Restriction Period in accordance with Section 5.03(i), no Non-Book Entry Certificate shall be issued to a transferee of an interest in any Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate, Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate or to a transferee of a Non-Book Entry Certificate (or any portion thereof).

 

(i)            Transfers of Risk Retention Certificates. At all times, if a Transfer of any Risk Retention Certificate is to be made, then the Certificate Registrar shall refuse to register such transfer unless it receives (and, upon receipt, may conclusively rely upon) (i) a certification from such Certificateholder’s prospective Transferee substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D-3 or Exhibit D-5, as applicable, which such certification must be countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certification from the Certificateholder desiring to effect such transfer substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D-4 or Exhibit D-6, as applicable,

 

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which such certification must be countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor. Upon receipt of the foregoing certifications, the Certificate Registrar shall, subject to Section 5.02(e) and Section 5.03(a), reflect such Risk Retention Certificate in the name of the prospective Transferee. For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall a Risk Retention Certificate be held as a Book-Entry Certificate during the applicable Transfer Restriction Period. After the applicable Transfer Restriction Period, each of the Risk Retention Certificates may be transferred subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Article V. Any transfer of an interest in the Risk Retention Certificates that is not in compliance with this Section 5.03 shall be null and void ab initio to the extent permitted under applicable law.

 

(j)            Other Exchanges. In the event that a Book-Entry Certificate is exchanged for a Definitive Certificate, such Certificates may be exchanged only in accordance with such procedures as are substantially consistent with the provisions of subsections (c) through (f) above (including the certification requirements intended to ensure that such transfers comply with Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Act, at the case may be) and such other procedures as may from time to time be adopted by the Certificate Registrar.

 

(k)           Restricted Period. Prior to the termination of the Restricted Period with respect to the issuance of the Certificates, transfers of interests in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate to U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S) shall be limited to transfers made pursuant to the provisions of subsection (e) above.

 

(l)            If Non-Registered Certificates are issued upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Certificates bearing a restrictive legend relating to compliance with the Act, or if a request is made to remove such legend on Certificates, the Non-Registered Certificates so issued shall bear the restrictive legend, or such legend shall not be removed, as the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar such satisfactory evidence, which may include an Opinion of Counsel that neither such legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers thereof comply with the provisions of Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Act. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, the Certificate Registrar shall authenticate and deliver Certificates that do not bear such legend.

 

(m)          All Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer and exchange shall be canceled and subsequently destroyed by the Certificate Registrar in accordance with the Certificate Registrar’s customary procedures.

 

(n)           With respect to the ERISA Restricted Certificates, no sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition (other than any initial transfer to the Initial Purchasers or with respect to the Risk Retention Certificates, the related Retaining Parties) of any such Certificate shall be made unless the Trustee and Certificate Administrator shall have received either (i) a representation letter from the proposed purchaser or transferee of such Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1 attached hereto, to the effect that such proposed purchaser or transferee is not (A) an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of ERISA or a plan subject to Section 4975 of the Code, or a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA), a church plan (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA) for which no election has been made under Section 410(d) of the Code or any other plan subject to any federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) which is, to a material extent, similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or

 

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the Code (each, a “Plan”) or (B) a person acting on behalf of or using the assets of any such Plan (including an entity whose underlying assets include Plan assets by reason of investment in the entity by such Plan and the application of Department of Labor Regulation § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA), other than an insurance company using the assets of its general account under circumstances whereby the purchase and holding of such Certificates by such insurance company would be exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code under Sections I and III of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 95-60 (or, in the case of a Plan subject to Similar Law, would not result in a non-exempt violation of Similar Law) or (ii) if such Certificate which may be held only by a person not described in clauses (A) or (B) above, is presented for registration in the name of a purchaser or transferee that is any of the foregoing, an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor to the effect that the acquisition and holding of such Certificate by such purchaser or transferee will not constitute or result in a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” within the meaning of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a non-exempt violation of any Similar Law, and will not subject the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Operating Advisor or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any such Similar Law) in addition to those set forth in the Agreement. The Trustee and Certificate Administrator shall not register the sale, transfer, pledge or other disposition of any ERISA Restricted Certificate unless the Trustee and Certificate Administrator have received either the representation letter described in clause (i) above or the Opinion of Counsel described in clause (ii) above. The costs of any of the foregoing representation letters or Opinions of Counsel shall not be borne by any of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Operating Advisor or the Trust. Each Certificate Owner of an ERISA Restricted Certificate shall be deemed to represent that it is not a Person specified in clauses (i)(A) or (i)(B) above. Any transfer, sale, pledge or other disposition of any ERISA Restricted Certificates that would constitute or result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any Similar Law, or would otherwise violate the provisions of this Section 5.03(n) shall be deemed absolutely null and void ab initio, to the extent permitted under applicable law.

 

(o)           No Class R or Class Z Certificate may be purchased by or transferred to any prospective purchaser or transferee that is or will be a Plan, or any person acting on behalf of a Plan or using the assets of a Plan (including an entity whose underlying assets include Plan assets by reason of investment in the entity by such Plan and the application of Department of Labor Regulation § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) to purchase such Class R or Class Z Certificate. Each prospective transferee of a Class R or Class Z Certificate shall deliver to the transferor and the Certificate Administrator a representation letter, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2, stating that the prospective transferee is not a Plan or a person acting on behalf of or using the assets of a Plan. Each Holder of a Class R or Class Z Certificate shall be deemed to represent that it is not and will not become a Person specified in the second preceding sentence. Any attempted or purported transfer in violation of these transfer restrictions shall be null and void ab initio and shall vest no rights in any purported transferee and shall not relieve the transferor of any obligations with respect to the applicable Certificates.

 

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Each Person who has or acquires any Residual Ownership Interest shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Residual Ownership Interest to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and the rights of each Person acquiring any Residual Ownership Interest are expressly subject to the following provisions:

 

(i)            Each Person acquiring or holding any Residual Ownership Interest shall be a Permitted Transferee and shall not acquire or hold such Residual Ownership Interest as agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) on behalf of any Person that is not a Permitted Transferee. Any such Person shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar of any change or impending change in its status (or the status of the beneficial owner of such Residual Ownership Interest) as a Permitted Transferee. Any acquisition described in the first sentence of this Section 5.03(o) by a Person who is not a Permitted Transferee or by a Person who is acting as an agent of a Person who is not a Permitted Transferee shall be void ab initio and of no effect, and the immediately preceding owner who was a Permitted Transferee shall be restored to registered and beneficial ownership of the Residual Ownership Interest as soon and as fully as possible.

 

(ii)           No Residual Ownership Interest may be Transferred, and no such Transfer shall be registered in the Certificate Register, without the express written consent of the Certificate Registrar, and the Certificate Registrar shall not recognize the Transfer, and such proposed Transfer shall not be effective, without such consent with respect thereto. In connection with any proposed Transfer of any Residual Ownership Interest, the Certificate Registrar shall, as a condition to such consent, (x) require the proposed transferee to deliver, and the proposed transferee shall deliver to the Certificate Registrar and to the proposed transferor, an affidavit in substantially the form attached as Exhibit D-1 (a “Transferee Affidavit”) of the proposed transferee (A) that such proposed transferee is a Permitted Transferee and (B) stating that (1) the proposed transferee historically has paid its debts as they have come due and intends to do so in the future, (2) the proposed transferee understands that, as the holder of a Residual Ownership Interest, it may incur liabilities in excess of cash flows generated by the residual interest, (3) the proposed transferee intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Residual Ownership Interest as they become due, (4) the proposed transferee will not cause income with respect to the Residual Ownership Interest to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of such proposed transferee or any other U.S. Tax Person, (5) the proposed transferee will not transfer the Residual Ownership Interest to any Person that does not provide a Transferee Affidavit or as to which the proposed transferee has actual knowledge that such Person is not a Permitted Transferee or is acting as an agent (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) for a Person that is not a Permitted Transferee, and (6) the proposed transferee expressly agrees to be bound by and to abide by the provisions of this Section 5.03(o) and (y) other than in connection with the initial issuance of a Class R Certificate, require a statement from the proposed transferor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D-2 (the “Transferor Letter”), that the proposed transferor has no actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee and has no actual knowledge or reason to know that the proposed transferee’s statements therein are false.

 

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(iii)          Notwithstanding the delivery of a Transferee Affidavit by a proposed transferee under clause (ii) above, if a Responsible Officer of the Certificate Registrar has actual knowledge that the proposed transferee is not a Permitted Transferee, no Transfer to such proposed transferee shall be effected and such proposed Transfer shall not be registered on the Certificate Register; provided, however, the Certificate Registrar shall not be required to conduct any independent investigation to determine whether a proposed transferee is a Permitted Transferee. Upon notice to the Certificate Registrar that there has occurred a Transfer to any Person that is a Disqualified Organization or an agent thereof (including a broker, nominee or middleman) in contravention of the foregoing restrictions, and in any event not later than sixty (60) days after a request for information from the transferor of such Residual Ownership Interest or such agent, the Certificate Registrar agrees to furnish to the Internal Revenue Service and the transferor of such Residual Ownership Interest or such agent such information necessary to the application of Section 860E(e) of the Code as may be required by the Code, including, but not limited to, the present value of the total anticipated excess inclusions with respect to such Class R Certificate (or portion thereof) for periods after such Transfer. At the election of the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Registrar may charge a reasonable fee for computing and furnishing such information to the transferor or to such agent referred to above; provided, however, that such Persons shall in no event be excused from furnishing such information.

 

(p)           The Class R Certificates may only be transferred to and owned by Qualified Institutional Buyers.

 

(q)           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall comply with all federal withholding requirements respecting payments to Certificateholders and other payees of interest or original issue discount that the Certificate Administrator reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The consent of Certificateholders or payees shall not be required for such withholding, and the Certificateholders shall be required to provide the Certificate Administrator with such forms and such other information reasonably required by the Certificate Administrator. If the Certificate Administrator does withhold any amount from interest or original issue discount payments or advances thereof to any Certificateholder or payee pursuant to federal withholding requirements, the Certificate Administrator shall indicate the amount withheld to such Person. Such amounts shall be deemed to have been distributed to such Persons for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

(r)            Each beneficial owner of any Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) or any interest therein that is a Plan, subject to Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (an “ERISA Plan”), including any fiduciary purchasing any such Certificates on behalf of an ERISA Plan (each, a “Plan Fiduciary”), will be deemed to have represented and warranted by its acquisition of such Certificates that:

 

(i)            none of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, any Underwriter, the Initial Purchaser, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Special Servicer), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, or any of their respective Affiliates (the “Transaction Parties”), has provided or will provide advice with respect to the acquisition of Offered

 

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Certificates by the ERISA Plan, other than to the Plan Fiduciary which is independent of the Transaction Parties, and the Plan Fiduciary either: (a) is a bank as defined in Section 202 of the Advisers Act, or similar institution that is regulated and supervised and subject to periodic examination by a State or Federal agency; (b) is an insurance carrier which is qualified under the laws of more than one state to perform the services of managing, acquiring or disposing of assets of an ERISA Plan; (c) is an investment adviser registered under the Advisers Act, or, if not registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act by reason of paragraph (1) of Section 203A of the Advisers Act, is registered as an investment adviser under the laws of the state in which it maintains its principal office and place of business; (d) is a broker-dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; or (e) has, and at all times during the Plan’s holding of such Certificates will have, total assets of at least U.S. $50,000,000 under its management or control (provided that this clause (e) shall not be satisfied if the Plan Fiduciary is either (i) the owner or a relative of the owner of the individual retirement account that is acquiring such Certificates or (ii) a participant or beneficiary of the ERISA Plan acquiring such Certificates in such capacity);

 

(ii)           the Plan Fiduciary is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with respect to particular transactions and investment strategies, including the acquisition by the ERISA Plan of the Certificates;

 

(iii)          the Plan Fiduciary is a “fiduciary” with respect to the ERISA Plan within the meaning of Section 3(21) of ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code, or both, and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the ERISA Plan’s acquisition of the Certificates;

 

(iv)          none of the Transaction Parties has exercised any authority to cause the ERISA Plan to acquire such Certificates or to negotiate the terms of the ERISA Plan’s investment in such Certificates;

 

(v)           none of the Transaction Parties receives a fee or other compensation from the ERISA Plan or the Plan Fiduciary for the provision of investment advice in connection with the decision to acquire such Certificates; and

 

(vi)          the Plan Fiduciary has been informed by the Transaction Parties: (a) (1) that none of the Transaction Parties is undertaking to provide impartial investment advice or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, and (2) that no such entity has given investment advice or otherwise made a recommendation, in connection with the ERISA Plan’s acquisition of the Certificates (other than advice, if any, given by a Transaction Party to an independent Plan Fiduciary that meets the requirements of clause (i) above; and (b) of the existence and nature of the Transaction Parties financial interests in the ERISA Plan’s acquisition of such Certificates.

 

The above representations in this Section 5.03(r) are intended to comply with the DOL’s Reg. Sections 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-21(a) and (c)(1) as promulgated on April 8, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 20,997). If these regulations are revoked, repealed or no longer effective, these representations shall be deemed to be no longer in effect.

 

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Section 5.04          Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificates. If (a) any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Certificate Registrar, or the Certificate Registrar receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Certificate and (b) there is delivered to the Certificate Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by it to save it harmless, then, in the absence of actual notice to the Certificate Registrar that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Certificate Registrar shall execute, authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of like tenor and interest in the Trust. In connection with the issuance of any new Certificate under this Section 5.04, the Certificate Registrar may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Certificate Registrar) connected therewith. Any replacement Certificate issued pursuant to this Section 5.04 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership in the Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any time.

 

Section 5.05          Persons Deemed Owners. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name any Certificate is registered as the owner of such Certificate for the purpose of receiving distributions as provided in this Agreement and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by any notice to the contrary; provided, however, that to the extent that a party to this Agreement responsible for distributing any report, statement or other information required to be distributed to the Certificateholders has been provided an Investor Certification, such party to this Agreement shall distribute such report, statement or other information to such beneficial owner (or prospective transferee).

 

Section 5.06          Access to List of Certificateholders’ Names and Addresses; Special Notices. (a) The Certificate Registrar shall maintain in as current form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of the Certificateholders. If any Certificateholder that has provided an Investor Certification (i) requests in writing from the Certificate Registrar a list of the names and addresses of Certificateholders, (ii) states that such Certificateholder desires to communicate with other Certificateholders with respect to its rights under this Agreement or under the Certificates and (iii) provides a copy of the communication which Certificateholder proposes to transmit, then the Certificate Registrar shall, within ten (10) Business Days after the receipt of such request, afford such Certificateholder (at such Certificateholder’s sole cost and expense) access during normal business hours to a current list of the Certificateholders related to the Class of Certificates held by such Certificateholder. Every Certificateholder, by receiving and holding a Certificate, agrees that the Certificate Registrar shall not be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the list of the Certificateholders or the identity of the Directing Certificateholder hereunder, regardless of the source from which information was derived. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Depositor shall be entitled to a list of the names and addresses of Certificateholders from time to time upon request therefor.

 

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(b)           (i) The Certificate Administrator shall include in any Form 10-D any written request received in accordance with Section 11.04(a) prior to the Distribution Date to which the Form 10-D relates (and on or after the Distribution Date preceding such Distribution Date) from a Certificateholder or Certificate Owner to communicate with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners related to the Certificateholders or Certificate Owners exercising their rights under the terms of this Agreement. Any Form 10-D containing such disclosure (a “Special Notice”) regarding the request to communicate shall include the following and no more than the following (a) the name of the Certificateholder or the Certificate Owner making the request, (b) the date the request was received, (c) a statement to the effect that the Certificate Administrator has received such request, stating that such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is interested in communicating with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners with regard to the possible exercise of rights under this Agreement, and (d) a description of the method other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners may use to contact the requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner.

 

(ii)           In verifying the identity of any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner in connection with any request to communicate, (i) if the Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is the holder of record with respect to any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall not require any further verification or (ii) if the Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is not the holder of record with respect to any Certificate, the Certificate Administrator shall require no more than (x) a written certification from such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner that it is the beneficial owner of a Certificate and (y) another document confirming ownership of such Certificate (e.g., trade confirmation, account statement, or a letter from a broker-dealer). The Certificate Administrator shall not have any obligation to verify the information provided by any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner in any request to communicate and may rely on such information conclusively. Additionally, any expenses the Certificate Administrator incurs in connection with any request to communicate shall be paid by the Trust.

 

Section 5.07          Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Certificate Registrar shall maintain or cause to be maintained an office or offices or agency or agencies where Certificates may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Certificate Registrar in respect of the Certificates and this Agreement may be served. The Certificate Registrar initially designates its office at 600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor MAC N9300-070,, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479 as its office for such purposes. The Certificate Registrar shall give prompt written notice to the Certificateholders and the Mortgagors of any change in the location of the Certificate Register or any such office or agency.

 

Section 5.08          Appointment of Certificate Administrator. (a) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, is hereby initially appointed Certificate Administrator in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If the Certificate Administrator resigns or is terminated, the Trustee shall appoint a successor certificate administrator which may be the Trustee or an Affiliate thereof to fulfill the obligations of the Certificate Administrator hereunder which must satisfy the eligibility requirements set forth in Section 8.06.

 

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or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, Appraisal, bond or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties.

 

(c)           The Certificate Administrator, at the expense of the Trust (but only if such amount constitutes “unanticipated expenses incurred by the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii)), may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance therewith.

 

(d)           The Certificate Administrator shall not be personally liable for any action reasonably taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement.

 

(e)           The Certificate Administrator may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys; provided, however, that the appointment of such agents or attorneys shall not relieve the Certificate Administrator of its duties or obligations hereunder.

 

(f)            The Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for any act or omission of the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Depositor.

 

Section 5.09          Exchanges of Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates.

 

(a)           (i) The Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5, Class VRR-ASB, Class VRR-AS, Class VRR-B, Class VRR-C, Class VRR-D, Class VRR-E, Class VRR-F and Class VRR-G Certificates are collectively referred to herein as the “Exchangeable Certificates”.

 

(ii) On the Closing Date, the Upper-Tier REMIC shall issue the Class VRR-A1 Trust Component, Class VRR-A2 Trust Component, Class VRR-A3 Trust Component, Class VRR-A4 Trust Component, Class VRR-A5 Trust Component, Class VRR-ASB Trust Component, Class VRR-AS Trust Component, Class VRR-B Trust Component, Class VRR-C Trust Component, Class VRR-D Trust Component, Class VRR-E Trust Component, Class VRR-F Trust Component and Class VRR-G Trust Component (each a “Trust Component”), which shall have outstanding Certificate Balances on the Closing Date as set forth in the table below.

 

The Trust Components

 

Trust Component Certificate Balance
Class VRR-A1 Trust Component $ 781,898.20
Class VRR-A2 Trust Component $ 1,527,100.31
Class VRR-A3 Trust Component $ 1,716,065.40
Class VRR-A4 Trust Component $ 7,774,596.14

 

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Class VRR-A5 Trust Component $ 8,133,160.51
Class VRR-ASB Trust Component $ 1,340,170.75
Class VRR-AS Trust Component $ 2,963,025.81
Class VRR-B Trust Component $ 1,557,491.91
Class VRR-C Trust Component

$

1,291,572.45
Class VRR-D Trust Component $ 1,329,569.03
Class VRR-E Trust Component $ 607,803.79
Class VRR-F Trust Component $ 341,884.33
Class VRR-G Trust Component $ 1,025,661.36

 

(iii) Exchangeable Certificates shall at all times represent undivided beneficial ownership interests, held through the Grantor Trust, in a portion of a Trust Component, as set forth in the table below. With respect to the Class VRR Certificates, the portion of each underlying Trust Component represented by such Class of Certificates is the designated “Exchangeable Component” set forth in the table below, each of which corresponds to the underlying Trust Component with the same alphanumeric designation.

 

Components Corresponding to Exchangeable Certificates
and Class VRR Certificates

 

Class of
Certificates
Underlying Trust
Components
Exchangeable
Components
Class VRR-A1 Class VRR-A1 N/A
Class VRR-A2 Class VRR-A2 N/A
Class VRR-A3 Class VRR-A3 N/A
Class VRR-A4 Class VRR-A4 N/A
Class VRR-A5 Class VRR-A5 N/A
Class VRR-ASB Class VRR-ASB N/A
Class VRR-AS Class VRR-AS N/A
Class VRR-B Class VRR-B N/A
Class VRR-C Class VRR-C N/A
Class VRR-D Class VRR-D N/A
Class VRR-E Class VRR-E N/A
Class VRR-F Class VRR-F N/A
Class VRR-G Class VRR-G N/A
Class VRR Class VRR-A1 Class VRR Component VRR-A1

 

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Class VRR-A2
Class VRR-A3
Class VRR-A4
Class VRR-A5
Class VRR-ASB
Class VRR-AS
Class VRR-B
Class VRR-C
Class VRR-D
Class VRR-E
Class VRR-F
Class VRR-G 

Class VRR Component VRR-A2
Class VRR Component VRR-A3
Class VRR Component VRR-A4
Class VRR Component VRR-A5
Class VRR Component VRR-ASB
Class VRR Component VRR-AS
Class VRR Component VRR-B
Class VRR Component VRR-C
Class VRR Component VRR-D
Class VRR Component VRR-E
Class VRR Component VRR-F
Class VRR Component VRR-G

 

(iv) The Class VRR Certificates may be exchanged on the books of the Certificate Administrator or, if applicable, the Depository, for the corresponding Classes of Exchangeable Certificates set forth next to such Class in the table below, and vice versa. The percentage set forth next to each Class of Exchangeable Certificates in the table below represents the percentage of the aggregate Certificate Balance of all Exchangeable Certificates involved in an exchange that is represented by the Certificate Balance of such Class of Exchangeable Certificates that is required to be surrendered to receive the corresponding Class VRR Certificates (or that will be received if Class VRR Certificates are surrendered) (each an “Exchange Proportion”).

 

Class of Certificates Corresponding Classes of Exchangeable Certificates Exchange Proportion
Class VRR Class VRR-A1
Class VRR-A2
Class VRR-A3
Class VRR-A4
Class VRR-A5
Class VRR-ASB
Class VRR-AS
Class VRR-B
Class VRR-C
Class VRR-D
Class VRR-E
Class VRR-F
Class VRR-G
2.5728799000761%
5.0250092447667%
5.6468094852884%
25.5827447850793%
26.7626209745672%
4.4099070319706%
9.7500026643266%
5.1250145198357%
4.2499916200231%
4.3750214709000%
2.0000124732161%
1.1249895734035%
3.3749962565467%

 

(vi) Following any exchange of any Class VRR Certificates for the corresponding Exchangeable Certificates, or any exchange of the specified Exchange Proportion of the Exchangeable Certificates for the Class CRR Certificates, the Class VRR-A1, Class VRR-A2, Class VRR-A3, Class VRR-A4, Class VRR-A5, Class VRR-ASB, Class VRR-AS, Class VRR-B, Class VRR-C, Class VRR-D, Class VRR-E, Class VRR-F, Class VRR-G and Class VRR Percentage Interests and the Class VRR-A1-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-A2-

 

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Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-A3-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-A4-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-A5-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-ASB-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-AS-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-B-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-C-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-D-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-E-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-F-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-G-Exchange Percentage Interest and Class VRR-Exchange Percentage Interest shall be increased or decreased accordingly.

 

(vii) There is no limit on the number of exchanges authorized under this Section 5.09(a); provided that exchanges of a particular Class of Certificates shall no longer be permitted following the date when the then current principal balance of the most senior corresponding Trust Component is reduced to zero as a result of the payment in full of all interest and principal on that Trust Component or the then current principal balance of the most subordinate corresponding Trust Component is reduced to zero as a result of the application of Realized Losses to that Trust Component. In all cases, however, an exchange may not occur if the face amount of the Certificates to be received in the exchange would not represent a minimum authorized denomination for the relevant Class as described under Section 5.01. In addition, the Depositor shall have the right to make or cause exchanges on the Closing Date pursuant to instructions delivered to the Certificate Administrator on the Closing Date.

 

(viii) The various amounts distributable on the Class VRR Certificates on each Distribution Date in respect of VRR Certificate Interest Distribution Amounts, VRR Certificate Principal Distribution Amounts, reimbursements of VRR Certificate Realized Losses, Excess Interest and yield maintenance charges allocated to any of the respective Class VRR-A1-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-A2-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-A3-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-A4-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-A5-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-ASB-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-AS-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-B-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-C-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-D-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-E-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-F-Exchange Percentage Interest or Class VRR-G-Exchange Percentage Interest in the Trust Components represented by such Class VRR Certificates shall be so distributed in a single, aggregate distribution to the Holders of such Class VRR Certificates on such Distribution Date. Any Realized Losses and other shortfalls, including as a result of Appraisal Reduction Events, allocated to the Class VRR-A1-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-A2-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-A3-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-A4-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-A5-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-ASB-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-AS-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-B-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-C-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-D-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-E-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-F-Exchange Percentage Interest, Class VRR-G-Exchange Percentage Interest or Class VRR-Exchange Percentage Interest in the Trust Components represented by the Class VRR Certificates shall be borne by such Class VRR Certificates and any recoveries of such amounts shall be paid to such Class VRR Certificates.

 

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VRR Certificates shall be exchangeable on the books of the Certificate Administrator or, if applicable, the Depository for the related Exchangeable Certificates, after the Closing Date (other than any exchanges on the Closing Date pursuant to instructions from the Depositor). In order to effect an exchange of the Exchangeable Certificates or Class VRR Certificates, the Certificateholder shall notify the Certificate Administrator by e-mail at cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com no later than three (3) Business Days before the proposed date for the exchange (the “Exchange Date”). The Exchange Date can be any Business Day other than the first or last Business Day of the month, subject to the satisfaction of the Certificate Administrator.

 

(c)           With respect to the notice required in clause (b) above, the Certificateholder shall provide notice on the Certificateholder’s letterhead substantially in the form of Exhibit LL attached hereto, which notice must carry a medallion stamp guarantee and set forth the following information: (i) the CUSIP Number(s) of the Exchangeable Certificates or Class VRR Certificates to be exchanged and converted and the Exchangeable Certificate or the Class VRR Certificates to be received, (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the initial Certificate Balance of the Exchangeable Certificates or the Class VRR Certificates to be exchanged and converted, (iii) the Certificateholder’s Depository participant number, if applicable, and (iv) the proposed Exchange Date. The Certificateholder shall utilize the “deposit and withdrawal system” at the Depository to affect the exchange and conversion of the Certificates. A notice becomes irrevocable on the second (2nd) Business Day before the Exchange Date.

 

(d)           In connection with each exchange, the Certificateholder may be required to pay certain administrative fees charged by DTC and such fees must be received by the Certificate Administrator prior to the exchange date or such exchange shall not be effected. For the avoidance of doubt, no fee or service charge shall be required with respect to any exchange of Exchangeable Certificates or Class VRR Certificates, other than such administrative fees charged by the Depository. The first distribution on an Exchangeable Certificate or Class VRR Certificates shall be made in the month following the month of exchange to the Certificateholder of record as of the applicable Record Date for such certificate. Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Depositor shall have any obligation to ensure the availability of the applicable Certificates to accomplish any exchange.

 

Section 5.10          Voting Procedures. With respect to any matters submitted to Certificateholders for a vote, the Certificate Administrator shall administer such vote through the Depository with respect to Book-Entry Certificates and directly with registered Holders by mail with respect to Definitive Certificates. In each case, such vote shall be administered in accordance with the following procedures, unless different procedures are otherwise described herein with respect to a specific vote:

 

(a)            Any matter submitted to Certificateholders for a vote shall be announced in a notice prepared by the Certificate Administrator. Such notice shall include the record date determined by the Certificate Administrator for purposes of the vote and a voting deadline which shall be no less than thirty (30) days and no later than sixty (60) days after the date such notice is distributed. The notice and related ballot shall be sent to Holders of Book-Entry Certificates through the Depository and by mail to the registered Holders of Definitive Certificates. In

 

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addition, the notice and related ballot shall be posted to the Certificate Administrator’s Website. Notices delivered in this manner shall be considered delivered to all Holders regardless of whether any Holder actually receives the notice and ballot.

 

(b)           In connection with any vote administered pursuant to this Agreement, voting Holders shall be required to certify their holdings in the manner set forth on the ballot, unless a specific manner is otherwise provided herein. Holders may only vote in accordance with their Voting Rights. Voting Rights with respect to any outstanding Class of Certificates shall be calculated by the Certificate Administrator in accordance with the definition of Voting Rights as of the record date for the vote. Only Classes with an outstanding Certificate Balance greater than zero as of the record date of the vote shall be permitted to vote. Once a Holder has cast its vote, the vote may be changed or retracted on or before the vote deadline. Any changes or retractions shall be communicated by the Certificateholder to the Certificate Administrator in writing on a ballot. After the vote deadline has passed, votes may not be changed or retracted by any Holder unless the Holder wishing to change or retract its vote holds a sufficient portion of the Voting Rights such that the Holder, by its vote alone, could approve or deny the proposition subject to a vote without taking into consideration the votes cast by any other Holder. Transferees or purchasers of any Class of Certificates are subject to and shall be bound by all votes of Holders initiated or conducted prior to its acquisition of such Certificate.

 

(c)           The Certificate Administrator may take up to fifteen (15) Business Days to tabulate the results of any vote. The Certificate Administrator shall use its reasonable efforts to resolve any illegible or incomplete ballots received prior to the voting deadline. Illegible or incomplete ballots that are received on the voting deadline or that cannot be resolved by the voting deadline shall not be counted. Promptly after the votes are tabulated, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare a notice announcing the results of the vote. Such notice shall include the percentage of Voting Rights in favor of the proposition, the percentage against the proposition and the percentage abstaining. In addition, the notice will announce whether the proposition has been adopted by Certificateholders. The notice shall be distributed in accordance with the methods described in Section 5.10(a) above. The Certificate Administrator shall also include such notice on the Form 10-D prepared in connection with the distribution period that corresponds with the date such notice is distributed. All vote tabulations shall be final and the Certificate Administrator shall not, absent manifest error, re-tabulate the votes or conduct a new vote for the same proposition.

 

(d)           Any and all reasonable expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering any vote shall be borne by the Trust. The Certificate Administrator is under no obligation to advise Holders about the matter being voted on or answer questions other than process-related questions regarding the administration of the vote.

 

(e)           If any party to this Agreement believes a vote of Certificateholders is needed for some matter related to the administration of the Trust that is not specifically contemplated herein, such party may request the Certificate Administrator to conduct a vote and the Certificate Administrator will conduct the requested vote in accordance with these procedures. Unless specifically provided herein, all such votes require a majority of Certificateholders to carry a proposition.

 

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[End of Article V]

 

Article VI

THE DEPOSITOR, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, the Operating Advisor, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER AND THE DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER

 

Section 6.01          Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. (a) The Master Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, and to each Serviced Companion Noteholder, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor, as of the Closing Date, that:

 

(i)            The Master Servicer is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America, and the Master Servicer is in compliance with the laws of each State in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(ii)           The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Master Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Master Servicer, do not (A) violate the Master Servicer’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Master Servicer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

 

(iii)          The Master Servicer has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

 

(iv)          This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Master Servicer, enforceable against the Master Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

 

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will not constitute a violation of, any law, order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Master Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Master Servicer;

 

(vi)          No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Master Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Master Servicer which would prohibit the Master Servicer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Master Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Master Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(vii)         The Master Servicer has errors and omissions insurance coverage that is in full force and effect or is self-insuring with respect to such risks, which in either case complies with the requirements of Section 3.07 hereof;

 

(viii)        No consent, approval, authorization or order of, registration or filing with, or notice to, any governmental authority or court is required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Master Servicer of, or compliance by the Master Servicer with, this Agreement or the Master Servicer’s consummation of any transactions contemplated hereby, other than (A) such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, qualifications, registrations, filings or notices as have been obtained, made or given prior to the actual performance by the Master Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement or (B) where the lack of such consent, approval, authorization, order, qualification, registration, filing or notice would not have a material adverse effect on the performance by the Master Servicer under this Agreement; and

 

(ix)           To the actual knowledge of the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer is not Risk Retention Affiliated with the Third Party Purchaser.

 

(b)           The Special Servicer hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, and to each Serviced Companion Noteholder, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Operating Advisor, as of the Closing Date, that:

 

(i)            The Special Servicer is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America, and the Special Servicer is in compliance with the laws of each State in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(ii)           The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Special Servicer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Special Servicer, do not (A) violate the Special Servicer’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other

 

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material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Special Servicer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

 

(iii)          The Special Servicer has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

 

(iv)          This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Special Servicer, enforceable against the Special Servicer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

 

(v)           The Special Servicer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Special Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Special Servicer;

 

(vi)          No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Special Servicer’s knowledge, threatened against the Special Servicer, which would prohibit the Special Servicer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Special Servicer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(vii)         The Special Servicer has errors and omissions coverage which is in full force and effect or is self-insuring with respect to such risks, which in either case complies with the requirements of Section 3.07 hereof; and

 

(viii)        No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Special Servicer of, or compliance by the Special Servicer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Special Servicer contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained or can be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Special Servicer of its obligations under this Agreement, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Special Servicer to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

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(c)           The Operating Advisor hereby represents, warrants and covenants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders, and to each Serviced Companion Noteholder, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as of the Closing Date, that:

 

(i)            The Operating Advisor is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the Operating Advisor is in compliance with the laws of each State in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(ii)           The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Operating Advisor, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Operating Advisor, do not (A) violate the Operating Advisor’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Operating Advisor or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

 

(iii)          The Operating Advisor has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

 

(iv)          This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Operating Advisor, enforceable against the Operating Advisor in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

 

(v)           The Operating Advisor is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Operating Advisor’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Operating Advisor;

 

(vi)          The Operating Advisor has errors and omissions insurance coverage that is in full force and effect or is self-insuring with respect to such risks, which in either case complies with the requirements of Section 3.07 hereof;

 

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(vii)         No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Operating Advisor’s knowledge, threatened against the Operating Advisor, which would prohibit the Operating Advisor from entering into this Agreement or, in the Operating Advisor’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(viii)        No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Operating Advisor of, or compliance by the Operating Advisor with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Operating Advisor contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained or can be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Operating Advisor of its obligations under this Agreement, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Operating Advisor to perform its obligations hereunder; and

 

(ix)           The Operating Advisor is an Eligible Operating Advisor.

 

(d)           The Asset Representations Reviewer hereby represents and warrants to the Trustee, for its own benefit and the benefit of the Certificateholders and to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, as of the Closing Date, that:

 

(i)            The Asset Representations Reviewer is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and the Asset Representations Reviewer is in compliance with the laws of each State in which any Mortgaged Property is located to the extent necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(ii)           The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Asset Representations Reviewer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Asset Representations Reviewer, do not (A) violate the Asset Representations Reviewer’s organizational documents, (B) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other material instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets, or (C) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which the Asset Representations Reviewer or its property is subject, which, in the case of either (B) or (C), is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or its financial condition;

 

(iii)          The Asset Representations Reviewer has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

 

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(iv)          This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Asset Representations Reviewer, enforceable against the Asset Representations Reviewer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

 

(v)           The Asset Representations Reviewer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Asset Representations Reviewer;

 

(vi)          No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s knowledge, threatened against the Asset Representations Reviewer, which would prohibit the Asset Representations Reviewer from entering into this Agreement or, in the Asset Representations Reviewer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(vii)         The Asset Representations Reviewer has errors and omissions coverage which is in full force and effect or is self-insuring with respect to such risks, which in either case complies with the requirements of Section 3.07 hereof;

 

(viii)        No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required under federal or state law for the execution, delivery and performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of, or compliance by the Asset Representations Reviewer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of the Asset Representations Reviewer contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has been obtained or can be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Asset Representations Reviewer of its obligations under this Agreement, or which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform its obligations hereunder; and

 

(ix)           The Asset Representations Reviewer is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

(e)            The representations and warranties set forth in paragraphs (a)-(d) above shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Upon receipt of written notice or actual knowledge by any party to this Agreement (or upon written notice thereof from any Certificateholder or any Companion Holder) of a breach of any of the representations and warranties set forth in this Section which materially and adversely affects the interests of any

 

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party to this Agreement, the Certificateholders, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties hereto, each certifying Certificateholder, and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder.

 

Section 6.02          Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Special Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Special Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the respective obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by, and no implied duties or obligations may be asserted against, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Special Servicer and the Asset Representations Reviewer herein.

 

Section 6.03          Merger, Consolidation or Conversion of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Special Servicer or the Asset Representations Reviewer. (a) Subject to subsection (b) below, the Depositor, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer each will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as an entity under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, and each will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction in which qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans or Companion Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.

 

(b)            The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer each may be merged or consolidated with or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets (which may be limited to all or substantially all of its assets related to commercial mortgage loan servicing or commercial mortgage surveillance, as the case may be) to any Person, in which case any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, or the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, or the Asset Representations Reviewer, shall be the successor of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, or the Asset Representations Reviewer (such Person, in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, in each of the foregoing cases, the “Surviving Entity”), as the case may be, hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper (other than an assumption agreement wherein the successor shall agree to perform the obligations of and serve as the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that with respect to such merger, consolidation or succession, Rating Agency Confirmation is received from each Rating Agency with respect to the Classes of Certificates and, with respect to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, a confirmation is received from each applicable rating agency that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates as described in Section 3.25); provided, further, that if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor enters into a merger and the

 

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Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, is the surviving entity under applicable law, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, shall not, as a result of the merger, be required to provide a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to ratings of the Classes of Certificates or, with respect to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, a confirmation of the rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings; provided, further, that for so long as the Trust, and, with respect to any Companion Loan included as part of the trust in a related Other Securitization, is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, if the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor notifies the Depositor in writing (a “Merger Notice”) of any such merger, consolidation, conversion or other change in form, and the Depositor or the depositor in such Other Securitization, as the case may be, notifies the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, in writing that the Depositor or the depositor in such Other Securitization, as the case may be, has discovered that such successor entity has not complied with its Exchange Act reporting obligations under any other commercial mortgage loan securitization (and specifically identifying the instance of noncompliance), then it shall be an additional condition to such succession that the Depositor or the depositor in such Other Securitization, as the case may be, shall have consented (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such successor entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor may remain the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Operating Advisor, as applicable, under this Agreement after (x) being merged or consolidated with or into any Person that is a Prohibited Party, or (y) transferring all or substantially all of its assets to any Person if such Person is a Prohibited Party, except to the extent (i) the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or Operating Advisor, as applicable, is the surviving entity of such merger, consolidation or transfer and has been and continues to be in compliance with its Regulation AB reporting obligations hereunder or (ii) the Depositor consents to such merger, consolidation or transfer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. If, within sixty (60) days following the date of delivery of the Merger Notice to the Depositor or the depositor in such Other Securitization, as the case may be, the Depositor or depositor in such Other Securitization, as the case may be, shall have failed to notify the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in writing of the Depositor’s determination, or depositor’s determination, in the case of an Other Securitization, to grant or withhold such consent, such failure shall be deemed to constitute a grant of such consent. If the conditions to the provisions in the second preceding sentence are not met, the Trustee may terminate, and if the conditions set forth in the third proviso of the second preceding sentence are not met the Trustee shall terminate, the applicable Surviving Entity’s servicing of the Mortgage Loans pursuant hereto, such termination to be effected in the manner set forth in Section 13.01.

 

(i)             The Asset Representations Reviewer shall keep in full effect its existence and rights as an entity under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and shall be in compliance with the laws of all jurisdictions to the extent necessary to perform its duties under this Agreement.

 

(ii)            Any Person into which the Asset Representations Reviewer may be merged or consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Asset Representations Reviewer, shall be the successor of the Asset

 

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Representations Reviewer hereunder, and shall be deemed to have assumed all of the liabilities and obligations of such Asset Representations Reviewer hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that the Trustee has received a Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to such successor or surviving Person.

 

Section 6.04          Limitation on Liability of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and Others. (a) None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any of the partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees or agents of any of the foregoing shall be under any liability to the Trust, the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that (i) this provision shall not protect the Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any such Person against any breach of warranties or representations made by it herein or any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of such party’s obligations or duties or by reason of negligent disregard of such party’s obligations and duties hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent of the Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer may rely on any document of any kind which, prima facie, is properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. The Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent of any of the foregoing shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Trust against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with any legal or administrative action (whether in equity or at law) or claim relating to this Agreement, the Mortgage Loans, the Companion Loans, the Certificates, other than any loss, liability or expense: (i) specifically required to be borne thereby pursuant to the terms hereof; (ii) incurred in connection with any breach of a representation or warranty made by it herein; (iii) incurred by reason of bad faith, willful misconduct or negligence in the performance of its obligations or duties hereunder, or by reason of negligent disregard of such obligations or duties; or (iv) in the case of the Depositor and any of its partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees and agents, incurred in connection with any violation by any of them of any state or federal securities law. In addition, absent actual fraud (as determined by a final non-appealable court order), neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be liable for special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. Each of the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset

 

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Representations Reviewer conclusively may rely on, and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon, any resolution, officer’s certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, financial statement, agreement, appraisal, bond or other document (in electronic or paper format) as contemplated by and in accordance with this Agreement and reasonably believed or in good faith believed by the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and each of them may consult with counsel, in which case any written advice of counsel or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection with respect to any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel.

 

(b)           None of the Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal or administrative action (whether in equity or at law), proceeding, hearing or examination that is not incidental to its respective duties under this Agreement or which in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability not recoverable from the Trust; provided, however, that each of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer may in its discretion undertake any such action, proceeding, hearing or examination that it may deem necessary or desirable in respect to this Agreement and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Certificateholders (and, in the case of any Serviced Whole Loan, the rights of the Certificateholders and the holders of a Serviced Companion Loan (as a collective whole) taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of such Serviced Companion Loan); provided, however, that if a Serviced Whole Loan and/or the holder of any related Companion Loan are involved, such expenses, costs and liabilities will be payable out of funds related to the applicable Serviced Whole Loan in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement and will also be payable out of the other funds in the Collection Account if amounts on deposit with respect to such Serviced Whole Loan are insufficient therefor. If any such expenses, costs or liabilities relate to a Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, then any subsequent recovery on that Mortgage Loan or Companion Loan, as applicable, will be used to reimburse the Trust for any amounts advanced for the payment of such expenses, costs or liabilities. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action, proceeding, hearing or examination and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Trust, and the Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor out of amounts attributable to the Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loan on deposit in the Collection Account (including, without duplication, any subaccount thereof), as provided by Section 3.05(a)(xii).

 

(c)           Each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, agrees to indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent) (in the case of the Special Servicer), the Special Servicer (in the case of the Master Servicer) and the Trust and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures,

 

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reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, of its duties and obligations hereunder or by reason of breach of any representations or warranties made herein by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable. The Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Asset Representations Reviewer, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans entitling the Trust to indemnification hereunder, whereupon the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall assume the defense of such claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Depositor) and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or them in respect of such claim. Any failure to so notify the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall not affect any rights any of the foregoing Persons may have to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, unless the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, defense of such claim is materially prejudiced thereby.

 

(d)           Each of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator (including in its role as Custodian), respectively agrees to indemnify the Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator (in the case of the Trustee), the Trustee (in the case of the Certificate Administrator), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trust and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager employee or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, of its duties and obligations hereunder or by reason of breach of any representations or warranties made herein; provided that such indemnity shall not cover indirect or consequential damages. The Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, respectively, if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans entitling the Trust to indemnification hereunder, whereupon the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall assume the defense of such claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor) and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or them in respect of such claim. Any failure to so notify the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall not affect any rights any of the foregoing Persons may have to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, unless the Trustee’s or the Certificate Administrator’s defense of such claim is materially prejudiced thereby.

 

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(e)           The Depositor agrees to indemnify the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trust and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Depositor, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Depositor of its duties and obligations hereunder or by reason of breach of any representations or warranties made herein; provided that such indemnity shall not cover indirect or consequential damages. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the Depositor if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement, whereupon the Depositor shall assume the defense of such claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent) or the Special Servicer) and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or them in respect of such claim. Any failure to so notify the Depositor shall not affect any rights any of the foregoing Persons may have to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, unless the Depositor’s defense of such claim is materially prejudiced thereby.

 

(f)            The Operating Advisor agrees to indemnify the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trust and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Operating Advisor, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Operating Advisor of its duties and obligations hereunder or by reason of breach of any representations or warranties made herein; provided that such indemnity shall not cover indirect or consequential damages. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the Operating Advisor if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans entitling the Trust to indemnification hereunder, whereupon the Operating Advisor shall assume the defense of such claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor) and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or them in respect of such claim. Any failure to so notify the Operating Advisor shall not affect any rights any of the foregoing Persons may have to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, unless the Operating Advisor’s defense of such claim is materially prejudiced thereby.

 

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(g)           Neither the Operating Advisor nor its Affiliates or any of the partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees or agents of the Operating Advisor shall be under any liability to any Certificateholder for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that this provision shall not protect the Operating Advisor against any liability which would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties or by reason of negligent disregard of obligations and duties hereunder.

 

(h)           The Asset Representations Reviewer agrees to indemnify the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Operating Advisor and the Trust and any partner, director, officer, shareholder, member, manager, employee or agent thereof, and hold them harmless, from and against any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, reasonable legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses that any of them may sustain arising from or as a result of any willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence of the Asset Representations Reviewer, in the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or by reason of negligent disregard by the Asset Representations Reviewer of its duties and obligations hereunder or by reason of breach of any representations or warranties made herein; provided that such indemnity shall not cover indirect or consequential damages. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Depositor, as the case may be, shall immediately notify the Asset Representations Reviewer if a claim is made by a third party with respect to this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans entitling the Trust to indemnification hereunder, whereupon the Asset Representations Reviewer shall assume the defense of such claim (with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or the Depositor) and pay all expenses in connection therewith, including counsel fees, and promptly pay, discharge and satisfy any judgment or decree which may be entered against it or them in respect of such claim. Any failure to so notify the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not affect any rights any of the foregoing Persons may have to indemnification under this Agreement or otherwise, unless the Asset Representations Reviewer’s defense of such claim is materially prejudiced thereby.

 

(i)            The applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer, Non-Serviced Certificate Administrator, Non-Serviced Operating Advisor, Non-Serviced Asset Representations Reviewer, Non-Serviced Depositor and Non-Serviced Trustee, and any of their respective partners, directors, officers, shareholders, members, managers, employees or agents and the applicable Non-Serviced Trust (collectively, the “Non-Serviced Indemnified Parties”), shall be indemnified by the Trust and held harmless against the Trust’s pro rata share (subject to the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement) of any and all claims, losses, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and related costs, judgments, and any other costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the servicing and administration of a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and the related Non-Serviced Mortgaged Property (or with respect to the Non-Serviced Operating Advisor and/or Non-Serviced Asset Representations Reviewer, incurred in connection with the provision of services for such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) under the applicable Non-Serviced PSA (as and to the same extent the applicable Non-

 

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Serviced Trust is required to indemnify such parties in respect of other mortgage loans in the applicable Non-Serviced Trust pursuant to the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA and, in the case of the applicable Non-Serviced Trust, to the extent of any additional trust fund expenses with respect to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan under the related Non-Serviced PSA).

 

(j)            The indemnification provided herein shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the termination or resignation of the Master Servicer (including in its capacity as Companion Paying Agent), the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor.

 

(k)           For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any indemnification provisions in this Agreement providing that the Trust or a party to this Agreement is required to indemnify another party to this Agreement or the Trust for costs, fees and expenses, such costs, fees and expenses are intended to include attorney’s fees and expenses relating to the enforcement of such indemnity.

 

Section 6.05          Depositor, Master Servicer and Special Servicer Not to Resign. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.03, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall resign from their respective obligations and duties hereby imposed on each of them except (a) upon determination that such party’s duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law, or (b) in the case of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, upon the appointment of, and the acceptance of such appointment by, a successor master servicer or special servicer, as applicable, and receipt by the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and a confirmation of any applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities (if any) (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25). Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to clause (a) above shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the resigning party) to such effect delivered to the Trustee and (prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event) the Directing Certificateholder. No such resignation by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall become effective until the Trustee or a successor master servicer or successor special servicer, as applicable, shall have assumed the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s, as applicable, responsibilities and obligations in accordance with Section 7.02 and no such resignation by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall become effective until the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 11.07 hereof and any other Form 8-K filings have been completed with respect to any related Companion Loan. Upon any termination (as described in Section 7.01(c)) or resignation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, pursuant to this Section 6.05, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have the right and opportunity to appoint any successor master servicer or special servicer with respect to this Section 6.05; provided that, such successor master servicer or special servicer shall not be the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Operating Advisor or one of their respective Affiliates and (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event) such successor special servicer is approved by the Directing Certificateholder, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. The resigning party shall pay all costs and expenses (including costs and

 

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expenses incurred by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator) associated with a transfer of its duties pursuant to this Section 6.05. Except as provided in Section 7.01(c), in no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer have the right to appoint any successor master servicer or special servicer if such Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, is terminated or removed pursuant to Section 7.01.

 

Section 6.06          Rights of the Depositor in Respect of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer. The Depositor may, but is not obligated to, enforce the obligations of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer hereunder and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer hereunder or exercise the rights of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder; provided, however, that the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not be relieved of any of their respective obligations hereunder by virtue of such performance by the Depositor or its designee. The Depositor shall not have any responsibility or liability for any action or failure to act by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and is not obligated to supervise the performance of the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Operating Advisor or the Special Servicer under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

Section 6.07          The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer as Certificate Owner. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Affiliate thereof may become the Holder of (or, in the case of a Book-Entry Certificate, Certificate Owner with respect to) any Certificate with (except as otherwise set forth in the definition of “Certificateholder”) the same rights it would have if it were not the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof.

 

Section 6.08          The Directing Certificateholder. (a) Other than with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan for which the related holder of an AB Subordinate Companion Loan is not subject to an AB Control Appraisal Period, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Certificateholder shall be entitled to advise (1) the Special Servicer with respect to all Major Decisions for Specially Serviced Loans (other than any Excluded Loan or Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan), (2) the Special Servicer with respect to all Non-Specially Serviced Loans (other than any Excluded Loan or Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan), as to all Special Servicer Major Decisions for all Mortgage Loans that are not Specially Serviced Loans (other than any Excluded Loan), (3) the Master Servicer with regard to Non-Specially Serviced Loans (other than any Excluded Loan) with respect to Master Servicer Major Decisions and (4) the Master Servicer with regard to Specially Serviced Loans (other than any Excluded Loan) as to the Major Decision under clause (i)(C) of the definition of Major Decision, and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, except as set forth in, and in any event subject to, the second and third paragraphs of this Section 6.08, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing (such limitation not to be applicable to a Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder), the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall not be permitted to take (A) with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of an AB Control Appraisal Period, any “major decision” (as defined in the related Intercreditor Agreement) unless the consent of the related Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder has been obtained by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, or (B) any of the following actions (each, a “Major Decision”) as to which the Directing Certificateholder has objected in writing within ten (10) Business Days (or if the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer are affiliates, five (5) Business Days) after

 

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the Directing Certificateholder’s receipt of a written report by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, describing in reasonable detail (I) the background and circumstances requiring action of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, (II) a proposed course of action recommended and (III) all information reasonably requested by the Directing Certificateholder, and in the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as applicable, possession in order to grant or withhold such consent, which report may (in the sole discretion of the Special Servicer) take the form of an Asset Status Report (the “Major Decision Reporting Package”) (provided that if such written objection has not been received by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable within such five (5) Business Day or ten (10) Business Day period, then the Directing Certificateholder will be deemed to have approved such action):

 

(i)            other than with respect to the Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Mural Lofts” prior to the occurrence and continuance of a related Control Appraisal Period:

 

(A)         (1) any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any monetary term (other than late fees and Default Interest) or material non-monetary term (including, without limitation, the timing of payments and acceptance of discounted payoffs) of a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan, (2) any extension of the Maturity Date of any Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan or (3) any modification, waiver, consent or amendment of a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan in connection with a defeasance if such proposed modification, waiver, consent or amendment is with respect to a (x) a waiver of a Mortgage Loan event of default (but excluding non-monetary events of default other than defaults relating to transfers of interest in the Borrower or the existing collateral or material modifications of the existing collateral), (y) a modification of the type of defeasance collateral required under the Mortgage Loan Documents other than direct, non-callable obligations of the United States would be permitted or (z) a modification that would permit a principal prepayment instead of defeasance if the applicable Mortgage Loan Documents do not otherwise permit such principal prepayment;

 

(B)          any property management company changes for which the lender is required to consent or approve under the Loan Documents (with respect to a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan with a Stated Principal Balance greater than $2,500,000 or franchise changes for which the lender is required to consent or approve under the Loan Documents;

 

(C)          any determination of an Acceptable Insurance Default;

 

(D)          any modification, consent to a modification or waiver of any material term of any Intercreditor or similar agreement related to a Mortgage Loan, or any action to enforce rights with respect to the Mortgage Loan;

 

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(E)           any sale of a Defaulted Loan (that is not a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan), an REO Property (in each case, other than in connection with the termination of the Trust Fund) or a Defaulted Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan that the Special Servicer is permitted to sell in accordance with the proviso in Section 3.16(b) of this Agreement, in each case for less than the applicable Purchase Price;

 

(F)           any determination to bring an REO Property into compliance with applicable environmental laws or to otherwise address Hazardous Materials located at an REO Property;

 

(G)           requests for property releases or substitutions, other than (i) grants of easements or rights of way that do not materially affect the use or value of a Mortgaged Property or the Borrower’s ability to make any payments with respect to a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or any Serviced Whole Loan, (ii) release of non-material parcels of a Mortgaged Property (including, without limitation, any such releases (A) to which the related Mortgage Loan Documents expressly require the mortgagee thereunder to make such releases upon the satisfaction of certain conditions (and the conditions to the release that are set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Documents do not include the approval of the lender or the exercise of lender discretion (other than confirming the satisfaction of such conditions to the release set forth in the related Mortgage Loan Documents that do not include any approval or exercise of lender discretion)) and such release is made as required by the related Mortgage Loan Documents or (B) that are related to any condemnation action that is pending, or threatened in writing, and would affect a non-material portion of the Mortgaged Property), or (iii) the release of collateral securing any Mortgage Loan in connection with a defeasance of such collateral;

 

(H)           any waiver of a “due-on-sale” or “due-on-encumbrance” clause with respect to a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan or any consent to such a waiver or consent to a transfer of the Mortgaged Property or direct or indirect interests in the Borrower (including any interests in any applicable mezzanine borrower) or consent to the incurrence of additional debt, other than any such transfer or incurrence of debt as may be effected without the consent of the lender under the related loan agreement;

 

(I)             releases of any material amount from any escrow accounts, reserve accounts or letters of credit, in each case, held as performance escrows (or reserves) or earn-out escrows (or reserves), including, without limitation, with respect to certain Mortgage Loans identified on Schedule IX hereto, other than those required pursuant to the specific terms of the related Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan and for which there is no lender discretion;

 

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releasing such Borrower or guarantor from liability under a Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan other than pursuant to the specific terms of such Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan and for which there is no lender discretion;

 

(K)            any exercise of a material remedy with respect to a Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or a Serviced Whole Loan following a default or event of default of such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan;

 

(L)             any proposed or actual foreclosure upon or comparable conversion (which may include acquisition of an REO Property) of the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan as come into and continue in default;

 

(M)           any consent to incurrence of additional debt by a Borrower or mezzanine debt by a direct or indirect parent of a Borrower, to the extent that the mortgagee’s approval is required under the related Mortgage Loan Documents; and

 

(N)            consents involving leasing activities (to the extent lender approval is required under the related Mortgage Loan Documents) if (1) such lease involves a ground lease or lease of an outparcel, (2) such lease affects an area equal to or greater than the lesser of (i) 30,000 square feet and (ii) 30% of the net rentable area of the related Mortgaged Property, or (c) such transaction is not a routine leasing matter for a customary lease of space for parking, office, retail, warehouse, industrial and/or manufacturing purposes; and

 

(ii)            with respect to the Whole Loan secured by the Mortgaged Property identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as “Mural Lofts” for so long as no related Control Appraisal Period is continuing, each Mural Lofts Major Decision;

 

provided that, in the event that the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, determines that immediate action, with respect to the foregoing matters, or any other matter requiring consent of (i) the Directing Certificateholder with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event in this Agreement (or any matter requiring consultation with the Directing Certificateholder or the Operating Advisor) or (ii) with respect to the Serviced AB Whole Loan, the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, prior to the occurrence and continuance of an AB Control Appraisal Period) is necessary to protect the interests of the Certificateholders (or, with respect to any Serviced Whole Loan, the interest of the Certificateholders and the holders of any related Serviced Companion Loan) (as a collective whole (taking into account the subordinate or pari passu nature of any Companion Loans)), the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, may take any such action without waiting for the Directing Certificateholder’s response or the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder’s response (or without waiting to consult with the Directing Certificateholder or the Operating Advisor, as the case may be);

 

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provided that the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as the case may be, provides the Directing Certificateholder (or the Operating Advisor, if applicable) with prompt written notice following such action including a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis therefor. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer is required to obtain the consent of the Directing Certificateholder for any of the foregoing actions or any other matter requiring consent of the Directing Certificateholder after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event; provided, however, that, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event but, with respect to the Directing Certificateholder only, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult with the Directing Certificateholder in connection with any Major Decision not relating to any Excluded Loan (and any other actions which otherwise require consultation with the Directing Certificateholder prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event hereunder) and consider alternative actions recommended by the Directing Certificateholder, in respect thereof. In the event the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, receives no response from the Directing Certificateholder within ten (10) Business Days (or if the Directing Certificateholder and the Special Servicer are affiliates, five (5) Business Days) following its written request for input on any required consultation, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall not be obligated to consult with the Directing Certificateholder on the specific matter; provided, however, that the failure of the Directing Certificateholder to respond shall not relieve the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, from consulting with the Directing Certificateholder on any future matters with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan (other than a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan or an Excluded Loan) or Serviced Whole Loan. Prior to an Operating Advisor Consultation Event (whether or not a Control Termination Event is continuing) the Special Servicer shall provide each Major Decision Reporting Package to the Operating Advisor promptly after the Special Servicer receives the Directing Certificateholder’s approval or deemed approval to such Major Decision Reporting Package (each such approved (or deemed approved) Major Decision Reporting Package, a “Final Major Decision Reporting Package”) and, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event (whether or not a Control Termination Event is continuing), the Special Servicer will be required to provide each Major Decision Reporting Package to the Operating Advisor simultaneously with the Special Servicer’s written request for the Operating Advisor’s input regarding the Major Decision; provided, however, that with respect to any Non-Specially Serviced Loan no Major Decision Reporting Package shall be required to be delivered prior to the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event. With respect to any particular Major Decision and related Major Decision Reporting Package and any Asset Status Report, the Special Servicer shall make available to the Operating Advisor a Servicing Officer with relevant knowledge regarding any Mortgage Loan and such Major Decision and/or Asset Status Report in order to address reasonable questions that the Operating Advisor may have relating to, among other things, such Major Decision and/or Asset Status Report. In addition, if an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing, the Special Servicer shall also consult with the Operating Advisor (in person or remotely via electronic, telephonic or other mutually agreeable communication) in connection with any proposed Major Decision processed by the Special Servicer, and for which a Major Decision Reporting Package has been delivered to the Operating Advisor, provided that such consultation is on a non-binding basis. In the event that the Special Servicer receives no response from the Operating Advisor within 10 Business Days

 

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following the later of (i) its written request for input on any required consultation (which request is required to include the related Major Decision Reporting Package) and (ii) delivery of all such additional information reasonably requested by the Operating Advisor related to the subject matter of such consultation, the Special Servicer shall not be obligated to consult with the Operating Advisor on the specific matter; provided, however, that the failure of the Operating Advisor to respond on any specific matters shall not relieve the Special Servicer from its obligation to consult with the Operating Advisor on any future matter with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or any other Mortgage Loan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Excluded Loan (regardless of whether an Operating Advisor Consultation Event has occurred and is continuing), the Special Servicer shall consult with the Operating Advisor, on a non-binding basis, in connection with the related transactions involving proposed Major Decisions that it is processing or for which its consent is required and consider alternative actions recommended by the Operating Advisor, in respect thereof, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 6.08 for consulting with the Operating Advisor.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, with respect to any Servicing Shift Mortgage Loan, the related Loan-Specific Directing Holder shall, pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement, exercise any consent and consultation rights, and rights to provide direction to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, of the “Directing Certificateholder” with respect to such Mortgage Loan as provided for in this Agreement until the Servicing Shift Securitization Date.

 

In addition, with respect to any Mortgage Loan other than an Excluded Loan, for so long as no Control Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Directing Certificateholder subject to any rights, if any, of the related Companion Holder to advise the Special Servicer with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan, pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement, may direct the Special Servicer to take, or to refrain from taking, such other actions with respect to a Mortgage Loan, as the Directing Certificateholder may deem advisable or as to which provision is otherwise made herein; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no such direction or objection contemplated by the first paragraph of this Section 6.08(a) or this paragraph, may require or cause the Master Servicer or Special Servicer to violate any provision of any Mortgage Loan or related Intercreditor Agreement or mezzanine intercreditor agreement, applicable law, this Agreement, or the REMIC Provisions (and, with respect to a Serviced Whole Loan, subject to the rights of the holders of the related Companion Loan), including without limitation the obligation of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer to act in accordance with the Servicing Standard, or expose the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trust or the Trustee to liability, or materially expand the scope of the responsibilities of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder or cause the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to act, or fail to act, in a manner which in the reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, is not in the best interests of the Certificateholders.

 

In the event the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, determines that a refusal to consent by the Directing Certificateholder (or the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, as applicable) or any advice from the Directing Certificateholder (or the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, as applicable), would cause the Special Servicer

 

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or Master Servicer, as applicable, to violate the terms of any Mortgage Loan, applicable law or this Agreement, including without limitation, the Servicing Standard, the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, shall disregard such refusal to consent or advise and notify the Directing Certificateholder (or the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, as applicable), the Trustee and the Rating Agencies of its determination, including a reasonably detailed explanation of the basis therefor. The taking of, or refraining from taking, any action by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer in accordance with the direction of or approval of the Directing Certificateholder (or the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder, as applicable) that does not violate the terms of any Mortgage Loan, applicable law or the Servicing Standard or any other provisions of this Agreement, will not result in any liability on the part of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer.

 

In addition, with respect to any matter for which the consent of the Directing Certificateholder is required or for which the Directing Certificateholder has the right to direct the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, to the extent no specific time period for deemed consent is expressly stated, in the event no response from the Directing Certificateholder is received within 10 Business Days following written request for input and all reasonably requested information on any required consent or direction, the Directing Certificateholder shall be deemed to have consented or approved on the specific matter; provided, however, that the failure of the Directing Certificateholder to respond will not affect any future matters with respect to the applicable Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan or any other Mortgage Loan.

 

The Directing Certificateholder shall have no liability to the Trust or the Certificateholders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that the Directing Certificateholder shall not be protected against any liability to a Controlling Class Certificateholder that would otherwise be imposed by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of duties owed to the Controlling Class Certificateholders or by reason of reckless disregard of obligations or duties owed to the Controlling Class Certificateholders.

 

Any Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan, shall have no liability to the Trust or the Certificateholders for any action taken, or for refraining from the taking of any action, or for errors in judgment. By its acceptance of a Certificate, each Certificateholder acknowledges and agrees that any such Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan, may take actions that favor the interests of one or more classes of the certificates issued under the related Non-Serviced PSA including the Holders of the controlling class under such Non-Serviced PSA over the Certificates, and that such Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan, may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of some Classes of the Certificates, that such Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan, may act solely in the interests of the Holders of the controlling class under the related Non-Serviced PSA, that such Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, shall not be liable to any Certificateholder, by reason of its having acted solely in the interests of the Holders of the controlling class under the related Non-Serviced PSA, and that such Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan, shall have no liability whatsoever for having so acted, and no Certificateholder may take any action whatsoever against such Non-Serviced

 

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Whole Loan Controlling Holder, with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan, or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal thereof for having so acted.

 

(b)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (i) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event (and at any time with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any Excluded Loan and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of an AB Control Appraisal Period, the Serviced AB Whole Loan), the Directing Certificateholder shall have no right to consent to or direct any action taken or not taken by any party to this Agreement; (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event but prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder shall remain entitled to receive any notices, reports or information to which it is entitled pursuant to this Agreement, and the Master Servicer, Special Servicer and any other applicable party shall consult with the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any Excluded Loan) in connection with any action to be taken or refrained from taking to the extent set forth herein; and (iii) after the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event (and at any time with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and any Excluded Loan), the Directing Certificateholder shall have no direction, consultation or consent rights hereunder and no right to receive any notices, reports or information (other than notices, reports or information required to be delivered to all Certificateholders) or any other rights as Directing Certificateholder.

 

Section 6.09          The Risk Retention Consultation Party.

 

(a)            The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall consult, solely on a non-binding basis (and consider alternative actions recommended by such party) with each Risk Retention Consultation Party with respect to any Major Decision with respect to a Specially Serviced Loan in the same manner as set forth in Section 6.08 with respect to the consultation rights of the Directing Certificateholder after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event and prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event. In the event the Special Servicer receives no response from the Risk Retention Consultation Party within ten (10) days following the later of (i) the Special Servicer’s written request for input on any requested consultation and (ii) delivery of all such additional information reasonably requested by the Risk Retention Consultation Party related to the subject matter of such consultation, the Special Servicer shall not be obligated to consult with the Risk Retention Consultation Party solely with respect to the specific matter.

 

(b)           If the Risk Retention Consultation Party is a Borrower Party with respect to a Mortgage Loan or any related Serviced Companion Loan, then the Special Servicer shall have no obligation to consult with the Risk Retention Consultation Party with respect to such Mortgage Loan or related Serviced Companion Loan and the Risk Retention Consultation Party shall have no consultation rights with respect thereto as set forth above in clause (a).

 

(c)           DBNY shall be the initial Risk Retention Consultation Party and shall remain so until a successor is appointed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Upon the resignation or removal of the Risk Retention Consultation Party, any successor Risk Retention Consultation Party shall deliver to the parties to this Agreement a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit VV to this Agreement prior to being recognized as a new Risk Retention

 

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Consultation Party. The parties hereto shall be entitled to assume that the Risk Retention Consultation Party has not changed absent such notice.

 

(d)           Once the Risk Retention Consultation Party has been selected, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, each Certificateholder (or Beneficial Owner, if applicable) (other than the Holder of a Vertical Risk Retention Certificate) shall be entitled to rely on such selection unless the Holder of the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates or such Risk Retention Consultation Party itself shall have notified the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, in writing, of the selection of such new Risk Retention Consultation Party along with contact information for such new Risk Retention Consultation Party.

 

(e)            In the event that no Risk Retention Consultation Party has been appointed or identified to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has attempted to obtain such information from the Certificate Administrator and no such entity has been identified to the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, then until such time as the new Risk Retention Consultation Party is identified and contact information for the new Risk Retention Consultation Party is provided, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have no duty to consult with, provide notice to, or seek the approval or consent of the Risk Retention Consultation Party as the case may be.

 

(f)             No Risk Retention Consultation Party will have any liability to the Trust, the Certificateholders (other than the Holders of the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates) other than for having acted in accordance with or as permitted by this Agreement.

 

(g)           Each Certificateholder acknowledges and agrees, by its acceptance of its Certificates, that each Risk Retention Consultation Party: (i) may have special relationships and interests that conflict with those of Holders of one or more Classes of Certificates; (ii) may act solely in the interests of the Holders of the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates; (iii) does not have any liability or duties to the Holders of any Class of Certificates other than the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates; (iv) may take actions that favor the interests of the Holders of one or more Classes over the interests of the Holders of one or more other Classes of Certificates; and (v) shall have no liability whatsoever (other than to the Holders of the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates) for having so acted as set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above, and no Certificateholder (other than the Holders of the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates) may take any action whatsoever against the Risk Retention Consultation Party or any director, officer, employee, agent or principal of the Risk Retention Consultation Party for having so acted.

 

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Article VII

SERVICER TERMINATION EVENTS

 

Section 7.01          Servicer Termination Events; Master Servicer and Special Servicer Termination. (a) “Servicer Termination Event,” wherever used herein, means, with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, any one of the following events:

 

(i)            (A) any failure by the Master Servicer to make any deposit required to be made by the Master Servicer to the Collection Account, or remit to the Companion Paying Agent for deposit into the related Companion Distribution Account, on the day and by the time such deposit or remittance is first required to be made under the terms of this Agreement, which failure is not remedied within one (1) Business Day or (B) any failure by the Master Servicer to deposit into, or remit to the Certificate Administrator for deposit into, any Distribution Account any amount required to be so deposited or remitted, which failure is not remedied by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the relevant Distribution Date; or

 

(ii)           any failure by the Special Servicer to deposit into the REO Account, within one (1) Business Day after such deposit is required to be made or to remit to the Master Servicer for deposit into the Collection Account or any other required account hereunder, any amount required to be so deposited or remitted by the Special Servicer pursuant to, and at the time specified by, the terms of this Agreement; or

 

(iii)          any failure on the part of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer duly to observe or perform in any material respect any of its other covenants or obligations contained in this Agreement which continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days (or (A) with respect to any year that a report on Form 10-K is required to be filed, five (5) Business Days in the case of the Master Servicer’s or Special Servicer’s obligations, as applicable, contemplated by Article XI, (B) fifteen (15) days in the case of the Master Servicer’s failure to make a Servicing Advance or (C) fifteen (15) days in the case of a failure to pay the premium for any property insurance policy required to be maintained) after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given (A) to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, by any other party hereto, or (B) to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, with a copy to each other party to this Agreement, by the Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of all Voting Rights or, solely as it relates to the servicing of a Serviced Whole Loan, if affected by that failure, by the holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan; provided, however, if such failure is capable of being cured and the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, is diligently pursuing such cure, such period will be extended an additional thirty (30) days; provided, further, however, that such extended period will not apply to the obligations regarding Exchange Act reporting; or

 

(iv)          any breach on the part of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of any representation or warranty contained in Section 6.01(a) and Section 6.01(b), as applicable, which materially and adversely affects the interests of any Class of

 

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Certificateholders or any Companion Holders (excluding the holder of any Non-Serviced Companion Loan) and which continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which notice of such breach, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, or to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates evidencing Percentage Interests aggregating not less than 25% of Voting Rights or, as it relates to the servicing of a Serviced Whole Loan affected by such breach, by the holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan; provided, however, that if such breach is capable of being cured and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, is diligently pursuing such cure, such 30-day period will be extended an additional thirty (30) days; or

 

(v)           a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged, undismissed or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days; or

 

(vi)          the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

 

(vii)         the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations or take any corporate action in furtherance of the foregoing; or

 

(viii)        either of Moody’s or DBRS has (A) qualified, downgraded or withdrawn its rating or ratings of one or more Classes of Certificates, or (B) placed one or more Classes of Certificates on “watch status” in contemplation of a rating downgrade or withdrawal (and such qualification, downgrade, withdrawal or “watch status” placement shall not have been withdrawn within sixty (60) days of such event) and, in the case of either of clauses (A) or (B), publicly citing servicing concerns with the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, as the sole or a material factor in such rating action; or

 

(ix)           the Master Servicer or Special Servicer is no longer rated at least “CMS3” or “CSS3”, respectively, by Fitch and such Master Servicer or Special Servicer is not reinstated to at least that rating within sixty (60) days of the delisting.

 

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(b)           If any Servicer Termination Event with respect to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (in either case, for purposes of this Section 7.01(b), the “Affected Party”) shall occur and be continuing, then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Servicer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, the Trustee or the Depositor may, and at the written direction of (1) ((i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) the Directing Certificateholder (solely with respect to the Special Servicer) (2) the Holders of Certificates entitled to 25% of the Voting Rights or (3) the Risk Retention Consultation Party (solely with respect to the Special Servicer and other than with respect to a Mortgage Loan with respect to which the Risk Retention Consultation Party or the Holder of more than 50% of the Vertical Risk Retention Certificates is a Borrower Party), the Trustee shall, terminate (and the Depositor may direct the Trustee to terminate each of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, upon five Business Days’ written notice if there is a Servicer Termination Event under clause (iii)(A) above), by notice in writing to the Affected Party, with a copy of such notice to the Depositor and the Operating Advisor, all of the rights (subject to Section 3.11 and Section 6.04) and obligations of the Affected Party under this Agreement and in and to the Mortgage Loans and the proceeds thereof (other than as a Certificateholder or Companion Holder, if applicable); provided, however, that the Affected Party shall be entitled to the payment of accrued and unpaid compensation and reimbursement through the date of such termination as provided for under this Agreement for services rendered and expenses incurred. From and after the receipt by the Affected Party of such written notice except as otherwise provided in this Article VII, all authority and power of the Affected Party under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Certificates (other than as a Holder of any Certificate) or the Mortgage Loans or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Trustee with respect to a termination of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to and under this Section 7.01, and, without limitation, the Trustee is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of and at the expense of the Affected Party, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Mortgage Loans and related documents, or otherwise. The Master Servicer and Special Servicer each agree that if it is terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01(b), it shall promptly (and in any event no later than twenty (20) Business Days subsequent to its receipt of the notice of termination) provide the Trustee with all documents and records requested by it to enable it to assume the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, functions hereunder, and shall cooperate with the Trustee in effecting the termination of the Master Servicer’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, responsibilities and rights (subject to Section 3.11 and Section 6.04) hereunder, including, without limitation, the transfer within five (5) Business Days to the Trustee for administration by it of all cash amounts which shall at the time be or should have been credited by the Master Servicer to the Collection Account or any Servicing Account (if it is the Affected Party), by the Special Servicer to the REO Account (if it is the Affected Party) or thereafter be received with respect to the Mortgage Loans or any REO Property (provided, however, that the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer each shall, if terminated pursuant to this Section 7.01(b) or pursuant to Section 7.01(d) (with respect to the Special Servicer), continue to be entitled to receive all amounts accrued or owing to it under this Agreement on or prior to the date of such termination, whether in respect of Advances (in the case of the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer) or otherwise, and it and its Affiliates and the

 

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directors, managers, officers, members, employees and agents of it and its Affiliates shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.11 and Section 6.04 notwithstanding any such termination).

 

(c)           If the Master Servicer receives notice of termination under Section 7.01(b) solely due to a Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(a)(viii) or (ix), the Master Servicer shall have a forty-five (45) day period after such notice in which to find a successor master servicer qualified to act as Master Servicer hereunder in accordance with Section 6.03 and Section 7.02 and to which the Master Servicer can sell its rights to service the Mortgage Loans under this Agreement. During such forty-five (45) day period the Master Servicer may continue to serve as Master Servicer hereunder. In the event that the Master Servicer is unable, within such forty-five (45) day period, to cause a qualified successor master servicer to assume the duties of the Master Servicer hereunder, then and in such event, the Trustee shall assume the obligations of the Master Servicer hereunder.

 

Notwithstanding Section 7.01(b), if any Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Special Servicer shall occur and be continuing that affects the Holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan, then, so long as the Special Servicer is not otherwise terminated, the Holder of such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan or the Other Trustee appointed under the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as applicable, shall be entitled to direct the Trustee to terminate the Special Servicer with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan. Any Special Servicer appointed to replace the Special Servicer with respect to a Serviced Mortgage Loan cannot at any time be (without the prior written consent of the holder of such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan) the person (or Affiliate thereof) that was terminated at the direction of the holder of the related Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan. Any such Special Servicer under this paragraph shall meet the eligibility requirements of Section 7.02 and the eligibility requirements of the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and the appointment thereof shall comply with the provisions of Section 7.02. Any appointment of a replacement Special Servicer in accordance with this paragraph shall be subject to the receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation and confirmation from the rating agencies that such appointment or replacement will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of the then-current ratings of any class of any related Serviced Companion Loan Securities (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25).

 

(d)           Subject to the rights of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement and other than with respect to any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, at any time prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, and subject to the right of the Operating Advisor to recommend the termination of the Special Servicer and recommend a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer and the right of the Certificateholders to approve the replacement of the Special Servicer with such Qualified Replacement Special Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.01(d), shall be entitled to terminate the rights (subject to Section 3.11 and Section 6.04) and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement, with or without cause, upon ten (10) Business Days’ notice to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Operating Advisor; such termination to be effective upon the appointment of a successor special

 

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servicer meeting the requirements of this Section 7.01(d); provided that, with respect to a Servicing Shift Whole Loan, the ten (10) Business Days’ notice set forth in this Section 7.01(d) shall not apply to the related Loan-Specific Directing Certificateholder’s right to terminate the Special Servicer’s rights and obligations under this Agreement without cause with respect to such Servicing Shift Whole Loan pursuant to the terms of the related Intercreditor Agreement. Upon a termination of such Special Servicer, the Directing Certificateholder (other than with respect to any Excluded Loan) shall appoint a successor special servicer; provided, however, that (i) such successor will meet the requirements set forth in Section 7.02, (ii) each Rating Agency delivers Rating Agency Confirmation and, in the case of any class of any Serviced Companion Loan Securities the applicable rating agencies deliver a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25) and (iii) no replacement of the Special Servicer shall be effective until the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 11.07 hereof and any other Form 8-K filings have been completed with respect to any related Companion Loan. For the sake of clarity, the recommendation of replacement of the Special Servicer by the Operating Advisor and the approval of the Certificateholders of such Qualified Replacement Special Servicer shall not preclude the Directing Certificateholder from appointing a replacement special servicer, provided that such replacement may not be the removed Special Servicer or its Affiliate.

 

After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event and upon (a) the written direction of Holders of Principal Balance Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the Certificate Balances pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof) of the Principal Balance Certificates requesting a vote to replace the Special Servicer with a new special servicer designated in such written direction, (b) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses (including any legal fees and any Rating Agency fees and expenses) to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote and which will not be additional expenses of the Trust and (c) delivery by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator and Trustee of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency (which Rating Agency Confirmation shall be obtained at the expense of such Holders), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post notice to all Certificateholders of such request on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b) and concurrently by mail conduct the solicitation of votes of all Certificates in such regard, which requisite affirmative votes must be received within one hundred-eighty (180) days of the posting of such notice, and if not so received, such votes shall be null and void ab initio. Upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 50% of a Certificateholder Quorum of Certificates, the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement and appoint the successor special servicer (which must be a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer) designated by such Certificateholders. The Certificate Administrator shall include on each Distribution Date Statement a statement that each Certificateholder may (i) access such notices via the Certificate Administrator’s Website and (ii) register to receive electronic mail notifications when such notices are posted thereon. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Certificateholder’s direction to

 

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remove the Special Servicer shall not apply to any Serviced AB Whole Loan for which it is not subject to an AB Control Appraisal Period.

 

A Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder shall have the right, prior to the occurrence and continuance of an AB Control Appraisal Period, to replace the Special Servicer solely with respect to the related Serviced AB Whole Loan, so long as (A) each Rating Agency delivers a Rating Agency Confirmation; (B) the successor special servicer has assumed in writing (from and after the date such successor special servicer becomes the Special Servicer) all of the responsibilities, duties and liabilities of the Special Servicer under this Agreement from and after the date it becomes the Special Servicer as they relate to any Serviced AB Whole Loan pursuant to an assumption agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Administrator; and (C) the Certificate Administrator shall have received an opinion of counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Certificate Administrator to the effect that (x) the designation of such replacement to serve as Special Servicer is in compliance with this Agreement, (y) such replacement will be bound by the terms of this Agreement with respect to any Serviced AB Whole Loan, and (z) subject to customary qualifications and exceptions, this Agreement will be enforceable against such replacement in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

The parties hereto acknowledge that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this section, in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement, if a servicer termination event on the part of a Non-Serviced Special Servicer remains unremedied and affects the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, and such Non-Serviced Special Servicer has not otherwise been terminated, the holder of the related Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan (or the Trustee (or, prior to a Control Termination Event, the Trustee acting at the direction of the Directing Certificateholder)) shall be entitled to direct the related Non-Serviced Trustee to terminate such Non-Serviced Special Servicer solely with respect to the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan(s). The appointment (or replacement) of a special servicer with respect to a Non-Serviced Whole Loan will in any event be subject to Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency. A replacement special servicer will be selected by the related Non-Serviced Trustee or, prior to a control termination event (or similarly defined term) under the related Non-Serviced PSA, by the related Non-Serviced Whole Loan Controlling Holder; provided, however, that any successor special servicer appointed to replace the special servicer with respect to such Non-Serviced Whole Loan cannot at any time be the Person (or an Affiliate thereof) that was terminated at the direction of the holder of such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, without the prior written consent of the Directing Certificateholder.

 

If at any time the Operating Advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that (i) the Special Servicer is not performing its duties as required hereunder or is otherwise not acting in accordance with the Servicing Standard, and (ii) the replacement of the Special Servicer would be in the best interest of the Certificateholders as a collective whole, the Operating Advisor shall deliver to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, with a copy to the Special Servicer, a written report in the form of Exhibit W attached hereto (which form may be modified or supplemented from time to time to cure any ambiguity or error or to incorporate any additional information, subject to compliance of such form with the terms and provisions of this Agreement; provided, further, that in no event shall the information or any other content included in such written recommendation contravene any provision of this Agreement) detailing the reasons supporting its recommendation (along with relevant information justifying its

 

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recommendation) and recommending a suggested replacement special servicer, which shall be a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer. In such event, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly post notice to all Certificateholders of such recommendation and the related report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b), and concurrently by mail conduct the solicitation of votes of all Certificates in such regard, which requisite affirmative votes must be received within one hundred-eighty (180) days of the posting of such notice, and if not so received, such votes shall be null and void ab initio. Upon (i) the affirmative vote of Holders of Principal Balance Certificates evidencing at least a majority of a quorum of Certificateholders (which, for this purpose, is the Holders of Certificates that (A) evidence at least 20% of the Voting Rights (taking into account the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts to notionally reduce the respective Certificate Balances) of all Principal Balance Certificates on an aggregate basis, and (B) consist of at least three Certificateholders or Certificate Owners that are not Risk Retention Affiliated with each other, as evidenced by a certificate in the form of Exhibit UU-1 or Exhibit UU-2, as applicable, attached hereto) and (ii) receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to the termination of the Special Servicer and the appointment of a successor special servicer recommended by the Operating Advisor following satisfaction of the foregoing clause (i), the Trustee shall (i) terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement and appoint such successor Special Servicer and (ii) promptly notify such outgoing Special Servicer of the effective date of such termination. The reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel) associated with obtaining such Rating Agency Confirmations and administering such vote and the Operating Advisor’s identification of a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer shall be an additional expense of the Trust. In the event that the Certificate Administrator does not receive the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the quorum described in clause (i) of the preceding sentence, then the Trustee shall have no obligation to remove the Special Servicer. Prior to the appointment of any replacement special servicer, such replacement special servicer shall have agreed to succeed to the obligations of the Special Servicer under this Agreement and to act as the Special Servicer’s successor hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Operating Advisor shall not be permitted to recommend the replacement of the Special Servicer with respect to a Serviced AB Whole Loan so long as the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder is not subject to an AB Control Appraisal Period under the related Intercreditor Agreement. For the sake of clarity, the recommendation of replacement of the Special Servicer by the Operating Advisor and the approval of the Certificateholders of such Qualified Replacement Special Servicer shall not preclude the Directing Certificateholder from appointing a replacement special servicer, provided that such replacement may not be the removed Special Servicer or its Affiliate.

 

No penalty or fee shall be payable to the terminated Special Servicer with respect to any termination pursuant to this Section 7.01(d). All costs of any such termination made by the Directing Certificateholder without cause shall be paid by the Holders of the Controlling Class.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the indemnification of the Operating Advisor in Section 6.04 shall include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 6.04, any action or claim arising from, or relating to, the Operating Advisor’s determination under this Section 7.01(d)

 

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(regarding removal of the Special Servicer), or the result of the vote of the Certificateholders (regarding removal of the Special Servicer).

 

(e)            The Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall, as the case may be, from time to time, take all such reasonable actions as are required by it in accordance with the related Servicing Standard in order to prevent the Certificates from being placed on “watch” status or downgraded due to servicing or special servicing, as applicable, concerns by any Rating Agency. In no event shall the remedy for a breach of the foregoing covenant extend beyond termination pursuant to Section 7.01(a)(viii) and (ix) and the resulting operation of Section 7.01(b) and (c). The operation of this subsection (e) shall not be construed to limit the effect of Section 7.01(a)(viii) or (ix).

 

(f)             Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) if any Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Master Servicer affects a Serviced Companion Loan, the related holder of a Serviced Companion Loan or the rating on any class of certificates backed, wholly or partially, by any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, and if the Master Servicer is not otherwise terminated, or (2) if a Servicer Termination Event on the part of the Master Servicer affects only a Serviced Companion Loan, the related holder of a Serviced Companion Loan or the rating on any class of certificates backed, wholly or partially, by any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, then the Master Servicer may not be terminated by or at the direction of the related holder of such Serviced Companion Loan or the holders of any certificates backed, wholly or partially, by such Serviced Companion Loan, but upon the written direction of the related holder of such Serviced Companion Loan, the Master Servicer shall be required to appoint a sub-servicer that will be responsible for servicing the related Serviced Whole Loan.

 

(g)            (i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 7.01, with respect to any Excluded Special Servicer Loan, if any, the Special Servicer shall resign as Special Servicer of that Excluded Special Servicer Loan. Prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event, if the applicable Excluded Special Servicer Loan is not also an Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder shall appoint (and may remove and replace with or without cause) an Excluded Special Servicer, as successor to the resigning Special Servicer, for the related Excluded Special Servicer Loan in accordance with this Agreement. After the occurrence and during the continuance of a Control Termination Event or if at any time the applicable Excluded Special Servicer Loan is also an Excluded Loan, the resigning Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to select the related Excluded Special Servicer. The Special Servicer shall not have any liability with respect to the actions or inactions of the applicable Excluded Special Servicer or with respect to the identity of the applicable Excluded Special Servicer, and absent negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith by the resigning Special Servicer, the resigning Special Servicer and any of its directors, members, managers, officers, employees and agents shall be entitled to be indemnified and held harmless by the Trust against any loss, liability or expense arising out of the actions or inactions and identity of the Excluded Special Servicer. It shall be a condition to any such appointment that (i) the Rating Agencies confirm that the appointment would not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of any of their then-current ratings of the Certificates and the equivalent from each NRSRO hired to provide ratings with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, (ii) the related Excluded Special Servicer, as certified by such Excluded Special Servicer, is a Qualified Replacement Special Servicer and (iii) the related Excluded Special

 

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Servicer delivers to the Depositor (and the Certificate Administrator) and any applicable Other Depositor (and any applicable Other Certificate Administrator), the information, if any, required under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act regarding itself in its role as Excluded Special Servicer.

 

If at any time the Special Servicer is no longer a Borrower Party (including, without limitation, as a result of the related Mortgaged Property becoming an REO Property) with respect to an Excluded Special Servicer Loan, (1) the related Excluded Special Servicer shall resign, (2) the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan shall no longer be an Excluded Special Servicer Loan, (3) the Special Servicer shall become the Special Servicer again for such related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan and (4) the Special Servicer shall be entitled to all special servicing compensation with respect to such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan earned during such time on and after such Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan is no longer an Excluded Special Servicer Loan.

 

The applicable Excluded Special Servicer shall perform all of the obligations of the Special Servicer for the related Excluded Special Servicer Loan and shall be entitled to all special servicing compensation with respect to such Excluded Special Servicer Loan earned during such time as the related Mortgage Loan or Serviced Whole Loan is an Excluded Special Servicer Loan (provided that the Special Servicer shall remain entitled to all other special servicing compensation with respect all Mortgage Loans and Serviced Whole Loans that are not Excluded Special Servicer Loans during such time).

 

If a Servicing Officer of the Master Servicer, a related Excluded Special Servicer, or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has actual knowledge that a Mortgage Loan is no longer an Excluded Loan, an Excluded Controlling Class Loan or an Excluded Special Servicer Loan, as applicable, the Master Servicer, the related Excluded Special Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall provide prompt written notice thereof to each of the other parties to this Agreement.

 

Section 7.02          Trustee to Act; Appointment of Successor. On and after the time the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, either resigns pursuant to subsection (a) of the first sentence of Section 6.05 or receives a notice of termination for cause pursuant to Section 7.01(b), and provided that no acceptable successor has been appointed within the time period specified in Section 7.01(c), the Trustee shall be the successor to such party, until such successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, is appointed as provided in this Section 7.02 or by the Directing Certificateholder as provided in Section 7.01(d), as applicable, in all respects in its capacity as Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall be subject to, and have the benefit of, all of the rights, (subject to Section 3.11 and Section 6.04) benefits, responsibilities, duties, liabilities and limitations on liability relating thereto and that arise thereafter placed on or for the benefit of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, by the terms and provisions hereof; provided, however, that any failure to perform such duties or responsibilities caused by the terminated party’s failure under Section 7.01 to provide information or moneys required hereunder shall not be considered a default by such successor hereunder. The appointment of a successor master servicer shall not affect any liability of the predecessor Master Servicer which may have arisen prior to its termination as Master Servicer,

 

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and the appointment of a successor special servicer shall not affect any liability of the predecessor Special Servicer which may have arisen prior to its termination as Special Servicer. The Trustee in its capacity as successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall not be liable for any of the representations and warranties of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, respectively, herein or in any related document or agreement, for any acts or omissions of the predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer or for any losses incurred by the predecessor Master Servicer pursuant to Section 3.06 hereunder, nor shall the Trustee be required to purchase any Mortgage Loan hereunder solely as a result of its obligations as successor master servicer or special servicer, as the case may be. Subject to Section 3.11, as compensation therefor, the Trustee as successor master servicer shall be entitled to the Servicing Fees and all fees relating to the Mortgage Loans or the Companion Loans which the Master Servicer would have been entitled to if the Master Servicer had continued to act hereunder, including but not limited to any income or other benefit from any Permitted Investment pursuant to Section 3.06, and subject to Section 3.11, and the Trustee as successor to the Special Servicer shall be entitled to the Special Servicing Fees to which the Special Servicer would have been entitled if the Special Servicer had continued to act hereunder. Should the Trustee succeed to the capacity of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, the Trustee shall be afforded the same standard of care and liability as the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder notwithstanding anything in Section 8.01 to the contrary, but only with respect to actions taken by it in its role as successor master servicer or successor special servicer, as the case may be, and not with respect to its role as Trustee hereunder. Notwithstanding the above, the Trustee may, if it shall be unwilling to act as successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, or shall, if it is unable to so act, or if the Trustee is not approved as a servicer by each Rating Agency, or if, (i) prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and (ii) other than with respect to any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder or the Holders of Certificates entitled to 25% of the Voting Rights so request in writing to the Trustee, promptly appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint, any established mortgage loan servicing institution which meets the criteria set forth in Section 6.05 and otherwise herein, as the successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Master Servicer or Special Servicer hereunder. No appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder shall be effective until (i) the assumption in writing by the successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer of all its responsibilities, duties and liabilities hereunder that arise thereafter, (ii) upon receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), (iii) which appointment has been approved (prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Control Termination Event and other than with respect to an Excluded Loan) by the Directing Certificateholder, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld and (iv) the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 11.07 hereof and any other Form 8-K filings have been completed with respect to any related Companion Loan. Pending appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder, unless the Trustee shall be prohibited by law from so acting, the Trustee

 

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shall act in such capacity as herein above provided. In connection with such appointment and assumption of a successor to the Master Servicer or Special Servicer as described herein, the Trustee may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on the Mortgage Loans as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that no such compensation with respect to a successor master servicer or successor special servicer, as the case may be, shall be in excess of that permitted the terminated Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, hereunder. The Trustee, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (whichever is not the terminated party) and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. Any costs and expenses associated with the transfer of the servicing function (other than with respect to a termination without cause) under this Agreement shall be borne by the predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable. If such predecessor Master Servicer or Special Servicer (as the case may be) has not reimbursed the party requesting such termination or the successor master servicer or special servicer for such expenses within ninety (90) days after the presentation of reasonable documentation, such expense shall be reimbursed by the Trust; provided that the terminated Master Servicer or Special Servicer shall not thereby be relieved of its liability for such expenses. If and to the extent that the terminated Master Servicer or Special Servicer has not reimbursed such costs and expenses, the party requesting such termination shall have an affirmative obligation to take all reasonable actions to collect such expenses on behalf of the Trust. In the event of a termination without cause, such costs and expenses shall be borne by the party requesting such termination, or as otherwise set forth herein; provided that the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall not bear any such costs and expenses. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Trustee is terminating the Master Servicer or Special Servicer in accordance with this Agreement at the direction of any party or parties permitted to direct the Trustee to so terminate the Master Servicer or Special Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, the Trustee shall not have any liability for such expenses pursuant to this paragraph.

 

Section 7.03          Notification to Certificateholders. (a) Upon any resignation of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 6.05, any termination of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.01 or any appointment of a successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 7.02, the Certificate Administrator shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Certificateholders at their respective addresses appearing in the Certificate Register.

 

(b)            Not later than the later of (i) sixty (60) days after the occurrence of any event which constitutes or, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a Servicer Termination Event and (ii) five (5) days after the Certificate Administrator would be deemed to have notice of the occurrence of such an event in accordance with Section 8.02(vii), the Certificate Administrator shall transmit by mail to the Depositor and all Certificateholders (and, if a Serviced Whole Loan is affected, the related Serviced Companion Noteholder) notice of such occurrence, unless such default shall have been cured.

 

Section 7.04          Waiver of Servicer Termination Events. The Holders of Certificates representing at least 66 2/3% of the Voting Rights allocated to each Class of Certificates affected by any Servicer Termination Event hereunder may waive such Servicer Termination Event within twenty (20) days of the receipt of notice from the Certificate Administrator of the occurrence of such Servicer Termination Event; provided, however, that a

 

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Servicer Termination Event under clause (i), (ii), (viii) or (ix) of Section 7.01(a) may be waived only by all of the Certificateholders of the affected Classes and a Servicer Termination Event under clause (iii) of Section 7.01(a) relating to Exchange Act reporting may be waived only with the consent of the Depositor. Upon any such waiver of a Servicer Termination Event, such Servicer Termination Event shall cease to exist and shall be deemed to have been remedied for every purpose hereunder. Upon any such waiver of a Servicer Termination Event by Certificateholders, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to recover all costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with enforcement action taken with respect to such Servicer Termination Event prior to such waiver from the Trust. No such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Servicer Termination Event or impair any right consequent thereon except to the extent expressly so waived. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, for purposes of waiving any Servicer Termination Event pursuant to this Section 7.04, Certificates registered in the name of the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor shall be entitled to the same Voting Rights with respect to the matters described above as they would if any other Person held such Certificates.

 

Section 7.05          Trustee as Maker of Advances. In the event that the Master Servicer fails to fulfill its obligations hereunder to make any Advances and such failure remains uncured, the Trustee shall perform such obligations (x) within five (5) Business Days following such failure by the Master Servicer with respect to Servicing Advances resulting in a Servicer Termination Event under Section 7.01(a)(iii) hereof to the extent a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of such failure with respect to such Servicing Advances and (y) by noon, New York City time, on the related Distribution Date with respect to P&I Advances pursuant to the Certificate Administrator’s notice of failure pursuant to Section 4.03(a) unless such failure has been cured. With respect to any such Advance made by the Trustee, the Trustee shall succeed to all of the Master Servicer’s rights with respect to Advances hereunder, including, without limitation, the Master Servicer’s rights of reimbursement and interest on each Advance at the Reimbursement Rate, and rights to determine that a proposed Advance is a Nonrecoverable P&I Advance or Servicing Advance, as the case may be, (without regard to any impairment of any such rights of reimbursement caused by such Master Servicer’s default in its obligations hereunder); provided, however, that if Advances made by the Trustee and the Master Servicer shall at any time be outstanding, or any interest on any Advance shall be accrued and unpaid, all amounts available to repay such Advances and the interest thereon hereunder shall be applied entirely to the Advances outstanding to the Trustee, until such Advances shall have been repaid in full, together with all interest accrued thereon, prior to reimbursement of the Master Servicer for such Advances. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any notice given with respect to a Nonrecoverable Advance hereunder.

 

[End of Article VII]

 

Article VIII

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE AND THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

 

Section 8.01          Duties of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. (a) The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event and after the curing or waiving of all Servicer Termination Events which may have

 

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occurred, undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Agreement. If a Servicer Termination Event occurs and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. Any permissive right of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator contained in this Agreement shall not be construed as a duty.

 

(b)           The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, upon receipt of all resolutions, certificates, statements, opinions, reports, documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator which are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator pursuant to any provision of this Agreement (other than the Mortgage Files, the review of which is specifically governed by the terms of Article II, any CREFC® reports and any information delivered for posting to the Certificate Administrator’s Website or the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website), shall examine them to determine whether they conform to the requirements of this Agreement. If any such instrument is found not to conform to the requirements of this Agreement in a material manner, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall notify the party providing such instrument and requesting the correction thereof. The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument furnished by the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer or another Person, and accepted by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator in good faith, pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(c)           No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct or bad faith; provided, however, that:

 

(i)            Prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event, and after the curing of all such Servicer Termination Events which may have occurred, the duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Agreement, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator and, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement;

 

(ii)           Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall be liable for an error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

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(iii)          Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the percentage interest of each affected Class, or of the Voting Rights of the Certificates, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, under this Agreement (unless a higher percentage of Voting Rights is required for such action).

 

(d)           The Certificate Administrator shall make available via its internet website initially located at www.ctslink.com to the Serviced Companion Noteholders all reports that the Certificate Administrator has made available to the Certificateholders under this Agreement to the extent such reports relate to the related Serviced Companion Loan and upon the submission of an Investor Certification pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Section 8.02          Certain Matters Affecting the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8.01:

 

(i)            The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may rely upon and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, direction of the Depositor, Officer’s Certificate, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, Appraisal, bond or other paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

 

(ii)           The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance therewith;

 

(iii)          Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be under any obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Agreement, the Certificates or to make any investigation of matters arising hereunder or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Certificateholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, unless such Certificateholders shall have offered to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby; neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, unless repayment of such funds or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is reasonably assured to it; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event which has not been cured, to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs;

 

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(iv)          Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be liable for any action reasonably taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement;

 

(v)           Prior to the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event hereunder and after the curing of all Servicer Termination Events which may have occurred, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by Holders of Certificates entitled to more than 50% of the Voting Rights; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, not reasonably assured to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Agreement, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, may require indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it from such requesting Holders against such expense or liability as a condition to taking any such action. The reasonable expense of every such reasonable examination shall be paid by the requesting Holders;

 

(vi)          The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys; provided, however, that the appointment of such agents or attorneys shall not relieve the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator of its duties or obligations hereunder; provided, further, that the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, may not perform any duties hereunder through any Person that is a Prohibited Party;

 

(vii)         For all purposes under this Agreement, neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be deemed to have notice of any Servicer Termination Event or Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event or any act, failure or breach of any Person upon the occurrence of which the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator may be required to act unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event, act, failure or breach which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator at the respective Corporate Trust Office, and such notice references the Certificates or this Agreement;

 

(viii)        Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be responsible for any act or omission of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (unless the Trustee is acting as Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be, in which case the Trustee shall only be responsible for its own actions as Master Servicer or Special Servicer), the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor;

 

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of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee’s or Certificate Administrator’s, as applicable, negligence or willful misconduct was the primary cause of such insufficiency;

 

(x)            In no event shall the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder due to force majeure or acts of God; provided that such failure or delay is not also a result of its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct;

 

(xi)           Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association acting in any particular capacity hereunder will not be deemed to be imputed with knowledge of (a) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting in a capacity that is unrelated to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or (b) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, acting in any other capacity hereunder, except, in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), where some or all of the obligations performed in such capacities are performed by one or more employees within the same group or division of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or where the groups or divisions responsible for performing the obligations in such capacities have one or more of the same Responsible Officers provided, however, the knowledge of the employees performing special servicing functions shall not be imputed to employees performing master servicing functions and the knowledge of employees performing master servicing functions shall not be imputed to employees performing special servicing functions;

 

(xii)          Nothing herein shall require the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator to act in any manner that is contrary to applicable law; and

 

(xiii)         Nothing herein shall be construed as an obligation for any party to this Agreement to advise a Certificateholder with respect to its rights and protections relative to the Trust.

 

The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to all of the same rights, protections, immunities and indemnities afforded to it as Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, in each capacity for which it serves hereunder (including, without limitation, as Custodian, Certificate Registrar, 17g-5 Information Provider and Authenticating Agent).

 

Section 8.03          Trustee and Certificate Administrator Not Liable for Validity or Sufficiency of Certificates or Mortgage Loans. The recitals contained herein and in the Certificates, other than the acknowledgments of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator in Sections 2.02 and 2.04 and the signature, if any, of the Certificate Registrar and Authenticating Agent set forth on any outstanding Certificate, shall be taken as the statements of the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, and the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator assume no responsibility for their correctness. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator makes any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement, any Certificate (other than as to the signature, if any, of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator set forth thereon) or of any Mortgage Loan or related document. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall be accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of any of the Certificates issued to it or of the proceeds of such Certificates, or for the

 

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use or application of any funds paid to the Depositor in respect of the assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the Trust, or any funds deposited in or withdrawn from the Collection Account or any other account by or on behalf of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or in the case of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator. The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall not be responsible for the accuracy or content of any resolution, certificate, statement, opinion, report, document, order or other instrument furnished by the Depositor, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer and accepted by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, in good faith, pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Section 8.04          Trustee or Certificate Administrator May Own Certificates. The Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, each in its individual capacity, not as Trustee or Certificate Administrator, may become the owner or pledgee of Certificates, and may deal with the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the Underwriters in banking transactions, with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee or the Certificate Administrator.

 

Section 8.05          Fees and Expenses of Trustee and Certificate Administrator; Indemnification of Trustee and Certificate Administrator. (a) As compensation for the performance of their respective duties hereunder, the Trustee will be paid the Trustee Fee, which shall cover recurring and otherwise reasonably anticipated expenses of the Trustee, and the Certificate Administrator will be paid the Certificate Administrator Fee equal to the Certificate Administrator’s portion of one month’s interest at the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate, which shall cover recurring and otherwise reasonably anticipated expenses of the Certificate Administrator. The Trustee Fee and Certificate Administrator Fee shall be paid monthly on a Mortgage Loan-by-Mortgage Loan basis. As to each Mortgage Loan and REO Loan (other than the portion of an REO Loan related to any Companion Loan), the Certificate Administrator shall pay to the Trustee monthly the Trustee Fee from the Certificate Administrator Fee, which Certificate Administrator Fee shall accrue from time to time at the Certificate Administrator Fee Rate and the Certificate Administrator Fee shall be computed on the basis of the Stated Principal Balance of such Mortgage Loan and a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The Trustee Fee (which shall not be limited to any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) shall constitute the Trustee’s sole form of compensation for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trusts hereby created and in the exercise and performance of any of the powers, rights and duties of the Trustee hereunder, except for the reimbursement of expenses specifically provided for herein. The Certificate Administrator Fee shall constitute the Certificate Administrator’s sole form of compensation for the exercise and performance of its powers and duties hereunder, except for the reimbursement of expenses specifically provided for herein. No Trustee Fee or Certificate Administrator Fee shall be payable with respect to any Companion Loan.

 

(b)           The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (in each case, including in its capacity as Custodian and in its individual capacity) and any director, officer, employee, representative or agent of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator, respectively, shall be entitled to be indemnified and held harmless by the Trust (to the extent of amounts on deposit in the Collection Account or the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, as applicable, from time to time) against any loss, liability or expense (including, without limitation, costs and expenses of litigation, and of investigation, counsel fees, damages, judgments and amounts paid in

 

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settlement, and expenses incurred in becoming successor master servicer or successor special servicer, to the extent not otherwise paid hereunder) arising out of, or incurred in connection with, any act or omission of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, relating to the exercise and performance of any of the powers, rights and duties of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, hereunder; provided, however, that none of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, nor any of the other above specified Persons shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 8.05(b) for (i) allocable overhead, (ii) expenses or disbursements incurred or made by or on behalf of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, in the normal course of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, performing its duties in accordance with any of the provisions hereof, which are not “unanticipated expenses incurred by the REMIC” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(b)(3)(ii), (iii) any expense or liability specifically required to be borne thereby pursuant to the terms hereof or (iv) any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence in the performance of the Trustee’s or the Certificate Administrator’s, respectively, obligations and duties hereunder, or by reason of negligent disregard of such obligations or duties, or as may arise from a breach of any representation or warranty of the Trustee specified in Section 8.12 or the Certificate Administrator specified in Section 8.14, respectively, made herein. The provisions of this Section 8.05(b) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and any resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, respectively, and appointment of a successor thereto. The foregoing indemnity shall also apply to the Certificate Administrator in all of its capacities hereunder, including Custodian, Certificate Registrar and Authenticating Agent.

 

(c)           Each of the Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall indemnify and hold harmless the Depositor (and, with respect to Certificate Administrator, the Mortgage Loan Sellers) from and against any claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses incurred by the Depositor (and, with respect to the Certificate Administrator, any Mortgage Loan Seller or its Affiliates) pursuant to a third party claim under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise that arise out of or are based upon (A)(i) with respect to the Certificate Administrator, a breach by the Certificate Administrator, in its capacity as 17g-5 Information Provider or in any other capacity in which the Certificate Administrator is required to make information available to a Privileged Person that is an NRSRO, of its obligations under this Agreement or (ii) negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Certificate Administrator, in its capacity as 17g-5 Information Provider or in any other capacity in which the Certificate Administrator is required to make information available to a Privileged Person that is an NRSRO, in the performance of such obligations or its negligent disregard of its obligations and duties under this Agreement or (B) with respect to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, severally and not jointly (i) a breach by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, of any of its obligations to deliver information to the 17g-5 Information Provider as set forth in this Agreement, including Section 3.07(a), Section 3.08, Section 3.09(e), Section 3.12, Section 3.17(c), Section 3.18(g), Section 11.09, Section 11.10 and Section 11.11 or (ii) a breach by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, of any of its obligations set forth in Sections 3.13(d), 3.13(g) and 3.13(i).

 

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required to resign if it fails to be, (i) a corporation, national bank, national banking association or a trust company, organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers and to accept the trust conferred under this Agreement, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and in the case of the Trustee, shall not be an Affiliate of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer (except during any period when the Trustee is acting as, or has become successor to, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 7.02), (ii) an institution insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, (iii) an institution whose long-term senior unsecured debt is rated at least “A2” by Moody’s, “A” by DBRS and “A” by Fitch; provided that the Trustee will not become ineligible to serve based on a failure to satisfy such rating requirements as long as (a) it maintains a long-term unsecured debt rating of no less than “Baa2” by Moody’s, “A-” by Fitch and “A(low)” by DBRS, (b) its short-term debt obligations have a short-term rating of not less than “P-2” from Moody’s, “F1” by Fitch and “R-1(low)” by DBRS and (c) the Master Servicer maintains a rating of at least “A2” by Moody’s, “A+” by Fitch and “A” by DBRS; provided, further, that if any such institution is not rated by DBRS, such institution maintains an equivalent (or higher) rating by any two other NRSROs, or such other rating with respect to which the Rating Agencies have provided a Rating Agency Confirmation and (iv) an entity that is not a Prohibited Party.

 

If such corporation, national bank or national banking association publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 8.06 the combined capital and surplus of such corporation, national bank or national banking association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In the event the place of business from which the Certificate Administrator administers the Trust REMICs or the Grantor Trust or in which the Trustee’s office is located is in a state or local jurisdiction that imposes a tax on the Trust on the net income of a REMIC (other than a tax corresponding to a tax imposed under the REMIC Provisions or a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations), the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, shall elect either to (i) resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 8.07, (ii) pay such tax at no expense to the Trust or (iii) administer the Trust REMICs and/or the Grantor Trust, as applicable, from a state and local jurisdiction that does not impose such a tax.

 

Section 8.07          Resignation and Removal of the Trustee and Certificate Administrator. (a) The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator may at any time resign and be discharged from the trusts hereby created by giving not less than sixty (60) days’ prior written notice thereof to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, 17g-5 Information Provider and all Certificateholders. The Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b) and provide notice of such event to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider, which shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c). Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall use its reasonable best efforts to promptly appoint a successor trustee or certificate administrator acceptable to, prior to the occurrence and

 

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continuance of a Control Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder by written instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee or Certificate Administrator and to the successor trustee or certificate administrator. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificateholders and the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee, as applicable, by the Depositor. In the event of a resignation pursuant to this Section 8.07(a), the resigning Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, must pay all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of its responsibilities. If no successor trustee or certificate administrator shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within ninety (90) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee or Certificate Administrator may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, and any expenses associated with such petition shall be an expense of the Trust.

 

(b)               If at any time the Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 (and in the case of the Certificate Administrator, Section 5.08) and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Depositor or the Master Servicer, or if at any time the Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, or if the Trustee or Certificate Administrator (if different than the Trustee) shall fail (other than by reason of the failure of either the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer to timely perform its obligations hereunder or as a result of other circumstances beyond the Trustee’s or Certificate Administrator’s, as applicable, reasonable control), to timely publish any report to be delivered, published or otherwise made available by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 4.02 and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) days, or if the Certificate Administrator fails to make distributions required pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section 9.01, then the Depositor may remove the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and appoint a successor trustee or certificate administrator acceptable to the Master Servicer, by written instrument, in duplicate, which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator so removed and to the successor trustee or certificate administrator in the case of the removal of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificateholders by the Depositor. If no successor trustee or certificate administrator has accepted an appointment within ninety (90) days after the giving of notice of removal, the removed trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, and such petition shall be an expense of the Trust. In the event of any such termination with cause pursuant to this Section 8.07(b), the successor trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, shall be responsible for all costs and expenses necessary to effect the transfer of responsibilities from its predecessor.

 

(c)                The Holders of Certificates entitled to at least 50% of the Voting Rights may at any time upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice, with or without cause, remove the Trustee or Certificate Administrator and appoint a successor trustee or certificate administrator by written instrument or instruments, in triplicate, signed by such Holders or their attorneys-in-

 

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fact duly authorized, one complete set of which instruments shall be delivered to the Master Servicer, one complete set to the Trustee or Certificate Administrator so removed and one complete set to the successor so appointed. A copy of such instrument shall be delivered to the Depositor, the Special Servicer and the remaining Certificateholders by the Master Servicer. In the event of any such termination without cause pursuant to this Section 8.07(c), the successor trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, shall be responsible for all costs and expenses necessary to effect the transfer of responsibilities from its predecessor.

 

(d)            Any resignation or removal of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator and appointment of a successor trustee or certificate administrator pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 8.07 shall not become effective until (i) acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or certificate administrator as provided in Section 8.08 and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall have filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to Section 11.07 hereof and any other Form 8-K filings have been completed with respect to any related Companion Loan.

 

If the same party is acting as Trustee and Certificate Administrator pursuant to this Agreement, any removal of either such party in its capacity as Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, shall also result in such party’s removal in its capacity as Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, and the Depositor shall appoint a successor certificate administrator and a successor trustee, in each instance meeting the eligibility requirements set forth hereunder.

 

Upon any succession of the Trustee or Certificate Administrator under this Agreement, the predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to the payment of accrued and unpaid compensation and reimbursement as provided for under this Agreement for services rendered and expenses incurred (including without limitation, unreimbursed Advances). No Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall be personally liable for any action or omission of any successor trustee or certificate administrator.

 

(e)            Upon the resignation, assignment, merger, consolidation, or transfer of the Trustee or its business to a successor, or upon the termination of the Trustee, (a) the outgoing Trustee shall (i) endorse the original executed Mortgage Note for each Mortgage Loan (to the extent that the original executed Mortgage Note for each Mortgage Loan was endorsed to the outgoing trustee), without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied, to the order of the successor, as trustee for the registered Holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 or in blank, and (ii) in the case of the other assignable Mortgage Loan documents (to the extent such other Mortgage Loan documents were assigned to the outgoing trustee), assign such Mortgage Loan documents to such successor, and such successor shall review the documents delivered to it or to the Custodian with respect to each Mortgage Loan, and certify in writing that, as to each Mortgage Loan then subject to this Agreement, such endorsement and assignment has been made; (b) if any original executed Mortgage Note for a Mortgage Loan was not endorsed to the outgoing trustee, the Custodian shall, upon its receipt of a Request for Release, deliver such Mortgage Note to the Depositor or the successor trustee, as requested, and the Master Servicer and the Depositor shall cooperate with any successor trustee to ensure that such Mortgage Note is endorsed (without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied) to the order of the successor, as trustee for the registered Holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage

 

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Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 or in blank; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent any such endorsement of such Mortgage Note requires the signature of the related Mortgage Loan Seller in order to comply with the foregoing, then the Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to cause the related Mortgage Loan Seller to execute such endorsement; (c) if any other assignable Mortgage Loan document was not assigned to the outgoing trustee, the Custodian shall, upon its receipt of a Request for Release, deliver such Mortgage Loan document to the Depositor or the successor trustee, as requested, and the Master Servicer and the Depositor shall cooperate with any successor trustee to ensure that such Mortgage Loan document is assigned to such successor trustee; and (d) in any case, such successor trustee shall review the documents delivered to it or to the Custodian with respect to each Mortgage Loan, and certify in writing that, as to each Mortgage Loan then subject to this Agreement, such endorsements and assignments have been made or, in the event such endorsement or assignment cannot be made for any reason, to note the same in such certification.

 

(f)            Neither the Asset Representations Reviewer nor any of its Affiliates may be appointed as successor trustee or certificate administrator.

 

Section 8.08          Successor Trustee or Certificate Administrator. (a) Any successor trustee or certificate administrator appointed as provided in Section 8.07 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and to its predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee or Certificate Administrator shall become effective and such successor trustee or certificate administrator without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become fully vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with the like effect as if originally named as Trustee or Certificate Administrator herein. The predecessor Trustee shall deliver to the successor trustee all Mortgage Files and related documents and statements held by it hereunder (other than any Mortgage Files at the time held on its behalf by a Custodian, which Custodian, at Custodian’s option shall become the agent of the successor trustee), and the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the predecessor Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments and do such other things as may reasonably be required to more fully and certainly vest and confirm in the successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations, and to enable the successor trustee to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

(b)           No successor trustee or successor certificate administrator shall, as applicable, accept appointment as provided in this Section 8.08 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee or successor certificate administrator, as applicable, shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06.

 

(c)           Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee or successor certificate administrator as provided in this Section 8.08, the Master Servicer shall deliver notice of the succession of such Trustee or Certificate Administrator, as applicable, to the Depositor and the Certificateholders. If the Master Servicer fails to deliver such notice within ten (10) days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee or successor certificate administrator, as applicable, such successor trustee or successor certificate administrator shall cause such notice to be delivered at the expense of the Master Servicer.

 

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Section 8.09          Merger or Consolidation of Trustee or Certificate Administrator. Any Person into which the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator shall be the successor of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator, as applicable, hereunder; provided that, in the case of the Trustee, such successor person shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 8.06, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding. The Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(b) and shall provide notice of such event to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider, which shall post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with Section 3.13(c).

 

Section 8.10          Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee. (a)Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Fund or property securing the same may at the time be located or for enforcement actions or where a conflict of interest exists, the Master Servicer and the Trustee acting jointly shall have the power and shall execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more Persons approved by the Trustee to act as co-trustee or co-trustees, jointly with the Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Trust Fund, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity, such title to the Trust, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 8.10, such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Master Servicer and the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. If the Master Servicer shall not have joined in such appointment within fifteen (15) days after the receipt by it of a request to do so, or in case a Servicer Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee alone shall have the power to make such appointment. No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 8.06 hereunder and no notice to Holders of Certificates of the appointment of co-trustee(s) or separate trustee(s) shall be required under Section 8.08 hereof. All co-trustee fees shall be payable out of the Trust Fund.

 

(b)           In the case of any appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee pursuant to this Section 8.10, all rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed (whether as Trustee hereunder or as successor to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer hereunder), the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Trust or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed by such separate trustee or co-trustee at the direction of the Trustee.

 

(c)           Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them. Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this

 

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Agreement and the conditions of this Article VIII. Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Agreement, specifically including every provision of this Agreement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee. Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee.

 

(d)           Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, constitute the Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect of this Agreement on its behalf and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.

 

(e)           The appointment of a co-trustee or separate trustee under this Section 8.10 shall not relieve the Trustee of its duties and responsibilities hereunder.

 

Section 8.11          Appointment of Custodians. The Certificate Administrator is hereby appointed as the Custodian to hold all or a portion of the Mortgage Files. The Custodian shall be a depository institution subject to supervision by federal or state authority, shall have combined capital and surplus of at least $15,000,000 and shall be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which it holds any Mortgage File. The Custodian shall be subject to the same obligations and standard of care as would be imposed on the Certificate Administrator hereunder in connection with the retention of Mortgage Files directly by the Certificate Administrator. Upon termination or resignation of the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator may appoint another Custodian meeting the foregoing requirements. The appointment of one or more Custodians by the Certificate Administrator shall not relieve the Certificate Administrator from any of its obligations hereunder, and the Certificate Administrator shall remain responsible for all acts and omissions of any Custodian other than the initial Custodian. Any Custodian appointed hereunder must maintain a fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy in an amount customary for Custodians which serve in such capacity in commercial mortgage loan securitization transactions, or may self-insure.

 

Section 8.12          Representations and Warranties of the Trustee. The Trustee hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, each Serviced Companion Noteholder and the Certificate Administrator for the benefit of the Certificateholders, as of the Closing Date, that:

 

(i)            The Trustee is a national banking association, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America;

 

(ii)           The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Trustee, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Trustee, will not violate the Trustee’s charter and by-laws or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach

 

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of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets;

 

(iii)          The Trustee has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

 

(iv)          This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the rights of creditors of national banking associations specifically and (b) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

 

(v)           The Trustee is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Trustee’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely the ability of the Trustee to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(vi)          No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Trustee’s knowledge, threatened against the Trustee which would prohibit the Trustee from entering into this Agreement or, in the Trustee’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect the ability of the Trustee to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(vii)         No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Trustee, or compliance by the Trustee with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has not been obtained or cannot be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Trustee of its obligations under this Agreement, and which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Trustee to perform its obligations hereunder; and

 

(viii)        To its actual knowledge, the Trustee is not a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Third Party Purchaser.

 

Section 8.13          Provision of Information to Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer and Special Servicer. The Master Servicer shall promptly, upon request, provide the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator with notice of any change in the identity and/or contact information of any Serviced Companion Noteholder (to the extent it receives written notice of such change). The Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer and Special

 

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Servicer may each conclusively rely on the information provided to them regarding identity and/or contact information regarding any Serviced Companion Noteholder, and the Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, shall have no liability for notices not sent to the correct Serviced Companion Noteholders or any obligation to determine the identity and/or contact information of the Serviced Companion Noteholders to the extent updated or correct information regarding the holders of any of the Serviced Companion Noteholders or the most recent identity and/or contact information regarding any of the Serviced Companion Noteholders has not been provided to the Certificate Administrator, Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable.

 

Section 8.14          Representations and Warranties of the Certificate Administrator. The Certificate Administrator hereby represents and warrants to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, each Serviced Companion Noteholder, and the Trustee, for the benefit of the Certificateholders, as of the Closing Date, that:

 

(i)            The Certificate Administrator is a national banking association duly organized under the laws of the United States of America, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws thereof;

 

(ii)           The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Certificate Administrator, will not violate the Certificate Administrator’s charter and by-laws or constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or which is applicable to it or any of its assets;

 

(iii)          The Certificate Administrator has the full power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

 

(iv)          This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Certificate Administrator, enforceable against the Certificate Administrator in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (a) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the rights of creditors of national banking associations specifically and (b) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

 

(v)           The Certificate Administrator is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation, in the Certificate Administrator’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to affect materially and adversely either the ability of the

 

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Certificate Administrator to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Certificate Administrator;

 

(vi)          No litigation is pending or, to the best of the Certificate Administrator’s knowledge, threatened against the Certificate Administrator which would prohibit the Certificate Administrator from entering into this Agreement or, in the Certificate Administrator’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Certificate Administrator to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Certificate Administrator;

 

(vii)         No consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Certificate Administrator, or compliance by the Certificate Administrator with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order which has not been obtained or cannot be obtained prior to the actual performance by the Certificate Administrator of its obligations under this Agreement, and which, if not obtained would not have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Certificate Administrator to perform its obligations hereunder; and

 

(viii)        To its actual knowledge, the Certificate Administrator is not a Risk Retention Affiliate of the Third Party Purchaser.

 

Section 8.15          Compliance with the PATRIOT Act. In order to comply with the laws, rules, regulations and executive orders in effect from time to time applicable to banking institutions, including those relating to the funding of terrorist activities and money laundering (“Applicable Laws”), each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer is required to obtain, verify and record certain information relating to individuals and entities which maintain a business relationship with the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable. Accordingly, each of the parties to this Agreement agrees to provide to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer, upon its respective reasonable request from time to time such identifying information and documentation as may be available for such party in order to enable the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Special Servicer and the Master Servicer to comply with Applicable Laws.

 

[End of Article VIII]

 

Article IX

TERMINATION

 

Section 9.01          Termination upon Repurchase or Liquidation of All Mortgage Loans. Subject to this Section 9.01 and Section 9.02, the Trust and the respective obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement of the Certificate Administrator (other than the obligations of the Certificate Administrator to provide for and make payments to Certificateholders as hereafter set forth), the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer,

 

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the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee, shall terminate upon payment (or provision for payment) to the Certificateholders of all amounts held by the Certificate Administrator and required hereunder to be so paid on the Distribution Date following the earlier to occur of (i) the final payment (or related Advance) or other liquidation of the last Mortgage Loan and REO Property (as applicable) subject hereto, (ii) the purchase or other liquidation by the Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, in that order of priority, of all the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund at a price equal to (a) the sum of (1) the aggregate Purchase Price of all the Mortgage Loans (exclusive of REO Loans) included in the Trust Fund, (2) the Appraised Value of the Trust’s portion of each REO Property, if any, included in the Trust Fund (such Appraisals in clause (a)(2) to be conducted by an Independent MAI-designated appraiser selected by the Master Servicer, and approved by more than 50% of the Voting Rights of the Classes of Certificates then outstanding (other than the Controlling Class unless the Controlling Class is the only Class of Certificates then outstanding)) (which approval shall be deemed given unless more than 50% of such Certificateholders object within twenty (20) days of receipt of notice thereof), (3) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Master Servicer with respect to such termination, unless the Master Servicer is the purchaser of such Mortgage Loans and (4) if a Mortgaged Property secures a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan and is an “REO property” under the terms of the related Non-Serviced PSA, the pro rata portion of the fair market value of the related Mortgaged Property, as determined by the Non-Serviced Master Servicer in accordance with clause (2) above, minus (b) solely in the case where the Master Servicer is exercising such purchase right, the aggregate amount of unreimbursed Advances, together with any interest accrued and payable to the Master Servicer in respect of such Advances in accordance with Sections 3.03(d) and 4.03(d) and any unpaid Servicing Fees, remaining outstanding and payable solely to the Master Servicer (which items shall be deemed to have been paid or reimbursed to the Master Servicer in connection with such purchase) or (iii) so long as the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are no longer outstanding, the voluntary exchange by the Sole Certificateholder of all the outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for the remaining Mortgage Loans and REO Properties in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the immediately succeeding paragraph; provided, however, that in no event shall the Trust created hereby continue beyond the expiration of twenty-one (21) years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James’s, living on the date hereof.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5, Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (iii) of the first paragraph of this Section 9.01 by giving written notice to all the parties hereto no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated date of exchange. In the event that the Sole Certificateholder elects to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust in accordance with the preceding sentence,

 

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such Sole Certificateholder, not later than the Distribution Date on which the final distribution on the Certificates is to occur, shall deposit in the Collection Account an amount in immediately available funds equal to all amounts due and owing to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator hereunder through the date of the liquidation of the Trust that may be withdrawn from the Collection Account, or an escrow account acceptable to the respective parties hereto, pursuant to Section 3.05(a) or that may be withdrawn from the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.05(a), but only to the extent that such amounts are not already on deposit in the Collection Account. In addition, the Master Servicer shall transfer all amounts required to be transferred to the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account and the Excess Interest Distribution Account on the Master Servicer Remittance Date related to such Distribution Date in which the final distribution on the Certificates is to occur from the Collection Account pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.04(b) (provided, however, that if a Serviced Whole Loan is secured by REO Property, the portion of the above-described purchase price allocable to such Trust’s portion of REO Property shall initially be deposited into the related REO Account). Upon confirmation that such final deposits have been made and following the surrender of all its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) on the applicable Distribution Date, the Custodian shall, upon receipt of a Request for Release from the Master Servicer, release or cause to be released to the Sole Certificateholder or any designee thereof, the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans and shall execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments furnished to it by the Sole Certificateholder as shall be necessary to effectuate transfer of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties remaining in the Trust Fund, and the Trust shall be liquidated in accordance with Section 9.02. Solely for federal income tax purposes, the Sole Certificateholder shall be deemed to have purchased the assets of the Lower-Tier REMIC for an amount equal to the remaining aggregate Certificate Balance of the Principal Balance Certificates, plus accrued, unpaid interest with respect thereto, and the Certificate Administrator shall credit such amounts against amounts distributable in respect of such Certificates and the Related Lower-Tier Regular Interests.

 

The obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Companion Paying Agent shall terminate with respect to any Companion Loan to the extent (i) its related Serviced Mortgage Loan has been paid in full or is no longer part of the Trust Fund and (ii) no amounts payable by the related Companion Holder to or for the benefit of the Trust or any party hereto in accordance with the related Intercreditor Agreement remain due and owing.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, in that order of priority, may, at their option, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as contemplated by clause (ii) of the first paragraph of this Section 9.01 by giving written notice to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, and the other parties hereto no later than sixty (60) days prior to the anticipated date of purchase; provided, however, that the Holders of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may so elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund only on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date

 

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Balance of the Mortgage Loans as set forth in the Preliminary Statement. This purchase shall terminate the Trust and retire the then-outstanding Certificates. In the event that the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer purchases, or the Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates purchase, all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, as applicable, shall deposit in the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account not later than the Master Servicer Remittance Date relating to the Distribution Date on which the final distribution on the Certificates is to occur, an amount in immediately available funds equal to the above-described purchase price (exclusive of any portion thereof payable to any Person other than the Certificateholders pursuant to Section 3.05(a), which portion shall be deposited in the Collection Account). In addition, the Master Servicer shall transfer to the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account all amounts required to be transferred thereto on such Master Servicer Remittance Date from the Collection Account pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.04(b), together with any other amounts on deposit in the Collection Account that would otherwise be held for future distribution. Upon confirmation that such final deposits and payments have been made, the Custodian shall release or cause to be released to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, as applicable, the Mortgage Files for the remaining Mortgage Loans and shall execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments furnished to it by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, as applicable, as shall be necessary to effectuate transfer of the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties remaining in the Trust Fund.

 

For purposes of this Section 9.01, the Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class shall have the first option to terminate the Upper-Tier REMIC and Lower-Tier REMIC, then the Special Servicer, then the Master Servicer, and then the Holders of the Class R Certificates. For purposes of this Section 9.01, the Directing Certificateholder with the consent of the Holders of the Controlling Class, shall act on behalf of the Holders of the Controlling Class in purchasing the assets of the Trust and terminating the Trust.

 

Notice of any termination pursuant to this Section 9.01 shall be given promptly by the Certificate Administrator by letter to the Certificateholders, each Serviced Companion Noteholder and the 17g-5 Information Provider in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.13(c) (who shall promptly post a copy of such additional notice on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.13(c)) and, if not previously notified pursuant to this Section 9.01, to the other parties hereto mailed (a) in the event such notice is given in connection with the purchase of all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, not earlier than the 15th day and not later than the 25th day of the month next preceding the month of the final distribution on the Certificates, or (b) otherwise during the month of such final distribution on or before the P&I Advance Determination Date in such month, in each case specifying (i) the Distribution Date upon which the Trust will terminate and final payment of the Certificates will be made, (ii) the amount of any such final payment and (iii) that the Record Date otherwise applicable to such Distribution Date is not applicable, payments on Certificates being made only upon presentation and surrender of

 

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the Certificates at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location therein designated.

 

After transferring the Lower-Tier Distribution Amount and the amount of any Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges distributable to the Regular Certificates and Trust Components pursuant to Section 4.01(e) to the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account, in each case pursuant to Section 3.04(b) and upon presentation and surrender of the Certificates by the Certificateholders on the final Distribution Date, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to each Certificateholder so presenting and surrendering its Certificates (i) such Certificateholder’s Percentage Interest of that portion of the amounts then on deposit in the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account or Class VRR Distribution Account that are allocable to payments on the Class of Certificates so presented, and (ii) to the Holders of the Class Z, Class VRR-G and Class VRR Certificates so presented, any remaining amounts on deposit in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Any remaining amounts shall be distributed to the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LR Interest or the Class UR Interest, as applicable, Amounts transferred from the Lower-Tier REMIC Distribution Account to the Upper-Tier REMIC Distribution Account as of the final Distribution Date, shall be distributed in termination and liquidation of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Class LR Interest in accordance with Sections 4.01(a), 4.01(c), 4.01(d), 4.01(e) and 4.01(f). Any funds not distributed on such Distribution Date shall be set aside and held uninvested in trust for the benefit of the Certificateholders not presenting and surrendering their Certificates in the aforesaid manner and shall be disposed of in accordance with this Section 9.01 and Section 4.01(h).

 

Section 9.02          Additional Termination Requirements. In the event the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer purchases, or the Holders of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates purchase, all of the Mortgage Loans and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund as provided in Section 9.01, the Upper-Tier REMIC and Lower-Tier REMIC shall be terminated in accordance with the following additional requirements, which meet the definition of a “qualified liquidation” in Section 860F(a)(4) of the Code:

 

(i)            the Certificate Administrator shall specify the date of adoption of the plan of complete liquidation (which shall be the date of mailing of the notice specified in Section 9.01) in a statement attached to each of the related Trust REMICs’ final Tax Returns pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860F-1;

 

(ii)           during the 90-day liquidation period and at or prior to the time of the making of the final payment on the Certificates, the Certificate Administrator on behalf of the Trustee shall sell all of the assets of the related Trust REMICs to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Holders of the Controlling Class or the Holders of the Class R Certificates, as applicable, for cash; and

 

(iii)          within such 90-day liquidation period and immediately following the making of the final payment on the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Certificates, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute or credit, or cause to be distributed or credited, to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LR Interest (in the case of the Lower-Tier REMIC) and in respect of the Class UR Interest (in the case of the

 

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Upper-Tier REMIC) all cash on hand (other than cash retained to meet claims), and the Trust (if applicable) or the related Trust REMIC(s) shall terminate at that time.

 

[End of Article IX]

 

Article X

ADDITIONAL REMIC PROVISIONS

 

Section 10.01      REMIC Administration. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall make elections or cause elections to be made to treat each Trust REMIC as a REMIC under the Code and, if necessary, under Applicable State and Local Tax Law. Each such election will be made on Form 1066 or other appropriate federal tax return for the taxable year ending on the last day of the calendar year in which the Lower-Tier Regular Interests and the Certificates are issued. For the purposes of the REMIC election in respect of the Upper-Tier REMIC, each Class of the Regular Certificates and each Trust Component shall be designated as a class of “regular interests” and the Class UR Interest shall be designated as the sole class of “residual interests” in the Upper-Tier REMIC. For purposes of the REMIC election in respect of the Lower-Tier REMIC, each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests shall be designated as a class of “regular interests” and the Class LR Interest shall be designated as the sole class of “residual interests” in the Lower-Tier REMIC. None of the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Trustee shall permit the creation of any “interests” (within the meaning of Section 860G of the Code) in any Trust REMIC other than the foregoing interests.

 

(b)           The Closing Date is hereby designated as the “startup day” (“Startup Day”) of each Trust REMIC within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(9) of the Code.

 

(c)           The Certificate Administrator shall act on behalf of each Trust REMIC in relation to any tax matter or controversy involving either such Trust REMIC and shall represent each such Trust REMIC in any administrative or judicial proceeding relating to an examination or audit by any governmental taxing authority with respect thereto. The legal expenses, including without limitation attorneys’ or accountants’ fees, and costs of any such proceeding and any liability resulting therefrom shall be expenses of the Trust and the Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor out of amounts attributable to the Mortgage Loans and any REO Properties on deposit in the Collection Account as provided by Section 3.05(a) unless such legal expenses and costs are incurred by reason of the Certificate Administrator’s willful misconduct, bad faith or negligence. The Holder of the largest Percentage Interest of the Class R Certificates shall be the “tax matters person” of the Upper-Tier REMIC and the Lower-Tier REMIC pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860F 4(d). The duties of the tax matters person are hereby delegated to the Certificate Administrator as agent and attorney in fact for the related tax matters person. The Certificate Administrator shall be designated as the “representative” (as defined in Section 6223 of the Code) of the Upper Tier REMIC and the Lower Tier REMIC. By their acceptance thereof, the Holders of the Class R Certificates hereby agree to the designation of the Certificate Administrator as the agent and attorney in fact for the tax matters person and as the representative with respect to each Trust REMIC.

 

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(d)           The Certificate Administrator shall prepare or cause to be prepared and shall file, or cause to be filed, all of the Tax Returns that it determines are required with respect to each Trust REMIC created hereunder, and shall cause the Trustee to sign (and the Trustee shall timely sign) such Tax Returns in a timely manner. The ordinary expenses of preparing such returns shall be borne by the Certificate Administrator without any right of reimbursement therefor.

 

(e)           The Certificate Administrator shall provide or cause to be provided (i) to any Transferor of a Class R Certificate such information as is necessary for the application of any tax relating to the transfer of such Class R Certificate to any Person who is a Disqualified Organization, or in the case of a Transfer to an agent thereof, to such agent, (ii) to the Certificateholders such information or reports as are required by the Code or the REMIC Provisions including reports relating to interest, original issue discount and market discount or premium (using the Prepayment Assumption) and (iii) to the Internal Revenue Service a Form 8811, within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date. The Certificate Administrator shall prepare, and the Trustee shall sign, the Form 8811.

 

(f)            The Certificate Administrator shall take such actions and shall cause the Trust to take such actions as are reasonably within the Certificate Administrator’s control and the scope of its duties more specifically set forth herein as shall be necessary to maintain the status of each Trust REMIC as a REMIC under the REMIC Provisions and the Trustee shall assist the Certificate Administrator to the extent reasonably requested by the Certificate Administrator to do so. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall knowingly or intentionally take any action, cause the Trust to take any action or fail to take (or fail to cause to be taken) any action reasonably within its control and the scope of duties more specifically set forth herein, that, under the REMIC Provisions, if taken or not taken, as the case may be, could (i) cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or (ii) result in the imposition of a tax upon any Trust REMIC or the Trust (including but not limited to the tax on “prohibited transactions” as defined in Section 860F(a)(2) of the Code and the tax on contributions to a REMIC set forth in Section 860G(d) of the Code, but not including the tax on “net income from foreclosure property”) (either such event, an “Adverse REMIC Event”) unless the Certificate Administrator receives an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party seeking to take such action or, if such party fails to pay such expense, and the Certificate Administrator determines that taking such action is in the best interest of the Trust and the Certificateholders, at the expense of the Trust, but in no event at the expense of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee) to the effect that the contemplated action will not, with respect to the Trust or any Trust REMIC created hereunder, cause the loss of such status or, unless the Certificate Administrator determines in its sole discretion to indemnify the Trust against such tax, result in the imposition of such a tax (not including a tax on “net income from foreclosure property”). The Trustee shall not take or fail to take any action (whether or not authorized hereunder) as to which the Certificate Administrator has advised it in writing that it has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that an Adverse REMIC Event could occur with respect to such action. The Certificate Administrator may consult with counsel to make such written advice, and the cost of same shall be borne by the party seeking to take the action not expressly permitted by this Agreement, but in no event at the expense of the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee. At all times as may be required by the Code, the Certificate Administrator will to the extent within its control and the scope of its duties more specifically set forth herein, maintain substantially all of the assets of each Trust REMIC as

 

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“qualified mortgages” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code and “permitted investments” as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.

 

(g)           In the event that any applicable federal, state or local tax, including interest, penalties or assessments, additional amounts or additions to tax, is imposed on any Trust REMIC, such tax shall be charged against amounts otherwise distributable to the Certificateholders, except as provided in the last sentence of this Section 10.01(g); provided that with respect to the estimated amount of tax imposed on any “net income from foreclosure property” pursuant to Section 860G(c) of the Code or any similar tax imposed by a state or local tax authority, the Special Servicer shall retain in the related REO Account a reserve for the payment of such taxes in such amounts and at such times as it shall deem appropriate (or as advised by the Certificate Administrator in writing), and shall remit to the Master Servicer such reserved amounts as the Master Servicer shall request in order to pay such taxes. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, the Master Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection Account sufficient funds to pay or provide for the payment of, and to actually pay, such tax as is estimated to be legally owed by any Trust REMIC (but such authorization shall not prevent the Certificate Administrator from contesting, at the expense of the Trust (other than as a consequence of a breach of its obligations under this Agreement), any such tax in appropriate proceedings, and withholding payment of such tax, if permitted by law, pending the outcome of such proceedings). The Certificate Administrator is hereby authorized to and shall segregate, into a separate non-interest bearing account, the net income from any “prohibited transaction” under Section 860F(a) of the Code or the amount of any taxable contribution to any Trust REMIC after the Startup Day that is subject to tax under Section 860G(d) of the Code and use such income or amount, to the extent necessary, to pay such prohibited transactions tax. To the extent that any such tax (other than any such tax paid in respect of “net income from foreclosure property”) is paid to the Internal Revenue Service or applicable state or local tax authorities, the Certificate Administrator shall retain an equal amount from future amounts otherwise distributable to the Holders of Class R Certificates (as applicable) and shall distribute such retained amounts, (x) in the case of the Lower-Tier Regular Interests, to the Upper-Tier REMIC to the extent they are fully reimbursed for any Realized Losses arising therefrom and then to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class LR Interest in the manner specified in Section 4.01(c) and (y) in the case of the Upper-Tier REMIC, to the Holders of the Principal Balance Certificates and Trust Component in the manner specified in Section 4.01(a) and Section 4.01(b), to the extent they are fully reimbursed for any Realized Losses arising therefrom and then to the Holders of the Class R Certificates in respect of the Class UR Interest. None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer shall be responsible for any taxes imposed on any Trust REMIC except to the extent such taxes arise as a consequence of a breach of their respective obligations under this Agreement which breach constitutes willful misconduct, bad faith, or negligence by such party.

 

(h)           The Certificate Administrator shall, for federal income tax purposes, maintain or cause to be maintained books and records with respect to each Trust REMIC on a calendar year and on an accrual basis or as otherwise may be required by the REMIC Provisions.

 

(i)            Following the Startup Day, neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Trustee shall accept any contributions of assets to any Trust REMIC unless the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the

 

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party seeking to make such contribution) to the effect that the inclusion of such assets in such Trust REMIC will not cause an Adverse REMIC Event to occur.

 

(j)            Neither the Certificate Administrator nor the Trustee shall enter into any arrangement by which the Trust or any Trust REMIC will receive a fee or other compensation for services nor permit the Trust or any Trust REMIC to receive any income from assets other than “qualified mortgages” as defined in Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code or “permitted investments” as defined in Section 860G(a)(5) of the Code.

 

(k)           Solely for the purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-1(a)(4)(iii), the “latest possible maturity date” by which the Certificate Balance or Notional Amount of each Class of Regular Certificates or Trust Components and by which the Lower-Tier Principal Amount of each Class of Lower-Tier Regular Interests would be reduced to zero is the date that is the Rated Final Distribution Date.

 

(l)            None of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall sell, dispose of or substitute for any of the Mortgage Loans (except in connection with (i) the default, imminent default or foreclosure of a Mortgage Loan, including but not limited to, the acquisition or sale of a Mortgaged Property acquired by foreclosure or deed in lieu of foreclosure, (ii) the bankruptcy of the Trust, (iii) the termination of the Trust pursuant to Article IX of this Agreement or (iv) a purchase of Mortgage Loans pursuant to Article II or Article III of this Agreement) or acquire any assets for the Trust or any Trust REMIC or sell or dispose of any investments in the Collection Account or the REO Account for gain unless it has received an Opinion of Counsel that such sale, disposition or substitution will not (a) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or (b) unless the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, has determined in its sole discretion to indemnify the Trust against such tax, cause the Trust or any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on “prohibited transactions” pursuant to the REMIC Provisions.

 

(m)          The Certificate Administrator’s authority under this Agreement includes the authority to make, and the Certificate Administrator is hereby directed to make, any elections allowed under the Code (i) to avoid the application of Section 6221 of the Code (or successor provisions) to any Trust REMIC and (ii) to avoid payment by any Trust REMIC under Section 6225 of the Code (or successor provisions) of any tax, penalty, interest or other amount imposed under the Code that would otherwise be imposed on any Holder of Class R Certificate, past or present. Each Holder of Class R Certificate agrees, by acquiring such Certificate, to any such elections.

 

Section 10.02      Use of Agents. (a) The Trustee shall execute all of its obligations and duties under this Article X through its Corporate Trust Office. The Trustee may execute any of its obligations and duties under this Article X either directly or by or through agents or attorneys. The Trustee shall not be relieved of any of its duties or obligations under this Article X by virtue of the appointment of any such agents or attorneys.

 

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Administrator shall not be relieved of any of its duties or obligations under this Article X by virtue of the appointment of any such agents or attorneys.

 

Section 10.03      Depositor, Master Servicer and Special Servicer to Cooperate with Certificate Administrator. (a) The Depositor shall provide or cause to be provided to the Certificate Administrator within ten (10) days after the Depositor receives a request from the Certificate Administrator, all information or data that the Certificate Administrator reasonably determines to be relevant for tax purposes as to the valuations and issue prices of the Certificates, including, without limitation, the price, yield, Prepayment Assumptions and projected cash flow of the Certificates.

 

(b)           The Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall each furnish such reports, certifications and information, and upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours, access to such books and records maintained thereby, as may relate to the Certificates or the Trust and as shall be reasonably requested by the Certificate Administrator in order to enable it to perform its duties hereunder.

 

Section 10.04      Appointment of REMIC Administrators. (a) The Certificate Administrator may appoint at the Certificate Administrator’s expense, one or more REMIC Administrators, which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Certificate Administrator in performing the functions set forth in Section 10.01 herein. The Certificate Administrator shall cause any such REMIC Administrator to execute and deliver to the Certificate Administrator an instrument in which REMIC Administrator shall agree to act in such capacity, with the obligations and responsibilities herein. The appointment of a REMIC Administrator shall not relieve the Certificate Administrator from any of its obligations hereunder, and the Certificate Administrator shall remain responsible and liable for all acts and omissions of the REMIC Administrator. Each REMIC Administrator must be acceptable to the Certificate Administrator and must be organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any State and be subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities. In the absence of any other Person appointed in accordance herewith acting as REMIC Administrator, the Certificate Administrator hereby agrees to act in such capacity in accordance with the terms hereof. If Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is removed as Certificate Administrator, then Wells Fargo Bank, National Association shall be terminated as REMIC Administrator.

 

(b)           Any Person into which any REMIC Administrator may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion, or consolidation to which any REMIC Administrator shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency business of any REMIC Administrator, shall continue to be the REMIC Administrator without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Certificate Administrator or the REMIC Administrator.

 

(c)           Any REMIC Administrator may at any time resign by giving at least thirty (30) days’ advance written notice of resignation to the Trustee, the Certificate Registrar, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Depositor. The Certificate Administrator may at any time terminate the agency of any REMIC Administrator by giving written notice of termination to such REMIC Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Registrar and the Depositor. Upon receiving a notice of resignation or upon such a

 

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termination, or in case at any time any REMIC Administrator shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.04, the Certificate Administrator may appoint a successor REMIC Administrator, in which case the Certificate Administrator shall give written notice of such appointment to the Master Servicer, the Trustee and the Depositor and shall mail notice of such appointment to all Certificateholders; provided, however, that no successor REMIC Administrator shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section 10.04. Any successor REMIC Administrator upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and responsibilities of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as REMIC Administrator. No REMIC Administrator shall have responsibility or liability for any action taken by it as such at the direction of the Certificate Administrator.

 

[End of Article X]

 

Article XI

EXCHANGE ACT REPORTING AND REGULATION AB COMPLIANCE

 

Section 11.01      Intent of the Parties; Reasonableness. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the purpose of Article XI of this Agreement is to facilitate compliance by the Depositor (and any Other Depositor of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) with the provisions of Regulation AB and the related rules and regulations of the Commission. The Depositor shall not exercise its rights to request delivery of information or other performance under these provisions other than in reasonable good faith, or for purposes other than compliance with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and, in each case, the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The parties hereto acknowledge that interpretations of the requirements of Regulation AB may change over time, due to interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff, and agree to comply with requests made by the Depositor (or any Other Depositor or Other Trustee of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan) in good faith for delivery of information under these provisions on the basis of such evolving interpretations of Regulation AB (to the extent such interpretations require compliance and are not “grandfathered”). In connection with the JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, and any Other Securitization subject to Regulation AB that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Custodian and the Certificate Administrator shall cooperate fully with the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, and any Other Depositor, Other Trustee and Other Certificate Administrator of any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan, as applicable, to deliver or make available to the Depositor or the Certificate Administrator, and any such Other Depositor, Other Trustee or Other Certificate Administrator, as applicable (including any of its assignees or designees), any and all statements, reports, certifications, records and any other information (in its possession or reasonably attainable) necessary in the reasonable good faith determination of the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, to permit the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, to comply with the provisions of Regulation AB, together with such disclosures relating to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Custodian, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Certificate Administrator, as applicable,

 

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and any Sub-Servicer, or the servicing of the Mortgage Loans (and the related Serviced Companion Loan, if applicable), reasonably believed by the Depositor or the related Other Depositor to be necessary in order to effect such compliance. Each party to this Agreement shall have a reasonable period of time to comply with any written request made under this Section 11.01, but in any event, shall, upon reasonable advance written request, provide information in sufficient time to allow the Depositor and each Other Depositor to satisfy any related filing requirements. For purposes of this Article XI, to the extent any party has an obligation to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cause a third party to perform, such party hereunder shall not be required to bring any legal action against such third party in connection with such obligation.

 

Section 11.02      Succession; Subcontractors. (a) As a condition to the succession to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer or to any Sub-Servicer (but only if such Sub-Servicer is a Servicing Function Participant and a servicer as contemplated by Item 1108(a)(2)) as servicer or sub-servicer under this Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Master Servicer and Special Servicer or such Sub-Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the Master Servicer and Special Servicer or to any such Sub-Servicer, the person removing and replacing the Master Servicer and Special Servicer shall provide to the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Certificate Administrator, at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment (or such shorter period as is agreed to by the Depositor), (x) written notice to the Depositor of such succession or appointment and (y) in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor, all information relating to such successor reasonably requested by the Depositor in order to comply with its reporting obligation under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act); provided, however that if disclosing such information prior to such effective date would violate any applicable law or confidentiality agreement, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or any Additional Servicer, as the case may be, shall submit such disclosure to the Depositor no later than the first Business Day after the effective date of such succession or appointment.

 

(b)           Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Sub-Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator (each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator and each Sub-Servicer, for purposes of this Section 11.02, a “Servicer”) is permitted to utilize one or more Subcontractors to perform certain of its obligations hereunder; provided, that, with respect to the Operating Advisor, any such Subcontractor satisfies clauses (c), (d) and (f) of the definition of “Eligible Operating Advisor”. If such Subcontractor will be a Servicing Function Participant, such Servicer shall promptly upon written request provide to the Depositor or any Mortgage Loan Seller (and any Other Trustee, Other Certificate Administrator and Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a related Serviced Companion Loan) a written description (in form and substance satisfactory to the Depositor, such Mortgage Loan Seller or such Other Trustee, Other Certificate Administrator or Other Depositor, as applicable) of the role and function of each Subcontractor utilized by such Servicer, specifying (i) the identity of such Subcontractor and (ii) the elements of the Servicing Criteria that will be addressed in assessments of compliance provided by each such Subcontractor. As a condition to the utilization by such Servicer of any Subcontractor determined to be a Servicing Function

 

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Participant, such Servicer shall (i) with respect to any such Subcontractor engaged by such Servicer that is an Initial Sub-Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause, and (ii) with respect to any other subcontractor with which it has entered into a servicing relationship, cause such Subcontractor used by such Servicer for the benefit of the Depositor and the Trustee (and any Other Trustee, Other Certificate Administrator and Other Depositor related to any Other Securitization that includes a related Serviced Companion Loan) to comply with the provisions of Section 11.10 and Section 11.11 of this Agreement to the same extent as if such Subcontractor were such Servicer. With respect to any Servicing Function Participant engaged by such Servicer that is an Initial Sub-Servicer, such Servicer shall be responsible for using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, and with respect to each other Servicing Function Participant engaged by such Servicer, such Servicer shall obtain from each such Servicing Function Participant and deliver to the applicable Persons any assessment of compliance report and related accountant’s attestation required to be delivered by such Subcontractor under Section 11.10 and Section 11.11, in each case, as and when required to be delivered. For the avoidance of doubt, the Custodian shall not be permitted to utilize any Subcontractor to perform any of its obligations hereunder.

 

(c)                Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Servicer engages a Subcontractor, other than an Initial Sub-Servicer in connection with the performance of any of its duties under this Agreement, such Servicer shall be responsible for determining whether such Subcontractor is a “servicer” within the meaning of Item 1101 of Regulation AB and whether any such Subcontractor meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB. If a Servicer determines, pursuant to the preceding sentence, that such Subcontractor is a “servicer” within the meaning of Item 1101 of Regulation AB and meets the criteria in Item 1108(a)(2)(i), (ii) or (iii) of Regulation AB, then such Subcontractor shall be deemed to be a Sub-Servicer for purposes of this Agreement, the engagement of such Sub-Servicer shall not be effective unless and until notice is given to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator of any such Sub-Servicer and Sub-Servicing Agreement. Other than with respect to the Initial Sub-Servicer, no Sub-Servicing Agreement shall be effective until fifteen (15) days after such written notice is received by the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator (or such shorter period as is agreed to by the Depositor). Such notice shall contain all information reasonably necessary to enable the Certificate Administrator to accurately and timely report the event under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act).

 

(d)               In connection with the succession to the Trustee under this Agreement by any Person (i) into which the Trustee may be merged or consolidated, or (ii) which may be appointed as a successor to the Trustee, the Trustee shall deliver written notice to the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the 17g-5 Information Provider, which shall promptly post such notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), in each case at least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the effective date of such succession or appointment (or if such prior notice is violative of applicable law or any applicable confidentiality agreement, no later than one (1) Business Day after such effective date of succession) and shall furnish to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, in writing and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, all information reasonably necessary for the Certificate Administrator to accurately and timely report, pursuant to

 

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Section 11.07, the event under Item 6.02 of Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act (if such reports under the Exchange Act are required to be filed under the Exchange Act).

 

(e)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article XI, in connection with any Sub-Servicer and/or any Mortgage Loan that is the subject of an Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement, with respect to all matters related to Regulation AB, the Master Servicer shall not have any obligation other than to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Sub-Servicer to comply with its obligations under such Initial Sub-Servicing Agreement.

 

(f)            Any information furnished pursuant to this Section 11.02 shall also be provided, and subject to the reimbursement of any applicable expenses under Section 11.15, to each Other Depositor and each Other Certificate Administrator (to the extent the information relates to a party that services, specially services or is trustee for a Serviced Companion Loan) in the same time frame as set forth in this Section 11.02.

 

Section 11.03      Filing Obligations. (a) The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor in connection with the satisfaction of the Trust’s reporting requirements under the Exchange Act. Pursuant to Sections 11.04, 11.05, 11.06 and 11.07 of this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare for execution by the Depositor any Forms 8-K, 10-D, ABS-EE and 10-K required by the Exchange Act, in order to permit the timely filing thereof, and the Certificate Administrator shall file (via the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (“EDGAR”) system) such Forms executed by the Depositor.

 

Each party hereto shall be entitled to rely on the information in the Prospectus or this Agreement with respect to the identity of any “sponsor”, credit enhancer, derivative provider or “significant obligor” as of the Closing Date other than with respect to itself or any information required to be provided by it or indemnified for by it pursuant to any separate agreement.

 

(b)           In the event that the Certificate Administrator is unable to timely file with the Commission all or any required portion of any Form 8-K, 10-D, ABS-EE or 10-K required to be filed by this Agreement because required disclosure information was either not delivered to it or delivered to it after the delivery deadlines set forth in this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator will promptly notify the Depositor. In the case of Forms 10-D, ABS-EE and 10-K, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Trustee will thereupon cooperate to prepare and file a Form 12b-25 and a Form 10-D/A, Form ABS-EE/A or Form 10-K/A, as applicable, pursuant to Rule 12b-25 of the Exchange Act. In the case of Form 8-K, the Certificate Administrator will, upon receipt of all required Form 8-K Disclosure Information and upon the approval and direction of the Depositor, include such disclosure information on the next succeeding Form 10-D to be filed for the Trust. In the event that any previously filed Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will notify the Depositor, and such other parties as needed and the parties hereto will cooperate with the Certificate Administrator to prepare any necessary Form 8-K/A, Form 10-D/A, Form ABS-EE/A or Form 10-K/A. Any Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K shall be signed by an officer of the Depositor. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the

 

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performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 11.03 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 15, a Form 12b-25 or any amendment to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K is contingent upon the parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under Sections 11.03, 11.04, 11.05, 11.06, 11.07, 11.08, 11.09, 11.10, 11.11 and 11.15(g) of this Agreement. The Certificate Administrator shall have no liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file any such Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from any other party hereto needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 15, Form 12b-25 or any amendments to Form 8-K, Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE or Form 10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

 

Section 11.04      Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE Filings. (a) Within fifteen (15) days after each Distribution Date (subject to permitted extensions under the Exchange Act), the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 10-D required by the Exchange Act, in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act. The Certificate Administrator shall file each Form 10-D with a copy of the related Distribution Date Statement attached thereto. Any disclosure in addition to the Distribution Date Statement that is required to be included on Form 10-D (“Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”) shall, pursuant to the following paragraph be reported by the parties set forth on Exhibit BB to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator and approved by the Depositor, and the Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, absent such reporting, direction and approval.

 

For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, as set forth on Exhibit BB hereto, within five (5) calendar days after the related Distribution Date, (i) certain parties to this Agreement identified on Exhibit BB hereto shall be required to provide to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor (and in the case of any Servicing Function Participant, with a copy to the Master Servicer), to the extent a Regulation AB Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge, in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor and such providing parties, the form and substance of any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, if applicable; provided that information relating to any REO Account to be reported under “Item 8: Other Information” on Exhibit BB shall be reported by the Special Servicer to the Master Servicer within four (4) calendar days after the related Distribution Date on Exhibit MM; (ii) the parties listed on Exhibit BB hereto shall include with such Additional Form 10-D Disclosure, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit EE (except with respect to the reporting of REO Account balances which shall be delivered in the form of Exhibit MM hereto) and (iii) the Depositor shall approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D. Information delivered to the Certificate Administrator hereunder should be delivered by email to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com or by facsimile to (410) 715-2380, Attn: CTS SEC Notifications. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Exhibit BB of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure information. The Depositor

 

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shall be responsible for any reasonable expenses incurred by the Trustee or Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Additional Form 10-D Disclosure on Form 10-D pursuant to this paragraph.

 

The Certificate Administrator shall include in any Form 10-D filed by it (i) the information required by Rule 15Ga-1(a) of the Exchange Act concerning all assets held by the Trust that were subject of a demand for the repurchase of, or the substitution of a Qualified Substitute Mortgage Loan for, a Mortgage Loan contemplated by Section 2.03(b), (ii) a reference to the most recent Form ABS-15G filed by the Depositor and the Mortgage Loan Sellers, if applicable, and the SEC’s assigned “Central Index Key” for each such filer, (iii) to the extent such information is provided to the Certificate Administrator by the Master Servicer in the form of Exhibit MM hereto for inclusion therein within the time period described in this Section 11.04, the balances of the REO Account (to the extent the related information has been received from the Special Servicer within the time period specified in Section 11.04 hereof) and the Collection Account as of the related Distribution Date and as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date and (iv) the balances of the Distribution Accounts, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the Interest Reserve Account, in each case as of the related Distribution Date and as of the immediately preceding Distribution Date. The Depositor and the Mortgage Loan Sellers, in accordance with Section 6(b) of the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, shall deliver such information as described in clause (i) and clause (ii) of this paragraph.

 

Form 10-D requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding twelve (12) months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past ninety (90) days.” The Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing via cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com, no later than the 5th calendar day after the related Distribution Date with respect to the filing of a report on Form 10-D if the answer to the questions should be “no.” The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely on such representations in preparing, executing and/or filing any such report.

 

With respect to any Mortgage Loan that permits Additional Debt or mezzanine debt in the future, the Certificate Administrator shall include as part of any applicable Form 10-D filed by it, to the extent such information is received by the Certificate Administrator from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, substantially in the form of Exhibit KK (A) the amount of any such Additional Debt or mezzanine debt, as applicable, that is incurred during the related Collection Period, (B) the total debt service coverage ratio calculated on the basis of the Mortgage Loan and such Additional Debt or mezzanine debt, as applicable, and (C) the aggregate LTV Ratio calculated on the basis of the Mortgage Loan and such Additional Debt or mezzanine debt, as applicable.

 

The Depositor hereby directs the Certificate Administrator to include the following individual’s name and phone number on the cover of Forms 10-D and ABS-EE for each reporting period: Name: Kunal K. Singh, Telephone: (212) 834-5467. The Certificate Administrator may rely without further investigation that this information remains correct unless

 

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and until the Depositor provides the Certificate Administrator with a new individual’s name and phone number in writing.

 

Upon receipt of an Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer required to be delivered pursuant to Section 12.01(b), the Certificate Administrator shall (i) include such Asset Review Report Summary in Item 1B on the Form 10-D for such period in which such Asset Review Report Summary was delivered, and (ii) post such Asset Review Report Summary to the Certificate Administrator’s Website not later than two (2) Business Days after receipt of such Asset Review Report Summary from the Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

To the extent the Certificate Administrator receives a request from any Certificateholder or Certificate Owner to communicate with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners pursuant to Section 5.06, the Certificate Administrator shall include under Item 1B on the Form 10-D relating to the reporting period in which such request was received a Special Notice regarding the request to communicate, and such Special Notice is required to include the following and no more than the following: (a) the name of the Certificateholder or Certificate Owner making the request, (b) the date the request was received, (c) a statement to the effect that the Certificate Administrator has received such request, stating that such Certificateholder or Certificate Owner is interested in communicating with other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners with regard to the possible exercise of rights under this Agreement, and (d) a description of the method other Certificateholders or Certificate Owners may use to contact the requesting Certificateholder or Certificate Owner.

 

(b)           After preparing the Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically copies of the Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE to the Depositor for review no later than ten (10) calendar days after the related Distribution Date or, if the 10th calendar day after the related Distribution Date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day. Within two (2) Business Days after receipt of such copies, but no later than the two (2) Business Days prior to the 15th calendar day after the Distribution Date, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE, respectively, and, a duly authorized officer of the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. Alternatively, if the Certificate Administrator agrees in its sole discretion, the Depositor may deliver to the Certificate Administrator manually signed copies of a power of attorney meeting the requirements of Item 601(b)(24) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, and certified copies of a resolution of the Depositor’s board of directors authorizing such power of attorney, each to be filed with each Form 10-D and each Form ABS-EE, as applicable, in which case the Certificate Administrator shall sign such Forms 10-D and Forms ABS-EE, as applicable, as attorney in fact for the Depositor. As provided in Section 11.04(c), the Certificate Administrator shall file such Form ABS-EE, upon receipt of the Depositor’s signature thereof, prior to the filing of the related Form 10-D. If a Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 11.03(b). Promptly after filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator shall make available on its Internet website a final

 

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executed copy of each Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE filed by the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor for any Form 10-D or Form ABS-EE can be contacted at Bianca Russo, Managing Director and Secretary, J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., 383 Madison Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10179, telecopy number: (917) 464-6116, with a copy to Kunal Singh, President and CEO, J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., 383 Madison Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10179, telecopy number: (212) 834-6029. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 11.04(b) and Section 11.04(c) related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-D and Form ABS-EE, as applicable, is contingent upon such parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 11.04(b) and Section 11.04(c). Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any liability for any loss, expense, damage, or claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file such Form 10-D or such Form ABS-EE, respectively, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from any party to this Agreement needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-D or such Form ABS-EE, respectively, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

 

(c)           Prior to the filing of each Form 10-D by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 11.04(a), the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form ABS-EE in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any Form ABS-EE required to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference in either the preliminary Prospectus or the final Prospectus. The Certificate Administrator shall file each Form ABS-EE with a copy of the related CREFC® Schedule AL File received by the Certificate Administrator pursuant to Section 3.12(d) as Exhibit 102 thereto. To the extent the Certificate Administrator receives any Schedule AL Additional File with respect to such Form ABS-EE pursuant to Section 3.12(d), the Certificate Administrator shall file such Schedule AL Additional File as Exhibit 103 to such Form ABS-EE. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to combine multiple CREFC® Schedule AL Files or Schedule AL Additional Files. The Certificate Administrator shall not be required to review, redact, reconcile, edit or verify the content, completeness or accuracy of the information contained in any CREFC® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File. After preparing the Form ABS-EE, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically a copy of such Form ABS-EE (together with the related CREFC® Schedule AL File and any Schedule AL Additional File received by the Certificate Administrator) concurrently with the related Form 10-D to the Depositor for review and approval. Any questions are to be directed to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association at the email address provided with the submission of the CREFC® Schedule AL File and Schedule AL Additional File (or such other email address or phone number provided to the Certificate Administrator and Depositor by written notice from the Master Servicer). The Master Servicer shall reasonably cooperate with the Depositor to answer any reasonable questions that the Depositor may pose to the Master Servicer regarding the data or information contained in any CREFC® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File (other than questions regarding data that is in the Initial Schedule AL File, Initial Schedule AL Additional File or the Annex A to the Prospectus) as of the time the Master Servicer delivered such CREFC® Schedule AL File or Schedule AL Additional File, as applicable, to the Certificate

 

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Administrator. The Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Depositor, as applicable, shall each, to the extent related to such party’s obligations hereunder, reasonably cooperate to remedy any filing errors regarding any CREFC® Schedule AL File or any Schedule AL Additional File promptly.

 

Section 11.05      Form 10-K Filings. (a) Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Trust (it being understood that the fiscal year for the Trust ends on December 31 of each year) or such earlier date as may be required by the Exchange Act (the “10-K Filing Deadline”), commencing in March 2018, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust a Form 10-K, in form and substance as required by the Exchange Act. Each such Form 10-K shall include the following items, in each case to the extent they have been delivered to the Certificate Administrator within the applicable time frames set forth in this Agreement:

 

(i)            an annual compliance statement for the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian and each Additional Servicer, as described under Section 11.09, including disclosure regarding any material instance of noncompliance and the nature and status thereof;

 

(ii)           (A) the annual reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor, each Additional Servicer and each other Servicing Function Participant utilized by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Trustee, as described under Section 11.10; and

 

(B)            if any such report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section 11.10 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance (including whether such instance of noncompliance involved the servicing of the assets backing the Certificates issued pursuant to this Agreement and any steps taken to remedy such instance of noncompliance), or if such report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria described under Section 11.10 is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K, disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included;

 

(iii)          (A) the registered public accounting firm attestation report for the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor, each Additional Servicer and each Servicing Function Participant utilized by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Trustee, as described under Section 11.11; and

 

(B)              if any registered public accounting firm attestation report described under Section 11.11 identifies any material instance of noncompliance, disclosure identifying such instance of noncompliance, or if any such registered public accounting firm attestation report is not included as an exhibit to such Form 10-K,

 

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disclosure that such report is not included and an explanation why such report is not included; and

 

(iv)          a certification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit Y, with such changes as may be necessary or appropriate as a result of changes promulgated by the Commission (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Certification”), which shall, except as described below, be signed by the senior officer of the Depositor in charge of securitization.

 

Any disclosure or information in addition to (i) through (iv) above that is required to be included on Form 10-K (“Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”) shall, pursuant to the following paragraph be reported by the parties set forth on Exhibit CC to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator and approved by the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, absent such reporting, direction and approval. Information delivered to the Certificate Administrator hereunder should be delivered (i) by email to cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com and also (ii) by email to form10K.compliance@cwt.com.

 

As set forth on Exhibit CC hereto, no later than March 1st of each year that the Trust is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements, commencing in 2018, (i) the parties listed on Exhibit CC shall be required to provide to the Certificate Administrator and the Depositor, to the extent a Regulation AB Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge, in EDGAR-Compatible Format or in such other format as otherwise agreed upon by the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor and such providing parties, the form and substance of any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, if applicable, (ii) the parties listed on Exhibit CC hereto shall include with such Additional Form 10-K Disclosure, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit EE and (iii) the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator has any duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Exhibit CC of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable expenses incurred by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Additional Form 10-K Disclosure on Form 10-K pursuant to this paragraph.

 

Form 10-K requires the registrant to indicate (by checking “yes” or “no”) that it “(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding twelve (12) months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past ninety (90) days.” The Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing via cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com, no later than March 1st with respect to the filing of a report on Form 10-K, if the answer to the questions should be “no.” The Certificate Administrator shall be entitled to rely on such representations in preparing, executing and/or filing any such report.

 

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Days prior to the 10-K Filing Deadline. Within three (3) Business Days after receipt of such copy, but no later than March 25th, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form 10-K and the senior officer in charge of securitization for the Depositor shall sign the Form 10-K and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 10-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator at such time. If a Form 10-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 10-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator shall follow the procedures set forth in Section 11.03(b). Promptly after filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator shall make available on its Internet website a final executed copy of each Form 10-K filed by the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at Bianca Russo, Managing Director and Secretary, J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., 383 Madison Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10179, telecopy number: (917) 464-6116, with a copy to Kunal Singh, President and CEO, J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., 383 Madison Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10179, telecopy number: (212) 834-6029. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 11.05 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 10-K is contingent upon the parties to this Agreement (and any Additional Servicer or Servicing Function Participant engaged or utilized, as applicable, by any such parties) observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 11.05. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file such Form 10-K, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from the parties to this Agreement (or any Sub-Servicer or Servicing Function Participant engaged by any such parties) needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 10-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

 

(c)                Upon written request from any Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator shall confirm to such Mortgage Loan Seller, Master Servicer or Special Servicer whether it has received notice that any party to this Agreement has changed since the Closing Date and will provide to such Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, if known to the Certificate Administrator, the identity of the new party.

 

Section 11.06      Sarbanes-Oxley Certification. Each Form 10-K shall include a Sarbanes-Oxley Certification in the form attached as Exhibit Y required to be included therewith pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. For so long as the Trust or the trust for any Other Securitization is subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer (in the case of the Asset Representations Reviewer, solely with respect to reporting periods in which the Asset Representations Reviewer is required to conduct an Asset Review or prepare or deliver an Asset Review Report) shall provide, and (i) with respect to each Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, that is a Servicing Function Participant use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Initial Sub-Servicer to provide, and (ii) with respect to each other Servicing Function Participant with which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the

 

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Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, shall cause such Servicing Function Participant to provide, to each Person who signs the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification for the Trust or any Other Securitization that includes a Serviced Companion Loan (individually and collectively, the “Certifying Person”), on or before March 1st of each year commencing in March 2018, a certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibits Z-1, Z-2, Z-3, Z-4, Z-5, Z-6 or Z-7 (each, a “Performance Certification”), as applicable, on which the Certifying Person, each entity for which such Certifying Person acts as an officer (if the Certifying Person is an individual), and such entity’s officers, directors and Affiliates (collectively with the Certifying Person, “Certification Parties”) can reasonably rely; provided that, if a Servicing Function Participant (other than an Initial Sub-Servicer) with which the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans fails to provide a Performance Certification, the Performance Certification provided by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor, as applicable, that engaged such Servicing Function Participant shall not exclude information that would have been provided by such Servicing Function Participant. In addition, in the event that any Serviced Companion Loan is deposited into a commercial mortgage securitization (including an “Other Securitization”) and the Reporting Servicer is provided with timely and complete contact information for the parties to such Other Securitization, each Reporting Servicer, upon not less than thirty (30) days prior written request, shall provide to the Person who signs the Sarbanes-Oxley Certification with respect to such Other Securitization either the Performance Certification or a separate certification in form and substance similar to applicable Performance Certification (which shall address the matters contained in the applicable Performance Certification, but solely with respect to the related Companion Loan) on which such Person, the entity for which the Person acts as an officer (if the Person is an individual), and such entity’s officers, directors and Affiliates can reasonably rely. With respect to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan, the Certificate Administrator will use its reasonable efforts to procure a Sarbanes-Oxley Certification from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee in form and substance similar to a Performance Certification. The senior officer in charge of securitization for the Depositor shall serve as the Certifying Person on behalf of the Trust. In addition, each Reporting Servicer shall execute a reasonable reliance certificate (which may be included as part of such other certifications being delivered by such Reporting Servicer) to enable the Certification Parties to rely upon each (i) annual compliance statement provided pursuant to Section 11.09, if applicable, (ii) annual report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria provided pursuant to Section 11.10 and (iii) accountant’s report provided pursuant to Section 11.11, and shall include a certification that each such annual compliance statement or report discloses any deficiencies or defaults described to the registered public accountants of such Reporting Servicer to enable such accountants to render the certificates provided for in Section 11.11. In the event any Reporting Servicer is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or any applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing agreement, as the case may be, such Reporting Servicer shall provide a certification to the Certifying Person pursuant to this Section 11.06 with respect to the period of time it was subject to this Agreement or the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement, as the case may be. Each such Performance Certification shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other

 

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format agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and such providing parties. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 11.06 shall require any Reporting Servicer (i) to certify or verify the accurateness or completeness of any information provided to such Reporting Servicer by third parties (including a Significant Obligor, but other than an Additional Servicer or a Sub-Servicer appointed pursuant to Section 3.20), (ii) to certify information other than to such Reporting Servicer’s knowledge and in accordance with such Reporting Servicer’s responsibilities hereunder or (iii) with respect to completeness of information and reports, to certify anything other than that all fields of information called for in written reports prepared by such Reporting Servicer have been completed except as they have been left blank on their face.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 11.06, with respect to each year in which the Trust is not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, none of the parties required to deliver any certification under this Section 11.06 shall be obligated to do so.

 

Section 11.07      Form 8-K Filings. Within four (4) Business Days after the occurrence of an event requiring disclosure on Form 8-K (each such event, a “Reportable Event”), and if requested by the Depositor and to the extent it receives the Form 8-K Disclosure Information described below, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file on behalf of the Trust any Form 8-K, as required by the Exchange Act, provided that the Depositor shall file the initial Form 8-K in connection with the issuance of the Certificates. Any disclosure or information related to a Reportable Event or that is otherwise required to be included on Form 8-K (“Form 8-K Disclosure Information”) shall, pursuant to the following paragraph be reported by the parties set forth on Exhibit DD to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator and approved by the Depositor, and the Certificate Administrator will have no duty or liability for any failure hereunder to determine or prepare any Form 8-K Disclosure Information or any Form 8-K, absent such reporting, direction and approval.

 

As set forth on Exhibit DD hereto, for so long as the Trust is subject to the Exchange Act reporting requirements, no later than close of business, New York City time, on the 2nd Business Day after the occurrence of a Reportable Event (i) the parties set forth on Exhibit DD hereto shall be required to provide to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, to the extent a Regulation AB Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge, in EDGAR-Compatible Format or in such other format agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and such providing parties any Form 8-K Disclosure Information, if applicable, (ii) the parties listed on Exhibit DD hereto shall include with such Form 8-K Disclosure Information, an Additional Disclosure Notification in the form attached hereto as Exhibit EE and (iii) the Depositor will approve, as to form and substance, or disapprove, as the case may be, the inclusion of the Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form 8-K. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator has any duty under this Agreement to monitor or enforce the performance by the parties listed on Exhibit DD of their duties under this paragraph or proactively solicit or procure from such parties any Form 8-K Disclosure Information. The Depositor will be responsible for any reasonable expenses incurred by the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator in connection with including any Form 8-K Disclosure Information on Form 8-K pursuant to this paragraph. Information delivered to the Certificate Administrator hereunder should be delivered by email to

 

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cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com or by facsimile to (410) 715-2380, Attn: CTS SEC Notifications.

 

After preparing the Form 8-K, the Certificate Administrator shall forward electronically a copy of the Form 8-K to the Depositor for review no later than noon, New York City time, on the 3rd Business Day after the Reportable Event, but in no event earlier than 24 hours after having received the Form 8-K Disclosure Information pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph. Promptly, but no later than the close of business on the 3rd Business Day after the Reportable Event, the Depositor shall notify the Certificate Administrator in writing (which may be furnished electronically) of any changes to or approval of such Form 8-K. No later than noon, New York City time, on the 4th Business Day after the Reportable Event, a duly authorized officer of the Depositor shall sign the Form 8-K and return an electronic or fax copy of such signed Form 8-K (with an original executed hard copy to follow by overnight mail) to the Certificate Administrator. If a Form 8-K cannot be filed on time or if a previously filed Form 8-K needs to be amended, the Certificate Administrator will follow the procedures set forth in Section 11.03(b). Promptly after filing with the Commission, the Certificate Administrator will, make available on its Internet website a final executed copy of each Form 8-K filed by the Certificate Administrator. The signing party at the Depositor can be contacted at Bianca Russo, Managing Director and Secretary, J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., 383 Madison Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10179, telecopy number: (917) 464-6116, with a copy to Kunal Singh, President and CEO, J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., 383 Madison Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10179, telecopy number: (212) 834-6029. The parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the performance by the Certificate Administrator of its duties under this Section 11.07 related to the timely preparation and filing of Form 8-K is contingent upon such parties observing all applicable deadlines in the performance of their duties under this Section 11.07. Neither the Trustee nor the Certificate Administrator shall have any liability for any loss, expense, damage, claim arising out of or with respect to any failure to properly prepare, arrange for execution and/or timely file such Form 8-K, where such failure results from the Certificate Administrator’s inability or failure to receive, on a timely basis, any information from the parties to this Agreement needed to prepare, arrange for execution or file such Form 8-K, not resulting from its own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

 

The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall promptly notify (and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall (i) with respect to each Initial Sub-Servicer that is an Additional Servicer engaged by such Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Additional Servicer to promptly notify and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans (other than a party to this Agreement) cause such Additional Servicer to promptly notify) the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator, but in no event later than noon, New York City time, on the 2nd Business Day after its occurrence, of any Reportable Event applicable to such party to the extent a Regulation AB Servicing Officer or Responsible Officer, as the case may be, has actual knowledge, in EDGAR-Compatible Format.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11.07, with respect to each year in which the Trust is not subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, none of the parties hereto are required to deliver Form 8-K Disclosure Information.

 

For so long as the Trust is subject to the reporting obligations of the Exchange Act, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan serviced under the related Non-Serviced PSA, no resignation, removal or replacement of any party to such Non-Serviced PSA that would be required to be reported on a Form 8-K relating to this Trust shall become effective with respect to this Trust until the Certificate Administrator has filed any required Form 8-K pursuant to this Section 11.07.

 

Section 11.08      Form 15 Filing. On or prior to January 30th of the first year in which the Depositor shall provide notice to the Certificate Administrator of its ability under applicable law to suspend its Exchange Act filings, the Certificate Administrator shall prepare and file a notification relating to the automatic suspension of reporting in respect of the Trust under the Exchange Act (the “Form 15 Suspension Notification”) or any form necessary to be filed with the Commission to suspend such reporting obligations. With respect to any reporting period occurring after the filing of such form, the obligations of the parties to this Agreement under Section 11.04, Section 11.05 and Section 11.07 shall be suspended and reports or certifications due under Section 11.09, 11.10 and 11.11 shall not be due until April 15th of each year. The Certificate Administrator shall provide prompt notice to the Mortgage Loan Sellers and all other parties hereto that such form has been filed. If, after the filing of a Form 15 Suspension Notification, the Depositor shall provide notice to the Certificate Administrator that it is required to resume its Exchange Act filings, the Certificate Administrator shall recommence preparing and filing reports on Forms 10-K, 10-D, ABS-EE and 8-K as required pursuant to Section 11.04, Section 11.05 and Section 11.07, and all parties’ obligations under this Article XI shall recommence.

 

Section 11.09      Annual Compliance Statements. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (regardless of whether the Special Servicer has commenced special servicing of a Mortgage Loan), the Custodian, the Trustee (provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to deliver an assessment of compliance with respect to any period during which there was no Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it) and the Certificate Administrator (each, a “Certifying Servicer”) shall (and each such party shall (i) with respect to each Additional Servicer engaged by the Certifying Servicer that is an Initial Sub-Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Additional Servicer to and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer that is also a Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such Additional Servicer to), on or before March 1st of each year commencing in March 2018, furnish to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (which copy shall be deemed furnished by the Certificate Administrator when made available on its Internet website), the Depositor and the 17g-5 Information Provider (who shall post to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website), an Officer’s Certificate, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit HH (or such other form, similar in substance, as may be reasonably acceptable to the Depositor) stating, as to the signer thereof, that (A) a review of such Certifying Servicer’s activities during the preceding calendar year or portion thereof and of such Certifying Servicer’s performance under this Agreement, or the applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing agreement in the case of an Additional Servicer,

 

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has been made under such officer’s supervision and (B) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, such Certifying Servicer has fulfilled all its obligations under this Agreement, or the applicable sub-servicing agreement or primary servicing agreement in the case of an Additional Servicer, in all material respects throughout such year or portion thereof, or, if there has been a failure to fulfill any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such failure known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. Such Officer’s Certificate shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and such providing parties. Each Certifying Servicer shall (i) with respect to each Additional Servicer engaged by such Certifying Servicer that is an Initial Sub-Servicer, cause (or, in the case of a sub-servicer that is also a Servicing Function Participant that a Mortgage Loan Seller requires the Master Servicer to retain, to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause) such Additional Servicer, and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such Additional Servicer to forward a copy of each such statement (or, in the case of the Certificate Administrator, make a copy of each such statement available on its Internet website) to the Directing Certificateholder and the 17g-5 Information Provider. With respect to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan, the Certificate Administrator will use its reasonable efforts to procure such Officer’s Certificate from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee in form and substance similar to the form attached hereto as Exhibit HH. Promptly after receipt of each such Officer’s Certificate, the Depositor may review each such Officer’s Certificate and, if applicable, consult with the Certifying Servicer as to the nature of any failures by the Certifying Servicer or any related Additional Servicer with which the Certifying Servicer has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans in the fulfillment of any of the Certifying Servicer’s or Additional Servicer’s obligations hereunder or under the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement. The obligations of the Certifying Servicer and each Additional Servicer under this Section 11.09 apply to the Certifying Servicer and each Additional Servicer that serviced a Mortgage Loan during the applicable period, whether or not such Certifying Servicer or Additional Servicer is acting as the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or Additional Servicer at the time such Officer’s Certificate is required to be delivered. None of the Master Servicer, Special Servicer or Additional Servicer shall be required to cause the delivery of any such statement until April 15 in any given year so long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor (or, in the case of an Other Securitization, the related Other Depositor) that a report on Form 10-K is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust or the trust for any Other Securitization for the preceding calendar year.

 

In the event the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such party shall provide, and each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall (i) with respect to an Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by such party that is an Additional Servicer that resigns or is terminated under any applicable servicing agreement, use its reasonable efforts to cause such Additional Servicer to provide and (ii) with respect to any other Additional Servicer engaged by such party that resigns or is terminated under any applicable servicing agreement, cause such Additional Servicer to provide, an annual statement of compliance pursuant to this Section 11.09 with respect to the period of time that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer,

 

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the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator was subject to this Agreement or the period of time that such Additional Servicer was subject to such other servicing agreement.

 

Section 11.10      Annual Reports on Assessment of Compliance with Servicing Criteria. (a) On or before March 1st of each year commencing in March 2018, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (regardless of whether the Special Servicer has commenced special servicing of the Mortgage Loans), the Trustee (provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to deliver an assessment of compliance with respect to any period during which there was no Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it), the Custodian, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and each Additional Servicer, each at its own expense, shall furnish (and each such party shall (i) with respect to each Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by such Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Trustee, Operating Advisor, Custodian or Certificate Administrator that is a Servicing Function Participant, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant to furnish and (ii) with respect to each other Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such Servicing Function Participant to furnish) to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor (which copy shall be deemed furnished by the Certificate Administrator when made available on its Internet website) (and, with respect to the Special Servicer, also to the Operating Advisor), and the 17g-5 Information Provider, a report substantially in the form of Exhibit II or such other form provided by such Reporting Servicer that complies in all material respects with the requirements of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, on an assessment of compliance with the Servicing Criteria applicable to it that contains (A) a statement by such Reporting Servicer of its responsibility for assessing compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (B) a statement that such Reporting Servicer used the Relevant Servicing Criteria to assess compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, (C) such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for the period ending the end of the fiscal year covered by the Form 10-K required to be filed pursuant to Section 11.05, including, if there has been any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria, a discussion of each such failure and the nature and status thereof, and (D) a statement that a registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria as of and for such period. With respect to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan, the Certificate Administrator will use its reasonable efforts to procure such report from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee in form and substance similar to the form attached hereto as Exhibit II. Such report shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the Reporting Servicer.

 

Each such report shall be addressed to the Depositor and signed by an authorized officer of the applicable company, and shall address the Relevant Servicing Criteria specified on a certification substantially in the form of Exhibit AA hereto delivered to the Depositor on the Closing Date. Promptly after receipt of each such report, (i) the Depositor may review each such report and, if applicable, consult with each Reporting Servicer as to the nature of any material instance of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it (and each Servicing Function Participant engaged or utilized by each Reporting Servicer, as applicable), and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall confirm that the assessments taken individually address the Relevant Servicing Criteria for each party as set forth on Exhibit AA and notify the

 

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Depositor of any exceptions. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee or any Servicing Function Participant shall be required to cause the delivery of any such assessments until April 15th in any given year so long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor (or, in the case of an Other Securitization, the related Other Depositor) that a report on Form 10-K is not required to be filed in respect of the Trust or the trust for any Other Securitization for the preceding calendar year.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time that the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee are the same entity, the Certificate Administrator and Trustee may provide a combined assessment of compliance required pursuant to this Section 11.10(a) in respect of their combined Relevant Servicing Criteria as set forth on Exhibit AA hereto.

 

(b)           The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator hereby acknowledge and agree that the Relevant Servicing Criteria set forth on Exhibit AA is appropriately set forth with respect to such party and any Servicing Function Participant with which the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Trustee, Operating Advisor or Certificate Administrator has entered into a servicing relationship.

 

(c)           No later than ten (10) Business Days after the end of each fiscal year for the Trust, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall notify the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor and each Mortgage Loan Seller as to the name of each Additional Servicer engaged by it and each Servicing Function Participant utilized by it, in each case other than with respect to any Initial Sub-Servicer, and the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall notify the Depositor and each Mortgage Loan Seller as to the name of each Servicing Function Participant utilized by it, in each case by providing an updated Exhibit GG, and each such notice (except to a Mortgage Loan Seller) shall specify what specific Servicing Criteria will be addressed in the report on assessment of compliance prepared by such Servicing Function Participant. When the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Operating Advisor submit their assessments pursuant to Section 11.10(a), the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and the Operating Advisor, as applicable, shall also at such time include the assessment (and related attestation pursuant to Section 11.11) of each Servicing Function Participant engaged by it.

 

In the event the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator is terminated or resigns pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such party shall provide, and each such party shall cause any Servicing Function Participant engaged by it to provide (and each of the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall (i) with respect to an Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by such Master Servicer or Special Servicer that is an Additional Servicer that resigns or is terminated under any applicable servicing agreement, use its reasonable efforts to cause such Additional Servicer and (ii) with respect to any other Additional Servicer that resigns or is terminated under any applicable servicing agreement, cause such Additional Servicer to provide) an annual assessment of compliance pursuant to this Section 11.10, coupled with an attestation as required in Section 11.11 with respect to the period of time that the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator was subject to

 

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this Agreement or the period of time that the Additional Servicer was subject to such other servicing agreement.

 

(d)           The Operating Advisor may at any time request from the Certificate Administrator confirmation of whether a Control Termination Event, Consultation Termination Event or Operating Advisor Consultation Event occurred during the previous calendar year, and upon such request the Certificate Administrator shall deliver such confirmation to the Operating Advisor within fifteen (15) days of such request.

 

Section 11.11      Annual Independent Public Accountants’ Attestation Report. On or before March 1st of each year commencing in March 2018, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator, each at its own expense, shall cause (and each such party shall (i) with respect to each Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by such Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Trustee, Operating Advisor or Certificate Administrator that is a Servicing Function Participant use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Servicing Function Participant to cause and (ii) with respect to each other Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such Servicing Function Participant to cause) a registered public accounting firm (which may also render other services to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor or the applicable Servicing Function Participant, as the case may be) and that is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to furnish a report to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator (who will promptly post such report on the Certificate Administrator’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b)) and the Depositor, the 17g-5 Information Provider and, prior to the occurrence of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder, and, promptly, but not earlier than the second Business Day following the delivery of such report to the 17g-5 Information Provider, to the Rating Agencies, to the effect that (i) it has obtained a representation regarding certain matters from the management of such Reporting Servicer, which includes an assertion that such Reporting Servicer has complied with the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it and (ii) on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm in accordance with standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB, it is issuing an opinion as to whether such Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria applicable to it was fairly stated in all material respects. In the event that an overall opinion cannot be expressed, such registered public accounting firm shall state in such report why it was unable to express such an opinion. Each such related accountant’s attestation report shall be made in accordance with Rules 1-02(a)(3) and 2-02(g) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Such report must be available for general use and not contain restricted use language. With respect to any Non-Serviced Companion Loan, the Certificate Administrator will use its reasonable efforts to procure such report from the applicable Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and Non-Serviced Trustee. Copies of such statement will be provided by the Certificate Administrator in accordance with Section 3.13(b). Such report shall be provided in EDGAR-Compatible Format, or in such other format agreed upon by the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator and the providing parties.

 

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Servicing Function Participant, (i) the Depositor may review the report and, if applicable, consult with the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator as to the nature of any defaults by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator or any Servicing Function Participant with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, as the case may be, in the fulfillment of any of the Master Servicer’s, the Special Servicer’s, the Trustee’s, the Certificate Administrator’s, the Operating Advisor’s, the Custodian’s or the applicable Servicing Function Participants’ obligations hereunder or under the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement, and (ii) the Certificate Administrator shall confirm that each accountants’ attestation report submitted pursuant to this Section 11.11 relates to an assessment of compliance meeting the requirements of Section 11.10 and notify the Depositor of any exceptions. None of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian nor any Additional Servicer shall be required to deliver, or shall be required to cause the delivery of such reports until April 15th in any given year so long as it has received written confirmation from the Depositor that a Form 10-K is not required to be filed with respect to the Trust for the preceding fiscal year.

 

Section 11.12      Indemnification. Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall indemnify and hold harmless each Certification Party from and against any claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and other costs and expenses incurred by such Certification Party arising out of (i) an actual breach by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator, as the case may be, of its obligations under this Article XI, (ii) negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator in the performance of such obligations, or (iii) delivery of any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable.

 

The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall (i) with respect to any Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Trustee or Certificate Administrator that is a Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such party to, and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer and each Servicing Function Participant with which, in each case, it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such party to, in each case, indemnify and hold harmless each Certification Party from and against any and all claims, losses, damages, penalties, fines, forfeitures, legal fees and expenses and related costs, judgments and any other costs, fees and expenses incurred by such Certification Party arising out of (a) a breach of its obligations to provide any of the annual compliance statements or annual assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria or attestation reports pursuant to the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement, (b) negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part in the performance of such obligations, (c) any failure by it, as a Servicer (as defined in Section 11.02(b)) to identify a Servicing Function Participant pursuant to Section 11.02(b), or (d) delivery of any Deficient Exchange Act Deliverable.

 

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In addition, each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall cooperate (and require each Servicing Function Participant and Additional Servicer retained by it to cooperate under the applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement) with the Depositor and each Other Depositor as necessary for the Depositor or such Other Depositor, as applicable, to conduct any reasonable due diligence necessary to evaluate and assess any material instances of non-compliance disclosed in any of the deliverables required by the applicable reporting requirements under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (“Reporting Requirements”).

 

In connection with comments provided to the Depositor or any Other Depositor from the Commission or its staff regarding information (x) delivered by the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, a Servicing Function Participant or an Additional Servicer, as applicable (“Affected Reporting Party”), (y) regarding such Affected Reporting Party, and (z) prepared by such Affected Reporting Party or any registered public accounting firm, attorney or other agent retained by such Affected Reporting Party to prepare such information, which information is contained in a report filed by the Depositor or any Other Depositor under the Reporting Requirements and which comments are received subsequent to the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s filing of such report, the Depositor or any Other Depositor shall promptly provide to such Affected Reporting Party any such comments which relate to such Affected Reporting Party. Such Affected Reporting Party shall be responsible for timely preparing a written response to the Commission or its staff for inclusion in the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s response to the Commission or its staff, unless such Affected Reporting Party elects, with the consent of the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as applicable (which consent shall not be unreasonably denied, withheld or delayed), to directly communicate with the Commission or its staff and negotiate a response and/or resolution with the Commission or its staff; provided, however, that if an Affected Reporting Party is a Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer retained by the Master Servicer, the Master Servicer shall receive copies of all material communications pursuant to this Section 11.12. If such election is made, the applicable Affected Reporting Party shall be responsible for directly negotiating such response and/or resolution with the Commission or its staff in a timely manner; provided that (i) such Affected Reporting Party shall use reasonable efforts to keep the Depositor or any Other Depositor informed of its progress with the Commission or its staff and copy the Depositor or any Other Depositor on all correspondence with the Commission or its staff and provide the Depositor or any Other Depositor with the opportunity to participate (at the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s expense) in any telephone conferences and meetings with the Commission or its staff and (ii) the Depositor or any Other Depositor shall cooperate with any Affected Reporting Party in order to authorize such Affected Reporting Party and its representatives to respond to and negotiate directly with the Commission or its staff with respect to any comments from the Commission or its staff relating to such Affected Reporting Party and to notify the Commission or its staff of such authorization. The Depositor (or any Other Depositor) and the Affected Reporting Party shall cooperate and coordinate with one another with respect to any requests made to the Commission or its staff for extension of time for submitting a response or compliance. All respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Depositor or any Other Depositor (including reasonable legal fees and expenses of outside counsel to the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as the case may be) in

 

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connection with the foregoing (other than those costs and expenses required to be at the Depositor’s or any Other Depositor’s expense as set forth above) and any amendments to any reports filed with the Commission or its staff related thereto shall be promptly paid by the applicable Affected Reporting Party upon receipt of an itemized invoice from the Depositor or any Other Depositor, as the case may be. Each of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian, the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee shall (i) with respect to any Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by it that is a Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such party to, and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer and each Servicing Function Participant with which, in each case, it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans, cause such party to, comply with the foregoing by inclusion of similar provisions in the related sub-servicing or similar agreement.

 

If the indemnification provided for herein is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless any Certification Party, then the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Custodian or the Operating Advisor (the “Performing Party”) shall contribute to the amount paid or payable to the Certification Party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities of the Certification Party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Certification Party on the one hand and the Performing Party on the other in connection with a breach of the Performing Party’s obligations pursuant to Sections 11.06, 11.09 (if applicable), 11.10, 11.11 (or breach of its obligations under the applicable sub-servicing or primary servicing agreement to provide any of the annual compliance statements or annual servicing criteria compliance reports or attestation reports) or the Performing Party’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in connection therewith. The Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor and the Certificate Administrator shall (i) with respect to any Initial Sub-Servicer engaged by the Master Servicer, Special Servicer, Trustee or Certificate Administrator that is a Servicing Function Participant or Additional Servicer, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such party to, and (ii) with respect to each other Additional Servicer or Servicing Function Participant, in each case, with which it has entered into a servicing relationship with respect to the Mortgage Loans cause such party, in each case, to agree to the foregoing indemnification and contribution obligations. This Section 11.12 shall survive the termination of this Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Custodian or the Certificate Administrator.

 

Section 11.13      Amendments. This Article XI may be amended with the written consent of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 13.01 for purposes of complying with Regulation AB and/or to conform to standards developed within the commercial mortgage-backed securities market and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act without any Opinions of Counsel, Officer’s Certificates, Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to the Certificates or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, a confirmation of the rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25), or the consent of any Certificateholder, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement; provided that the reports and certificates required to be prepared pursuant to Sections 3.13, 11.09, 11.10 and 11.11 shall not be eliminated

 

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without Rating Agency Confirmation with respect to the Certificates or, with respect to any Serviced Companion Loan Securities, without a confirmation of the rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25).

 

Section 11.14      Regulation AB Notices. Any notice, report or certificate required to be delivered by any of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Custodian or the Trustee, as the case may be, to the Depositor pursuant to this Article XI may be delivered via email (and additionally delivered via phone or telecopy), notwithstanding the provisions of Section 13.05, to J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., 383 Madison Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Kunal Singh, telecopy number: (212) 834-6029, telephone number: (212) 834-5491 and email: kunal.k.singh@jpmorgan.com, with a copy to Bianca Russo, Managing Director and Associate General Counsel, J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., 383 Madison Avenue, 32nd Floor, New York, New York 10179, telecopy number: (917) 464-6116, telephone number: (212) 648-0946 and email: russo_bianca@jpmorgan.com.

 

Section 11.15      Certain Matters Relating to the Future Securitization of the Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loans. (a) Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any sub-servicer appointed with respect to any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan to, upon written request or notice from a Mortgage Loan Seller (or a permitted transferee of such Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to the related Intercreditor Agreement), reasonably cooperate with the Mortgage Loan Seller (or such permitted transferee) selling any Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan into a securitization that is required to comply with Regulation AB (a “Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization”) and, to the extent needed in order to comply with Regulation AB, provide to the Mortgage Loan Seller (or such permitted transferee) information about itself that such Mortgage Loan Seller reasonably requires to meet the requirements of Items 1117 and 1119 and paragraphs (b), (c)(3), (c)(4) and (c)(5) of Item 1108 of Regulation AB and shall reasonably cooperate with such Mortgage Loan Seller to provide such other information as may be reasonably necessary to comply with the requirements of Regulation AB. Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer understands that such information may be included in the offering material related to a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization and agrees to negotiate in good faith an agreement (subject to the final sentence of this sub-section) to indemnify and hold the related depositor and underwriters involved in the offering of the related Certificates harmless for any costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred by the depositor or such underwriters as a result of any material misstatements or omissions or alleged material misstatements or omissions in any such offering material to the extent that such material misstatement or omission was made in reliance upon any such information provided by the Trustee (where such information pertains to the Trustee individually and not to any specific aspect of the Trustee’s duties or obligations under this Agreement), the Certificate Administrator (where such information pertains to the Certificate Administrator individually and not to any specific aspect of the Certificate Administrator’s duties or obligations under this Agreement), the

 

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Master Servicer (where such information pertains to the Master Servicer individually and not to any specific aspect of the Master Servicer’s duties or obligations under this Agreement) and the Special Servicer (where such information pertains to the Special Servicer individually and not to any specific aspect of the Special Servicer’s duties or obligations under this Agreement), as applicable, to such depositor, underwriters or Mortgage Loan Seller (or permitted transferee) as required by this clause (a) (to the extent the cost thereof is paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller). Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the information provided by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, for inclusion in the offering materials related to such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization is substantially and materially similar to the information provided by such party with respect to the offering materials related to this transaction, subject to any required changes due to any amendments to Regulation AB or any changes in the interpretation of Regulation AB, such party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this Section 11.15(a). Any indemnification agreement executed by the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator the Master Servicer or Special Servicer in connection with the Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization shall be substantially similar to the related indemnification agreement executed in connection with this Agreement. It shall be a condition precedent to any party’s obligations otherwise set forth above and/or elsewhere in Article XI that the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller (or permitted transferee) shall have (a) provided reasonable advance notice (and, in any event, not less than ten (10) Business Days) of the exercise of its rights hereunder and (b) paid, or entered into reasonable agreement to cause to be paid, the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by such party in reviewing and/or causing the delivery of any disclosure, opinion of counsel or indemnification agreement.

 

(b)           Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant appointed with respect to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan to, upon request or notice from such parties (which request or notice may be given once at the closing of such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization instead of each time a filing is required), cooperate with the depositor, trustee, certificate administrator, master servicer or special servicer for any Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization in preparing each Form 10-D, Form ABS-EE and Form 10-K required to be filed by such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization (until January 30 of the first year in which the trustee or other applicable party for such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization files a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to the related trust) and shall provide to such depositor, trustee, certificate administrator or master servicer within the time period set forth in the Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement (so long as such time period is no earlier than the time periods set forth herein) for such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization such information relating to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan as may be reasonably necessary for the depositor, trustee, certificate administrator and master servicer of the Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization to comply with the reporting requirements of Regulation AB and the Exchange Act; provided, however, that any parties to any Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization shall consult with the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (and Master Servicer shall consult with any sub-servicer appointed with respect to the related Serviced Whole Loan), and the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, such Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall cooperate with such parties in respect of establishing the time periods for preparation of the Form 10-D and

 

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Form ABS-EE reports in the documentation for such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, complies in all material respects with the timing, reporting and attestation requirements imposed on such party in Article XI of this Agreement (other than this Section 11.15) with respect to the comparable timing, reporting and attestation requirements contemplated in this Section 11.15(b) with respect to such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, such party shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this Section 11.15(b).

 

(c)           Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant appointed with respect to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan to, upon request or notice from such trustee or certificate administrator (which request or notice may be given once at the closing of such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization instead of each time a filing is required), provide the trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, under a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization (until January 30 of the first year in which the trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, for such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization files a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to the related trust) information with respect to any event that is required to be disclosed under Form 8-K with respect to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan within two Business Days after the occurrence of such event of which it has knowledge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, complies in all material respects with the timing, reporting and attestation requirements imposed on such party in Article XI of this Agreement (other than this Section 11.15) with respect to the comparable timing, reporting and attestation requirements contemplated in this Section 11.15(c) with respect to such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, such party shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this Section 11.15(c).

 

(d)           On or before March 1st of each year commencing in March 2018 during which a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization is required to file an annual report on Form 10-K (and not in respect of any year in which Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization is not required to file an annual report on Form 10-K because a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to the related trust was filed), each of the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant appointed with respect to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan to, upon request or notice from such trustee or certificate administrator (which request or notice may be given once at the closing of such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization instead of each time a filing is required), provide, with respect to itself, to the trustee or certificate administrator, as applicable, under such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, to the extent required pursuant to Item 1122 of Regulation AB, (i) a report on an assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria to the extent required pursuant to Item 1122(a) of Regulation AB, (ii) a registered accounting firm’s attestation report on such Person’s assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria to the extent required pursuant to Item 1122(b) of Regulation AB and (iii) such other information as may be required pursuant to Item 1122(c) of Regulation AB. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, complies

 

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in all material respects with the timing, reporting and attestation requirements imposed on such party in Article XI of this Agreement (other than this Section 11.15) with respect to the comparable timing, reporting and attestation requirements contemplated in this Section 11.15(d) with respect to such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, such party shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this Section 11.15(d).

 

(e)           On or before March 1st of each year commencing in March 2018 during which a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization is required to file an annual report on Form 10-K (and not in respect of any year in which Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization is not required to file an annual report on Form 10-K because a Form 15 Suspension Notification with respect to the related trust was filed), each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall, and the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause any Servicing Function Participant appointed with respect to a Serviced Securitized Companion Loan to, to the extent required pursuant to Item 1123 of Regulation AB, deliver, with respect to itself, to the trustee or certificate administrator under the such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, upon request or notice from such trustee (which request or notice may be given once at the closing of such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization instead of each time a filing is required), under such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization a servicer compliance statement signed by an authorized officer of such Person that satisfies the requirements of Item 1123 of Regulation AB. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, complies in all material respects with the timing, reporting and attestation requirements imposed on such party in Article XI of this Agreement (other than this Section 11.15) with respect to the comparable timing, reporting and attestation requirements contemplated in this Section 11.15(e) with respect to such Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization, such party shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions of this Section 11.15(e).

 

(f)            Each of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause a Servicing Function Participant to agree (severally but not jointly) to indemnify (such indemnity limited to each such parties respective failure described below) and hold the related Mortgage Loan Seller (or permitted transferee), depositor, sponsor(s), trustee, certificate administrator or master servicer under a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization harmless for any costs, liabilities, fees and expenses incurred by such Mortgage Loan Seller, depositor, sponsor(s), trustee, certificate administrator or master servicer as a result of any failure by the Servicing Function Participant to comply with the reporting requirements to the extent applicable set forth under Sections 11.15(b), (c), (d) or (e) above.

 

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Servicer, as applicable, no later than two Business Days prior to the date on which the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, is required to deliver its comparable information, reports, statements or certificates pursuant to this Section 11.15.

 

(g)           With respect to any Mortgaged Property that secures a Serviced Companion Loan that the applicable Other Depositor has notified the Master Servicer in writing is a “significant obligor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB) (together with notification of the Relevant Distribution Date) with respect to an Other Securitization that includes such Serviced Companion Loan, to the extent that the Master Servicer is in receipt of the updated financial statements of such “significant obligor” for any calendar quarter (other than the fourth calendar quarter of any calendar year) from the Mortgagor, beginning with the first calendar quarter following receipt of such notice from the Other Depositor, or the updated financial statements of such “significant obligor” for any calendar year from the related Mortgagor, beginning for the calendar year following such notice from the Other Depositor, as applicable, the Master Servicer shall deliver to the Other Depositor, on or prior to the day that occurs two (2) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or seven (7) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, (A) if such financial statement receipt occurs twelve (12) or more Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or seventeen (17) or more Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, such financial statements of the “significant obligor”, together with the net operating income of such “significant obligor” for the applicable period as calculated by the Master Servicer in accordance with CREFC® guidelines and (B) if such financial statement receipt occurs less than twelve (12) Business Day prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Quarterly Filing Deadline or less than seventeen (17) Business Days prior to the related Significant Obligor NOI Yearly Filing Deadline, as applicable, such financial statements of the “significant obligor”, together with the net operating income of such “significant obligor” for the applicable period as reported by the related Mortgagor in such financial statements.

 

If the Master Servicer does not receive financial information satisfactory to comply with Item 6 of Form 10-D or Item 1112(b)(1) of Form 10-K, as the case may be, of such “significant obligor” within ten (10) Business Days after the date such financial information is required to be delivered under the related Mortgage Loan documents, the Master Servicer shall notify the Other Depositor with respect to such Other Securitization that includes the related Companion Loan (and shall cause each applicable Sub-Servicing Agreement to require any related Sub-Servicer to notify such Other Depositor) that it has not received such financial information. The Master Servicer shall use efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard (taking into account, in addition, the ongoing reporting obligations of such Other Depositor under the Exchange Act) to obtain the periodic financial statements of the related Mortgagor under the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

The Master Servicer shall (and shall cause any related Sub-Servicing Agreement entered into after receipt of written notice from the Other Depositor that such Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan is a significant obligor to require the related Sub-Servicer to) retain written evidence of each instance in which it (or a Sub-Servicer) attempts to contact the related Mortgagor related to any such “significant obligor” (identified to it as such by the Other Depositor in accordance with the second preceding paragraph) to obtain the required financial

 

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information and is unsuccessful and, within five (5) Business Days prior to the date in which a Form 10-D or Form 10-K, as applicable, is required to be filed by the Other Securitization, shall forward an Officer’s Certificate evidencing its attempts to obtain this information to the certificate administrator and Other Depositor related to such Other Securitization. This Officer’s Certificate should be addressed to the certificate administrator at its corporate trust office, as specified in the related Other Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Such financial information shall be collected (if applicable), prepared and/or calculated by the party responsible for such collection, preparation and/or calculation set forth in Section 3.12 and delivered as set forth in Section 3.12(b).

 

Section 11.16      Certain Matters Regarding Significant Obligors. For the avoidance of doubt, there is no “significant obligor” (within the meaning of Item 1101(k) of Regulation AB) as of the Closing Date (“Significant Obligor”) related to the Trust.

 

Section 11.17      Impact of Cure Period. For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be subject to a Servicer Termination Event pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition thereof prior to the expiration of the grace period applicable to such party’s obligations under Article XI as provided for in such clause (iii) nor shall any such party be deemed to not be in compliance under this Agreement, during any grace period provided for in this Article XI; provided that if any such party fails to comply with the delivery requirements of this Article XI by the expiration of any applicable grace period such failure shall constitute a Servicer Termination Event. Neither the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer shall be subject to a Servicer Termination Event pursuant to clause (iii) of the definition thereof prior to the expiration of the grace period applicable to such party’s obligations under this Article XI as provided for in such clause (iii) nor shall any such party be deemed to not be in compliance under this Agreement, for failing to deliver any item required under this Article XI by the time required hereunder with respect to any reporting period for which the Trust (or any trust in a related Other Securitization) is not required to file Exchange Act reports.

 

[End of Article XI]

 

Article XII

THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

 

Section 12.01      Asset Review.

 

(a)           On or prior to each Distribution Date, based on either the CREFC® Delinquent Loan Status Report or the CREFC® Loan Periodic Update File, the Certificate Administrator shall determine if an Asset Review Trigger has occurred. If an Asset Review Trigger is determined to have occurred, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide notice to all Certificateholders and each other party to this Agreement. Any notice required to be delivered to the Certificateholders pursuant to this Article XII shall be delivered by the Certificate Administrator by posting such notice on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, by mailing such notice to the Certificateholders’ addresses appearing in the Certificate Register in the case of Definitive Certificates and by delivering such notice via the Depository in the case of

 

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Book-Entry Certificates. The Certificate Administrator shall include in the Form 10-D relating to the reporting period in which the Asset Review Trigger occurred the following statement describing the events that caused the Asset Review Trigger to occur: “As of the [Date of Distribution], the following mortgage loans identified below are 60 or more days delinquent and an Asset Review Trigger as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement has occurred”. On each Distribution Date occurring after providing such notice to Certificateholders, the Certificate Administrator, based on information provided to it by the Master Servicer, shall determine whether (1) any additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan, (2) any Mortgage Loan has ceased to be a Delinquent Loan and (3) whether an Asset Review Trigger has ceased to exist, and, if there is an occurrence of any of the clauses (1), (2) and/or (3), deliver written notice of such information (which may be via email) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit SS within two (2) Business Days to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

If Certificateholders evidencing not less than 5% of the aggregate Voting Rights of the Certificates deliver to the Certificate Administrator, within ninety (90) days after the filing of the Form 10-D reporting the occurrence of an Asset Review Trigger, a written direction requesting a vote to commence an Asset Review (such written direction, the “Asset Review Vote Election”), then upon receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to all Certificateholders and the Asset Representations Reviewer and conduct a solicitation of votes in accordance with Section 5.10 to authorize an Asset Review. Upon the affirmative vote to authorize an Asset Review of Holders of Certificates evidencing at least a majority of an Asset Review Quorum within 150 days of receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election (an “Affirmative Asset Review Vote”), the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to all parties to this Agreement, the Underwriters, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Directing Certificateholder and the Certificateholders (the “Asset Review Notice”). Upon receipt of an Asset Review Notice, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall request access to the Secure Data Room by providing the Certificate Administrator with a certification substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit RR (which shall be sent via email to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com or submitted electronically via the Certificate Administrator’s Website). Upon receipt of such certification, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly grant the Asset Representations Reviewer access to the Secure Data Room. In the event an Affirmative Asset Review Vote has not occurred within such 150-day period following the receipt of the Asset Review Vote Election, no Certificateholder may request a vote or cast a vote for an Asset Review and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be required to review any Delinquent Loan unless and until (A) an additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan after the expiration of such 150-day period, (B) an Asset Review Trigger has occurred as a result or otherwise is in effect, (C) the Certificate Administrator has received any Asset Review Vote Election after the occurrence of the events described in clauses (A) and (B) in this sentence and (D) an Affirmative Asset Review Vote has occurred within 150 days after the Asset Review Vote Election described in clause (C) in this sentence. After the occurrence of any Asset Review Vote Election or an Affirmative Asset Review Vote, no Certificateholder may make any additional Asset Review Vote Election except as described in the immediately preceding sentence. Any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote will be paid as an expense of the Trust from the Collection Account. The Certificate

 

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Administrator shall be entitled to administer any vote in connection with the foregoing through an agent.

 

(b)           (i) Upon receipt of an Asset Review Notice, the Custodian (with respect to the following clauses (1) - (5) for all Mortgage Loans), the Master Servicer (with respect to the following clauses (6) and (7) for Non-Specially Serviced Loans) and the Special Servicer (with respect to clauses (6) and (7) for Specially Serviced Loans), in each case to the extent in such party’s possession, shall promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days (except with respect to the following clause (7)) after receipt of such notice from the Certificate Administrator, provide or make available, the following materials (in secure electronic format) to the Asset Representations Reviewer (collectively, with the Diligence Files, a copy of the Prospectus, a copy of each related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and a copy of this Agreement, the “Review Materials”):

 

(1)       a copy of an assignment of the Mortgage in favor of the Trustee, with evidence of recording thereon, for each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

 

(2)       a copy of an assignment of any related assignment of leases (if such item is a document separate from the Mortgage) in favor of the Trustee, with evidence of recording thereon, related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

 

(3)        a copy of the assignment of all unrecorded documents relating to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review, if not already covered pursuant to items (1) or (2) above;

 

(4)       a copy of all filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or evidence of filing of any UCC Financing Statements related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

 

(5)       a copy of an assignment in favor of the Trustee of any financing statement executed and filed in the relevant jurisdiction related to each Delinquent Loan that is subject to an Asset Review;

 

(6)       a copy of any notice previously delivered by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of any alleged Defect or Breach with respect to any Delinquent Loan; and

 

(7)       any other related documents that are reasonably requested by the Asset Representations Reviewer to be delivered by the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in the time frames and as otherwise described below.

 

(ii)           In the event that, as part of an Asset Review of any Mortgage Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines that the Review Materials provided to it with respect to any Mortgage Loan are missing any document delivered in connection with the origination of the related Mortgage Loan that are necessary to review and assess one or

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more documents comprising the Diligence File in connection with its completion of any Test, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of the Review Materials, notify the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans), as applicable, of such missing documents, and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall promptly, but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notification from the Asset Representations Reviewer, deliver to the Asset Representations Reviewer such missing documents to the extent in its possession; provided that any such notification and/or request shall be in writing, specifically identifying the documents being requested and sent to the notice address for the related party set forth in Section 13.05 of this Agreement. In the event any missing documents are not provided by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, within such 10-Business Day period, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall request such documents from the related Mortgage Loan Seller; provided that the Special Servicer or the Master Servicer, as applicable, shall, and the Mortgage Loan Seller shall be required under the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement to, deliver such additional documents only to the extent such documents are in the possession of such party.

 

(iii)          The Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, consider and rely upon information furnished to it by a Person that is not a party to this Agreement or the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, and shall do so only if such information can be independently verified (without unreasonable effort or expense to the Asset Representations Reviewer) and is determined by the Asset Representations Reviewer in its good faith and sole discretion to be relevant to the Asset Review (any such information, “Unsolicited Information”) conducted pursuant to this Section 12.01 hereof.

 

(iv)          Upon receipt by the Asset Representations Reviewer of the Asset Review Notice and access to the Diligence Files posted to the Secure Data Room with respect to a Delinquent Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer, as an independent contractor, shall commence a review of the compliance of each Delinquent Loan with the representations and warranties related to that Delinquent Loan (such review, the “Asset Review”). The Asset Representations Reviewer shall perform an Asset Review with respect to each representation and warranty made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Delinquent Loan in accordance with the Asset Review Standard and the procedures set forth on Exhibit QQ hereto (such procedure, a “Test”); provided, however, the Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, modify any Test and/or associated Review Materials described in Exhibit QQ if, and only to the extent, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines pursuant to the Asset Review Standard that it is necessary to modify such Test and/or such associated Review Materials in order to facilitate its Asset Review in accordance with the Asset Review Standard. Once an Asset Review of a Mortgage Loan is completed, no further Asset Review shall be required in respect of, or performed on, such Mortgage Loan notwithstanding that such Mortgage Loan may continue to be a Delinquent Loan or again become a Delinquent Loan at a time when a new Asset Review Trigger occurs and a new

 

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Affirmative Asset Review Vote is obtained subsequent to the occurrence of such new Asset Review Trigger.

 

(v)           The Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be required to review any information other than (x) the Review Materials or (y) if applicable, Unsolicited Information.

 

(vi)          The Asset Representations Reviewer may, absent manifest error and subject to the Asset Review Standard, (x) assume, without independent investigation or verification, that the Review Materials are accurate and complete in all material respects and (y) conclusively rely on such Review Materials.

 

(vii)         The Asset Representations Reviewer shall prepare a preliminary report with respect to each Delinquent Loan within forty (40) Business Days after the date on which access to the Secure Data Room is provided to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Certificate Administrator; provided that the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be required to prepare a preliminary report in the event the Asset Representations Reviewer determines that there is no Test failure with respect to the related Delinquent Loan. In the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer determines that the Review Materials are insufficient to complete a Test and such missing documentation is not delivered to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) to the extent in its possession or by the related Mortgage Loan Seller within ten (10) Business Days following the request by the Asset Representations Reviewer as described in Section 12.01(b)(ii), the Asset Representations Reviewer shall list such missing documents in such preliminary report setting forth the preliminary results of the application of the Tests and the reasons why such missing documents are necessary to complete a Test and (if the Asset Representations Reviewer has so concluded) that the absence of such documents shall be deemed to be a failure of such Test. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall provide such preliminary report to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and the related Mortgage Loan Seller. The Special Servicer, if applicable, may review such preliminary report and determine whether any information contained in such preliminary report shall be labeled as “Privileged Information” and thus be excluded from the Asset Review Report and Asset Review Report Summary. If the preliminary report indicates that any of the representations and warranties fails or is deemed to fail any Test, the related Mortgage Loan Seller shall have ninety (90) days (the “Cure/Contest Period”) to remedy or otherwise refute the failure. Any documents provided or explanations given to support the Mortgage Loan Seller’s claim that the representation and warranty has not failed a Test or that any missing documents in the Review Materials are not required to complete a Test shall be promptly delivered by the related Mortgage Loan Seller to the Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

(viii)        The Asset Representations Reviewer shall, within sixty (60) days after the date on which access to the Secure Data Room is provided to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Certificate Administrator or within the ten (10) days after the expiration of the Cure/Contest Period (whichever is later), complete an Asset Review with respect to

 

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each Delinquent Loan and deliver (i) a report setting forth the Asset Representations Reviewer’s findings and conclusions as to whether or not it has determined there is any evidence of a failure of any Test based on the Asset Review and a statement that the Asset Representations Reviewer’s findings and conclusions set forth in such report were not influenced by any third party (an “Asset Review Report”) to each party to the PSA and the related Mortgage Loan Seller for each Delinquent Loan and (ii) a summary of the Asset Representations Reviewer’s conclusions included in such Asset Review Report (an “Asset Review Report Summary”) to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. The period of time by which the Asset Review Report must be completed and delivered may be extended by up to an additional thirty (30) days, upon written notice to the parties to this Agreement and the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, if the Asset Representations Reviewer determines pursuant to the Asset Review Standard that such additional time is required due to the characteristics of the Mortgage Loan and/or the Mortgaged Property or Mortgaged Properties. In no event may the Asset Representations Reviewer determine whether any Test failure constitutes a Material Defect, or whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, which, in each case, shall be a responsibility of the Special Servicer or Master Servicer, as applicable, pursuant to Section 2.03(f) of this Agreement.

 

(ix)           In addition, in the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer does not receive any documentation that it requested from the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, or the related Mortgage Loan Seller in sufficient time to allow the Asset Representations Reviewer to complete its Asset Review and deliver an Asset Review Report, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall prepare the Asset Review Report solely based on the documentation received by the Asset Representations Reviewer with respect to the related Delinquent Loan, and the Asset Representations Reviewer shall have no responsibility to independently obtain any such documentation from any party to this Agreement.

 

(x)            Within forty-five (45) days after receipt of an Asset Review Report with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer (with respect to Non-Specially Serviced Loans) or the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Serviced Loans) shall determine whether at that time, based on the Servicing Standard, there exists a Material Defect with respect to such Mortgage Loan. If the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, determines that a Material Defect exists, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall enforce the obligations of the related Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to such Material Defect in accordance with Section 2.03(b).

 

(c)            The Asset Representations Reviewer shall keep all information appropriately labeled as “Privileged Information” confidential and shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person (including Certificateholders), other than (1) to the extent expressly required by this Agreement in an Asset Review Report or otherwise, to the other parties to this Agreement with a notice indicating that such information is Privileged Information or (2) pursuant to a Privileged Information Exception. Each party to this Agreement that receives Privileged Information from the Asset Representations Reviewer with a notice stating that such information is Privileged Information shall not disclose such Privileged Information to any Person without the prior written consent of the Special Servicer other than pursuant to a

 

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Privileged Information Exception. In addition, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall keep all documents and information received by the Asset Representations Reviewer in connection with an Asset Review that are provided by the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer confidential and shall not disclose such documents or information except for purposes of complying with its duties and obligations hereunder.

 

In addition, with respect to any Delinquent Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the extent any documents required by the Asset Representations Reviewer to complete a Test are missing or have not been received from the related Mortgage Loan Seller, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall request such document(s) from the related Non-Serviced Master Servicer (if such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is being serviced by a Non-Serviced Master Servicer) or the related Non-Serviced Special Servicer (if such Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan is being serviced by a Non-Serviced Special Servicer).

 

(d)           The Asset Representations Reviewer may delegate its duties to agents or subcontractors so long as the related agreements or arrangements with such agents or subcontractors are consistent with the provisions of this Section 12.01; provided that no agent or subcontractor may (1) be affiliated with any Mortgage Loan Seller, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates or (2) have been paid any fees, compensation or other remuneration by an Underwriter, Master Servicer, Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Directing Certificateholder or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with due diligence or other services with respect to any Mortgage Loan prior to the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall remain obligated and primarily liable for any Asset Review required hereunder in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement without diminution of such obligation or liability or related obligation or liability by virtue of such delegation or arrangements or by virtue of indemnification from any Person acting as its agents or subcontractor to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if the Asset Representations Reviewer alone were performing its obligations under this Agreement. The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to enter into an agreement with any agent or subcontractor providing for indemnification of the Asset Representations Reviewer by such agent or subcontractor, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to limit or modify such indemnification.

 

Section 12.02      Payment of Asset Representations Reviewer Fees and Expenses; Limitation of Liability.

 

(a)           As compensation for the performance of its routine duties, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be paid a fee (the “Asset Representations Reviewer Fee”), payable monthly from amounts received in respect of the Mortgage Loans and shall be equal to the product of a rate equal to 0.00040% per annum (the “Asset Representations Reviewer Fee Rate”) and the Stated Principal Balance of the Mortgage Loans and any REO Loans (including each Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, but not any Companion Loan) and shall be calculated in the same manner as interest is calculated on such Mortgage Loans.

 

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(b)           Upon the completion of any Asset Review with respect to a Delinquent Loan, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall be entitled to a fee that is a reasonable and customary hourly fee charged by the Asset Representations Reviewer for similar consulting assignments at the time of such review and any related costs and expenses; provided that the total payment to the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be greater than the Asset Representations Reviewer Cap (the “Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee”). With respect to an individual Asset Review Trigger, the “Asset Representations Reviewer Cap” shall equal the sum of: (i) $9,500 multiplied by the number of the Mortgage Loans that are Delinquent Loans and subject to an Asset Review (the “Subject Loans”), plus (ii) $1,500 per Mortgaged Property relating to the Subject Loans in excess of one Mortgaged Property per Subject Loan, plus (iii) $1,000 per Mortgaged Property relating to a Subject Loan subject to a ground lease, plus (iv) $1,000 per Mortgaged Property relating to a Subject Loan subject to a franchise agreement, hotel management agreement or hotel license agreement.

 

(c)           The Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee with respect to each Delinquent Loan shall be paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller; provided that if the total charge for the Asset Representations Reviewer on an hourly fee plus costs and expenses basis would exceed the Asset Representations Reviewer Cap, each Mortgage Loan Seller’s required payment shall be reduced pro rata according to its proportion of the total charges until the aggregate amount owed by all Mortgage Loan Sellers is equal to the Asset Representations Reviewer Cap; provided, however, that if the related Mortgage Loan Seller is insolvent, such fee shall become an expense of the Trust following delivery by the Asset Representations Reviewer of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, of such insolvency to pay such amount; provided, further, however, that notwithstanding any payment of such fee by the Trust to the Asset Representations Reviewer, such fee shall remain an obligation of the related Mortgage Loan Seller and the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be required, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, to pursue remedies against such Mortgage Loan Seller in accordance with the Servicing Standard in order to seek recovery of such amounts from such Mortgage Loan Seller or its insolvency estate.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee with respect to a Delinquent Loan shall be included in the Purchase Price for any Mortgage Loan that was the subject of a completed Asset Review that is repurchased by a Mortgage Loan Seller to the extent such fee was not already paid by the related Mortgage Loan Seller, and such portion of the Purchase Price received shall be used to reimburse the Trust for such fees paid to the Asset Representations Reviewer pursuant to Section 12.02(c).

 

(e)           The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically imposed by this Agreement.

 

(f)            The Asset Representations Reviewer may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement in connection with the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of its Asset Representations Reviewer portfolio, provided that: (i) the purchaser or transferee accepting such assignment and delegation (A) is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state of the United States of America or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to perform the duties of the asset representations reviewer resulting from a merger, consolidation or succession that is

 

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permitted under this Agreement, (B) executes and delivers to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator an agreement that contains an assumption by such person of the due and punctual performance and observance of each covenant and condition to be performed or observed by the asset representations reviewer under this Agreement from and after the date of such agreement and (C) is not a Prohibited Party under this Agreement; (ii) the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be released from its obligations under this Agreement that arose prior to the effective date of such assignment and delegation; (iii) the rate at which each of the Asset Representations Reviewer Fee and the Asset Representations Reviewer Asset Review Fee (or any component thereof) is calculated shall not exceed the rate then in effect and (iv) the resigning Asset Representations Reviewer shall be responsible for the reasonable costs and expenses of each other party to this Agreement and the Rating Agencies in connection with such transfer. Upon acceptance of such assignment and delegation, the purchaser or transferee shall provide notice to each party to this Agreement and then will be the successor asset representations reviewer hereunder.

 

Section 12.03      Resignation of the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer may at any time resign and be discharged from its obligations hereunder by giving written notice thereof to the other parties to this Agreement and each Rating Agency. In addition, the asset representations reviewer will at all times be, and will be required to resign if it fails to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer by giving written notice to the other parties. Upon such notice of resignation, the Depositor shall promptly appoint a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. No resignation of the asset representations reviewer will be effective until a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer has been appointed and accepted the appointment. If no successor asset representations reviewer shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Asset Representations Reviewer may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer will bear all costs and expenses of each other party hereto and each Rating Agency in connection with its resignation.

 

Section 12.04      Restrictions of the Asset Representations Reviewer. Neither the Asset Representations Reviewer nor any of its Affiliates shall make any investment in any Class of Certificates; provided, however, that such prohibition shall not apply to (i) riskless principal transactions effected by a broker dealer Affiliate of the Asset Representations Reviewer or (ii) investments by an Affiliate of the Asset Representations Reviewer if the Asset Representations Reviewer and such Affiliate maintain policies and procedures that (A) segregate personnel involved in the activities of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement from personnel involved in such Affiliate’s investment activities and (B) prevent such Affiliate and its personnel from gaining access to information regarding the Trust and the Asset Representations Reviewer and its personnel from gaining access to such Affiliate’s information regarding its investment activities.

 

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Section 12.05      Termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

(a)           An “Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event” means any one of the following events whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body:

 

(i)            any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to observe or perform in any material respect any of its covenants or agreements or the material breach of its representations or warranties under this Agreement, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by the Trustee or to the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trustee by the Holders of Certificates having greater than 25% of the aggregate Voting Rights of all the then outstanding Certificates;

 

(ii)           any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to perform in accordance with the Asset Review Standard which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by any party to this Agreement;

 

(iii)          any failure by the Asset Representations Reviewer to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, which failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Asset Representations Reviewer by any party to this Agreement;

 

(iv)          a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against the Asset Representations Reviewer, and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days;

 

(v)           the Asset Representations Reviewer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator or liquidation committee in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, voluntary liquidation, or similar proceedings of or relating to the Asset Representations Reviewer or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

 

(vi)          the Asset Representations Reviewer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations.

 

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promptly provide written notice to all Certificateholders in accordance with the notice distribution procedures described in Section 12.01(a), unless the Certificate Administrator has received written notice that such Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event has been remedied. If an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event shall occur then, and in each and every such case, so long as such Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event shall not have been remedied, either the Trustee (i) may or (ii) upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (without regard to the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts), the Trustee shall, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement, other than rights and obligations accrued prior to such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination), by notice in writing to the Asset Representations Reviewer. The Asset Representations Reviewer is required to bear all reasonable costs and expenses of itself and of each other party to this Agreement in connection with its termination due to an Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Depositor and each Mortgage Loan Seller shall have the right, but not the obligation, to notify the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee of any Asset Representations Reviewer Termination Event of which it becomes aware.

 

(b)          Upon (i) the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing not less than 25% of the Voting Rights (without regard to the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts) requesting a vote to terminate and replace the Asset Representations Reviewer with a proposed successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer and (ii) payment by such Holders to the Certificate Administrator of the reasonable fees and expenses to be incurred by the Certificate Administrator in connection with administering such vote, the Certificate Administrator shall promptly provide written notice thereof to the Asset Representations Reviewer by mailing such notice to the Asset Representations Reviewer and to all Certificateholders in accordance with the notice distribution procedures described in Section 12.01(a). Upon the written direction of Holders of Certificates evidencing at least 75% of a Certificateholder Quorum (without regard to the application of any Appraisal Reduction Amounts), the Trustee shall terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Asset Representations Reviewer under this Agreement (other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination and other than indemnification rights arising out of events occurring prior to such termination) by notice in writing to the Asset Representations Reviewer and appoint the proposed successor. As between the Asset Representations Reviewer, on the one hand, and the Certificateholders, on the other, the Certificateholders shall be entitled in their sole discretion to vote for the termination or not vote for the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer. In such event that holders of the Certificates evidencing at least 75% of a Certificateholder Quorum elect to remove the Asset Representations Reviewer without cause and appoint a successor, the successor asset representations reviewer will be responsible for all expenses necessary to effect the transfer of responsibilities from its predecessor.

 

(c)          On or after the receipt by the Asset Representations Reviewer of written notice of termination, subject to this Section 12.05, all of its authority and power under this Agreement shall be terminated and, without limitation, the terminated Asset Representations Reviewer shall execute any and all documents and other instruments, and do or accomplish all

 

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other acts or things reasonably necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than thirty (30) days after (1) the Asset Representations Reviewer resigns pursuant to Section 12.03 of this Agreement or (2) the Trustee delivers such written notice of termination to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee shall appoint a successor asset representations reviewer that is an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer. The Trustee shall provide written notice of the appointment of an Asset Representations Reviewer to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Directing Certificateholder, each Certificateholder within one Business Day of such appointment.

 

The Asset Representations Reviewer shall at all times be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer and if the Asset Representations Reviewer ceases to be an Eligible Asset Representations Reviewer, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall immediately notify the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator and the Directing Certificateholder of such disqualification and immediately resign under Section 12.03 of this Agreement and the Trustee shall appoint a successor asset representations reviewer subject to and in accordance with this Section 12.05. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Trustee is unable to find a successor asset representations reviewer within thirty (30) days of the termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Depositor shall be permitted to find a replacement. The Trustee shall not be liable for any failure to identify and appoint a successor asset representations reviewer so long as the Trustee uses commercially reasonable efforts to conduct a search for a successor asset representations reviewer and such failure is not a result of the Trustee’s negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct in the performance of its obligations hereunder.

 

(d)          Upon any termination of the Asset Representations Reviewer and appointment of a successor to the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee shall, as soon as possible, give written notice thereof to the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator (who shall, as soon as possible, give written notice thereof to the Certificateholders), the Operating Advisor, the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Depositor and, prior to the occurrence and continuance of a Consultation Termination Event, the Directing Certificateholder and each Rating Agency. In the event that the Asset Representations Reviewer is terminated, all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement shall terminate, other than any rights or obligations that accrued prior to the date of such termination (including the right to receive all amounts accrued and owing to it under this Agreement) and other than indemnification rights (arising out of events occurring prior to such termination).

 

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Article XIII

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 13.01      Amendment. (a) This Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties hereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in this Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of this Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in this Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or this Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of its provisions to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) or any other provision hereof restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

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holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25);

 

(vii)        to amend or supplement any provision hereof to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)       to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the CMBS industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25);

 

(ix)          to modify the procedures of this Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to

 

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Section 3.13(c) and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)           to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of this Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii) in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)          to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

(b)          This Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties hereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)           reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary hereunder, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

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(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

(c)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment hereto without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted hereunder, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to this Agreement may be made that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in this Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the holder of the related Companion Holder(s).

 

(d)          Promptly after the execution of any amendment to this Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall post a copy of the same to the Certificate Administrator’s Website, deliver a copy of the same to the 17g-5 Information Provider who shall post a copy of the same on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(b) and Section 3.13(c), as applicable, and thereafter, the Certificate Administrator shall furnish a written notification of the substance of such amendment to each Certificateholder and each Serviced Companion Noteholder, the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Underwriters and the Rating Agencies.

 

(e)          It shall not be necessary for the consent of Certificateholders under this Section 13.01 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. The manner of obtaining such consents and of evidencing the authorization of the execution thereof by Certificateholders shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Certificate Administrator may prescribe.

 

(f)           The Trustee and the Certificate Administrator shall not be obligated to enter into any amendment pursuant to this Section 13.01 that affects its rights, duties and immunities under this Agreement or otherwise.

 

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the Person seeking the related amendment, except that if the Master Servicer, the Certificate Administrator or the Trustee requests any amendment of this Agreement in furtherance of the rights and interests of Certificateholders, the cost of any Opinion of Counsel required in connection therewith pursuant to Section 13.01(a) or (c) shall be payable out of the Collection Account.

 

(h)          The Servicing Standard shall not be amended unless each Rating Agency provides Rating Agency Confirmation and, with respect to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies provide a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25).

 

(i)           To the extent the Operating Advisor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor obtains an Opinion of Counsel as provided for in Section 13.01(c) in connection with executing any amendment to this Agreement, such party shall be deemed not to have acted negligently in connection with entering into such amendment for purposes of availing itself of any indemnity provided to such party under this Agreement.

 

(j)           Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, for purposes of the giving or withholding of consents pursuant to this Section 13.01, Certificates registered in the name of the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor shall be entitled to the same Voting Rights with respect to matters described above as they would if any other Person held such Certificates, so long as neither the Depositor nor any of its Affiliates is performing servicing duties with respect to any of the Mortgage Loans.

 

(k)          This Agreement may not be amended without the consent of (i) the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder hereunder or (ii) a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder hereunder.

 

Section 13.02      Recordation of Agreement; Counterparts. (a) To the extent permitted by applicable law, this Agreement is subject to recordation in all appropriate public offices for real property records in all the counties or other comparable jurisdictions in which any or all of the properties subject to the Mortgages are situated, and in any other appropriate public recording office or elsewhere, such recordation to be effected by the Certificate Administrator at the expense of the Depositor on direction by the Special Servicer and with the consent of the Depositor (which may not be unreasonably withheld), but only upon direction accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel (the cost of which shall be paid by the Depositor) to the effect that such recordation materially and beneficially affects the interests of the Certificateholders.

 

(b)               For the purpose of facilitating the recordation of this Agreement as herein provided and for other purposes, this Agreement may be executed simultaneously in any number of counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed to be an original, and such

 

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counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement in Portable Document Format (PDF) or by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Agreement.

 

(c)          The Trustee shall make any filings required under the laws of the state of its place of business required solely by virtue of the fact of the location of the Trustee’s place of business, the costs of which, if any, to be at the Trustee’s expense.

 

Section 13.03      Limitation on Rights of Certificateholders. (a) The death or incapacity of any Certificateholder shall not operate to terminate this Agreement or the Trust, nor entitle such Certificateholder’s legal representatives or heirs to claim an accounting or to take any action or proceeding in any court for a partition or winding up of the Trust, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or any of them.

 

(b)          No Certificateholder shall have any right to vote (except as expressly provided for herein) or in any manner otherwise control the operation and management of the Trust, or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Certificateholders from time to time as partners or members of an association; nor shall any Certificateholder be under any liability to any third party by reason of any action taken by the parties to this Agreement pursuant to any provision hereof.

 

(c)          Other than with respect to any rights to deliver a Certificateholder Repurchase Request and exercise the rights described under Section 2.03(k)(i), no Certificateholder shall have any right by virtue of any provision of this Agreement to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, any Intercreditor Agreement, any Mortgage Loan, or with respect to the Certificates, unless, with respect to any suit, action or proceeding upon or under or with respect to this Agreement, such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator a written notice of default, and of the continuance thereof, as herein before provided, or of the need to institute such suit, action or proceeding on behalf of the Trust and unless also (except in the case of a default by the Trustee) the Holders of Certificates of any Class evidencing not less than 50% of the related Percentage Interests in such Class shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby, and the Trustee, for sixty (60) days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of such indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding. The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it hereunder or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders of Certificates unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or hereby. It is understood and intended, and expressly covenanted by each Certificateholder with every other Certificateholder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Certificates Owner shall have any right in any manner whatsoever by virtue of any provision of this Agreement or the Certificates to affect, disturb or prejudice the

 

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rights of the Holders of any other of such Certificates, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, which priority or preference is not otherwise provided for herein, or to enforce any right under this Agreement or the Certificates, except in the manner herein or therein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Certificateholders. For the protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section 13.03(c), each and every Certificateholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

 

Section 13.04      Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT, AND/OR THE INTERPRETATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS AND DECISIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CHOICE OF LAW RULES THEREOF. THE PARTIES HERETO INTEND THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SHALL APPLY TO THIS AGREEMENT.

 

EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY (I) SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE FEDERAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT; (II) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT; (III) AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW; AND (IV) CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS UPON IT BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO IT AS PROVIDED FOR NOTICES HEREUNDER.

 

THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, RELATING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 13.05      Notices. (a) Any communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given if personally delivered at or couriered, sent by facsimile transmission (other than with respect to the Depositor or Mortgage Loan Sellers) or mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid (except for notices to the Mortgage Loan Sellers, the Master Servicer the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee which shall be deemed to have been duly given only when received), to:

 

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In the case of the Depositor:

J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
383 Madison Avenue
31st Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attention: Kunal K. Singh
E-mail: kunal.k.singh@jpmorgan.com

 

with a copy to:

J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
383 Madison Avenue
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attention: Bianca A. Russo
Managing Director and Associate General Counsel
Telecopy number: (917) 464-6116
E-mail: russo_bianca@jpmorgan.com

 

In the case of the Master Servicer and Special Servicer:

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street
Building 82, Suite 300
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head
Telecopy number: 1-888-706-3565
Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com (and solely with respect to notices under Section 3.13, with a copy to AskMidland@midlandls.com)

 

with a copy to:

Stinson Leonard Street LLP
1201 Walnut Street
Suite 2900
Kansas City, Missouri 64106-2150
Fax Number: (816) 412-9338
Attention: Kenda K. Tomes
Email: kenda.tomes@stinson.com

 

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In the case of the Directing Certificateholder:

KKR Real Estate Credit Opportunity Partners Aggregator I L.P.
9 West 57th Street, Suite 4200
New York, New York 10019
Facsimile number: (212) 750-0003
Attention: Matt Salem

 

In the case of the Trustee:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

with a copy to:

Telecopy Number: (410) 715-2380
E-Mail: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com, except as otherwise set forth herein

 

In the case of the Certificate Administrator:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

with a copy to:

Telecopy Number: (410) 715-2380
E-Mail: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com, except as otherwise set forth herein

 

In the case of the Custodian:

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
1055 10th Avenue SE
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55414
Attention: Document Custody Group – JPMDB 2017-C7
Email: CMBSCustody@wellsfargo.com

 

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In the case of the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer:

Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
375 N. French Road, Suite 100
Amherst, New York, 14228
Attention: JPMDB 2017-C7 Transaction Manager
With a copy sent via email to: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com (with JPMDB 2017-C7 in the subject line)

 

with a copy to:

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC
150 Third Avenue South
Suite 2800
Nashville, Tennessee 37201
Attention: Jay H. Knight
Email: jknight@bassberry.com

 

In the case of the Mortgage Loan Sellers:

 

(i)JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Attention: Tom Cassino
E-mail: thomas.cassino@jpmorgan.com

 

(ii)German American Capital Corporation
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Helaine Kaplan

 

with a copy via email to:

lainie.kaye@db.com and cmbs.requests@db.com

 

with a copy to:

German American Capital Corporation
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile no.: (646) 736-5721

 

In the case of any mezzanine lender:

The address set forth in the related Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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To each such Person, such other address as may hereafter be furnished by such Person to the parties hereto in writing. Any communication required or permitted to be delivered to a Certificateholder shall be deemed to have been duly given when mailed first class, postage prepaid, to the address of such Holder as shown in the Certificate Register. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Certificateholder receives such notice.

 

(b)        Any party required to deliver any notice or information pursuant to the terms of this Agreement to the Rating Agencies shall deliver such written notice of the events or information specified in Section 3.13(c) to the Rating Agencies at the address listed below, promptly following the occurrence thereof. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, the Certificate Administrator, and Trustee also shall furnish such other information regarding the Trust as may be reasonably requested by the Rating Agencies to the extent such party has or can obtain such information without unreasonable effort or expense; provided, however, that such other information is first provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.13(c); provided, further, that the 17g-5 Information Provider shall not disclose which Rating Agency has requested such information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the failure to deliver such notices or copies shall not constitute a Servicer Termination Event, as the case may be, under this Agreement. Any confirmation of the rating by the Rating Agencies required hereunder shall be in writing.

 

Any notices to the Rating Agencies shall be sent to the following addresses:

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10007
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
E-mail: CMBSSurveillance@moodys.com

 

Fitch Ratings, Inc.
33 Whitehall Street
New York, New York 10004
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities Surveillance
Facsimile No.: (212) 635-0295
E-mail: info.cmbs@fitchratings.com

 

DBRS, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1800
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance
Facsimile No.: (312) 332-3492
E-mail: cmbs.surveillance@DBRS.com

 

Section 13.06      Severability of Provisions. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the

 

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remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement or of the Certificates or the rights of the Holders thereof.

 

Section 13.07      Grant of a Security Interest. The Depositor intends that the conveyance of the Conveyed Property shall constitute a sale and not a pledge of security for a loan. If such conveyance is deemed to be a pledge of security for a loan, however, the Depositor intends that the rights and obligations of the parties to such loan shall be established pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Depositor also intends and agrees that, in such event, (i) the Depositor shall be deemed to have granted to the Trustee (in such capacity) a first priority security interest in the Depositor’s entire right, title and interest in, to and under, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising, the Conveyed Property and all proceeds thereof and (ii) this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law. The Depositor shall file or cause to be filed, as a precautionary filing, a UCC Financing Statements in all appropriate locations promptly following the initial issuance of the Certificates to reflect the assignments made by the Mortgage Loan Sellers to the Depositor (and the Trustee) and by the Depositor to the Trustee (copies of which shall be delivered no later than ten (10) days following the Closing Date), and the Certificate Administrator shall, at the expense of the Depositor (to the extent reasonable) but in no event at the expense of the Trust, prepare and file continuation statements with respect thereto, in each case in the six-month period prior to every fifth anniversary of the date of the initial UCC Financing Statement. The Depositor shall cooperate in a reasonable manner with the Certificate Administrator in the preparation and filing of such continuation statements. This Section 13.07 shall constitute notice to the Trustee pursuant to any of the requirements of the applicable UCC.

 

Section 13.08      Successors and Assigns; Third Party Beneficiaries. (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto, and all such provisions shall inure to the benefit of the Certificateholders, subject to Section 13.03. Each Mortgage Loan Seller (and its respective agents), each Companion Holder (and its respective agents), each Underwriter, each depositor of a Regulation AB Companion Loan Securitization and each Initial Purchaser is an intended third-party beneficiary to this Agreement in respect of the respective rights afforded it hereunder. No other person, including, without limitation, any Mortgagor, shall be entitled to any benefit or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement.

 

(b)        Each Serviced Companion Noteholder shall be a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement in respect to the rights afforded it hereunder. Each of the Other Servicers and the Other Trustees shall be a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement in respect to all provisions herein expressly relating to compensation, reimbursement or indemnification of such Other Servicer and Other Trustee, and any provisions regarding reimbursement or advances or interest thereon to such Other Servicer or Other Trustee.

 

(c)        Each of the applicable Non-Serviced Trustee, Non-Serviced Master Servicer, Non-Serviced Special Servicer and any Non-Serviced Trust holding a related Non-Serviced Companion Loan, shall be a third-party beneficiary to this Agreement in respect to its rights as specifically provided for herein and under the applicable Non-Serviced Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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(d)        Subject to Section 2.03(k)(ii), Section 2.03(l)(iv) and Section 2.03(l)(v), any Requesting Certificateholder shall be an express third-party beneficiary to this Agreement for purposes of exercising rights under Section 2.03(k) through Section 2.03(o).

 

Section 13.09      Article and Section Headings. The article and section headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

Section 13.10      Notices to the Rating Agencies. (a) The Certificate Administrator shall use reasonable efforts promptly to provide notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), (and the related 17g-5 information provider for any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities to the extent applicable to any Serviced Whole Loan) with respect to each of the following of which it has actual knowledge:

 

(i)         any material change or amendment to this Agreement;

 

(ii)        the occurrence of a Servicer Termination Event that has not been cured;

 

(iii)       the resignation or termination of the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Special Servicer; and

 

(iv)       the repurchase or substitution of Mortgage Loans by the related Mortgage Loan Seller pursuant to Section 6 of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.

 

(b)        The Master Servicer shall use reasonable efforts to promptly provide notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), with respect to each of the following of which it has actual knowledge:

 

(i)         the resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator;

 

(ii)        any change in the location of the Collection Account;

 

(iii)       any event that would result in the voluntary or involuntary termination of any insurance of the accounts of the Trustee;

 

(iv)       any change in the lien priority of any Mortgage Loan with respect to an assumption of the Mortgage Loan or additional encumbrance described in Section 3.08;

 

(v)        any additional lease to an anchor tenant or termination of any existing lease to an anchor tenant at retail properties for any Mortgage Loan with a Stated Principal Balance that is equal to or greater than the lesser of (1) an amount greater than 5% of the then aggregate outstanding principal balances of the Mortgage Loans and (2) $ 35,000,000;

 

(vi)       any material damage to any Mortgaged Property;

 

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(vii)       any assumption with respect to a Mortgage Loan; and

 

(viii)      any release or substitution of any Mortgaged Property.

 

(c)         The Certificate Administrator shall promptly furnish notice to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), and thereafter to the Rating Agencies of (i) any change in the location of the Distribution Accounts and (ii) the final payment to any Class of Certificateholders.

 

(d)         The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall furnish to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting on the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c), and thereafter to each Rating Agency (and any rating agency for any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities to the extent applicable to any Serviced Whole Loan) with respect to each Mortgage Loan (other than any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan) such information as any Rating Agency shall reasonably request and which the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer or Special Servicer, can reasonably provide in accordance with applicable law and without waiving any attorney-client privilege relating to such information or violating the terms of this Agreement or any Mortgage Loan documents. The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer and Special Servicer, as applicable, may include any reasonable disclaimer it deems appropriate with respect to such information. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, nothing in this Section 13.10 shall require a party to provide duplicative notices or copies to the Rating Agencies with respect to any of the above listed items. In connection with the delivery by the Master Servicer or Special Servicer to the 17g-5 Information Provider of any information, report, notice or document for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website, the 17g-5 Information Provider shall notify the Master Servicer or Special Servicer when such information, report, notice or document has been posted. The Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as applicable, may, but shall not be obligated to send such information, report, notice or document to the applicable Rating Agency so long as such information, report, notice or document (i) was previously provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider or (ii) is simultaneously provided to the 17g-5 Information Provider.

 

Section 13.11      PNC Bank, National Association. PNC Bank, National Association, by execution hereof by its division, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement is binding upon and enforceable against PNC Bank, National Association to the full extent of the obligations set forth herein with respect to Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association.

 

[End of Article XIII]

 

[SIGNATURES COMMENCE ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their names to be signed hereto by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, in each case as of the day and year first above written.

 

  J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP., Depositor
     
  By: /s/ Bradley J. Horn
    Name:  Bradley J. Horn
    Title:  Executive Director
     
  MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  Master Servicer and Special Servicer
     
  By: /s/ David A. Eckels
  Name:  David A. Eckels
  Title:  Senior Vice President
     
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  not in its individual capacity, but solely as Certificate Administrator
     
  By: /s/ Stacey Gross
    Name:  Stacey Gross
    Title:  Vice President
     
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
     
  By: /s/ Stacey Gross
    Name: Stacey Gross
    Title: Vice President

 

 

 

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  PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC,
  Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer
     
  By: /s/ James Callahan
    Name: James Callahan
    Title: Executive Director and Solely as an
          Authorized Signatory for Pentalpha
          Surveillance LLC

 

 

 

 

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STATE OF NEW YORK )  
  ) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )  

 

On the 19 day of October, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared Bradley Horn known to me to be a Executive Director of J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the within instrument.

 

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

   
   
   
  /s/ Thomas A. DeBlasio
  Notary Public

 

[SEAL] Thomas A. DeBlasio
  Notary Public, State of New York
My commission expires: Qualified in New York County
February 27, 2021 No. 01DE6355030
  My Commission Expires February 27, 2021

 

 

 

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STATE OF KANSAS )  
  ) ss.:
COUNTY OF JOHNSON )  

 

On the 23rd day of October, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared David A. Eckels known to me to be a Senior Vice President of Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such national banking association, and acknowledged to me that such national banking association executed the within instrument.

 

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

   
   
  /s/ Brent Kinder
  Notary Public

 

 
   

BRENT KINDER

NOTARY PUBLIC - State of Kansas

My Appt. Exp. January 30, 2018

   

 

 

 

 

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STATE OF Maryland )  
  ) ss.:
COUNTY OF Howard )  

 

On the 19 day of October, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared Stacey Gross known to me to be a VP of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such national banking association, and acknowledged to me that such VP executed the within instrument.

 

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

   
   
  /s/ Amy Martin
  Notary Public

   
[SEAL]  
  AMY MARTIN
My commission expires:

Notary Public - Maryland

Anne Arundel County

My Commission Expires on

February 22, 2021

   

 

 

 

 

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STATE OF CONNECTICUT )  
  ) ss.:
COUNTY OF FAIRFIELD )  

 

On the 20th day of October, 2017, before me, a notary public in and for said State, personally appeared James Callahan known to me to be an Executive of Pentalpha Surveillance LLC that executed the within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on behalf of such limited liability company, and acknowledged to me that such Executive executed the within instrument.

 

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

   
   
  /s/ Melonie S. Williams
  Notary Public

[SEAL]
 
My commission expires: 7/31/2019

 

MELONIE S. WILLIAMS

Notary Public

Connecticut

My Commission Expires July 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A-1

 

FORM OF CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS A-1

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS A-1

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”).

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE

 

 

 

1        Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2        Book-Entry Certificate legend.

 

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AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: 2.0808%

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $27,657,000

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [A-1-1]

 

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CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class A-1 Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class A-1 Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

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Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class A-1 Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory

 

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to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class A-1 Certificates will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC in minimum denominations of $10,000, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of

 

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the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)        to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or

 

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repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)           reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and

 

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accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS A-1 CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-2

 

FORM OF CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS A-2

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS A-2

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”).

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE

 

 

 

1        Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2        Book-Entry Certificate legend.

 

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AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT, ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: 3.1247%

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $54,016,000

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [A-2-1]

 

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CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class A-2 Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class A-2 Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

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Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class A-2 Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory

 

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to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class A-2 Certificates will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC in minimum denominations of $10,000, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of

 

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the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)        to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or

 

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repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)          reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and

 

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accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS A-2 CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-3

 

FORM OF CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS A-3

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS A-3

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”).

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE

 

 

 

1        Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2        Book-Entry Certificate legend.

 

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AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: 3.0477%

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $60,700,000

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [A-3-1]

 

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CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class A-3 Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class A-3 Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

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Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class A-3 Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory

 

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to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class A-3 Certificates will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC in minimum denominations of $10,000, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of

 

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the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)        to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or

 

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repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)           reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and

 

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accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS A-3 CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent

 

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EXHIBIT A-4

 

FORM OF CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS A-4

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS A-4

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”).

 

 

 

1        Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2        Book-Entry Certificate legend.

 

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THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: 3.1467%

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE
CERTIFICATE BALANCE
OF THE CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATES
AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $275,000,000

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [A-4-1]

 

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CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class A-4 Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class A-4 Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class A-4 Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each

 

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Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses n the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

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Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class A-4 Certificates will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC in minimum denominations of $10,000, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

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(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)         to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

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(xi)       to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)         reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)        reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)       adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)       change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)        amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the

 

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consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS A-4 CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-5

 

FORM OF CLASS A-5 CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS A-5

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS A-5

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”).

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE

 

 

 

1        Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2        Book-Entry Certificate legend.

 

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AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: 3.4092%

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS A-5 CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $287,683,000

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [A-5-1]

     

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CLASS A-5 CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class A-5 Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class A-5 Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class A-5

 

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Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in

 

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writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class A-5 Certificates will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC in minimum denominations of $10,000, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)         to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by

 

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an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)         to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)        to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)       to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)         to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or

 

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repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)        to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)          reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)         reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)        adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)        change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)         amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and

 

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accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS A-5 CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-6

 

FORM OF CLASS A-SB CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS A-6

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS A-SB

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER OR ANY OTHER PERSON.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”).

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR

 

 

 

1Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2Book-Entry Certificate legend.

 

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NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: 3.2419%

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS A-SB CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $47,404,000

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [A-SB-1]

     

 

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CLASS A-SB CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class A-SB Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class A-SB Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

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Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class A-SB Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory

 

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to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class A-SB Certificates will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC in minimum denominations of $10,000, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of

 

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the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)         to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or

 

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repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)           reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and

 

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accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the holder of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS A-SB CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-7

 

FORM OF CLASS X-A CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS X-A

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS X-A

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

THIS CLASS X-A CERTIFICATE HAS NO PRINCIPAL BALANCE AND WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY DISTRIBUTION OF PRINCIPAL.

 

THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE REDUCED IN CONNECTION WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCES OF THE CLASS A-1, CLASS A-2, CLASS A-3, CLASS A-4, CLASS A-5, CLASS A-SB AND CLASS A-S CERTIFICATES. ACCORDINGLY, THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL AMOUNT SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT ON WHICH THE INTEREST PAYABLE TO THE HOLDERS OF THE CLASS X-A CERTIFICATES IS BASED WILL BE REDUCED AS A RESULT OF PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS AND LOSSES ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS. ACCORDINGLY, THE INTEREST PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW.

 

 

 

 

1        Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2        Book-Entry Certificate legend.

 

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THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”).

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CLASS X-A CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $857,267,000

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [X-A-1]

 

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CLASS X-A CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class X-A Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class X-A Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

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Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class X-A Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory

 

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to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class X-A Certificates will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC in minimum denominations of $1,000,000 initial Notional Amount, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Notional Amount of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)         to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of

 

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the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)         to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or

 

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repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)           reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and

 

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accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS X-A CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-8

 

FORM OF CLASS X-B CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS X-B

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS X-B

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

THIS CLASS X-B CERTIFICATE HAS NO PRINCIPAL BALANCE AND WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY DISTRIBUTION OF PRINCIPAL.

 

THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE REDUCED IN CONNECTION WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCES OF THE CLASS B AND CLASS C CERTIFICATES. ACCORDINGLY, THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL AMOUNT SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT ON WHICH THE INTEREST PAYABLE TO THE HOLDERS OF THE CLASS X-B CERTIFICATES IS BASED WILL BE REDUCED AS A RESULT OF PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS AND LOSSES ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS. ACCORDINGLY, THE INTEREST PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW.

 

 

 

1Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2Book-Entry Certificate legend.

 

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THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”).

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CLASS X-B CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $100,776,000

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [X-B-1]

 

 

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CLASS X-B CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class X-B Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class X-B Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

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Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class X-B Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory

 

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to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class X-B Certificates will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC in minimum denominations of $1,000,000 initial Notional Amount, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Notional Amount of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of

 

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the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)          to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)         to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)        to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)          to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)           to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or

 

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repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)           reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and

 

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accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS X-B CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-9

 

FORM OF CLASS X-D CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS X-D

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS X-D

 

[THIS CERTIFICATE IS A TEMPORARY REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S (“REGULATION S”) UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). NEITHER THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

 

NO BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.]1

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]2

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]3

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

 

 

1Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate legend.

 

2Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

3Book-Entry Certificate legend.

 

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THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) UPON INITIAL ISSUANCE ONLY, TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THIS CLASS X-D CERTIFICATE HAS NO PRINCIPAL BALANCE AND WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY DISTRIBUTION OF PRINCIPAL.

 

THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE REDUCED IN CONNECTION WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS D CERTIFICATES. ACCORDINGLY, THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL NOTIONAL AMOUNT SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THE NOTIONAL AMOUNT ON WHICH THE INTEREST PAYABLE TO THE HOLDERS OF THE CLASS X-D CERTIFICATES IS BASED WILL BE REDUCED AS A RESULT OF PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS AND LOSSES ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS. ACCORDINGLY, THE INTEREST PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”).

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE NOTIONAL AMOUNT OF THE CLASS X-D CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $47,029,000

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [X-D-1][X-D-2][X-D-3]

 

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CLASS X-D CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class X-D Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class X-D Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

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Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class X-D Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory

 

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to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class X-D Certificates will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC in minimum denominations of $1,000,000 initial Notional Amount, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Notional Amount of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of

 

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the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)        to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or

 

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repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)           reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and

 

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accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS X-D CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-10

 

FORM OF CLASS A-S CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS A-S

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS A-S

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”).

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE

 

 

 

1Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2Book-Entry Certificate legend.

 

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AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED TO THE CLASS A-1, CLASS A-2, CLASS A-3, CLASS A-4, CLASS A-5, CLASS A-SB, CLASS X-A, CLASS X-B AND CLASS X-D CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: 3.7125%

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS A-S CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $104,807,000

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [A-S-1]

     

 

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CLASS A-S CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class A-S Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class A-S Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

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Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class A-S Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory

 

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to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class A-S Certificates will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC in minimum denominations of $10,000, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of

 

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the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)         to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or

 

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repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)           reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)        adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)        change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)         amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and

 

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accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS A-S CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-11

 

FORM OF CLASS B CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS B

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS B

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”).

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE

 

 

 

1        Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2        Book-Entry Certificate legend.

 

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AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED TO THE CLASS A-1, CLASS A-2, CLASS A-3, CLASS A-4, CLASS A-5, CLASS A-SB, CLASS X-A, CLASS X-B, CLASS X-D AND CLASS A-S CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: 3.9854%

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS B CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $55,091,000

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [B-1]

 

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CLASS B CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class B Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class B Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

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Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class B Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory

 

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to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class B Certificates will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC in minimum denominations of $10,000, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of

 

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the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)         to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)        to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)       to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)          to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or

 

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repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)          to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)           reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and

 

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accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s) (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS B CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-12

 

FORM OF CLASS C CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS C

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS C

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”).

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE

 

 

 

1        Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2        Book-Entry Certificate legend.

 

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AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED TO THE CLASS A-1, CLASS A-2, CLASS A-3, CLASS A-4, CLASS A-5, CLASS A-SB, CLASS X-A, CLASS X-B, CLASS X-D, CLASS A-S AND CLASS B CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS C CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $45,685,000

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [C-1]

 

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CLASS C CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class C Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class C Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

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Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class C Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory

 

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to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class C Certificates will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC in minimum denominations of $10,000, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of

 

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the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)         to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)        to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)       to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)          to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or

 

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repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)          to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)           reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and

 

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accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s) (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS C CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-13

 

FORM OF CLASS D CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS D

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS D

 

[THIS CERTIFICATE IS A TEMPORARY REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S (“REGULATION S”) UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”). NEITHER THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.

 

NO BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.]1

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]2

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]3

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

 

 

1        Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate legend.

 

2        Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

3        Book-Entry Certificate legend.

 

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PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) UPON INITIAL ISSUANCE ONLY, TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”).

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED TO THE CLASS A-1, CLASS A-2, CLASS A-3, CLASS A-4, CLASS A-5, CLASS A-SB, CLASS X-A, CLASS X-B, CLASS X-D, CLASS A-S, CLASS B AND CLASS C CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: 3.0000%

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS D CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $47,029,000

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [D-1] [D-2][D-3]

 

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CLASS D CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT CEDE & CO. is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class D Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class D Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

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Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class D Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory

 

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to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class D Certificates will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of

 

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the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)         to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)        to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)       to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)          to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or

 

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repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)          to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)           reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and

 

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accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS D CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-14

 

FORM OF CLASS E-RR CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS E-RR

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS E-RR

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS PART OF THE ELIGIBLE HORIZONTAL RESIDUAL INTEREST FOR THE RELATED SECURITIZATION AND IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS, HEDGING AND PLEDGING PURSUANT TO THE CREDIT RISK RETENTION RULES.  THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR SHALL REFUSE TO REGISTER THE TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5.03(I) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING

 

 

 

1        Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2        Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period.

 

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CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) UPON INITIAL ISSUANCE ONLY, TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY BY SUCH A PLAN OR PLANS AND THE APPLICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS (A)(I) SUCH PERSON IS AN “INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT” WITHIN THE MEANING OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AND (II) ALL CONDITIONS OF SECTIONS I AND III OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 WILL BE MET WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT’S ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE, OR (B) WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ANY PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, SUCH ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION BY SUCH PLAN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE CODE.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY

 

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REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED TO THE CLASS A-1, CLASS A-2, CLASS A-3, CLASS A-4, CLASS A-5, CLASS A-SB, CLASS X-A, CLASS X-B, CLASS X-D, CLASS A-S, CLASS B, CLASS C AND CLASS D CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS E-RR CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $21,499,000

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [E-RR-1]

 

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CLASS E-RR CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [KKR REAL ESTATE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS AGGREGATOR I L.P.] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class E-RR Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class E-RR Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin

 

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or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class E-RR Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class E-RR Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

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(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)         to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)        to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)       to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)          to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention

 

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Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)          to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)           reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any

 

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Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS E-RR CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-15

 

FORM OF CLASS F-RR CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS F-RR

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS F-RR

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS PART OF THE ELIGIBLE HORIZONTAL RESIDUAL INTEREST FOR THE RELATED SECURITIZATION AND IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS, HEDGING AND PLEDGING PURSUANT TO THE CREDIT RISK RETENTION RULES.   THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR SHALL REFUSE TO REGISTER THE TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5.03(I) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING

 

 

 

1        Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2        Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period.

 

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CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) UPON INITIAL ISSUANCE ONLY, TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY BY SUCH A PLAN OR PLANS AND THE APPLICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS (A)(I) SUCH PERSON IS AN “INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT” WITHIN THE MEANING OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AND (II) ALL CONDITIONS OF SECTIONS I AND III OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 WILL BE MET WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT’S ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE, OR (B) WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ANY PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, SUCH ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION BY SUCH PLAN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE CODE.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH

 

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BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED TO THE CLASS A-1, CLASS A-2, CLASS A-3, CLASS A-4, CLASS A-5, CLASS A-SB, CLASS X-A, CLASS X-B, CLASS X-D, CLASS A-S, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D AND CLASS E-RR CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS F-RR CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $12,093,000

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [F-RR-1]

 

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CLASS F-RR CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [KKR REAL ESTATE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS AGGREGATOR I L.P.] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class F-RR Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class F-RR Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin

 

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or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class F-RR Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class F-RR Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

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(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)         to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)        to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)       to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)          to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention

 

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Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)          to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)           reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any

 

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Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS F-RR CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-16

 

FORM OF CLASS G-RR CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS G-RR

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS G-RR

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS PART OF THE ELIGIBLE HORIZONTAL RESIDUAL INTEREST FOR THE RELATED SECURITIZATION AND IS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERS, HEDGING AND PLEDGING PURSUANT TO THE CREDIT RISK RETENTION RULES.   THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR SHALL REFUSE TO REGISTER THE TRANSFER OF THIS CERTIFICATE UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 5.03(I) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT 

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING 

 

 

 

1        Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2        Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period.

 

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CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) UPON INITIAL ISSUANCE ONLY, TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY BY SUCH A PLAN OR PLANS AND THE APPLICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS (A)(I) SUCH PERSON IS AN “INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT” WITHIN THE MEANING OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AND (II) ALL CONDITIONS OF SECTIONS I AND III OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 WILL BE MET WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT’S ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE, OR (B) WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ANY PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, SUCH ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION BY SUCH PLAN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “REGULAR INTEREST” IN A “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUIT”, AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(1) AND 860D OF THE CODE.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH

 

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BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBORDINATED TO THE CLASS A-1, CLASS A-2, CLASS A-3, CLASS A-4, CLASS A-5, CLASS A-SB, CLASS X-A, CLASS X-B, CLASS X-D, CLASS A-S, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, CLASS E-RR AND CLASS F-RR CERTIFICATES AS AND TO THE EXTENT SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

DENOMINATION: $[            ]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS G-RR CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $36,279,296

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

COMMON CODE NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [G-RR-1] 

     

 

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CLASS G-RR CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [KKR REAL ESTATE CREDIT OPPORTUNITY PARTNERS AGGREGATOR I L.P.] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class G-RR Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class G-RR Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents a “regular interest” in a “real estate mortgage investment conduit”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin

 

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or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the Class G-RR Pass-Through Rate specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the Non-VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses on the Mortgage Loans allocated to any Class of Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of Non-VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class G-RR Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form through the facilities of DTC in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

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(v)           to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)          to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)         to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)        to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)          to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)           to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention

 

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Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)          to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)            reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)           reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)          adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)          change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)           amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any

 

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Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS G-RR CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-17

 

FORM OF CLASS R CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS R

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS R

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.

 

THE HOLDER OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF AGREES NOT TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH CERTIFICATE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND (A) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (B) FOR SO LONG AS THIS CERTIFICATE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. A TRANSFEREE IS ALSO REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT C TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, AND (B)

 

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IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE, OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY BY SUCH A PLAN OR PLANS AND THE APPLICATIONOF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS A “RESIDUAL INTEREST” IN TWO “REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE INVESTMENT CONDUITS” AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED, RESPECTIVELY, IN SECTIONS 860G(a)(2) AND 860D OF THE CODE. EACH TRANSFEREE OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, IS DEEMED TO HAVE ACCEPTED THIS CERTIFICATE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY TO DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATIONS, DISQUALIFIED NON-U.S. TAX PERSONS OR AGENTS OF EITHER, AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 5.03 OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, AND SHALL BE REQUIRED TO FURNISH AN AFFIDAVIT TO THE TRANSFEROR, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR AND THE TRUSTEE TO THE EFFECT THAT, AMONG OTHER THINGS, (A) IT IS NOT A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 860E(e)(5) OF THE CODE, OR AN AGENT (INCLUDING A BROKER, NOMINEE OR OTHER MIDDLEMAN) FOR SUCH DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION AND IS OTHERWISE A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE, (B) IT HAS HISTORICALLY PAID ITS DEBTS AS THEY HAVE COME DUE AND INTENDS TO PAY ITS DEBTS AS THEY COME DUE IN THE FUTURE, (C) IT UNDERSTANDS THAT IT MAY INCUR TAX LIABILITIES WITH RESPECT TO THIS CERTIFICATE IN EXCESS OF CASH FLOWS GENERATED HEREBY, (D) IT INTENDS TO PAY ANY TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH HOLDING THIS CERTIFICATE AS THEY BECOME DUE, (E) IT WILL NOT CAUSE INCOME WITH RESPECT TO THIS CERTIFICATE TO BE ATTRIBUTABLE TO A FOREIGN PERMANENT ESTABLISHMENT OR FIXED BASE, WITHIN THE MEANING OF AN APPLICABLE INCOME TAX TREATY, OF SUCH PERSON OR ANY OTHER U.S. PERSON AND (F) IT WILL NOT TRANSFER THIS CERTIFICATE TO ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE A SIMILAR AFFIDAVIT. ANY PURPORTED TRANSFER TO A DISQUALIFIED ORGANIZATION OR OTHER PERSON THAT IS NOT A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE OR OTHERWISE IN VIOLATION OF THESE RESTRICTIONS SHALL BE ABSOLUTELY NULL AND VOID AND SHALL VEST NO RIGHTS IN ANY PURPORTED TRANSFEREE. THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS ONE OR MORE “NON-ECONOMIC RESIDUAL INTERESTS”, AS DEFINED IN TREASURY REGULATIONS SECTION 1.860E-1(c), AND THEREFORE, TRANSFERS OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE DISREGARDED FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. IN ORDER TO SATISFY A REGULATORY SAFE HARBOR UNDER WHICH SUCH TRANSFERS WILL NOT BE DISREGARDED, THE TRANSFEROR MAY BE REQUIRED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO SATISFY ITSELF AS TO THE FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE PROPOSED TRANSFEREE AND EITHER TO TRANSFER AT A MINIMUM PRICE OR TO AN ELIGIBLE TRANSFEREE AS SPECIFIED IN TREASURY REGULATIONS.

 

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PERCENTAGE INTEREST EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE: [100%]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

CLASS R PERCENTAGE INTEREST: [100%]

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING Advisor: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [            ]

 

ISIN NO.: [            ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: R-1

         

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CLASS R CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class R Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class R Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Class R Certificate represents a “residual interest” in two “real estate mortgage investment conduits”, as those terms are defined, respectively, in Sections 860G(a)(1) and 860D of the Code. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income. The Holder of the largest Percentage Interest in the Class R Certificates shall be the “tax matters person” for each Trust REMIC pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.860F-4(d). The Certificate Administrator shall be designated as the “representative” (as defined in Section 6223 of the Code) of each Trust REMIC. By their acceptance thereof, the Holders of the Class R Certificates hereby agree to the designation of the Certificate Administrator as the agent and attorney in fact for the tax matters person and as the representative with respect to each Trust REMIC.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, distributions, if any, on this Certificate shall be made by the Certificate Administrator in an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) and to the extent and subject to the limitations set forth in

 

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the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, on the Distribution Date to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

Each Person who has or acquires any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be deemed by the acceptance or acquisition of such Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to have agreed to be bound by the following provisions and the rights of each Person acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate are expressly subject to the following provisions: (A) no Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall be a Disqualified Organization, a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person or any agent of either (including a broker, nominee or other middleman) (an “Agent”), or a Plan or a Person acting on behalf of or using

 

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the assets of a Plan (such Plan or Person, an “ERISA Prohibited Holder”) and shall promptly notify the Certificate Registrar of any change or impending change to such status; (B) in connection with any proposed Transfer of any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate, the Certificate Registrar shall require delivery to it, and no Transfer of any Class R Certificate shall be registered until the Certificate Registrar receives, an affidavit substantially in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit D-1 (a “Transferee Affidavit”) from the proposed Transferee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar, representing and warranting, among other things, that such Transferee is not a Disqualified Organization, a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person or any Agent of either, or an ERISA Prohibited Holder and that it agrees to be bound by and to abide by the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; (C) notwithstanding the delivery of a Transferee Affidavit by a proposed Transferee under clause (B) above, if the Certificate Registrar has actual knowledge or reason to believe that the proposed Transferee is a Disqualified Organization, a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person or any Agent of either, or an ERISA Prohibited Holder, no Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such proposed Transferee shall be effected; and (D) each Person holding or acquiring any Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate shall agree (1) not to transfer its Ownership Interest in such Class R Certificate to any Person that does not provide a Transferee Affidavit and (2) not to transfer its Ownership Interest in such Class R Certificate unless it provides to the Certificate Registrar a letter substantially in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit D-2 (a “Transferor Letter”) certifying that, among other things, it has no actual knowledge or reason to know that the proposed Transferee’s statements in such Transferee Affidavit are false.

 

The Class R Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form, in minimum percentage interests of 10% and integral multiples of 1% in excess thereof.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)            to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

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(iv)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)           to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)          to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)         to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)       to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

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(ix)          to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)           to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)           reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing

 

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Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS R CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-18

 

FORM OF CLASS Z CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS Z

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS Z

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) UPON INITIAL ISSUANCE ONLY, TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE, OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY BY SUCH A PLAN OR PLANS AND THE APPLICATIONOF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE.

 

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THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS THE excess interest and RELATED AMOUNTS IN THE excess interest distribution account.

 

EACH PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER AN INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT C TO THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

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PERCENTAGE INTEREST EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE: [100%]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

CLASS Z PERCENTAGE INTEREST: [100%]

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING ADVISOR: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CUSIP NO.: [          ]

 

ISIN NO.: [          ]

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: [Z-1]

 

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CLASS Z CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Certificate in the Class Z Certificates issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the quotient expressed as a percentage obtained by dividing the Denomination of this Certificate specified on the face hereof, by the aggregate initial Certificate Balance of the Class Z Certificates. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of a grantor trust that holds the Excess Interest and related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, distributions, if any, on this Certificate shall be made by the Certificate Administrator in an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of the Excess Interest then distributable, if any, and to the extent and subject to the limitations set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, on the Distribution Date to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

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This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Account and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Certificateholders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon surrender of this Certificate for registration of transfer at the office of the Certificate Registrar or at the office of its transfer agent, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by an assignment in the form below or other written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Certificate Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Certificates of the same Class in authorized Denominations will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

 

The Class Z Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form, in minimum percentage interests of 10% and integral multiples of 1% in excess thereof.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum

 

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sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and neither the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, nor any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)            to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)           to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)          to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)           to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)          to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

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(vii)         to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)        to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)          to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)           to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)          to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and

 

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Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)           reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

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Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS Z CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-19

 

FORM OF ClASS VRR CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS VRR

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS VRR

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR THE EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE, 

 

 

 

1        Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2        Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period.

 

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AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY BY SUCH PLAN OR PLANS AND THE APPLICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS (A)(I) SUCH PERSON IS AN “INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT” WITHIN THE MEANING OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AND (II) ALL CONDITIONS OF SECTIONS I AND III OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 WILL BE MET WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT’S ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE, OR (B) WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ANY PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, SUCH ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION BY SUCH PLAN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS THE CLASS VRR trust COMPONENTS, the class vrr distribution account, THE excess interest and RELATED AMOUNTS IN THE excess interest distribution account.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH

 

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BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_______]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $30,390,000 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER:
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING ADVISOR: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: VRR-____

 

     

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CLASS VRR CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND SOLELY FOLLOWING THE APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: ________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Class VRR Certificate issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of a grantor trust that holds the Class VRR Trust Components, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest and related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest (including Excess Interest) then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and

 

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Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the rate set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All VRR Certificate Realized Losses allocated to the Class VRR Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In addition, subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate may be exchanged for the Exchangeable Certificates pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class VRR Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)            to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)           to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)          to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such

 

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action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)           to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)          to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)         to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)        to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)           to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website

 

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pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)           to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)          to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)            reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)           reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)          adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an

 

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Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-20

 

FORM OF ClASS VRR-A1 CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS VRR-A1

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS VRR-A1

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR THE CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,

 

 

 

1        Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2        Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period.

 

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AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS THE CLASS VRR trust COMPONENTS, the class vrr distribution account, THE excess interest and RELATED AMOUNTS IN THE excess interest distribution account.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_______]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF CLASS VRR-A1 CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $781,898.20 (REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS VRR-A1 CERTIFICATE THAT COULD BE ISSUED IN AN EXCHANGE) 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER:
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING ADVISOR: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: VRR-A1____

 

     

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CLASS VRR-A1 CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND SOLELY FOLLOWING THE APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: ________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Class VRR-A1 Certificate issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of a grantor trust that holds the Class VRR Trust Components, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest and related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest (including Excess Interest) then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and

 

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Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the rate set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All VRR Certificate Realized Losses allocated to the Class VRR-A1 Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In addition, subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate together with the other Exchangeable Certificates may be exchanged for the Class VRR Certificates pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class VRR-A1 Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such

 

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action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)           to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)          to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)         to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)        to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)          to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website

 

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pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)           to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)          to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)            reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)           reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)          adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)          change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)           amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an

 

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Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS VRR-A1 CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-21

 

FORM OF ClASS VRR-A2 CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS VRR-A2

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS VRR-A2

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR THE CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,

 

 

 

1      Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2      Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period 

 

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AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS THE CLASS VRR trust COMPONENTS, the class vrr distribution account, THE excess interest and RELATED AMOUNTS IN THE excess interest distribution account.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_______]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE
CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF CLASS VRR-A2 CERTIFICATES
AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $1,527,100.31
(REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM CERTIFICATE
BALANCE OF THE CLASS VRR-A2
CERTIFICATE THAT COULD BE ISSUED IN AN EXCHANGE
)

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES,
A DIVISION OF PNC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER:
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING ADVISOR: PENTALPHA
SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER:
PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: VRR-A2____

 

 

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CLASS VRR-A2 CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND SOLELY FOLLOWING THE APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: ________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Class VRR-A2 Certificate issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of a grantor trust that holds the Class VRR Trust Components, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest and related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest (including Excess Interest) then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and

 

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Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the rate set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All VRR Certificate Realized Losses allocated to the Class VRR-A2 Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In addition, subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate together with the other Exchangeable Certificates may be exchanged for the Class VRR Certificates pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class VRR-A2 Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)          to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such

 

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action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)          to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)          to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)          to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)          to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website

 

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pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)          reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)         amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an

 

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Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS VRR-A2 CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-22

 

FORM OF ClASS VRR-A3 CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS VRR-A3

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS VRR-A3

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR THE CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,

 

 

 

1      Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2      Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period

 

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AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS THE CLASS VRR trust COMPONENTS, the class vrr distribution account, THE excess interest and RELATED AMOUNTS IN THE excess interest distribution account.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_______]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE
CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF CLASS VRR-A3
CERTIFICATES
AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $1,716,065.40
(REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM CERTIFICATE
BALANCE OF THE CLASS VRR-A3
CERTIFICATE THAT COULD BE ISSUED IN AN EXCHANGE)

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES,
A DIVISION OF PNC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER:
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING ADVISOR: PENTALPHA
SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER:
PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: VRR-A3____

 

 

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CLASS VRR-A3 CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND SOLELY FOLLOWING THE APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: ________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Class VRR-A3 Certificate issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of a grantor trust that holds the Class VRR Trust Components, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest and related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest (including Excess Interest) then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and

 

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Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the rate set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All VRR Certificate Realized Losses allocated to the Class VRR-A3 Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In addition, subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate together with the other Exchangeable Certificates may be exchanged for the Class VRR Certificates pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class VRR-A3 Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)          to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such

 

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action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)         to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)       to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)         to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website

 

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pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)          reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)        change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an

 

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Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS VRR-A3 CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-23

 

FORM OF ClASS VRR-A4 CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS VRR-A4

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS VRR-A4

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR THE CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,

 

 

 

1      Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2      Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period 

 

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AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS THE CLASS VRR trust COMPONENTS, the class vrr distribution account, THE excess interest and RELATED AMOUNTS IN THE excess interest distribution account.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_______]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS
DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE
CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF CLASS VRR-A4
CERTIFICATES
AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $7,774,596.14
(REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM CERTIFICATE
BALANCE OF THE CLASS VRR-A4
CERTIFICATE THAT COULD BE ISSUED IN AN
EXCHANGE

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES,
A DIVISION OF PNC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER:
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING ADVISOR: PENTALPHA
SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER:
PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: VRR-A4____

 

 

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CLASS VRR-A4 CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND SOLELY FOLLOWING THE APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: ________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Class VRR-A4 Certificate issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of a grantor trust that holds the Class VRR Trust Components, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest and related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest (including Excess Interest) then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and

 

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Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the rate set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All VRR Certificate Realized Losses allocated to the Class VRR-A4 Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In addition, subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate together with the other Exchangeable Certificates may be exchanged for the Class VRR Certificates pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class VRR-A4 Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such

 

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action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)         to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)        to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)       to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)          to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website

 

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pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)          reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an

 

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Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS VRR-A4 CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-24

 

FORM OF ClASS VRR-A5 CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS VRR-A5

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS VRR-A5

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR THE CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,

 

 

 

1      Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2      Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period 

 

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AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS THE CLASS VRR trust COMPONENTS, the class vrr distribution account, THE excess interest and RELATED AMOUNTS IN THE excess interest distribution account.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND
SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS
CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_______]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE
POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS
DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE
CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF CLASS VRR-A5
CERTIFICATES
AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $8,133,160.51
(REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM CERTIFICATE
BALANCE OF THE CLASS VRR-A5
CERTIFICATE THAT COULD BE ISSUED IN AN EXCHANGE
)

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES,
A DIVISION OF PNC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER:
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING ADVISOR: PENTALPHA
SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER:
PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: VRR-A5____

 

 

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CLASS VRR-A5 CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND SOLELY FOLLOWING THE APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: ________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Class VRR-A5 Certificate issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of a grantor trust that holds the Class VRR Trust Components, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest and related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest (including Excess Interest) then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and

 

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Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the rate set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All VRR Certificate Realized Losses allocated to the Class VRR-A5 Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In addition, subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate together with the other Exchangeable Certificates may be exchanged for the Class VRR Certificates pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class VRR-A5 Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)           to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)          to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)         to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such

 

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action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)          to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)          to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)         to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)        to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)          to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website

 

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pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)          to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)          reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)         adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)         change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an

 

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Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS VRR-A5 CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-25

 

FORM OF ClASS VRR-ASB CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS VRR-ASB

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS VRR-ASB

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR THE CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,

 

 

 

1 Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2 Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period

 

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AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS THE CLASS VRR trust COMPONENTS, the class vrr distribution account, THE excess interest and RELATED AMOUNTS IN THE excess interest distribution account.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_______]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE
CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF CLASS VRR-ASB CERTIFICATES
AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $1,340,170.75 (REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS VRR-ASB CERTIFICATE THAT COULD BE ISSUED IN AN EXCHANGE)

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER:
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING ADVISOR: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: VRR-ASB____

 

     

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CLASS VRR-ASB CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND SOLELY FOLLOWING THE APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: ________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Class VRR-ASB Certificate issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of a grantor trust that holds the Class VRR Trust Components, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest and related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest (including Excess Interest) then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and

 

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Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the rate set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All VRR Certificate Realized Losses allocated to the Class VRR-ASB Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In addition, subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate together with the other Exchangeable Certificates may be exchanged for the Class VRR Certificates pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class VRR-ASB Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)          to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)         to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)        to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)        to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such

 

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action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)         to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)         to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website

 

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pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)          reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)         reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)        adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)        change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)         amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an

 

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Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS VRR-ASB CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-26

 

FORM OF ClASS VRR-AS CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS VRR-AS

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS VRR-AS

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR THE CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,

 

 

 

1 Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2 Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period

  

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AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS THE CLASS VRR trust COMPONENTS, the class vrr distribution account, THE excess interest and RELATED AMOUNTS IN THE excess interest distribution account.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_______]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE
CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF CLASS VRR-AS CERTIFICATES
AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $2,963,025.81 (REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS VRR-AS CERTIFICATE THAT COULD BE ISSUED IN AN EXCHANGE
)

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER:
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING ADVISOR: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: VRR-AS____

 

     

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CLASS VRR-AS CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND SOLELY FOLLOWING THE APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: ________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Class VRR-AS Certificate issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of a grantor trust that holds the Class VRR Trust Components, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest and related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest (including Excess Interest) then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and

 

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Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the rate set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All VRR Certificate Realized Losses allocated to the Class VRR-AS Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In addition, subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate together with the other Exchangeable Certificates may be exchanged for the Class VRR Certificates pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class VRR-AS Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)          to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)         to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)        to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)        to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such

 

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action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)         to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)         to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website

 

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pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)          reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)         reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)        adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)        change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)         amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an

 

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Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS VRR-AS CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-27

 

FORM OF ClASS VRR-B CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS VRR-B

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS VRR-B

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR THE CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,

 

 

 

1 Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2 Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period

  

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AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS THE CLASS VRR trust COMPONENTS, the class vrr distribution account, THE excess interest and RELATED AMOUNTS IN THE excess interest distribution account.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_______]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE
CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF CLASS VRR-B CERTIFICATES
AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $1,557,491.91 (REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS VRR-B CERTIFICATE THAT COULD BE ISSUED IN AN EXCHANGE
)

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER:
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING ADVISOR: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: VRR-B____

 

     

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CLASS VRR-B CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND SOLELY FOLLOWING THE APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: ________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Class VRR-B Certificate issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of a grantor trust that holds the Class VRR Trust Components, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest and related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest (including Excess Interest) then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and

 

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Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the rate set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All VRR Certificate Realized Losses allocated to the Class VRR-B Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In addition, subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate together with the other Exchangeable Certificates may be exchanged for the Class VRR Certificates pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class VRR-B Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)          to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)         to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)        to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)        to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such

 

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action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)         to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)         to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website

 

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pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)          reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)         reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)        adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)        change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)         amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an

 

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Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS VRR-B CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-28

 

FORM OF ClASS VRR-C CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS VRR-C

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS VRR-C

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR THE CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,

 

 

 

1 Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2 Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period

  

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AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS THE CLASS VRR trust COMPONENTS, the class vrr distribution account, THE excess interest and RELATED AMOUNTS IN THE excess interest distribution account.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_______]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE
CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF CLASS VRR-C CERTIFICATES
AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $1,291,572.45

(REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS VRR-C CERTIFICATE THAT COULD BE ISSUED IN AN EXCHANGE)

 

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER:
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING ADVISOR: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: VRR-C____

 

     

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CLASS VRR-C CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND SOLELY FOLLOWING THE APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: ________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Class VRR-C Certificate issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of a grantor trust that holds the Class VRR Trust Components, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest and related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest (including Excess Interest) then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and

 

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Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the rate set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All VRR Certificate Realized Losses allocated to the Class VRR-C Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In addition, subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate together with the other Exchangeable Certificates may be exchanged for the Class VRR Certificates pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class VRR-C Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)          to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)         to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)        to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)        to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such

 

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action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)         to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)         to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website

 

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pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)          reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)         reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)        adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)        change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)         amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an

 

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Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS VRR-C CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-29

 

FORM OF ClASS VRR-D CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS VRR-D

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS VRR-D

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR THE CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,

 

 

 

1          Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2          Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period 

 

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AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS THE CLASS VRR trust COMPONENTS, the class vrr distribution account, THE excess interest and RELATED AMOUNTS IN THE excess interest distribution account.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_______]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF CLASS VRR-D CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $1,329,569.03

(REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS VRR-D CERTIFICATE THAT COULD BE ISSUED IN AN EXCHANGE)

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER:
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING ADVISOR: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: VRR-D____

 

     

 

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CLASS VRR-D CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND SOLELY FOLLOWING THE APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: ________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Class VRR-D Certificate issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of a grantor trust that holds the Class VRR Trust Components, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest and related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest (including Excess Interest) then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and

 

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Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the rate set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All VRR Certificate Realized Losses allocated to the Class VRR-D Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In addition, subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate together with the other Exchangeable Certificates may be exchanged for the Class VRR Certificates pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class VRR-D Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)          to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)         to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)        to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)        to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such

 

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action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)         to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)        to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website

 

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pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)        to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)          reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)         reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)        adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)        change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)         amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an

 

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Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS VRR-D CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-30

 

FORM OF ClASS VRR-E CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS VRR-E

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS VRR-E

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR THE CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,

 

 

 

1    Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2    Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period 

 

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AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY BY SUCH PLAN OR PLANS AND THE APPLICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS (A)(I) SUCH PERSON IS AN “INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT” WITHIN THE MEANING OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AND (II) ALL CONDITIONS OF SECTIONS I AND III OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 WILL BE MET WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT’S ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE, OR (B) WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ANY PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, SUCH ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION BY SUCH PLAN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS THE CLASS VRR trust COMPONENTS, the class vrr distribution account, THE excess interest and RELATED AMOUNTS IN THE excess interest distribution account.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH

 

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BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_______]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF CLASS VRR-E CERTIFICATES
AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $607,803.79

(REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS VRR-E CERTIFICATE THAT COULD BE ISSUED IN AN EXCHANGE)

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER:
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING ADVISOR: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: VRR-E____

 

     

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CLASS VRR-E CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND SOLELY FOLLOWING THE APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: ________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Class VRR-E Certificate issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of a grantor trust that holds the Class VRR Trust Components, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest and related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest (including Excess Interest) then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and

 

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Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the rate set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All VRR Certificate Realized Losses allocated to the Class VRR-E Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In addition, subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate together with the other Exchangeable Certificates may be exchanged for the Class VRR Certificates pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class VRR-E Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)          to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)         to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)        to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)        to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such

 

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action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)         to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)         to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website

 

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pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)         to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)          reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)          reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)        adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)       change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)          amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an

 

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Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS VRR-E CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-31

 

FORM OF ClASS VRR-F CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS VRR-F

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS VRR-F

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR THE CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,

 

 

 

1    Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2    Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period 

 

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AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY BY SUCH PLAN OR PLANS AND THE APPLICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS (A)(I) SUCH PERSON IS AN “INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT” WITHIN THE MEANING OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AND (II) ALL CONDITIONS OF SECTIONS I AND III OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 WILL BE MET WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT’S ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE, OR (B) WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ANY PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, SUCH ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION BY SUCH PLAN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS THE CLASS VRR trust COMPONENTS, the class vrr distribution account, THE excess interest and RELATED AMOUNTS IN THE excess interest distribution account.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH

 

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BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_______]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE:
NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE
CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF CLASS VRR-F CERTIFICATES
AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $341,884.33

(REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS VRR-F CERTIFICATE THAT COULD BE ISSUED IN AN EXCHANGE)

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER:
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING ADVISOR: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: VRR-F____

 

     

 

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CLASS VRR-F CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND SOLELY FOLLOWING THE APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: ________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Class VRR-F Certificate issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of a grantor trust that holds the Class VRR Trust Components, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest and related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest (including Excess Interest) then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and

 

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Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the rate set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All VRR Certificate Realized Losses allocated to the Class VRR-F Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In addition, subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate together with the other Exchangeable Certificates may be exchanged for the Class VRR Certificates pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class VRR-F Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)          to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)         to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)        to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)        to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such

 

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action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)         to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)        to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website

 

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pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)         to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)        to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)          reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)         reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)        adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)       change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)        amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an

 

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Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS VRR-F CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT A-32

 

FORM OF ClASS VRR-G CERTIFICATE

 

CLASS VRR-G

 

JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES

 

SERIES 2017-C7, CLASS VRR-G

 

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE CERTIFICATE REGISTRAR FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]1

 

[TRANSFERS OF THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE, AND TRANSFERS OF BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN THIS BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW.]2

 

THIS CERTIFICATE DOES NOT REPRESENT AN INTEREST IN OR OBLIGATION OF THE DEPOSITOR, THE BORROWERS, THE SPONSORS, THE MASTER SERVICER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER, THE TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR, THE OPERATING ADVISOR, THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER, THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY, THE UNDERWRITERS, THE INITIAL PURCHASERS, THE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLERS OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES. NEITHER THIS CERTIFICATE NOR THE UNDERLYING MORTGAGE LOANS ARE INSURED OR GUARANTEED BY ANY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY OR PRIVATE INSURER.

 

PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS IN RESPECT OF THIS CERTIFICATE ARE DISTRIBUTABLE AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OUTSTANDING CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN THE INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, THIS CERTIFICATE TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES MAY BE EXCHANGED FOR THE CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES PURSUANT TO THE PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR FOREIGN SECURITIES LAW. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE,

 

 

 

1          Legend required as long as DTC is the Depository under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

2          Book-Entry Certificate legend for use solely following the related Transfer Restriction Period 

 

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AGREES THAT THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE REOFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (A)(1) PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”) TO A PERSON THAT THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”, WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A (A “QIB”), OR IS PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB, AND WHOM THE HOLDER HAS INFORMED THAT THE REOFFER, RESALE, PLEDGE, OR OTHER TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (2) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS A NON-“U.S. PERSON” IN AN “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AS DEFINED IN, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF, REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (3) TO AN INSTITUTION THAT IS AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY ENTITY IN WHICH ALL OF THE EQUITY OWNERS COME WITHIN SUCH PARAGRAPHS, AND (B) IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION.

 

THE INITIAL INVESTOR IN THIS CERTIFICATE, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT PURCHASER OF THIS CERTIFICATE, BY PURCHASING THIS CERTIFICATE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN, IS DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED TO COMPLY WITH CERTAIN TRANSFER REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE PURCHASED BY OR PLEDGED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED TO ANY PERSON THAT IS OR BECOMES AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY PROVISIONS OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OR TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3(32) OF ERISA) OR OTHER PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO ANY FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW THAT IS, TO A MATERIAL EXTENT, SIMILAR TO THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”), OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH PLAN OR USING THE ASSETS OF SUCH PLAN (INCLUDING AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE PLAN ASSETS BY REASON OF INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY BY SUCH PLAN OR PLANS AND THE APPLICATION OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR REGULATION § 2510.3-101, AS MODIFIED BY SECTION 3(42) OF ERISA) TO ACQUIRE THIS CERTIFICATE, UNLESS (A)(I) SUCH PERSON IS AN “INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT” WITHIN THE MEANING OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60, AND (II) ALL CONDITIONS OF SECTIONS I AND III OF PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 95-60 WILL BE MET WITH RESPECT TO SUCH INSURANCE COMPANY GENERAL ACCOUNT’S ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE, OR (B) WITH RESPECT TO THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR DISPOSITION OF THIS CERTIFICATE BY ANY PLAN SUBJECT TO SIMILAR LAW, SUCH ACQUISITION, HOLDING AND DISPOSITION BY SUCH PLAN WILL NOT CONSTITUTE OR OTHERWISE RESULT IN A NON-EXEMPT VIOLATION OF SIMILAR LAW.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS AN UNDIVIDED beneficial INTEREST IN A PORTION OF A GRANTOR TRUST THAT HOLDS THE CLASS VRR trust COMPONENTS, the class vrr distribution account, THE excess interest and RELATED AMOUNTS IN THE excess interest distribution account.

 

THE PORTION OF THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CERTIFICATES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WILL BE DECREASED BY THE PORTION OF PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTIONS ON THE CERTIFICATES AND THE PORTION OF REALIZED LOSSES ALLOCABLE TO THIS CERTIFICATE AND WILL BE INCREASED BY RECOVERIES ON THE RELATED MORTGAGE LOANS FOR NONRECOVERABLE ADVANCES (PLUS INTEREST THEREON) THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED FROM PRINCIPAL COLLECTIONS ON THE MORTGAGE LOANS THAT RESULTED IN A REDUCTION OF THE PRINCIPAL DISTRIBUTION AMOUNT. ACCORDINGLY, THE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE LESS THAN THAT SET FORTH

 

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BELOW. ANYONE ACQUIRING THIS CERTIFICATE MAY ASCERTAIN ITS CURRENT CERTIFICATE BALANCE BY INQUIRY OF THE CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR.

 

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PASS-THROUGH RATE: VARIABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT

 

INITIAL CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THIS CERTIFICATE AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $[_______]

 

DATE OF POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT: AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2017

 

CUT-OFF DATE: AS SET FORTH IN THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (AS DEFINED HEREIN)

 

CLOSING DATE: OCTOBER 31, 2017

 

FIRST DISTRIBUTION DATE: NOVEMBER 17, 2017

 

APPROXIMATE AGGREGATE CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF CLASS VRR-G CERTIFICATES AS OF THE CLOSING DATE: $1,025,661.36

(REPRESENTS THE MAXIMUM CERTIFICATE BALANCE OF THE CLASS VRR-G CERTIFICATE THAT COULD BE ISSUED IN AN EXCHANGE)

 

MASTER SERVICER: MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

SPECIAL SERVICER:
MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

TRUSTEE: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

OPERATING ADVISOR: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER: PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC

 

CERTIFICATE NO.: VRR-G____

 

     

 

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CLASS VRR-G CERTIFICATE

 

evidencing a beneficial ownership interest in a Trust Fund, consisting primarily of a pool of commercial mortgage loans (the “Mortgage Loans”), all payments on or collections in respect of the Mortgage Loans due after the Cut-off Date, all REO Properties and revenues received in respect thereof, the mortgagee’s rights under the insurance policies, any Assignment of Leases, and any guaranties or other collateral as security for the Mortgage Loans and such amounts as shall from time to time be held in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts, the Interest Reserve Account, the Non-VRR Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account, the VRR-Certificate Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account and the REO Accounts, formed and sold by

 

J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP.

 

THIS CERTIFIES THAT [FOR BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATES AND SOLELY FOLLOWING THE APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTION PERIOD: CEDE & CO.] [FOR DEFINITIVE CERTIFICATES: ________________] is the registered owner of the interest evidenced by this Class VRR-G Certificate issued by the Trust created pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. MORGAN CHASE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES CORP. (hereinafter called the “Depositor”, which term includes any successor entity under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor and the Asset Representations Reviewer. A summary of certain of the pertinent provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement is set forth hereafter. To the extent not defined herein, the capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This Certificate is one of a duly authorized issue of Certificates designated as Certificates of the series specified on the face hereof (herein called the “Certificates”) and representing an interest in the Class of Certificates specified on the face hereof equal to the percentage interest specified on the face hereof. The Certificates are designated as the JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and are issued in the classes as specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Certificates will evidence in the aggregate 100% of the beneficial ownership of the Trust.

 

This Certificate does not purport to summarize the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and reference is made to that agreement for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds, and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator. This Certificate is issued under and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, to which Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as amended from time to time, the Certificateholder by virtue of the acceptance hereof assents and by which the Certificateholder is bound. In the case of any conflict between terms specified in this Certificate and terms specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall govern.

 

This Certificate represents an undivided beneficial interest in a portion of a grantor trust that holds the Class VRR Trust Components, the Class VRR Distribution Account, the Excess Interest and related amounts in the Excess Interest Distribution Account. Each Holder of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, agrees to treat, and take no action inconsistent with the treatment of, this Certificate in accordance with the preceding sentence for purposes of federal income taxes, state and local income and franchise taxes and other taxes imposed on or measured by income.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Certificate Administrator shall distribute to the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as of the related Record Date, an amount equal to such Person’s pro rata share (based on the Percentage Interest represented by this Certificate) of that portion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest (including Excess Interest) then distributable, if any, allocable to the Class of Certificates of the same Class as this Certificate for such Distribution Date, all as more fully described in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Holders of this Certificate may be entitled to Prepayment Premiums and

 

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Yield Maintenance Charges as provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All sums distributable on this Certificate are payable in the coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

 

Interest on this Certificate will accrue (computed as if each year consisted of 360 days and each month consisted of 30 days) during the Interest Accrual Period relating to such Distribution Date at the rate set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement specified above on the Certificate Balance of this Certificate immediately prior to each Distribution Date. Principal and interest allocated to this Certificate on any Distribution Date will be in an amount equal to this Certificate’s pro rata share of the VRR Certificate Available Funds to be distributed on the Certificates of this Class as of such Distribution Date, with a final distribution to be made upon retirement of this Certificate as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

VRR Certificate Realized Losses and certain other amounts on the Mortgage Loans shall be allocated on the applicable Distribution Date to Certificateholders in the manner set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All VRR Certificate Realized Losses allocated to the Class VRR-G Certificates will be allocated pro rata among the outstanding Certificates of such Class.

 

This Certificate is limited in right of payment to, among other things, certain collections and recoveries respecting the Mortgage Loans and Excess Interest actually collected on the Mortgage Loans, all as more specifically set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Collection Accounts and the Distribution Accounts will be held on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of Certificates specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Master Servicer (with respect to the Collection Account) or the Certificate Administrator (with respect to the Distribution Accounts) will be authorized to make withdrawals therefrom. Amounts on deposit in such accounts may be invested in Permitted Investments. Interest or other investment income earned on funds in the Collection Account will be paid to the Master Servicer as set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, withdrawals from the Collection Account shall be made from time to time for purposes other than distributions to Certificateholders, such purposes including reimbursement of certain expenses incurred with respect to the servicing of the Mortgage Loans and administration of the Trust.

 

All distributions under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to a Class of Certificates shall be made on each Distribution Date (other than the final distribution on any Certificate) to Certificateholders of record on the related Record Date by check mailed to the address set forth therefor in the Certificate Register or, provided that such Certificateholder has provided the Certificate Administrator with wire instructions at least five (5) Business Days prior to the related Record Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of such Certificateholder at a bank or other entity having appropriate facilities therefor. The final distribution on this Certificate (determined without regard to any possible future reimbursement of VRR Certificate Realized Losses previously allocated to this Certificate) shall be made in like manner, but only upon presentment and surrender of this Certificate at the offices of the Certificate Registrar or such other location specified in the notice to Certificateholders of such final distribution.

 

Any funds not distributed to any Holder or Holders of Certificates of such Class on such Distribution Date because of the failure of such Holder or Holders to tender their Certificates shall, on such date, be set aside and held uninvested in trust and credited to the account or accounts of the appropriate non-tendering Holder or Holders. If any Certificates as to which notice has been given pursuant to Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall not have been surrendered for cancellation within six months after the time specified in such notice, the Certificate Administrator shall mail a second notice to the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders to surrender their Certificates for cancellation in order to receive the final distribution with respect thereto. If within one year after the second notice all such Certificates shall not have been surrendered for cancellation, the Certificate Administrator, directly or through an agent, shall take such steps to contact the remaining non-tendering Certificateholders concerning the surrender of their Certificates as it shall deem appropriate. The costs and expenses of holding such funds in trust and of contacting such Certificateholders following the first anniversary of the delivery of such second notice to the non-tendering Certificateholders shall be paid out of such funds. No interest shall accrue or be payable to any Certificateholder on any amount held in trust under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by the Certificate Administrator as a result of such Certificateholder’s failure to surrender its Certificate(s) for final payment thereof in accordance with Section 4.01(h) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

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As provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Certificate is registerable in the Certificate Register only upon receipt by the Certificate Administrator of (i) a certificate from the prospective Transferee in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, countersigned by the Retaining Sponsor and (ii) a certificate from the prospective Transferor in the form set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In addition, subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, this Certificate together with the other Exchangeable Certificates may be exchanged for the Class VRR Certificates pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Subject to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Class VRR-G Certificates will be issued in fully registered, certificated form in minimum denominations of $100,000, and in integral multiples of $1.00 in excess thereof, with one Certificate of each such Class evidencing an additional amount equal to the remainder of the initial Certificate Balance of such Class.

 

No fee or service charge shall be imposed by the Certificate Registrar for its services in respect of any registration of transfer or exchange of any Certificate (other than Definitive Certificates) referred to in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In connection with any transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor, the Transferor shall reimburse the Trust for any costs (including the cost of the Certificate Registrar’s counsel’s review of the documents and any legal opinions, submitted by the transferor or transferee to the Certificate Registrar as provided in Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) incurred by the Certificate Registrar in connection with such transfer. The Certificate Registrar may require payment by each transferor of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, expense or other governmental charge payable in connection with any such transfer or exchange.

 

The Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor and the Certificate Registrar, and any agent of any of them, may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, and none of the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Certificate Registrar, or any agent of any of them, shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be amended from time to time by the parties thereto, without the consent of any of the Certificateholders or the Companion Holders:

 

(i)          to correct any defect or ambiguity in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in order to address any manifest error in any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement;

 

(ii)         to cause the provisions in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements made in the Prospectus (or in an offering document for any related non-offered certificates) with respect to the Certificates, the Trust or the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or to correct or supplement any of its provisions which may be inconsistent with any other provisions therein or to correct any error;

 

(iii)        to change the timing and/or nature of deposits in the Collection Account, the Distribution Accounts or any REO Account; provided that (a) the Master Servicer Remittance Date shall in no event be later than the Business Day prior to the related Distribution Date and (b) such change shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder, as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency with respect to such amendment;

 

(iv)        to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to maintain the qualification of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or the classification of the Grantor Trust as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations at all times that any Certificate is outstanding, or to avoid or minimize the risk of imposition of any tax on the Trust, any Trust REMIC or the Grantor Trust; provided that the Trustee and the Certificate Administrator have received an Opinion of Counsel (at the expense of the party requesting such amendment) to the effect that (a) such

 

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action is necessary or desirable to maintain such qualification or to avoid or minimize the risk of the imposition of any such tax and (b) such action will not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or Companion Holder;

 

(v)         to modify, eliminate or add to the provisions of Section 5.03(o) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement restricting transfer of the Class R Certificates; provided the Depositor has determined that such change shall not, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel, cause the Trust, any Trust REMIC or any of the Certificateholders (other than the Transferor) to be subject to a federal tax caused by a Transfer to a Person that is a Disqualified Organization or a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person;

 

(vi)        to revise or add any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or any other change; provided that the required action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder or any holder of a Serviced Pari Passu Companion Loan not consenting to such revision or addition as evidenced in writing by an Opinion of Counsel, at the expense of the party requesting such amendment or as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies with respect to such amendment or supplement and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(vii)       to amend or supplement any provision of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the extent necessary to maintain the then-current ratings assigned to each Class of Certificates by each Rating Agency, as evidenced by a Rating Agency Confirmation from each of the Rating Agencies and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement); provided that such amendment or supplement shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Certificateholder not consenting to such amendment or supplement, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel;

 

(viii)      to modify the provisions of Sections 3.05 and 3.17 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (with respect to reimbursement of Nonrecoverable Advances and Workout-Delayed Reimbursement Amounts) if (a) the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Trustee and, for so long as a Control Termination Event has not occurred and is not continuing and with respect to any Mortgage Loans other than any Excluded Loan, the Directing Certificateholder, determine that the commercial mortgage backed securities industry standard for such provisions has changed, in order to conform to such industry standard, (b) such modification does not adversely affect the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel and (c) each Rating Agency has delivered a Rating Agency Confirmation and, with regard to any class of Serviced Companion Loan Securities, the applicable rating agencies have delivered a confirmation that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement);

 

(ix)        to modify the procedures of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 of the Exchange Act; provided that such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respects the interests of any Certificateholders, as evidenced by (x) an Opinion of Counsel or (y) if any Certificate is then rated, receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency rating such Certificates; and provided, further, that the Certificate Administrator shall give notice of any such amendment to the 17g-5 Information Provider for posting to the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website

 

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pursuant to Section 3.13(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Certificate Administrator shall post such notice to the Certificate Administrator’s Website;

 

(x)          to modify, eliminate or add to any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (i) to such extent as will be necessary to comply with the requirements of the Risk Retention Rule, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel or (ii)in the event the Risk Retention Rule or any other regulations applicable to the risk retention requirements for this securitization transaction are amended or repealed, to the extent required to comply with any such amendment or to modify or eliminate the risk retention requirements in the event of such repeal, as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel; or

 

(xi)        to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to such extent as would be necessary to comply with the requirements for use of Form SF-3 in registered offerings to the extent provided in CFR 239.45(b)(1)(ii), (iii) or (iv).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment (A) may change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller or (B) may materially and adversely affect the holders of a Companion Loan without such Companion Holder’s consent.

 

The Pooling and Servicing Agreement may also be amended from time to time by the parties thereto with the consent of the Holders of Certificates of each Class affected by such amendment evidencing in the aggregate not less than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests constituting the Class for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Certificates of such Class; provided, however, that no such amendment shall:

 

(i)          reduce in any manner the amount of, or delay the timing of, payments received on the Mortgage Loans that are required to be distributed on a Certificate of any class without the consent of the related Certificateholder or which are required to be distributed to a Companion Holder without the consent of such Companion Holder; or

 

(ii)         reduce the aforesaid percentage of Certificates of any Class the Holders of which are required to consent to any such amendment or remove the requirement to obtain consent of any Companion Holder, in any such case without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then-outstanding or such Companion Holders, as applicable; or

 

(iii)        adversely affect the Voting Rights of any Class of Certificates without the consent of the Holders of all Certificates of such Class then outstanding; or

 

(iv)        change in any manner any defined term used in any Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the obligations of any Mortgage Loan Seller under such Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or otherwise or change any rights of any Mortgage Loan Seller as a third party beneficiary under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, without the consent of such Mortgage Loan Seller; or

 

(v)        amend the Servicing Standard without the consent of 100% of the Certificateholders or receipt of Rating Agency Confirmation from each Rating Agency and confirmation of the applicable rating agencies that such action will not result in the downgrade, withdrawal or qualification of its then-current ratings of any securities related to a Companion Loan, if any (provided that such rating agency confirmation may be considered satisfied in the same manner as any Rating Agency Confirmation may be considered satisfied with respect to the Certificates pursuant to Section 3.25 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and, if required under the related Intercreditor Agreement, the consent of the holder of any AB Subordinate Companion Loan for each Serviced AB Whole Loan.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Depositor, the Master Servicer nor the Special Servicer will be required to consent to any amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement without having first received an

 

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Opinion of Counsel (at the Trust’s expense) to the effect that such amendment is permitted under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or any other specified person in accordance with such amendment will not result in the imposition of a tax on any portion of the Trust Fund or any Trust REMIC, or cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC or cause the Grantor Trust to fail to qualify as a trust the beneficiaries of which are treated as the owners under the relevant provisions of the Code and accompanying regulations. Furthermore, no amendment to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement may be made (i) that changes any provisions specifically required to be included in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement by any Designated Intercreditor Agreement without the consent of the related Companion Holder(s), (ii) without the consent of the Serviced AB Whole Loan Controlling Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the related Mortgage Loan or the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (iii) without the consent of a Companion Holder if such amendment would materially and adversely affect the rights of such Companion Holder under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The Holders of the majority of the Controlling Class, the Special Servicer, the Master Servicer or the Holders of the Class R Certificates may, in that order of priority, at their option, upon no less than 60 days’ prior written notice given to the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator and each of the other parties to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, elect to purchase all of the Mortgage Loans (and all property acquired through exercise of remedies in respect of any related Mortgage Loan) and the Trust’s portion of each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund, and thereby effect termination of the Trust and early retirement of the then-outstanding Certificates, on or after the first Distribution Date on which the aggregate Stated Principal Balances of the Mortgage Loans and the portion of any REO Loans held by the Trust is less than 1.0% of the aggregate Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loans.

 

Following the date on which the Class A-1, Class A-2, Class A-3, Class A-4, Class A-5 Class A-SB, Class A-S, Class B, Class C and Class D Certificates are retired (and provided that there is only one Holder (or multiple Holders acting in unanimity) of the then-outstanding Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates)), the Sole Certificateholder shall have the right to exchange all of its Certificates (other than the Class R and Class Z Certificates) for all of the Mortgage Loans and each REO Property remaining in the Trust Fund pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

The obligations created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and the Trust created thereby (other than the obligation of the Certificate Administrator to make payments to Certificateholders as provided for in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement), shall terminate upon reduction of the Certificate Balances of all the Certificates to zero (including, without limitation, any such final payment resulting from a termination of the Trust due to a sale of its property) pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In no event, however, will the Trust created by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement continue beyond the expiration of 21 years from the death of the last survivor of the descendants of Joseph P. Kennedy, the late Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James, living on the date hereof.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Authenticating Agent, by manual signature, this Certificate shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or be valid for any purpose. The Certificate Registrar has executed this Certificate on behalf of the Trust as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and makes no representation or warranty as to any of the statements contained herein or the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates or the Mortgage Loans.

 

THIS CERTIFICATE AND THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES APPLIED IN NEW YORK.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Certificate Registrar has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under this official seal.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Registrar under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

Dated:October 31, 2017

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

THIS IS ONE OF THE CLASS VRR-G CERTIFICATES REFERRED TO IN THE WITHIN-MENTIONED POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Authenticating Agent
     
  By:  
    AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

 

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:  

       
TEN COM    -    as tenant in common UNIF GIFT MIN ACT __________ Custodian
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties      (Cust)
JT TEN - as joint tenants with rights of Under Uniform Gifts to Minors
    survivorship and not as tenants in  
    common Act __________________________
    (State)

 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

FORM OF TRANSFER

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________________________________________

 

 

(Please insert Social Security or other identifying number of Assignee)

 

 

(Please print or typewrite name and address of assignee)

 

 

 

the within Certificate and does hereby or irrevocably constitute and appoint to transfer the said Certificate in the Certificate register of the within-named Trust, with full power of substitution in the premises.

  

Dated:  _______________ NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this Certificate in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

   
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED  

 

The signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank or trust company or by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange. Notarized or witnessed signatures are not acceptable.  

 

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DISTRIBUTION INSTRUCTIONS

 

The assignee should include the following for purposes of distribution:

 

Distributions shall be made, by wire transfer or otherwise, in immediately available funds to _______________________________ for the account of __________________________ account number _______________ or, if mailed by check, to __________________________. Statements should be mailed to _________________________. This information is provided by assignee named above, or ______________________________, as its agent.

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

MORTGAGE LOAN SCHEDULE

 

B-1

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
                     
                     
                     
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address City State Zip Code County Property Name Size  Measure
1 GACC MP B4 LLC 1190 Bordeaux Drive Sunnyvale CA 94089 Santa Clara Moffett Place Building 4 314,352 Square Feet
2 GACC Fourteen SAC Self-Storage Corporation, Fifteen SAC Self-Storage Corporation, Seventeen SAC Self-Storage Corporation Various Various Various Various Various U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17 1,149,651 Square Feet
2.01 GACC   600 Mystic Valley Parkway Somerville MA  02144 Middlesex U-Haul of Medford 127,736 Square Feet
2.02 GACC   1 Merrill Street Salisbury MA  01952 Essex U-Haul Center of Salisbury 68,050 Square Feet
2.03 GACC   3969 North Rancho Drive Las Vegas NV 89130 Clark U-Haul Center North Rancho 79,795 Square Feet
2.04 GACC   1200 West Fullerton Avenue Chicago IL 60614 Cook U-Haul Lincoln Park 57,282 Square Feet
2.05 GACC   20A Sheridan Boulevard Inwood NY 11096 Nassau U-Haul of Inwood 48,292 Square Feet
2.06 GACC   139 Broadway Albany NY 12202 Albany U-Haul Ctr Albany 73,544 Square Feet
2.07 GACC   3029 Fairfield Avenue Bridgeport CT 06605 Fairfield U-Haul Storage Black Rock 36,258 Square Feet
2.08 GACC   230-240 Maple Avenue Rockville Centre NY 11570 Nassau U-Haul Center of Rockville 28,426 Square Feet
2.09 GACC   3527 Ivar Avenue Rosemead CA  91770 Los Angeles U-Haul Storage Ivar Avenue 38,519 Square Feet
2.10 GACC   1535 Round Rock Avenue Round Rock TX 78681 Williamson U-Haul Center of Round Rock 42,775 Square Feet
2.11 GACC   1301 East Route 66 Glendora CA  91740 Los Angeles U-Haul Storage Glendora 33,513 Square Feet
2.12 GACC   2813 Texas Avenue South College Station TX 77845 Brazos U-Haul Center Texas Avenue 45,050 Square Feet
2.13 GACC   2455 West Tarrant Road Grand Prairie TX 75050 Tarrant U-Haul Storage Tarrant Road 66,560 Square Feet
2.14 GACC   7225 South Hulen Street Fort Worth TX 76133 Tarrant U-Haul Storage Hulen 82,689 Square Feet
2.15 GACC   3885 Milam Street Beaumont TX 77701 Jefferson U-Haul Ctr Beaumont 45,619 Square Feet
2.16 GACC   1103 West Highway 287 Bypass Waxahachie TX 75165 Ellis U-Haul Storage Waxahachie 52,065 Square Feet
2.17 GACC   12540 South Rogers Road Olathe KS 66062 Johnson U-Haul Center of Olathe 38,025 Square Feet
2.18 GACC   1641 South Kingshighway Boulevard Saint Louis MO 63110 Saint Louis City U-Haul Kings Highway 23,445 Square Feet
2.19 GACC   9302 Interstate 30 Little Rock AR 72209 Pulaski U-Haul Storage I-30 56,763 Square Feet
2.20 GACC   611 Blackwood Clementon Road Lindenwold NJ 08021 Camden U-Haul Storage Laurelwood 33,150 Square Feet
2.21 GACC   1301 Monticello Avenue Norfolk VA 23510 Norfolk City U-Haul Ctr Downtown 30,995 Square Feet
2.22 GACC   5600 Business Avenue Cicero NY 13039 Onondaga U-Haul Storage Business Avenue 41,100 Square Feet
3 JPMCB Seven Hundred 2nd Street Holdings LLC 700 2nd Street Northeast Washington DC 20002 District of Columbia Station Place III 517,653 Square Feet
4 JPMCB Treeview Industrial I LLC Various Various Various Various Various Treeview Industrial Portfolio 3,168,642 Square Feet
4.01 JPMCB   9999 Olson Drive San Diego CA 92121 San Diego Eastgate 200,000 Square Feet
4.02 JPMCB   1405 Worldwide Boulevard Hebron KY 41048 Boone 1405 Worldwide 525,000 Square Feet
4.03 JPMCB   1200 Worldwide Boulevard Hebron KY 41048 Boone 1200 Worldwide 520,000 Square Feet
4.04 JPMCB   1790 South 5200 West Salt Lake City UT 84104 Salt Lake Landmark 328,717 Square Feet
4.05 JPMCB   1100 Laval Boulevard Lawrenceville GA 30043 Gwinnett 100 Corporate Lakes 346,614 Square Feet
4.06 JPMCB   2101 Design Road Arlington TX 76014 Tarrant Design Road 201,600 Square Feet
4.07 JPMCB   2055 Global Way Hebron KY 41048 Boone 2055 Global Way 207,222 Square Feet
4.08 JPMCB   1942 Sabre Street Hayward CA 94545 Alameda Sabre Street 83,854 Square Feet
4.09 JPMCB   2205 Global Way Hebron KY 41048 Boone 2205 Global Way 184,800 Square Feet
4.10 JPMCB   1280 Lakes Parkway Lawrenceville GA 30043 Gwinnett 1280 Corporate Lakes 164,383 Square Feet
4.11 JPMCB   11 Boulden Circle New Castle DE 19720 New Castle 11 Boulden Circle 122,516 Square Feet
4.12 JPMCB   1300 Lakes Parkway Lawrenceville GA 30043 Gwinnett 1300 Corporate Lakes 139,980 Square Feet
4.13 JPMCB   7 Boulden Circle New Castle DE 19720 New Castle 7 Boulden Circle 82,118 Square Feet
4.14 JPMCB   2 Boulden Circle New Castle DE 19720 New Castle 2 Boulden Circle 61,838 Square Feet
5 GACC AHIP MD Baltimore 5015 Properties LLC, AHIP MD Baltimore 5015 Enterprises LLC, AHIP MD Hanover 7544 Properties LLC, AHIP MD Hanover 7544 Enterprises LLC, AHIP NJ Wall Properties LLC, AHIP NJ Wall Enterprises LLC, AHIP PA Allentown Properties LLC, AHIP PA Allentown Enterprises LLC, AHIP NJ Dover Properties LLC, AHIP NJ Dover Enterprises LLC Various Various Various Various Various AHIP Northeast Portfolio I 612 Rooms
5.01 GACC   5015 Campbell Boulevard Baltimore MD 21236 Baltimore Hilton Garden Inn - Baltimore White Marsh 155 Rooms
5.02 GACC   7686 Industrial Boulevard Allentown PA 18106 Lehigh Homewood Suites - Allentown West Fogelsville 108 Rooms
5.03 GACC   1302 Campus Parkway Wall Township NJ 07753 Monmouth Courtyard by Marriott - Wall at Monmouth Shores 113 Rooms
5.04 GACC   7544 Teague Road Hanover MD 21076 Anne Arundel SpringHill Suites - Arundel Mills BWI Airport 128 Rooms
5.05 GACC   2 Commerce Center Drive Dover NJ 07801 Morris Homewood Suites - Dover Rockaway 108 Rooms
6 JPMCB ESRT First Stamford Place SPE, L.L.C. 100-300 First Stamford Place Stamford CT 06902 Fairfield First Stamford Place 810,471 Square Feet
7 JPMCB 521 East 72nd St. Realty Company II, L.L.C. 521-523 East 72nd Street New York NY 10021 New York 521-523 East 72nd Street 99,316 Square Feet
8 JPMCB ETCL Richmond, LLC; ETCL Westerville ADS, LLC; ETCL Fort Wayne, LLC; ETCL Ankeny, LLC; ETCL Grand Rapids, LLC; ETCL Mounds View, LLC; ETCL Springfield, LLC; ETCL Wausau, LLC; ETCL Mansfield, LLC; KIRCO ETCL CH Distribution II, LLC; ETCL Carrier, LLC; ETCL Fort Myers, LLC; ETCL Fort Myers Parking, LLC; ETCL Woodlands, LLC; ETCL Seguin Dist, LLC; ETCL Staunton, LLC; ETCL Stratford, LLC; ETCL Pompano, LLC; ETCL Pure Lafayette, LLC; ETCL Vegas, LLC; ETCL Tempe, LLC; ETCL H&E Columbia, LLC; ETCL H&E Greer, LLC; ETCL H&E New Orleans, LLC; ETCL H&E Oklahoma City, LLC; ETCL H&E San Antonio, LLC; ETCL Novi HB, LLC; ETCL Dallas I, LLC; ETCL New Braunfels, LLC; ETCL Salisbury, LLC; ETCL Toledo, LLC; ETCL Franklin Pro-Packaging, LLC; ETCL Franklin Trans-Packaging, LLC; ETCL Russellville, LLC; ETCL Fort Worth Ski, LLC; ETCL Longwood, LLC; ETCL Birmingham, LLC; ETCL Shakopee, LLC; ETCL Northpark, LLC; ETCL Sparrows Point, LLC; ETCL Barry Pointe Plasma, LLC; ETCL Casselberry Plasma, LLC Various Various Various Various Various Gateway Net Lease Portfolio 5,296,943 Square Feet
8.01 JPMCB   4300 Airport Expressway Fort Wayne IN 46809 Allen BAE Facility 333,750 Square Feet
8.02 JPMCB   825 Lordship Boulevard Stratford CT 06615 Fairfield FedEx Ground (Stratford) 225,198 Square Feet
8.03 JPMCB   6021 Bethlehem Boulevard Edgemere MD 21219 Baltimore FedEx (Baltimore) 306,016 Square Feet
8.04 JPMCB   30001 Cabot Drive Novi MI 48377 Oakland Harman Becker 188,042 Square Feet
8.05 JPMCB   3720 US Highway 52 South Lafayette IN 47905 Tippecanoe GE Aviation (Lafayette) 306,406 Square Feet
8.06 JPMCB   2155 East GoDaddy Way Tempe AZ 85284 Maricopa GoDaddy 150,000 Square Feet
8.07 JPMCB   16011 Applewhite Road San Antonio TX 78264 Bexar Carrier 517,000 Square Feet
8.08 JPMCB   8686 New Trails Drive The Woodlands TX 77381 Montgomery Emerus 95,640 Square Feet
8.09 JPMCB   6000 Rosa Parks Boulevard Detroit MI 48208 Wayne Cardinal Health 275,951 Square Feet
8.10 JPMCB   501 Shenandoah Drive Shakopee MN 55379 Scott Tyco Electronics 176,648 Square Feet
8.11 JPMCB   2348 FM 464 Seguin TX 78155 Guadalupe FCA/Caterpillar 300,000 Square Feet
8.12 JPMCB   7 Industry Way Staunton VA 24401 Staunton City FedEx Ground (Staunton) 225,198 Square Feet
8.13 JPMCB   1 & 3 World Packaging Circle Franklin WI 53132 Milwaukee Quad Packaging (Proteus) - Franklin Business Park 205,000 Square Feet
8.14 JPMCB   2 & 4 World Packaging Circle Franklin WI 53132 Milwaukee Quad Packaging (Transpak) - Franklin Business Park 218,000 Square Feet
8.15 JPMCB   820 Tom Martin Drive Birmingham AL 35211 Jefferson T-Mobile Call Center 66,500 Square Feet
8.16 JPMCB   1727 South Main Street Dallas TX 75261 Dallas Sikorsky Aircraft R&D Facility 150,975 Square Feet
8.17 JPMCB   8580 Evans Avenue Berkeley MO 63134 Saint Louis Vatterott College 90,000 Square Feet
8.18 JPMCB   12645 Corporate Lakes Drive Fort Myers FL 33913 Lee Comcast 57,260 Square Feet
8.19 JPMCB   5400 International Trade Drive Richmond VA 23231 Henrico Alfa Laval Plant 180,252 Square Feet
8.20 JPMCB   5545 Goodwin Lane New Braunfels TX 78130 Guadalupe LKQ (New Braunfels) 98,771 Square Feet
8.21 JPMCB   1375 North 28th Avenue Irving TX 75063 Dallas Hitachi 72,056 Square Feet
8.22 JPMCB   2503 South Main Street Mansfield PA 16933 Tioga Cameron International 75,000 Square Feet
8.23 JPMCB   220 West Schrock Road Westerville OH 43081 Franklin Alliance Data Systems Office 100,800 Square Feet
8.24 JPMCB   140 Wekiva Springs Road Longwood FL 32779 Seminole Synchrony Financial 67,775 Square Feet
8.25 JPMCB   9500 Northeast 82nd Terrace Kansas City MO 64158 Clay Baxalta (Barry Pointe) 16,686 Square Feet
8.26 JPMCB   1385 State Road 436 Casselberry FL 32707 Seminole Baxalta (Casselberry) 16,694 Square Feet
8.27 JPMCB   2325 County Road 10 Mounds View MN 55112 Ramsey Baxalta (Mounds View) 16,694 Square Feet
8.28 JPMCB   2670 East Paris Avenue Southeast Grand Rapids MI 49546 Kent Baxalta (Grand Rapids) 16,694 Square Feet
8.29 JPMCB   4265 West Tompkins Avenue Las Vegas NV 89103 Clark Gerdau 46,976 Square Feet
8.30 JPMCB   3201 Rib Mountain Drive Wausau WI 54401 Marathon Baxalta (Wausau) 16,694 Square Feet
8.31 JPMCB   1815 McCurry Road Springfield MO 65807 Greene Baxalta (Springfield) 16,694 Square Feet
8.32 JPMCB   1001 Carrier Drive Charlotte NC 28216 Mecklenburg LKQ (Salisbury) 205,100 Square Feet
8.33 JPMCB   725 Southeast Oralabor Road Ankeny IA 50021 Polk Baxalta (Ankeny) 16,694 Square Feet
8.34 JPMCB   5327 & 5423 Tex-Con Road San Antonio TX 78220 Bexar H&E Equipment Services (San Antonio) 26,535 Square Feet
8.35 JPMCB   4202 Almonaster Avenue New Orleans LA 70126 Orleans H&E Equipment Services (New Orleans) 18,808 Square Feet
8.36 JPMCB   2705 Gateway Drive Pompano Beach FL 33069 Broward GE Aviation (Pompano) 30,892 Square Feet
8.37 JPMCB   30 Sibley Drive Russellville AL 35654 Franklin Saint-Gobain Warehouse 102,950 Square Feet
8.38 JPMCB   1031 Buckner Park Drive Columbia SC 29203 Richland H&E Equipment Services (Columbia) 19,380 Square Feet
8.39 JPMCB   10700 Northwest 4th Street Yukon OK 73099 Canadian H&E Equipment Services (Yukon) 19,608 Square Feet
8.40 JPMCB   6180 Hagman Road Toledo OH 43612 Lucas LKQ (Toledo) 207,998 Square Feet
8.41 JPMCB   585 Brookshire Road Greer SC 29651 Spartanburg H&E Equipment Services (Greer) 19,608 Square Feet

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
                     
                     
                     
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address City State Zip Code County Property Name Size  Measure
9 JPMCB LL Folsom, L.P.; LL Hillsboro, L.P.; LL Milpitas, L.P.; LL Pleasanton, L.P.; LL Campbell, L.P.; LL South San Francisco, L.P.; LL Roseville, L.P.; LL Bellevue, L.P.; LL Sunnyvale, L.P.; LL Sacramento, L.P.; LL Renton, L.P.; FH-Hotel Bloomington, L.P.; FH-Hotel Kokomo, L.P.; FH-Hotel Oakdale, L.P.; FH-Hotel Ann Arbor, L.P.; FH-Hotel South Bend, L.P.; FH-Hotel Peoria, L.P.; FH-Hotel Maumee, L.P.; FH-Hotel Warrenville, L.P.; FH-Hotel South Franklin, L.P.; FH-Hotel Normal, L.P.; FH-Grandville, L.P.; TXHP Buda 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Humble, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Decatur, L.L.C.; TXHP Sweetwater, L.L.C.; TXHP Waco 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Longview 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Altus, L.L.C.; TXHP Arlington, L.L.C.; TXHP Huntsville, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Terrell, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Weatherford, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Wichita Falls, L.L.C.; TXHP Lufkin 1, L.L.C.; Hotel Fishers, L.P.; Hotel Louisville, L.P.; Hotel Stow, L.P.; Hotel Morehead City, L.P.; IM Chico 1, L.P.; VIII-HII-Valley School Road, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Stetler Avenue, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-7 Hampton Court, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Raritan Center Pkwy, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Laura Blvd.,  L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Baltimore Avenue, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road 2, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Racine, L.P.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Shawnee, L.P.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Cheyenne, L.P.; F.I. Management of Mankato, L.P.; R.I. Heritage Inn of Peoria AZ, L.P.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Grand Rapids, L.P.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Toledo, L.P.; Heritage Inn Number LII. Limited Partnership; Heritage Inn Number XL. Limited Partnership; LL Folsom Opco, L.L.C.; LL Hillsboro Opco, L.L.C.; LL Milpitas Opco, L.L.C.; LL Pleasanton Opco, L.L.C.; LL Campbell Opco, L.L.C.; LL South San Francisco Opco, L.L.C.; LL Roseville Opco, L.L.C.; LL Bellevue Opco, L.L.C.; LL Sunnyvale Opco, L.L.C.; LL Sacramento Opco, L.L.C.; LL Renton Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Bloomington Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Kokomo Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Oakdale Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Ann Arbor Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel South Bend Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Peoria Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Maumee Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Warrenville Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel South Franklin Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Normal Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Grandville Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Humble Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Decatur Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Sweetwater Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Waco 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Longview 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Altus Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Arlington Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Huntsville Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Terrell Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Weatherford Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Wichita Falls Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Lufkin 1 Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Fishers Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Louisville Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Stow Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Morehead City Opco, L.L.C.; IM Chico 1 Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Valley School Road Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Stetler Avenue Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-7 Hampton Court Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Raritan Center Pkwy Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Laura Blvd. Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Baltimore Avenue Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road 2 Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Racine Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Shawnee Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Cheyenne Opco, L.L.C.; F.I. Management of Mankato Opco, L.L.C.; R.I. Heritage Inn Of Peoria AZ Opco, L.L.C.; H.S. Heritage Inn Of Grand Rapids Opco, L.L.C.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Toledo Opco, L.L.C.; Heritage Inn Number LII. Opco, L.L.C.; Heritage Inn Number XL. Opco, L.L.C. Various Various Various Various Various Starwood Capital Group Hotel Portfolio 6,366 Rooms
9.01 JPMCB   748 North Mathilda Avenue Sunnyvale CA 94085 Santa Clara Larkspur Landing Sunnyvale 126 Rooms
9.02 JPMCB   40 Ranch Drive Milpitas CA 95035 Santa Clara Larkspur Landing Milpitas 124 Rooms
9.03 JPMCB   550 West Hamilton Avenue Campbell CA 95008 Santa Clara Larkspur Landing Campbell 117 Rooms
9.04 JPMCB   690 Gateway Boulevard South San Francisco CA 94080 San Mateo Larkspur Landing San Francisco 111 Rooms
9.05 JPMCB   5535 Johnson Drive Pleasanton CA 94588 Alameda Larkspur Landing Pleasanton 124 Rooms
9.06 JPMCB   15805 Southeast 37th Street Bellevue WA 98006 King Larkspur Landing Bellevue 126 Rooms
9.07 JPMCB   555 Howe Avenue Sacramento CA 95825 Sacramento Larkspur Landing Sacramento 124 Rooms
9.08 JPMCB   2300 Green Road Ann Arbor MI 48105 Washtenaw Hampton Inn Ann Arbor North 129 Rooms
9.09 JPMCB   3133 Northeast Shute Road Hillsboro OR 97124 Washington Larkspur Landing Hillsboro 124 Rooms
9.10 JPMCB   1701 East Valley Road Renton WA 98057 King Larkspur Landing Renton 127 Rooms
9.11 JPMCB   1311 Wet N Wild Way Arlington TX 76011 Tarrant Holiday Inn Arlington Northeast Rangers Ballpark 147 Rooms
9.12 JPMCB   1370 Arrowhead Drive Maumee OH 43537 Lucas Residence Inn Toledo Maumee 108 Rooms
9.13 JPMCB   1648 Richmond Road Williamsburg VA 23185 Williamsburg City Residence Inn Williamsburg 108 Rooms
9.14 JPMCB   2501 Marketplace Drive Waco TX 76711 McLennan Hampton Inn Suites Waco South 123 Rooms
9.15 JPMCB   447 Farmington Avenue Louisville KY 40209 Jefferson Holiday Inn Louisville Airport Fair Expo 106 Rooms
9.16 JPMCB   7424 South Broadway Avenue Tyler TX 75703 Smith Courtyard Tyler 121 Rooms
9.17 JPMCB   50 Raritan Center Parkway Edison NJ 08837 Middlesex Hilton Garden Inn Edison Raritan Center 132 Rooms
9.18 JPMCB   420 Inwood Avenue North Oakdale MN 55128 Washington Hilton Garden Inn St Paul Oakdale 116 Rooms
9.19 JPMCB   3451 Rivertown Point Court Southwest Grandville MI 49418 Kent Residence Inn Grand Rapids West 90 Rooms
9.20 JPMCB   8435 West Paradise Lane Peoria AZ 85382 Maricopa Peoria, AZ Residence Inn 90 Rooms
9.21 JPMCB   320 South Towanda Avenue Normal IL 61761 McLean Hampton Inn Suites Bloomington Normal 128 Rooms
9.22 JPMCB   2481 Carmichael Drive Chico CA 95928 Butte Courtyard Chico 90 Rooms
9.23 JPMCB   2920 South Reed Road Kokomo IN 46902 Howard Hampton Inn Suites Kokomo 105 Rooms
9.24 JPMCB   52709 State Road 933 South Bend IN 46637 Saint Joseph Hampton Inn Suites South Bend 117 Rooms
9.25 JPMCB   3800 Tarry Street Wichita Falls TX 76308 Wichita Courtyard Wichita Falls 93 Rooms
9.26 JPMCB   4035 Arendell Street Morehead City NC 28557 Carteret Hampton Inn Morehead 118 Rooms
9.27 JPMCB   2485 Carmichael Drive Chico CA 95928 Butte Residence Inn Chico 78 Rooms
9.28 JPMCB   2130 South First Street Lufkin TX 75901 Angelina Courtyard Lufkin 101 Rooms
9.29 JPMCB   1164 Harrisburg Pike Carlisle PA 17013 Cumberland Hampton Inn Carlisle 97 Rooms
9.30 JPMCB   1644 Richmond Road Williamsburg VA 23185 Williamsburg City Springhill Suites Williamsburg 120 Rooms
9.31 JPMCB   120 South Fairfield Drive Bloomington IN 47404 Monroe Fairfield Inn Bloomington 105 Rooms
9.32 JPMCB   501 South University Waco TX 76706 McLennan Waco Residence Inn 78 Rooms
9.33 JPMCB   9791 North by Northeast Boulevard Fishers IN 46037 Hamilton Holiday Inn Express Fishers 115 Rooms
9.34 JPMCB   121 Iron Point Road Folsom CA 95630 Sacramento Larkspur Landing Folsom 84 Rooms
9.35 JPMCB   4305 Weaver Parkway Warrenville IL 60555 DuPage Springhill Suites Chicago Naperville Warrenville 128 Rooms
9.36 JPMCB   3025 Northeast Loop 286 Paris TX 75460 Lamar Holiday Inn Express & Suites Paris 84 Rooms
9.37 JPMCB   1410 Arrowhead Drive Maumee OH 43537 Lucas Toledo Homewood Suites 78 Rooms
9.38 JPMCB   3920 Stahl Drive Grand Rapids MI 49546 Kent Grand Rapids Homewood Suites 78 Rooms
9.39 JPMCB   1415 Stillwater Avenue Cheyenne WY 82009 Laramie Cheyenne Fairfield Inn and Suites 60 Rooms
9.40 JPMCB   13700 Baltimore Avenue Laurel MD 20707 Prince Georges Fairfield Inn Laurel 109 Rooms
9.41 JPMCB   4047 Bridgewater Parkway Stow OH 44224 Summit Courtyard Akron Stow 101 Rooms
9.42 JPMCB   1931 Taylor Road Roseville CA 95661 Placer Larkspur Landing Roseville 90 Rooms
9.43 JPMCB   105 South Franklin Road Bloomington IN 47404 Monroe Towneplace Suites Bloomington 83 Rooms
9.44 JPMCB   97 Old Valley School Road Danville PA 17821 Montour Hampton Inn Danville 71 Rooms
9.45 JPMCB   10 Laura Boulevard Norwich CT 06360 New London Holiday Inn Norwich 135 Rooms
9.46 JPMCB   3044 North Eastman Road Longview TX 75605 Gregg Hampton Inn Suites Longview North 91 Rooms
9.47 JPMCB   2701 West Lake Avenue Peoria IL 61615 Peoria Springhill Suites Peoria Westlake 124 Rooms
9.48 JPMCB   1201 Cabelas Drive Buda TX 78610 Hays Hampton Inn Suites Buda 74 Rooms
9.49 JPMCB   4851 North Kickapoo Shawnee OK 74804 Pottawatomie Shawnee Hampton Inn 63 Rooms
9.50 JPMCB   6421 Washington Avenue Racine WI 53406 Racine Racine Fairfield Inn 62 Rooms
9.51 JPMCB   3 Stetler Avenue Shamokin Dam PA 17876 Snyder Hampton Inn Selinsgrove Shamokin Dam 75 Rooms
9.52 JPMCB   300 Tanger Drive Terrell TX 75160 Kaufman Holiday Inn Express & Suites Terrell 68 Rooms
9.53 JPMCB   2424 Rogerdale Road Houston TX 77042 Harris Westchase Homewood Suites 96 Rooms
9.54 JPMCB   2421 East Southeast Loop 323 Tyler TX 75701 Smith Holiday Inn Express & Suites Tyler South 88 Rooms
9.55 JPMCB   148 Interstate 45 South Huntsville TX 77340 Walker Holiday Inn Express & Suites Huntsville 87 Rooms
9.56 JPMCB   302 Southeast Georgia Avenue Sweetwater TX 79556 Nolan Hampton Inn Sweetwater 72 Rooms
9.57 JPMCB   15295 South Interstate 35 Building 800 Buda TX 78610 Hays Comfort Suites Buda Austin South 72 Rooms
9.58 JPMCB   175 Alford Drive Weatherford TX 76087 Parker Fairfield Inn & Suites Weatherford 86 Rooms
9.59 JPMCB   2812 East Broadway Altus OK 73521 Jackson Holiday Inn Express & Suites Altus 68 Rooms
9.60 JPMCB   3035 Northeast Loop 286 Paris TX 75460 Lamar Comfort Inn & Suites Paris 56 Rooms
9.61 JPMCB   110 South Highway 81/287 Decatur TX 76234 Wise Hampton Inn Suites Decatur 74 Rooms
9.62 JPMCB   5210 Crossroads Parkway Texarkana AR 71854 Miller Holiday Inn Express & Suites Texarkana East 88 Rooms
9.63 JPMCB   141 Apache Place Mankato MN 56001 Blue Earth Mankato Fairfield Inn 61 Rooms
9.64 JPMCB   2901 South Cowhorn Creek Loop Texarkana TX 75503 Bowie Candlewood Suites Texarkana 80 Rooms
9.65 JPMCB   20611 Highway 59 Humble TX 77338 Harris Country Inn & Suites Houston Intercontinental Airport East 62 Rooms
10 GACC 767 Fifth Partners LLC 767 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10153 New York General Motors Building 1,989,983 Square Feet
11 GACC HBP Euclid I, LLC, LMA Commerce IV, LLC, LMA Commerce V, LLC, LMA Massillon III, LLC, NRR Commerce III, LLC, Rockside Commerce III, LLC Various Various OH Various Various IRG Portfolio 3,882,884 Square Feet
11.01 GACC   23555 Euclid Avenue Euclid OH 44117 Cuyahoga HBP Euclid 1,600,000 Square Feet
11.02 GACC   1204-1210 Massillon Road Akron OH 44306 Summit LMA Massillon & Building E 879,582 Square Feet
11.03 GACC   1204-1210 Massillon Road Akron OH 44306 Summit LMA Building D 773,483 Square Feet
11.04 GACC   655 North River Road Northwest Warren OH 44483 Trumbull NRR Commerce 256,000 Square Feet
11.05 GACC   16485 Rockside Road Maple Heights OH 44137 Cuyahoga Rockside Commerce 373,799 Square Feet
12 JPMCB 2410 San Gabriel, L.P. 2414 San Gabriel Street Austin TX 78705 Travis Villas at San Gabriel 396 Beds
13 JPMCB 150 Blackstone River Road, LLC 150 Blackstone River Road Worcester MA 01607 Worcester 150 Blackstone River Road 619,669 Square Feet
14 GACC DFW H38 Owner LLC 4440 West John Carpenter Freeway Irving TX 75063 Dallas Sheraton DFW 302 Rooms
15 JPMCB 245 Park Avenue Property LLC 245 Park Avenue New York NY 10167 New York 245 Park Avenue 1,723,993 Square Feet

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
                     
                     
                     
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address City State Zip Code County Property Name Size  Measure
16 GACC 485 Windham LLC, 485 Hampstead LLC, WG Woodbury LLC, WG New Bedford Realty LLC, WG NB Fee LLC, WG Staten Island Realty LLC, WG Yarmouth Realty LLC, WG Worcester Realty LLC Various Various Various Various Various Walgreens Witkoff Portfolio 93,694 Square Feet
16.01 GACC   220 Grafton Street Worcester MA 01604 Worcester Worcester 13,354 Square Feet
16.02 GACC   2968 Acushnet Avenue New Bedford MA 02745 Bristol New Bedford 15,272 Square Feet
16.03 GACC   1579 Forest Avenue Staten Island NY 10302 Richmond Staten Island 11,056 Square Feet
16.04 GACC   741 Roosevelt Trail Windham ME 04062 Cumberland Windham 15,331 Square Feet
16.05 GACC   1041 Route 28 South Yarmouth MA 02664 Barnstable Yarmouth 9,996 Square Feet
16.06 GACC   288 Sandown Road East Hampstead NH 03826 Rockingham Hampstead 15,035 Square Feet
16.07 GACC   343 South Broad Street Woodbury NJ 08096 Gloucester Woodbury 13,650 Square Feet
17 GACC TPG Preston Plaza, Ltd. 17950 Preston Road Dallas TX 75252 Collin Preston Plaza 259,009 Square Feet
18 GACC Karlin Cap Center, LLC Various Rancho Cordova CA 95670 Sacramento Capital Centers II & III 530,365 Square Feet
18.01 GACC   11040, 11050, 11060, 11070, 11080 & 11090 White Rock Road Rancho Cordova CA 95670 Sacramento Capital Center II 313,266 Square Feet
18.02 GACC   11000, 11010, 11020 & 11030 White Rock Road Rancho Cordova CA 95670 Sacramento Capital Center III 217,099 Square Feet
19 GACC AHP LP7 Fayetteville, LLC, AHP LP7 Bentonville, LLC, AHP LP7 Jonesboro, LLC, AHP LP7 CY Baton Rouge, LLC, AHP LP7 RI Baton Rouge, LLC, AHP LP7 Metairie, LLC, AHP LP7 FT Myers, LLC Various Various Various Various Various Lightstone Portfolio 778 Rooms
19.01 GACC   11281 Summerlin Square Drive Fort Myers Beach FL 33931 Lee Hampton Inn & Suites Ft. Myers Beach 120 Rooms
19.02 GACC   1103 South 52nd Street Rogers AR 72758 Benton aloft Rogers Bentonville 130 Rooms
19.03 GACC   10333 North Mall Drive Baton Rouge LA 70809 East Baton Rouge Residence Inn Baton Rouge Siegen Lane 108 Rooms
19.04 GACC   10307 North Mall Drive Baton Rouge LA 70809 East Baton Rouge Courtyard Baton Rouge Siegen Lane 121 Rooms
19.05 GACC   5424 Citrus Boulevard Harahan LA 70123 Jefferson TownePlace Suites New Orleans Metairie 124 Rooms
19.06 GACC   3408 Access Road Jonesboro AR 72401 Craighead Fairfield Inn & Suites Jonesboro 83 Rooms
19.07 GACC   5437 South 48th Street Springdale AR 72762 Washington TownePlace Suites Fayetteville North Springdale 92 Rooms
20 GACC 18301 Von Karman Property Owner, LLC 18301 Von Karman Avenue Irvine CA 92612 Orange 18301 Von Karman 228,121 Square Feet
21 JPMCB Mansfield Investments LLC 1755-1829 West Fullerton Avenue Chicago IL 60614 Cook Fullerton Plaza 125,729 Square Feet
22 JPMCB Torre Plaza Associates, LLC 10201 Torre Avenue Cupertino CA 95014 Santa Clara Torre Plaza 88,580 Square Feet
23 GACC NRFC Indianapolis Holdings LLC 8211 Scicor Drive Indianapolis IN 46214 Marion Covance Business Center 333,600 Square Feet
24 GACC Vista Truckee Tahoe, LLC 11331 Brockway Road Truckee CA 96161 Nevada Best Western Plus Truckee 100 Rooms
25 GACC 18401 Von Karman Property Owner, LLC 18401 Von Karman Avenue Irvine CA 92612 Orange 18401 Von Karman 114,724 Square Feet
26 JPMCB PHR STPFL, LLC 940 Fifth Avenue South St. Petersburg FL 33705 Pinellas Staybridge Suites St. Petersburg 119 Rooms
27 JPMCB 523 North Broad Owner, LP 523-525 North Broad Street Philadelphia PA 19123 Philadelphia Mural Lofts 59 Units
28 GACC EIP 495 Radio Station Road, LLC; EIP Precision Park, LLC Various Various Various Various Various EIP Logistics Portfolio ####### Square Feet
28.01 GACC   495 Radio Station Road Strasburg VA 22657 Shenandoah Mercury Paper, Inc. 407,248 Square Feet
28.02 GACC   200 Frenchtown Road North Kingstown RI 02852 Washington Precision Park 677,222 Square Feet
29 GACC 1313 CP SPE, LLC 1313 Cooper Point Road Southwest Olympia WA 98502 Thurston Haggen Food & Pharmacy 74,607 Square Feet
30 JPMCB Bhavin Hospitality, L.L.C. 8251 West Amarillo Boulevard Amarillo TX 79124 Potter Home2 Suites Amarillo 92 Rooms
31 JPMCB Shriji Hospitality Rome, LLC 875 West 1st Street Rome GA 30161 Floyd Hampton Inn & Suites Rome 90 Rooms
32 JPMCB Quadrant Preston Trail Partners, LP 17330 Preston Road Dallas TX 75235 Collin Preston Trail Atrium 124,586 Square Feet
33 GACC ASA New Orleans Retail Investments, LLC 500 North Carrollton Avenue New Orleans LA 70119 Orleans CVS New Orleans 13,600 Square Feet
34 GACC BBIC Investors SPE, LLC 2201 Poplar Street Oakland CA 94607 Alameda Bay Bridge Industrial Center 199,291 Square Feet
35 JPMCB Angelo Balbo Realty Corp. 9-11 Raymond Avenue Poughkeepsie NY 12603 Dutchess Bank of America Building 35,083 Square Feet
36 GACC Winter Park Investment Group DE LLC 631 South Orlando Avenue & 1220, 1230 and 1234 West Fairbanks Avenue Winter Park FL 32789 Orange Wells Fargo Financial Center 40,549 Square Feet
37 GACC 1250 Mockingbird Sub, LLC 1250 West Mockingbird Lane Dallas TX 75247 Dallas 1250 Mockingbird 117,314 Square Feet
38 JPMCB LH 2006 43rd, LLC, P&C Scottino LLC 2006 West 43rd Street Houston TX 77018 Harris The Grove at 43rd Apartments 80 Units
39 GACC Brittmoore Meadows Building M, LLC 2121 Brittmoore Road Houston TX 77043 Harris Brittmoore Industrial Park 72,000 Square Feet
40 GACC 11th & Kissling Street Apartments, LLC 238-254A 11th Street & 107-119 Kissling Street San Francisco CA 94103 San Francisco 11th & Kissling 24 Units
41 GACC AGNL Punch, L.L.C. 162 Gene East Stewart Boulevard Sylacauga AL 35151 Talladega PPHC Manufacturing Facility 114,000 Square Feet

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
                         
                         
                         
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address  Mortgage Rate in Effect at Origination (%)   Net Mortgage Rate in Effect at the Cut-off Date (%)   Original Principal Balance   Cut-off Principal Balance  Original Term Remaining Term Maturity/ARD Date Amortiziation Term Remaining Amortization Term for Balloon Loans
1 GACC MP B4 LLC 1190 Bordeaux Drive                                        3.63650 3.62110                                70,000,000                        70,000,000.00 120 118 08/06/27 360 360
2 GACC Fourteen SAC Self-Storage Corporation, Fifteen SAC Self-Storage Corporation, Seventeen SAC Self-Storage Corporation Various                                        3.70250 3.68710                                69,000,000                        68,859,924.64 120 119 09/06/27 300 299
2.01 GACC   600 Mystic Valley Parkway                                        3.70250                                  12,556,073                        12,530,583.01 120 119   300 299
2.02 GACC   1 Merrill Street                                        3.70250                                    5,982,790                          5,970,644.96 120 119   300 299
2.03 GACC   3969 North Rancho Drive                                        3.70250                                    5,768,656                          5,756,944.85 120 119   300 299
2.04 GACC   1200 West Fullerton Avenue                                        3.70250                                    5,379,320                          5,368,399.79 120 119   300 299
2.05 GACC   20A Sheridan Boulevard                                        3.70250                                    4,736,916                          4,727,300.02 120 119   300 299
2.06 GACC   139 Broadway                                        3.70250                                    3,919,312                          3,911,355.28 120 119   300 299
2.07 GACC   3029 Fairfield Avenue                                        3.70250                                    3,228,241                          3,221,687.37 120 119   300 299
2.08 GACC   230-240 Maple Avenue                                        3.70250                                    2,816,194                          2,810,477.26 120 119   300 299
2.09 GACC   3527 Ivar Avenue                                        3.70250                                    2,670,193                          2,664,772.32 120 119   300 299
2.10 GACC   1535 Round Rock Avenue                                        3.70250                                    2,485,259                          2,480,213.85 120 119   300 299
2.11 GACC   1301 East Route 66                                        3.70250                                    2,446,325                          2,441,359.24 120 119   300 299
2.12 GACC   2813 Texas Avenue South                                        3.70250                                    2,430,103                          2,425,169.68 120 119   300 299
2.13 GACC   2455 West Tarrant Road                                        3.70250                                    2,066,723                          2,062,527.69 120 119   300 299
2.14 GACC   7225 South Hulen Street                                        3.70250                                    1,901,255                          1,897,395.18 120 119   300 299
2.15 GACC   3885 Milam Street                                        3.70250                                    1,732,543                          1,729,026.27 120 119   300 299
2.16 GACC   1103 West Highway 287 Bypass                                        3.70250                                    1,713,076                          1,709,598.69 120 119   300 299
2.17 GACC   12540 South Rogers Road                                        3.70250                                    1,635,209                          1,631,889.47 120 119   300 299
2.18 GACC   1641 South Kingshighway Boulevard                                        3.70250                                    1,229,652                          1,227,155.38 120 119   300 299
2.19 GACC   9302 Interstate 30                                        3.70250                                    1,184,229                          1,181,825.27 120 119   300 299
2.20 GACC   611 Blackwood Clementon Road                                        3.70250                                    1,180,985                          1,178,587.25 120 119   300 299
2.21 GACC   1301 Monticello Avenue                                        3.70250                                       983,072                              981,076.71 120 119   300 299
2.22 GACC   5600 Business Avenue                                        3.70250                                       953,872                              951,935.08 120 119   300 299
3 JPMCB Seven Hundred 2nd Street Holdings LLC 700 2nd Street Northeast                                        3.60000 3.58460                                64,000,000                        64,000,000.00 121 121 11/01/27 0 0
4 JPMCB Treeview Industrial I LLC Various                                        4.24400 4.23170                                60,000,000                        60,000,000.00 120 118 08/01/27 0 0
4.01 JPMCB   9999 Olson Drive                                        4.24400                                    9,743,378                          9,743,377.92 120 118   0 0
4.02 JPMCB   1405 Worldwide Boulevard                                        4.24400                                    8,116,901                          8,116,900.80 120 118   0 0
4.03 JPMCB   1200 Worldwide Boulevard                                        4.24400                                    7,807,094                          7,807,094.40 120 118   0 0
4.04 JPMCB   1790 South 5200 West                                        4.24400                                    6,815,717                          6,815,717.28 120 118   0 0
4.05 JPMCB   1100 Laval Boulevard                                        4.24400                                    4,492,177                          4,492,177.44 120 118   0 0
4.06 JPMCB   2101 Design Road                                        4.24400                                    3,950,018                          3,950,017.92 120 118   0 0
4.07 JPMCB   2055 Global Way                                        4.24400                                    3,438,839                          3,438,839.04 120 118   0 0
4.08 JPMCB   1942 Sabre Street                                        4.24400                                    3,259,152                          3,259,152.00 120 118   0 0
4.09 JPMCB   2205 Global Way                                        4.24400                                    3,098,053                          3,098,053.44 120 118   0 0
4.10 JPMCB   1280 Lakes Parkway                                        4.24400                                    2,478,443                          2,478,442.56 120 118   0 0
4.11 JPMCB   11 Boulden Circle                                        4.24400                                    2,416,482                          2,416,481.76 120 118   0 0
4.12 JPMCB   1300 Lakes Parkway                                        4.24400                                    2,168,638                          2,168,637.60 120 118   0 0
4.13 JPMCB   7 Boulden Circle                                        4.24400                                    1,130,789                          1,130,789.28 120 118   0 0
4.14 JPMCB   2 Boulden Circle                                        4.24400                                    1,084,319                          1,084,318.56 120 118   0 0
5 GACC AHIP MD Baltimore 5015 Properties LLC, AHIP MD Baltimore 5015 Enterprises LLC, AHIP MD Hanover 7544 Properties LLC, AHIP MD Hanover 7544 Enterprises LLC, AHIP NJ Wall Properties LLC, AHIP NJ Wall Enterprises LLC, AHIP PA Allentown Properties LLC, AHIP PA Allentown Enterprises LLC, AHIP NJ Dover Properties LLC, AHIP NJ Dover Enterprises LLC Various                                        4.53000 4.51460                                55,000,000                        55,000,000.00 120 117 07/06/27 360 360
5.01 GACC   5015 Campbell Boulevard                                        4.53000                                  15,745,967                        15,745,967.39 120 117   360 360
5.02 GACC   7686 Industrial Boulevard                                        4.53000                                  10,645,161                        10,645,161.49 120 117   360 360
5.03 GACC   1302 Campus Parkway                                        4.53000                                  10,423,387                        10,423,387.43 120 117   360 360
5.04 GACC   7544 Teague Road                                        4.53000                                  10,201,613                        10,201,612.57 120 117   360 360
5.05 GACC   2 Commerce Center Drive                                        4.53000                                    7,983,871                          7,983,871.12 120 117   360 360
6 JPMCB ESRT First Stamford Place SPE, L.L.C. 100-300 First Stamford Place                                        4.08780 4.07550                                54,800,000                        54,800,000.00 120 117 07/01/27 0 0
7 JPMCB 521 East 72nd St. Realty Company II, L.L.C. 521-523 East 72nd Street                                        3.95000 3.93460                                50,000,000                        50,000,000.00 120 118 08/01/27 0 0
8 JPMCB ETCL Richmond, LLC; ETCL Westerville ADS, LLC; ETCL Fort Wayne, LLC; ETCL Ankeny, LLC; ETCL Grand Rapids, LLC; ETCL Mounds View, LLC; ETCL Springfield, LLC; ETCL Wausau, LLC; ETCL Mansfield, LLC; KIRCO ETCL CH Distribution II, LLC; ETCL Carrier, LLC; ETCL Fort Myers, LLC; ETCL Fort Myers Parking, LLC; ETCL Woodlands, LLC; ETCL Seguin Dist, LLC; ETCL Staunton, LLC; ETCL Stratford, LLC; ETCL Pompano, LLC; ETCL Pure Lafayette, LLC; ETCL Vegas, LLC; ETCL Tempe, LLC; ETCL H&E Columbia, LLC; ETCL H&E Greer, LLC; ETCL H&E New Orleans, LLC; ETCL H&E Oklahoma City, LLC; ETCL H&E San Antonio, LLC; ETCL Novi HB, LLC; ETCL Dallas I, LLC; ETCL New Braunfels, LLC; ETCL Salisbury, LLC; ETCL Toledo, LLC; ETCL Franklin Pro-Packaging, LLC; ETCL Franklin Trans-Packaging, LLC; ETCL Russellville, LLC; ETCL Fort Worth Ski, LLC; ETCL Longwood, LLC; ETCL Birmingham, LLC; ETCL Shakopee, LLC; ETCL Northpark, LLC; ETCL Sparrows Point, LLC; ETCL Barry Pointe Plasma, LLC; ETCL Casselberry Plasma, LLC Various                                        3.56283 3.55053                                50,000,000                        50,000,000.00 84 80 06/05/24 0 0
8.01 JPMCB   4300 Airport Expressway                                        3.56283                                    4,164,436                          4,164,435.95 84 80   0 0
8.02 JPMCB   825 Lordship Boulevard                                        3.56283                                    4,011,472                          4,011,472.28 84 80   0 0
8.03 JPMCB   6021 Bethlehem Boulevard                                        3.56283                                    3,693,117                          3,693,116.63 84 80   0 0
8.04 JPMCB   30001 Cabot Drive                                        3.56283                                    2,941,683                          2,941,682.60 84 80   0 0
8.05 JPMCB   3720 US Highway 52 South                                        3.56283                                    2,802,103                          2,802,103.25 84 80   0 0
8.06 JPMCB   2155 East GoDaddy Way                                        3.56283                                    2,483,748                          2,483,747.61 84 80   0 0
8.07 JPMCB   16011 Applewhite Road                                        3.56283                                    2,451,243                          2,451,242.83 84 80   0 0
8.08 JPMCB   8686 New Trails Drive                                        3.56283                                    1,993,308                          1,993,307.84 84 80   0 0
8.09 JPMCB   6000 Rosa Parks Boulevard                                        3.56283                                    1,938,815                          1,938,814.53 84 80   0 0
8.10 JPMCB   501 Shenandoah Drive                                        3.56283                                    1,919,694                          1,919,694.07 84 80   0 0
8.11 JPMCB   2348 FM 464                                        3.56283                                    1,808,795                          1,808,795.41 84 80   0 0
8.12 JPMCB   7 Industry Way                                        3.56283                                    1,521,989                          1,521,988.53 84 80   0 0
8.13 JPMCB   1 & 3 World Packaging Circle                                        3.56283                                    1,273,423                          1,273,422.56 84 80   0 0
8.14 JPMCB   2 & 4 World Packaging Circle                                        3.56283                                    1,260,994                          1,260,994.26 84 80   0 0
8.15 JPMCB   820 Tom Martin Drive                                        3.56283                                    1,176,864                          1,176,864.24 84 80   0 0
8.16 JPMCB   1727 South Main Street                                        3.56283                                    1,139,579                          1,139,579.35 84 80   0 0
8.17 JPMCB   8580 Evans Avenue                                        3.56283                                    1,057,361                          1,057,361.38 84 80   0 0
8.18 JPMCB   12645 Corporate Lakes Drive                                        3.56283                                       948,375                              948,374.76 84 80   0 0
8.19 JPMCB   5400 International Trade Drive                                        3.56283                                       865,201                              865,200.76 84 80   0 0
8.20 JPMCB   5545 Goodwin Lane                                        3.56283                                       853,728                              853,728.49 84 80   0 0
8.21 JPMCB   1375 North 28th Avenue                                        3.56283                                       815,488                              815,487.57 84 80   0 0
8.22 JPMCB   2503 South Main Street                                        3.56283                                       775,335                              775,334.61 84 80   0 0
8.23 JPMCB   220 West Schrock Road                                        3.56283                                       735,182                              735,181.64 84 80   0 0
8.24 JPMCB   140 Wekiva Springs Road                                        3.56283                                       684,512                              684,512.43 84 80   0 0
8.25 JPMCB   9500 Northeast 82nd Terrace                                        3.56283                                       524,857                              524,856.60 84 80   0 0
8.26 JPMCB   1385 State Road 436                                        3.56283                                       500,000                              500,000.00 84 80   0 0
8.27 JPMCB   2325 County Road 10                                        3.56283                                       472,275                              472,275.33 84 80   0 0
8.28 JPMCB   2670 East Paris Avenue Southeast                                        3.56283                                       471,319                              471,319.31 84 80   0 0
8.29 JPMCB   4265 West Tompkins Avenue                                        3.56283                                       471,319                              471,319.31 84 80   0 0
8.30 JPMCB   3201 Rib Mountain Drive                                        3.56283                                       458,891                              458,891.01 84 80   0 0
8.31 JPMCB   1815 McCurry Road                                        3.56283                                       445,507                              445,506.69 84 80   0 0
8.32 JPMCB   1001 Carrier Drive                                        3.56283                                       445,507                              445,506.69 84 80   0 0
8.33 JPMCB   725 Southeast Oralabor Road                                        3.56283                                       420,650                              420,650.10 84 80   0 0
8.34 JPMCB   5327 & 5423 Tex-Con Road                                        3.56283                                       369,025                              369,024.86 84 80   0 0
8.35 JPMCB   4202 Almonaster Avenue                                        3.56283                                       347,036                              347,036.33 84 80   0 0
8.36 JPMCB   2705 Gateway Drive                                        3.56283                                       325,048                              325,047.80 84 80   0 0
8.37 JPMCB   30 Sibley Drive                                        3.56283                                       292,543                              292,543.02 84 80   0 0
8.38 JPMCB   1031 Buckner Park Drive                                        3.56283                                       289,675                              289,674.95 84 80   0 0
8.39 JPMCB   10700 Northwest 4th Street                                        3.56283                                       285,851                              285,850.86 84 80   0 0
8.40 JPMCB   6180 Hagman Road                                        3.56283                                       284,895                              284,894.84 84 80   0 0
8.41 JPMCB   585 Brookshire Road                                        3.56283                                       279,159                              279,158.70 84 80   0 0

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
                         
                         
                         
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address  Mortgage Rate in Effect at Origination (%)   Net Mortgage Rate in Effect at the Cut-off Date (%)   Original Principal Balance   Cut-off Principal Balance  Original Term Remaining Term Maturity/ARD Date Amortiziation Term Remaining Amortization Term for Balloon Loans
9 JPMCB LL Folsom, L.P.; LL Hillsboro, L.P.; LL Milpitas, L.P.; LL Pleasanton, L.P.; LL Campbell, L.P.; LL South San Francisco, L.P.; LL Roseville, L.P.; LL Bellevue, L.P.; LL Sunnyvale, L.P.; LL Sacramento, L.P.; LL Renton, L.P.; FH-Hotel Bloomington, L.P.; FH-Hotel Kokomo, L.P.; FH-Hotel Oakdale, L.P.; FH-Hotel Ann Arbor, L.P.; FH-Hotel South Bend, L.P.; FH-Hotel Peoria, L.P.; FH-Hotel Maumee, L.P.; FH-Hotel Warrenville, L.P.; FH-Hotel South Franklin, L.P.; FH-Hotel Normal, L.P.; FH-Grandville, L.P.; TXHP Buda 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Humble, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Decatur, L.L.C.; TXHP Sweetwater, L.L.C.; TXHP Waco 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Longview 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Altus, L.L.C.; TXHP Arlington, L.L.C.; TXHP Huntsville, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Terrell, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Weatherford, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Wichita Falls, L.L.C.; TXHP Lufkin 1, L.L.C.; Hotel Fishers, L.P.; Hotel Louisville, L.P.; Hotel Stow, L.P.; Hotel Morehead City, L.P.; IM Chico 1, L.P.; VIII-HII-Valley School Road, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Stetler Avenue, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-7 Hampton Court, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Raritan Center Pkwy, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Laura Blvd.,  L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Baltimore Avenue, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road 2, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Racine, L.P.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Shawnee, L.P.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Cheyenne, L.P.; F.I. Management of Mankato, L.P.; R.I. Heritage Inn of Peoria AZ, L.P.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Grand Rapids, L.P.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Toledo, L.P.; Heritage Inn Number LII. Limited Partnership; Heritage Inn Number XL. Limited Partnership; LL Folsom Opco, L.L.C.; LL Hillsboro Opco, L.L.C.; LL Milpitas Opco, L.L.C.; LL Pleasanton Opco, L.L.C.; LL Campbell Opco, L.L.C.; LL South San Francisco Opco, L.L.C.; LL Roseville Opco, L.L.C.; LL Bellevue Opco, L.L.C.; LL Sunnyvale Opco, L.L.C.; LL Sacramento Opco, L.L.C.; LL Renton Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Bloomington Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Kokomo Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Oakdale Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Ann Arbor Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel South Bend Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Peoria Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Maumee Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Warrenville Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel South Franklin Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Normal Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Grandville Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Humble Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Decatur Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Sweetwater Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Waco 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Longview 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Altus Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Arlington Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Huntsville Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Terrell Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Weatherford Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Wichita Falls Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Lufkin 1 Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Fishers Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Louisville Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Stow Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Morehead City Opco, L.L.C.; IM Chico 1 Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Valley School Road Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Stetler Avenue Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-7 Hampton Court Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Raritan Center Pkwy Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Laura Blvd. Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Baltimore Avenue Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road 2 Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Racine Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Shawnee Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Cheyenne Opco, L.L.C.; F.I. Management of Mankato Opco, L.L.C.; R.I. Heritage Inn Of Peoria AZ Opco, L.L.C.; H.S. Heritage Inn Of Grand Rapids Opco, L.L.C.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Toledo Opco, L.L.C.; Heritage Inn Number LII. Opco, L.L.C.; Heritage Inn Number XL. Opco, L.L.C. Various                                        4.48600 4.47370                                46,817,500                        46,817,500.00 120 116 06/01/27 0 0
9.01 JPMCB   748 North Mathilda Avenue                                        4.48600                                    2,762,973                          2,762,973.20 120 116   0 0
9.02 JPMCB   40 Ranch Drive                                        4.48600                                    2,328,110                          2,328,109.85 120 116   0 0
9.03 JPMCB   550 West Hamilton Avenue                                        4.48600                                    2,047,040                          2,047,039.65 120 116   0 0
9.04 JPMCB   690 Gateway Boulevard                                        4.48600                                    1,686,421                          1,686,421.30 120 116   0 0
9.05 JPMCB   5535 Johnson Drive                                        4.48600                                    1,649,299                          1,649,298.76 120 116   0 0
9.06 JPMCB   15805 Southeast 37th Street                                        4.48600                                    1,468,990                          1,468,989.63 120 116   0 0
9.07 JPMCB   555 Howe Avenue                                        4.48600                                    1,097,765                          1,097,764.82 120 116   0 0
9.08 JPMCB   2300 Green Road                                        4.48600                                    1,071,249                          1,071,248.74 120 116   0 0
9.09 JPMCB   3133 Northeast Shute Road                                        4.48600                                    1,071,249                          1,071,248.74 120 116   0 0
9.10 JPMCB   1701 East Valley Road                                        4.48600                                    1,060,642                          1,060,642.28 120 116   0 0
9.11 JPMCB   1311 Wet N Wild Way                                        4.48600                                    1,018,217                          1,018,216.59 120 116   0 0
9.12 JPMCB   1370 Arrowhead Drive                                        4.48600                                    1,007,610                          1,007,610.21 120 116   0 0
9.13 JPMCB   1648 Richmond Road                                        4.48600                                       965,185                              965,184.52 120 116   0 0
9.14 JPMCB   2501 Marketplace Drive                                        4.48600                                       890,940                              890,939.53 120 116   0 0
9.15 JPMCB   447 Farmington Avenue                                        4.48600                                       875,030                              875,029.92 120 116   0 0
9.16 JPMCB   7424 South Broadway Avenue                                        4.48600                                       859,120                              859,120.30 120 116   0 0
9.17 JPMCB   50 Raritan Center Parkway                                        4.48600                                       859,120                              859,120.30 120 116   0 0
9.18 JPMCB   420 Inwood Avenue North                                        4.48600                                       848,514                              848,513.84 120 116   0 0
9.19 JPMCB   3451 Rivertown Point Court Southwest                                        4.48600                                       837,907                              837,907.46 120 116   0 0
9.20 JPMCB   8435 West Paradise Lane                                        4.48600                                       832,604                              832,604.23 120 116   0 0
9.21 JPMCB   320 South Towanda Avenue                                        4.48600                                       827,301                              827,301.00 120 116   0 0
9.22 JPMCB   2481 Carmichael Drive                                        4.48600                                       811,391                              811,391.38 120 116   0 0
9.23 JPMCB   2920 South Reed Road                                        4.48600                                       784,875                              784,875.31 120 116   0 0
9.24 JPMCB   52709 State Road 933                                        4.48600                                       784,875                              784,875.31 120 116   0 0
9.25 JPMCB   3800 Tarry Street                                        4.48600                                       747,753                              747,752.85 120 116   0 0
9.26 JPMCB   4035 Arendell Street                                        4.48600                                       726,540                              726,540.01 120 116   0 0
9.27 JPMCB   2485 Carmichael Drive                                        4.48600                                       705,327                              705,327.16 120 116   0 0
9.28 JPMCB   2130 South First Street                                        4.48600                                       673,508                              673,507.86 120 116   0 0
9.29 JPMCB   1164 Harrisburg Pike                                        4.48600                                       668,205                              668,204.63 120 116   0 0
9.30 JPMCB   1644 Richmond Road                                        4.48600                                       668,205                              668,204.63 120 116   0 0
9.31 JPMCB   120 South Fairfield Drive                                        4.48600                                       662,901                              662,901.48 120 116   0 0
9.32 JPMCB   501 South University                                        4.48600                                       646,992                              646,991.78 120 116   0 0
9.33 JPMCB   9791 North by Northeast Boulevard                                        4.48600                                       604,566                              604,566.09 120 116   0 0
9.34 JPMCB   121 Iron Point Road                                        4.48600                                       588,656                              588,656.48 120 116   0 0
9.35 JPMCB   4305 Weaver Parkway                                        4.48600                                       556,837                              556,837.18 120 116   0 0
9.36 JPMCB   3025 Northeast Loop 286                                        4.48600                                       551,534                              551,534.03 120 116   0 0
9.37 JPMCB   1410 Arrowhead Drive                                        4.48600                                       551,534                              551,534.03 120 116   0 0
9.38 JPMCB   3920 Stahl Drive                                        4.48600                                       535,624                              535,624.33 120 116   0 0
9.39 JPMCB   1415 Stillwater Avenue                                        4.48600                                       498,502                              498,501.87 120 116   0 0
9.40 JPMCB   13700 Baltimore Avenue                                        4.48600                                       498,502                              498,501.87 120 116   0 0
9.41 JPMCB   4047 Bridgewater Parkway                                        4.48600                                       487,895                              487,895.49 120 116   0 0
9.42 JPMCB   1931 Taylor Road                                        4.48600                                       461,379                              461,379.42 120 116   0 0
9.43 JPMCB   105 South Franklin Road                                        4.48600                                       461,379                              461,379.42 120 116   0 0
9.44 JPMCB   97 Old Valley School Road                                        4.48600                                       456,076                              456,076.19 120 116   0 0
9.45 JPMCB   10 Laura Boulevard                                        4.48600                                       450,773                              450,772.96 120 116   0 0
9.46 JPMCB   3044 North Eastman Road                                        4.48600                                       445,470                              445,469.81 120 116   0 0
9.47 JPMCB   2701 West Lake Avenue                                        4.48600                                       445,470                              445,469.81 120 116   0 0
9.48 JPMCB   1201 Cabelas Drive                                        4.48600                                       440,167                              440,166.57 120 116   0 0
9.49 JPMCB   4851 North Kickapoo                                        4.48600                                       440,167                              440,166.57 120 116   0 0
9.50 JPMCB   6421 Washington Avenue                                        4.48600                                       429,560                              429,560.11 120 116   0 0
9.51 JPMCB   3 Stetler Avenue                                        4.48600                                       418,954                              418,953.73 120 116   0 0
9.52 JPMCB   300 Tanger Drive                                        4.48600                                       397,741                              397,740.89 120 116   0 0
9.53 JPMCB   2424 Rogerdale Road                                        4.48600                                       384,971                              384,970.80 120 116   0 0
9.54 JPMCB   2421 East Southeast Loop 323                                        4.48600                                       381,831                              381,831.19 120 116   0 0
9.55 JPMCB   148 Interstate 45 South                                        4.48600                                       365,922                              365,921.58 120 116   0 0
9.56 JPMCB   302 Southeast Georgia Avenue                                        4.48600                                       334,102                              334,102.35 120 116   0 0
9.57 JPMCB   15295 South Interstate 35 Building 800                                        4.48600                                       281,070                              281,070.20 120 116   0 0
9.58 JPMCB   175 Alford Drive                                        4.48600                                       265,161                              265,160.59 120 116   0 0
9.59 JPMCB   2812 East Broadway                                        4.48600                                       214,867                              214,866.59 120 116   0 0
9.60 JPMCB   3035 Northeast Loop 286                                        4.48600                                       190,916                              190,915.60 120 116   0 0
9.61 JPMCB   110 South Highway 81/287                                        4.48600                                       182,693                              182,693.11 120 116   0 0
9.62 JPMCB   5210 Crossroads Parkway                                        4.48600                                       169,181                              169,180.78 120 116   0 0
9.63 JPMCB   141 Apache Place                                        4.48600                                       151,608                              151,607.53 120 116   0 0
9.64 JPMCB   2901 South Cowhorn Creek Loop                                        4.48600                                       117,216                              117,216.17 120 116   0 0
9.65 JPMCB   20611 Highway 59                                        4.48600                                       111,319                              111,319.36 120 116   0 0
10 GACC 767 Fifth Partners LLC 767 Fifth Avenue                                        3.43000 3.41895                                45,200,000                        45,200,000.00 120 116 06/09/27 0 0
11 GACC HBP Euclid I, LLC, LMA Commerce IV, LLC, LMA Commerce V, LLC, LMA Massillon III, LLC, NRR Commerce III, LLC, Rockside Commerce III, LLC Various                                        4.66000 4.64610                                45,000,000                        44,890,511.41 120 118 08/06/27 360 358
11.01 GACC   23555 Euclid Avenue                                        4.66000                                  15,192,857                        15,155,891.71 120 118   360 358
11.02 GACC   1204-1210 Massillon Road                                        4.66000                                  11,228,571                        11,201,251.42 120 118   360 358
11.03 GACC   1204-1210 Massillon Road                                        4.66000                                    9,557,143                          9,533,889.57 120 118   360 358
11.04 GACC   655 North River Road Northwest                                        4.66000                                    4,971,429                          4,959,332.69 120 118   360 358
11.05 GACC   16485 Rockside Road                                        4.66000                                    4,050,000                          4,040,146.03 120 118   360 358
12 JPMCB 2410 San Gabriel, L.P. 2414 San Gabriel Street                                        4.88600 4.86060                                43,000,000                        43,000,000.00 120 120 10/01/27 360 360
13 JPMCB 150 Blackstone River Road, LLC 150 Blackstone River Road                                        4.90000 4.88460                                35,000,000                        35,000,000.00 120 119 09/06/27 0 0
14 GACC DFW H38 Owner LLC 4440 West John Carpenter Freeway                                        4.57200 4.55660                                34,000,000                        33,915,784.89 120 118 08/06/27 360 358
15 JPMCB 245 Park Avenue Property LLC 245 Park Avenue                                        3.66940 3.65835                                32,000,000                        32,000,000.00 120 116 06/01/27 0 0

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
                         
                         
                         
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address  Mortgage Rate in Effect at Origination (%)   Net Mortgage Rate in Effect at the Cut-off Date (%)   Original Principal Balance   Cut-off Principal Balance  Original Term Remaining Term Maturity/ARD Date Amortiziation Term Remaining Amortization Term for Balloon Loans
16 GACC 485 Windham LLC, 485 Hampstead LLC, WG Woodbury LLC, WG New Bedford Realty LLC, WG NB Fee LLC, WG Staten Island Realty LLC, WG Yarmouth Realty LLC, WG Worcester Realty LLC Various                                        5.04000 5.02460                                32,000,000                        32,000,000.00 120 119 09/08/27 360 360
16.01 GACC   220 Grafton Street                                        5.04000                                    5,905,691                          5,905,691.38 120 119   360 360
16.02 GACC   2968 Acushnet Avenue                                        5.04000                                    4,865,041                          4,865,040.75 120 119   360 360
16.03 GACC   1579 Forest Avenue                                        5.04000                                    4,734,959                          4,734,959.25 120 119   360 360
16.04 GACC   741 Roosevelt Trail                                        5.04000                                    4,370,731                          4,370,731.46 120 119   360 360
16.05 GACC   1041 Route 28                                        5.04000                                    4,292,683                          4,292,682.70 120 119   360 360
16.06 GACC   288 Sandown Road                                        5.04000                                    3,928,456                          3,928,455.58 120 119   360 360
16.07 GACC   343 South Broad Street                                        5.04000                                    3,902,439                          3,902,438.88 120 119   360 360
17 GACC TPG Preston Plaza, Ltd. 17950 Preston Road                                        4.14300 4.12760                                27,700,000                        27,700,000.00 120 118 08/06/27 360 360
18 GACC Karlin Cap Center, LLC Various                                        4.26400 4.24860                                27,000,000                        26,928,867.20 120 118 08/06/27 360 358
18.01 GACC   11040, 11050, 11060, 11070, 11080 & 11090 White Rock Road                                        4.26400                                  15,253,608                        15,213,421.88 120 118   360 358
18.02 GACC   11000, 11010, 11020 & 11030 White Rock Road                                        4.26400                                  11,746,392                        11,715,445.32 120 118   360 358
19 GACC AHP LP7 Fayetteville, LLC, AHP LP7 Bentonville, LLC, AHP LP7 Jonesboro, LLC, AHP LP7 CY Baton Rouge, LLC, AHP LP7 RI Baton Rouge, LLC, AHP LP7 Metairie, LLC, AHP LP7 FT Myers, LLC Various                                        4.71000 4.69770                                25,000,000                        25,000,000.00 120 118 08/06/27 360 360
19.01 GACC   11281 Summerlin Square Drive                                        4.71000                                    4,028,462                          4,028,461.54 120 118   360 360
19.02 GACC   1103 South 52nd Street                                        4.71000                                    4,028,462                          4,028,461.54 120 118   360 360
19.03 GACC   10333 North Mall Drive                                        4.71000                                    3,910,000                          3,910,000.00 120 118   360 360
19.04 GACC   10307 North Mall Drive                                        4.71000                                    3,791,538                          3,791,538.46 120 118   360 360
19.05 GACC   5424 Citrus Boulevard                                        4.71000                                    3,436,154                          3,436,153.85 120 118   360 360
19.06 GACC   3408 Access Road                                        4.71000                                    3,080,385                          3,080,384.62 120 118   360 360
19.07 GACC   5437 South 48th Street                                        4.71000                                    2,725,000                          2,725,000.00 120 118   360 360
20 GACC 18301 Von Karman Property Owner, LLC 18301 Von Karman Avenue                                        3.61600 3.60060                                25,000,000                        25,000,000.00 120 118 08/01/27 0 0
21 JPMCB Mansfield Investments LLC 1755-1829 West Fullerton Avenue                                        4.45000 4.40460                                21,000,000                        21,000,000.00 60 60 10/01/22 0 0
22 JPMCB Torre Plaza Associates, LLC 10201 Torre Avenue                                        3.86100 3.84120                                20,000,000                        20,000,000.00 120 116 06/01/27 0 0
23 GACC NRFC Indianapolis Holdings LLC 8211 Scicor Drive                                        4.45000 4.43460                                15,185,000                        15,185,000.00 120 120 10/06/27 330 330
24 GACC Vista Truckee Tahoe, LLC 11331 Brockway Road                                        4.50000 4.48460                                15,000,000                        14,924,307.15 120 116 06/06/27 360 356
25 GACC 18401 Von Karman Property Owner, LLC 18401 Von Karman Avenue                                        3.61600 3.60060                                13,500,000                        13,500,000.00 120 118 08/01/27 0 0
26 JPMCB PHR STPFL, LLC 940 Fifth Avenue South                                        4.34000 4.28460                                13,325,000                        13,325,000.00 84 81 07/01/24 360 360
27 JPMCB 523 North Broad Owner, LP 523-525 North Broad Street                                        5.04280 5.02740                                12,500,000                        12,500,000.00 60 58 08/01/22 0 0
28 GACC EIP 495 Radio Station Road, LLC; EIP Precision Park, LLC Various                                        5.30600 5.27370                                12,000,000                        12,000,000.00 120 114 04/06/27 324 324
28.01 GACC   495 Radio Station Road                                        5.30600                                    7,024,390                          7,024,390.24 120 114   324 324
28.02 GACC   200 Frenchtown Road                                        5.30600                                    4,975,610                          4,975,609.76 120 114   324 324
29 GACC 1313 CP SPE, LLC 1313 Cooper Point Road Southwest                                        4.52000 4.50460                                10,450,000                        10,450,000.00 120 119 09/06/27 0 0
30 JPMCB Bhavin Hospitality, L.L.C. 8251 West Amarillo Boulevard                                        5.35200 5.33660                                10,080,000                        10,080,000.00 120 120 10/01/27 300 300
31 JPMCB Shriji Hospitality Rome, LLC 875 West 1st Street                                        4.50000 4.48460                                  9,500,000                          9,487,489.90 120 119 09/01/27 360 359
32 JPMCB Quadrant Preston Trail Partners, LP 17330 Preston Road                                        4.72600 4.71060                                  9,250,000                          9,227,794.91 60 58 08/01/22 360 358
33 GACC ASA New Orleans Retail Investments, LLC 500 North Carrollton Avenue                                        4.70800 4.69260                                  7,750,000                          7,750,000.00 120 117 07/06/27 360 360
34 GACC BBIC Investors SPE, LLC 2201 Poplar Street                                        3.59700 3.58160                                  7,500,000                          7,500,000.00 120 118 08/06/27 0 0
35 JPMCB Angelo Balbo Realty Corp. 9-11 Raymond Avenue                                        5.15000 5.13460                                  7,020,000                          7,020,000.00 60 60 10/01/22 360 360
36 GACC Winter Park Investment Group DE LLC 631 South Orlando Avenue & 1220, 1230 and 1234 West Fairbanks Avenue                                        4.55000 4.53460                                  6,887,500                          6,870,364.20 120 118 08/06/27 360 358
37 GACC 1250 Mockingbird Sub, LLC 1250 West Mockingbird Lane                                        4.50000 4.48460                                  6,000,000                          5,992,098.88 120 119 09/06/27 360 359
38 JPMCB LH 2006 43rd, LLC, P&C Scottino LLC 2006 West 43rd Street                                        5.25000 5.23460                                  6,000,000                          5,987,084.28 60 58 08/01/22 360 358
39 GACC Brittmoore Meadows Building M, LLC 2121 Brittmoore Road                                        4.49000 4.47460                                  4,800,000                          4,793,667.62 120 119 09/06/27 360 359
40 GACC 11th & Kissling Street Apartments, LLC 238-254A 11th Street & 107-119 Kissling Street                                        4.90000 4.88460                                  4,750,000                          4,727,901.11 120 116 06/06/27 360 356
41 GACC AGNL Punch, L.L.C. 162 Gene East Stewart Boulevard                                        4.55000 4.53420                                  2,900,000                          2,900,000.00 120 119 09/06/27 360 360

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
                   
                   
                   
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address  Monthly Payment  Servicing Fee Rate Accrual Type ARD Loan (Y/N) Revised Rate (%) Title Type
1 GACC MP B4 LLC 1190 Bordeaux Drive              311,325.45 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
2 GACC Fourteen SAC Self-Storage Corporation, Fifteen SAC Self-Storage Corporation, Seventeen SAC Self-Storage Corporation Various              352,969.11 0.00500 Actual/360 Yes The greater of i) 6.7025% and ii) the 10-year treasury yield as of the Anticipated Repayment Date plus 4.52% Fee
2.01 GACC   600 Mystic Valley Parkway            Fee
2.02 GACC   1 Merrill Street            Fee
2.03 GACC   3969 North Rancho Drive            Fee
2.04 GACC   1200 West Fullerton Avenue            Fee
2.05 GACC   20A Sheridan Boulevard            Fee
2.06 GACC   139 Broadway            Fee
2.07 GACC   3029 Fairfield Avenue            Fee
2.08 GACC   230-240 Maple Avenue            Fee
2.09 GACC   3527 Ivar Avenue            Fee
2.10 GACC   1535 Round Rock Avenue            Fee
2.11 GACC   1301 East Route 66            Fee
2.12 GACC   2813 Texas Avenue South            Fee
2.13 GACC   2455 West Tarrant Road            Fee
2.14 GACC   7225 South Hulen Street            Fee
2.15 GACC   3885 Milam Street            Fee
2.16 GACC   1103 West Highway 287 Bypass            Fee
2.17 GACC   12540 South Rogers Road            Fee
2.18 GACC   1641 South Kingshighway Boulevard            Fee
2.19 GACC   9302 Interstate 30            Fee
2.20 GACC   611 Blackwood Clementon Road            Fee
2.21 GACC   1301 Monticello Avenue            Fee
2.22 GACC   5600 Business Avenue            Fee
3 JPMCB Seven Hundred 2nd Street Holdings LLC 700 2nd Street Northeast              194,666.67 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
4 JPMCB Treeview Industrial I LLC Various              215,147.22 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
4.01 JPMCB   9999 Olson Drive            Fee
4.02 JPMCB   1405 Worldwide Boulevard            Fee
4.03 JPMCB   1200 Worldwide Boulevard            Fee
4.04 JPMCB   1790 South 5200 West            Fee
4.05 JPMCB   1100 Laval Boulevard            Fee
4.06 JPMCB   2101 Design Road            Fee
4.07 JPMCB   2055 Global Way            Fee
4.08 JPMCB   1942 Sabre Street            Fee
4.09 JPMCB   2205 Global Way            Fee
4.10 JPMCB   1280 Lakes Parkway            Fee
4.11 JPMCB   11 Boulden Circle            Fee
4.12 JPMCB   1300 Lakes Parkway            Fee
4.13 JPMCB   7 Boulden Circle            Fee
4.14 JPMCB   2 Boulden Circle            Fee
5 GACC AHIP MD Baltimore 5015 Properties LLC, AHIP MD Baltimore 5015 Enterprises LLC, AHIP MD Hanover 7544 Properties LLC, AHIP MD Hanover 7544 Enterprises LLC, AHIP NJ Wall Properties LLC, AHIP NJ Wall Enterprises LLC, AHIP PA Allentown Properties LLC, AHIP PA Allentown Enterprises LLC, AHIP NJ Dover Properties LLC, AHIP NJ Dover Enterprises LLC Various              279,658.17 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
5.01 GACC   5015 Campbell Boulevard            Fee
5.02 GACC   7686 Industrial Boulevard            Fee
5.03 GACC   1302 Campus Parkway            Fee
5.04 GACC   7544 Teague Road            Fee
5.05 GACC   2 Commerce Center Drive            Fee
6 JPMCB ESRT First Stamford Place SPE, L.L.C. 100-300 First Stamford Place              189,268.93 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
7 JPMCB 521 East 72nd St. Realty Company II, L.L.C. 521-523 East 72nd Street              166,869.21 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
8 JPMCB ETCL Richmond, LLC; ETCL Westerville ADS, LLC; ETCL Fort Wayne, LLC; ETCL Ankeny, LLC; ETCL Grand Rapids, LLC; ETCL Mounds View, LLC; ETCL Springfield, LLC; ETCL Wausau, LLC; ETCL Mansfield, LLC; KIRCO ETCL CH Distribution II, LLC; ETCL Carrier, LLC; ETCL Fort Myers, LLC; ETCL Fort Myers Parking, LLC; ETCL Woodlands, LLC; ETCL Seguin Dist, LLC; ETCL Staunton, LLC; ETCL Stratford, LLC; ETCL Pompano, LLC; ETCL Pure Lafayette, LLC; ETCL Vegas, LLC; ETCL Tempe, LLC; ETCL H&E Columbia, LLC; ETCL H&E Greer, LLC; ETCL H&E New Orleans, LLC; ETCL H&E Oklahoma City, LLC; ETCL H&E San Antonio, LLC; ETCL Novi HB, LLC; ETCL Dallas I, LLC; ETCL New Braunfels, LLC; ETCL Salisbury, LLC; ETCL Toledo, LLC; ETCL Franklin Pro-Packaging, LLC; ETCL Franklin Trans-Packaging, LLC; ETCL Russellville, LLC; ETCL Fort Worth Ski, LLC; ETCL Longwood, LLC; ETCL Birmingham, LLC; ETCL Shakopee, LLC; ETCL Northpark, LLC; ETCL Sparrows Point, LLC; ETCL Barry Pointe Plasma, LLC; ETCL Casselberry Plasma, LLC Various              150,513.07 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee/Leasehold
8.01 JPMCB   4300 Airport Expressway            Fee
8.02 JPMCB   825 Lordship Boulevard            Fee
8.03 JPMCB   6021 Bethlehem Boulevard            Leasehold
8.04 JPMCB   30001 Cabot Drive            Fee
8.05 JPMCB   3720 US Highway 52 South            Fee
8.06 JPMCB   2155 East GoDaddy Way            Leasehold
8.07 JPMCB   16011 Applewhite Road            Fee
8.08 JPMCB   8686 New Trails Drive            Fee
8.09 JPMCB   6000 Rosa Parks Boulevard            Fee
8.10 JPMCB   501 Shenandoah Drive            Fee
8.11 JPMCB   2348 FM 464            Fee
8.12 JPMCB   7 Industry Way            Fee
8.13 JPMCB   1 & 3 World Packaging Circle            Fee
8.14 JPMCB   2 & 4 World Packaging Circle            Fee
8.15 JPMCB   820 Tom Martin Drive            Fee
8.16 JPMCB   1727 South Main Street            Leasehold
8.17 JPMCB   8580 Evans Avenue            Fee
8.18 JPMCB   12645 Corporate Lakes Drive            Fee
8.19 JPMCB   5400 International Trade Drive            Fee
8.20 JPMCB   5545 Goodwin Lane            Fee
8.21 JPMCB   1375 North 28th Avenue            Leasehold
8.22 JPMCB   2503 South Main Street            Fee
8.23 JPMCB   220 West Schrock Road            Fee
8.24 JPMCB   140 Wekiva Springs Road            Fee
8.25 JPMCB   9500 Northeast 82nd Terrace            Fee
8.26 JPMCB   1385 State Road 436            Fee
8.27 JPMCB   2325 County Road 10            Fee
8.28 JPMCB   2670 East Paris Avenue Southeast            Fee
8.29 JPMCB   4265 West Tompkins Avenue            Fee
8.30 JPMCB   3201 Rib Mountain Drive            Fee
8.31 JPMCB   1815 McCurry Road            Fee
8.32 JPMCB   1001 Carrier Drive            Fee
8.33 JPMCB   725 Southeast Oralabor Road            Fee
8.34 JPMCB   5327 & 5423 Tex-Con Road            Fee
8.35 JPMCB   4202 Almonaster Avenue            Fee
8.36 JPMCB   2705 Gateway Drive            Fee
8.37 JPMCB   30 Sibley Drive            Fee
8.38 JPMCB   1031 Buckner Park Drive            Fee
8.39 JPMCB   10700 Northwest 4th Street            Fee
8.40 JPMCB   6180 Hagman Road            Fee
8.41 JPMCB   585 Brookshire Road            Fee

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
                   
                   
                   
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address  Monthly Payment  Servicing Fee Rate Accrual Type ARD Loan (Y/N) Revised Rate (%) Title Type
9 JPMCB LL Folsom, L.P.; LL Hillsboro, L.P.; LL Milpitas, L.P.; LL Pleasanton, L.P.; LL Campbell, L.P.; LL South San Francisco, L.P.; LL Roseville, L.P.; LL Bellevue, L.P.; LL Sunnyvale, L.P.; LL Sacramento, L.P.; LL Renton, L.P.; FH-Hotel Bloomington, L.P.; FH-Hotel Kokomo, L.P.; FH-Hotel Oakdale, L.P.; FH-Hotel Ann Arbor, L.P.; FH-Hotel South Bend, L.P.; FH-Hotel Peoria, L.P.; FH-Hotel Maumee, L.P.; FH-Hotel Warrenville, L.P.; FH-Hotel South Franklin, L.P.; FH-Hotel Normal, L.P.; FH-Grandville, L.P.; TXHP Buda 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Humble, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Decatur, L.L.C.; TXHP Sweetwater, L.L.C.; TXHP Waco 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Longview 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Altus, L.L.C.; TXHP Arlington, L.L.C.; TXHP Huntsville, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Terrell, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Weatherford, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Wichita Falls, L.L.C.; TXHP Lufkin 1, L.L.C.; Hotel Fishers, L.P.; Hotel Louisville, L.P.; Hotel Stow, L.P.; Hotel Morehead City, L.P.; IM Chico 1, L.P.; VIII-HII-Valley School Road, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Stetler Avenue, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-7 Hampton Court, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Raritan Center Pkwy, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Laura Blvd.,  L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Baltimore Avenue, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road 2, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Racine, L.P.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Shawnee, L.P.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Cheyenne, L.P.; F.I. Management of Mankato, L.P.; R.I. Heritage Inn of Peoria AZ, L.P.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Grand Rapids, L.P.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Toledo, L.P.; Heritage Inn Number LII. Limited Partnership; Heritage Inn Number XL. Limited Partnership; LL Folsom Opco, L.L.C.; LL Hillsboro Opco, L.L.C.; LL Milpitas Opco, L.L.C.; LL Pleasanton Opco, L.L.C.; LL Campbell Opco, L.L.C.; LL South San Francisco Opco, L.L.C.; LL Roseville Opco, L.L.C.; LL Bellevue Opco, L.L.C.; LL Sunnyvale Opco, L.L.C.; LL Sacramento Opco, L.L.C.; LL Renton Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Bloomington Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Kokomo Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Oakdale Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Ann Arbor Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel South Bend Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Peoria Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Maumee Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Warrenville Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel South Franklin Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Normal Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Grandville Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Humble Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Decatur Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Sweetwater Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Waco 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Longview 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Altus Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Arlington Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Huntsville Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Terrell Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Weatherford Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Wichita Falls Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Lufkin 1 Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Fishers Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Louisville Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Stow Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Morehead City Opco, L.L.C.; IM Chico 1 Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Valley School Road Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Stetler Avenue Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-7 Hampton Court Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Raritan Center Pkwy Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Laura Blvd. Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Baltimore Avenue Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road 2 Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Racine Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Shawnee Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Cheyenne Opco, L.L.C.; F.I. Management of Mankato Opco, L.L.C.; R.I. Heritage Inn Of Peoria AZ Opco, L.L.C.; H.S. Heritage Inn Of Grand Rapids Opco, L.L.C.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Toledo Opco, L.L.C.; Heritage Inn Number LII. Opco, L.L.C.; Heritage Inn Number XL. Opco, L.L.C. Various              177,450.25 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee/Leasehold
9.01 JPMCB   748 North Mathilda Avenue            Fee
9.02 JPMCB   40 Ranch Drive            Fee
9.03 JPMCB   550 West Hamilton Avenue            Fee
9.04 JPMCB   690 Gateway Boulevard            Fee
9.05 JPMCB   5535 Johnson Drive            Fee
9.06 JPMCB   15805 Southeast 37th Street            Fee
9.07 JPMCB   555 Howe Avenue            Fee
9.08 JPMCB   2300 Green Road            Fee
9.09 JPMCB   3133 Northeast Shute Road            Fee
9.10 JPMCB   1701 East Valley Road            Fee
9.11 JPMCB   1311 Wet N Wild Way            Fee
9.12 JPMCB   1370 Arrowhead Drive            Fee
9.13 JPMCB   1648 Richmond Road            Fee
9.14 JPMCB   2501 Marketplace Drive            Fee
9.15 JPMCB   447 Farmington Avenue            Fee
9.16 JPMCB   7424 South Broadway Avenue            Fee
9.17 JPMCB   50 Raritan Center Parkway            Leasehold
9.18 JPMCB   420 Inwood Avenue North            Fee
9.19 JPMCB   3451 Rivertown Point Court Southwest            Fee
9.20 JPMCB   8435 West Paradise Lane            Fee
9.21 JPMCB   320 South Towanda Avenue            Fee
9.22 JPMCB   2481 Carmichael Drive            Fee
9.23 JPMCB   2920 South Reed Road            Fee
9.24 JPMCB   52709 State Road 933            Fee
9.25 JPMCB   3800 Tarry Street            Fee
9.26 JPMCB   4035 Arendell Street            Fee
9.27 JPMCB   2485 Carmichael Drive            Fee
9.28 JPMCB   2130 South First Street            Fee
9.29 JPMCB   1164 Harrisburg Pike            Fee
9.30 JPMCB   1644 Richmond Road            Fee
9.31 JPMCB   120 South Fairfield Drive            Fee
9.32 JPMCB   501 South University            Fee
9.33 JPMCB   9791 North by Northeast Boulevard            Fee
9.34 JPMCB   121 Iron Point Road            Fee
9.35 JPMCB   4305 Weaver Parkway            Fee
9.36 JPMCB   3025 Northeast Loop 286            Fee
9.37 JPMCB   1410 Arrowhead Drive            Fee
9.38 JPMCB   3920 Stahl Drive            Fee
9.39 JPMCB   1415 Stillwater Avenue            Fee
9.40 JPMCB   13700 Baltimore Avenue            Fee
9.41 JPMCB   4047 Bridgewater Parkway            Fee
9.42 JPMCB   1931 Taylor Road            Fee
9.43 JPMCB   105 South Franklin Road            Fee
9.44 JPMCB   97 Old Valley School Road            Fee
9.45 JPMCB   10 Laura Boulevard            Fee
9.46 JPMCB   3044 North Eastman Road            Fee
9.47 JPMCB   2701 West Lake Avenue            Fee
9.48 JPMCB   1201 Cabelas Drive            Fee
9.49 JPMCB   4851 North Kickapoo            Fee
9.50 JPMCB   6421 Washington Avenue            Fee
9.51 JPMCB   3 Stetler Avenue            Fee
9.52 JPMCB   300 Tanger Drive            Fee
9.53 JPMCB   2424 Rogerdale Road            Fee
9.54 JPMCB   2421 East Southeast Loop 323            Fee
9.55 JPMCB   148 Interstate 45 South            Fee
9.56 JPMCB   302 Southeast Georgia Avenue            Fee
9.57 JPMCB   15295 South Interstate 35 Building 800            Fee
9.58 JPMCB   175 Alford Drive            Fee
9.59 JPMCB   2812 East Broadway            Fee
9.60 JPMCB   3035 Northeast Loop 286            Fee
9.61 JPMCB   110 South Highway 81/287            Fee
9.62 JPMCB   5210 Crossroads Parkway            Fee
9.63 JPMCB   141 Apache Place            Fee
9.64 JPMCB   2901 South Cowhorn Creek Loop            Fee
9.65 JPMCB   20611 Highway 59            Fee
10 GACC 767 Fifth Partners LLC 767 Fifth Avenue              130,991.06 0.00375 Actual/360 No   Fee
11 GACC HBP Euclid I, LLC, LMA Commerce IV, LLC, LMA Commerce V, LLC, LMA Massillon III, LLC, NRR Commerce III, LLC, Rockside Commerce III, LLC Various              232,306.35 0.00350 Actual/360 No   Fee
11.01 GACC   23555 Euclid Avenue            Fee
11.02 GACC   1204-1210 Massillon Road            Fee
11.03 GACC   1204-1210 Massillon Road            Fee
11.04 GACC   655 North River Road Northwest            Fee
11.05 GACC   16485 Rockside Road            Fee
12 JPMCB 2410 San Gabriel, L.P. 2414 San Gabriel Street              227,846.72 0.01500 Actual/360 No   Fee
13 JPMCB 150 Blackstone River Road, LLC 150 Blackstone River Road              144,901.62 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
14 GACC DFW H38 Owner LLC 4440 West John Carpenter Freeway              173,730.60 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
15 JPMCB 245 Park Avenue Property LLC 245 Park Avenue                99,209.70 0.00375 Actual/360 No   Fee

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
                   
                   
                   
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address  Monthly Payment  Servicing Fee Rate Accrual Type ARD Loan (Y/N) Revised Rate (%) Title Type
16 GACC 485 Windham LLC, 485 Hampstead LLC, WG Woodbury LLC, WG New Bedford Realty LLC, WG NB Fee LLC, WG Staten Island Realty LLC, WG Yarmouth Realty LLC, WG Worcester Realty LLC Various              172,566.05 0.00500 Actual/360 Yes The greater of i) 8.04000% and ii) the 10-year swap yield as of the ARD plus 5.95000% Fee/Leasehold
16.01 GACC   220 Grafton Street            Fee
16.02 GACC   2968 Acushnet Avenue            Fee/Leasehold
16.03 GACC   1579 Forest Avenue            Fee
16.04 GACC   741 Roosevelt Trail            Fee
16.05 GACC   1041 Route 28            Fee
16.06 GACC   288 Sandown Road            Fee
16.07 GACC   343 South Broad Street            Fee
17 GACC TPG Preston Plaza, Ltd. 17950 Preston Road              134,537.82 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
18 GACC Karlin Cap Center, LLC Various              133,045.16 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
18.01 GACC   11040, 11050, 11060, 11070, 11080 & 11090 White Rock Road            Fee
18.02 GACC   11000, 11010, 11020 & 11030 White Rock Road            Fee
19 GACC AHP LP7 Fayetteville, LLC, AHP LP7 Bentonville, LLC, AHP LP7 Jonesboro, LLC, AHP LP7 CY Baton Rouge, LLC, AHP LP7 RI Baton Rouge, LLC, AHP LP7 Metairie, LLC, AHP LP7 FT Myers, LLC Various              129,809.76 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
19.01 GACC   11281 Summerlin Square Drive            Fee
19.02 GACC   1103 South 52nd Street            Fee
19.03 GACC   10333 North Mall Drive            Fee
19.04 GACC   10307 North Mall Drive            Fee
19.05 GACC   5424 Citrus Boulevard            Fee
19.06 GACC   3408 Access Road            Fee
19.07 GACC   5437 South 48th Street            Fee
20 GACC 18301 Von Karman Property Owner, LLC 18301 Von Karman Avenue                76,379.63 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
21 JPMCB Mansfield Investments LLC 1755-1829 West Fullerton Avenue                78,956.60 0.03500 Actual/360 No   Fee
22 JPMCB Torre Plaza Associates, LLC 10201 Torre Avenue                65,243.75 0.01250 Actual/360 No   Fee
23 GACC NRFC Indianapolis Holdings LLC 8211 Scicor Drive                79,850.22 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
24 GACC Vista Truckee Tahoe, LLC 11331 Brockway Road                76,002.80 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
25 GACC 18401 Von Karman Property Owner, LLC 18401 Von Karman Avenue                41,245.00 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
26 JPMCB PHR STPFL, LLC 940 Fifth Avenue South                66,254.97 0.04500 Actual/360 No   Fee
27 JPMCB 523 North Broad Owner, LP 523-525 North Broad Street                53,258.74 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
28 GACC EIP 495 Radio Station Road, LLC; EIP Precision Park, LLC Various                69,764.17 0.02500 Actual/360 No   Fee
28.01 GACC   495 Radio Station Road            Fee
28.02 GACC   200 Frenchtown Road            Fee
29 GACC 1313 CP SPE, LLC 1313 Cooper Point Road Southwest                39,908.36 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
30 JPMCB Bhavin Hospitality, L.L.C. 8251 West Amarillo Boulevard                61,012.28 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
31 JPMCB Shriji Hospitality Rome, LLC 875 West 1st Street                48,135.10 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
32 JPMCB Quadrant Preston Trail Partners, LP 17330 Preston Road                48,118.66 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
33 GACC ASA New Orleans Retail Investments, LLC 500 North Carrollton Avenue                40,231.70 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
34 GACC BBIC Investors SPE, LLC 2201 Poplar Street                22,793.49 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
35 JPMCB Angelo Balbo Realty Corp. 9-11 Raymond Avenue                38,331.04 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
36 GACC Winter Park Investment Group DE LLC 631 South Orlando Avenue & 1220, 1230 and 1234 West Fairbanks Avenue                35,102.87 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
37 GACC 1250 Mockingbird Sub, LLC 1250 West Mockingbird Lane                30,401.12 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
38 JPMCB LH 2006 43rd, LLC, P&C Scottino LLC 2006 West 43rd Street                33,132.22 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
39 GACC Brittmoore Meadows Building M, LLC 2121 Brittmoore Road                24,292.38 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
40 GACC 11th & Kissling Street Apartments, LLC 238-254A 11th Street & 107-119 Kissling Street                25,209.52 0.00500 Actual/360 No   Fee
41 GACC AGNL Punch, L.L.C. 162 Gene East Stewart Boulevard                14,780.16 0.00540 Actual/360 Yes The greater of i) 6.55000% and ii) the sum of (x) the bid side yield to maturity for the “on the run” US Treasury note with a 10 year maturity plus (y) the mid market 10 year swap spread plus 2.30%  Fee

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
               
               
               
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address Crossed Collateralized Loan Cross Defaulted Loan Guarantor Letter of Credit
1 GACC MP B4 LLC 1190 Bordeaux Drive No No Paul Guarantor LLC No
2 GACC Fourteen SAC Self-Storage Corporation, Fifteen SAC Self-Storage Corporation, Seventeen SAC Self-Storage Corporation Various No No Blackwater Investments, Inc. No
2.01 GACC   600 Mystic Valley Parkway        
2.02 GACC   1 Merrill Street        
2.03 GACC   3969 North Rancho Drive        
2.04 GACC   1200 West Fullerton Avenue        
2.05 GACC   20A Sheridan Boulevard        
2.06 GACC   139 Broadway        
2.07 GACC   3029 Fairfield Avenue        
2.08 GACC   230-240 Maple Avenue        
2.09 GACC   3527 Ivar Avenue        
2.10 GACC   1535 Round Rock Avenue        
2.11 GACC   1301 East Route 66        
2.12 GACC   2813 Texas Avenue South        
2.13 GACC   2455 West Tarrant Road        
2.14 GACC   7225 South Hulen Street        
2.15 GACC   3885 Milam Street        
2.16 GACC   1103 West Highway 287 Bypass        
2.17 GACC   12540 South Rogers Road        
2.18 GACC   1641 South Kingshighway Boulevard        
2.19 GACC   9302 Interstate 30        
2.20 GACC   611 Blackwood Clementon Road        
2.21 GACC   1301 Monticello Avenue        
2.22 GACC   5600 Business Avenue        
3 JPMCB Seven Hundred 2nd Street Holdings LLC 700 2nd Street Northeast No No Seven Hundred 2nd Street Holdings Mezz LLC No
4 JPMCB Treeview Industrial I LLC Various No No Treeview Income Properties Holdco LLC No
4.01 JPMCB   9999 Olson Drive        
4.02 JPMCB   1405 Worldwide Boulevard        
4.03 JPMCB   1200 Worldwide Boulevard        
4.04 JPMCB   1790 South 5200 West        
4.05 JPMCB   1100 Laval Boulevard        
4.06 JPMCB   2101 Design Road        
4.07 JPMCB   2055 Global Way        
4.08 JPMCB   1942 Sabre Street        
4.09 JPMCB   2205 Global Way        
4.10 JPMCB   1280 Lakes Parkway        
4.11 JPMCB   11 Boulden Circle        
4.12 JPMCB   1300 Lakes Parkway        
4.13 JPMCB   7 Boulden Circle        
4.14 JPMCB   2 Boulden Circle        
5 GACC AHIP MD Baltimore 5015 Properties LLC, AHIP MD Baltimore 5015 Enterprises LLC, AHIP MD Hanover 7544 Properties LLC, AHIP MD Hanover 7544 Enterprises LLC, AHIP NJ Wall Properties LLC, AHIP NJ Wall Enterprises LLC, AHIP PA Allentown Properties LLC, AHIP PA Allentown Enterprises LLC, AHIP NJ Dover Properties LLC, AHIP NJ Dover Enterprises LLC Various No No American Hotel Income Properties REIT Inc. No
5.01 GACC   5015 Campbell Boulevard        
5.02 GACC   7686 Industrial Boulevard        
5.03 GACC   1302 Campus Parkway        
5.04 GACC   7544 Teague Road        
5.05 GACC   2 Commerce Center Drive        
6 JPMCB ESRT First Stamford Place SPE, L.L.C. 100-300 First Stamford Place No No Empire State Realty OP, L.P. No
7 JPMCB 521 East 72nd St. Realty Company II, L.L.C. 521-523 East 72nd Street No No Sheldon H. Solow No
8 JPMCB ETCL Richmond, LLC; ETCL Westerville ADS, LLC; ETCL Fort Wayne, LLC; ETCL Ankeny, LLC; ETCL Grand Rapids, LLC; ETCL Mounds View, LLC; ETCL Springfield, LLC; ETCL Wausau, LLC; ETCL Mansfield, LLC; KIRCO ETCL CH Distribution II, LLC; ETCL Carrier, LLC; ETCL Fort Myers, LLC; ETCL Fort Myers Parking, LLC; ETCL Woodlands, LLC; ETCL Seguin Dist, LLC; ETCL Staunton, LLC; ETCL Stratford, LLC; ETCL Pompano, LLC; ETCL Pure Lafayette, LLC; ETCL Vegas, LLC; ETCL Tempe, LLC; ETCL H&E Columbia, LLC; ETCL H&E Greer, LLC; ETCL H&E New Orleans, LLC; ETCL H&E Oklahoma City, LLC; ETCL H&E San Antonio, LLC; ETCL Novi HB, LLC; ETCL Dallas I, LLC; ETCL New Braunfels, LLC; ETCL Salisbury, LLC; ETCL Toledo, LLC; ETCL Franklin Pro-Packaging, LLC; ETCL Franklin Trans-Packaging, LLC; ETCL Russellville, LLC; ETCL Fort Worth Ski, LLC; ETCL Longwood, LLC; ETCL Birmingham, LLC; ETCL Shakopee, LLC; ETCL Northpark, LLC; ETCL Sparrows Point, LLC; ETCL Barry Pointe Plasma, LLC; ETCL Casselberry Plasma, LLC Various No No ETCL Venture LP No
8.01 JPMCB   4300 Airport Expressway        
8.02 JPMCB   825 Lordship Boulevard        
8.03 JPMCB   6021 Bethlehem Boulevard        
8.04 JPMCB   30001 Cabot Drive        
8.05 JPMCB   3720 US Highway 52 South        
8.06 JPMCB   2155 East GoDaddy Way        
8.07 JPMCB   16011 Applewhite Road        
8.08 JPMCB   8686 New Trails Drive        
8.09 JPMCB   6000 Rosa Parks Boulevard        
8.10 JPMCB   501 Shenandoah Drive        
8.11 JPMCB   2348 FM 464        
8.12 JPMCB   7 Industry Way        
8.13 JPMCB   1 & 3 World Packaging Circle        
8.14 JPMCB   2 & 4 World Packaging Circle        
8.15 JPMCB   820 Tom Martin Drive        
8.16 JPMCB   1727 South Main Street        
8.17 JPMCB   8580 Evans Avenue        
8.18 JPMCB   12645 Corporate Lakes Drive        
8.19 JPMCB   5400 International Trade Drive        
8.20 JPMCB   5545 Goodwin Lane        
8.21 JPMCB   1375 North 28th Avenue        
8.22 JPMCB   2503 South Main Street        
8.23 JPMCB   220 West Schrock Road        
8.24 JPMCB   140 Wekiva Springs Road        
8.25 JPMCB   9500 Northeast 82nd Terrace        
8.26 JPMCB   1385 State Road 436        
8.27 JPMCB   2325 County Road 10        
8.28 JPMCB   2670 East Paris Avenue Southeast        
8.29 JPMCB   4265 West Tompkins Avenue        
8.30 JPMCB   3201 Rib Mountain Drive        
8.31 JPMCB   1815 McCurry Road        
8.32 JPMCB   1001 Carrier Drive        
8.33 JPMCB   725 Southeast Oralabor Road        
8.34 JPMCB   5327 & 5423 Tex-Con Road        
8.35 JPMCB   4202 Almonaster Avenue        
8.36 JPMCB   2705 Gateway Drive        
8.37 JPMCB   30 Sibley Drive        
8.38 JPMCB   1031 Buckner Park Drive        
8.39 JPMCB   10700 Northwest 4th Street        
8.40 JPMCB   6180 Hagman Road        
8.41 JPMCB   585 Brookshire Road        

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
               
               
               
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address Crossed Collateralized Loan Cross Defaulted Loan Guarantor Letter of Credit
9 JPMCB LL Folsom, L.P.; LL Hillsboro, L.P.; LL Milpitas, L.P.; LL Pleasanton, L.P.; LL Campbell, L.P.; LL South San Francisco, L.P.; LL Roseville, L.P.; LL Bellevue, L.P.; LL Sunnyvale, L.P.; LL Sacramento, L.P.; LL Renton, L.P.; FH-Hotel Bloomington, L.P.; FH-Hotel Kokomo, L.P.; FH-Hotel Oakdale, L.P.; FH-Hotel Ann Arbor, L.P.; FH-Hotel South Bend, L.P.; FH-Hotel Peoria, L.P.; FH-Hotel Maumee, L.P.; FH-Hotel Warrenville, L.P.; FH-Hotel South Franklin, L.P.; FH-Hotel Normal, L.P.; FH-Grandville, L.P.; TXHP Buda 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Humble, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Decatur, L.L.C.; TXHP Sweetwater, L.L.C.; TXHP Waco 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Longview 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Altus, L.L.C.; TXHP Arlington, L.L.C.; TXHP Huntsville, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Terrell, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Weatherford, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Wichita Falls, L.L.C.; TXHP Lufkin 1, L.L.C.; Hotel Fishers, L.P.; Hotel Louisville, L.P.; Hotel Stow, L.P.; Hotel Morehead City, L.P.; IM Chico 1, L.P.; VIII-HII-Valley School Road, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Stetler Avenue, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-7 Hampton Court, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Raritan Center Pkwy, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Laura Blvd.,  L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Baltimore Avenue, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road 2, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Racine, L.P.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Shawnee, L.P.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Cheyenne, L.P.; F.I. Management of Mankato, L.P.; R.I. Heritage Inn of Peoria AZ, L.P.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Grand Rapids, L.P.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Toledo, L.P.; Heritage Inn Number LII. Limited Partnership; Heritage Inn Number XL. Limited Partnership; LL Folsom Opco, L.L.C.; LL Hillsboro Opco, L.L.C.; LL Milpitas Opco, L.L.C.; LL Pleasanton Opco, L.L.C.; LL Campbell Opco, L.L.C.; LL South San Francisco Opco, L.L.C.; LL Roseville Opco, L.L.C.; LL Bellevue Opco, L.L.C.; LL Sunnyvale Opco, L.L.C.; LL Sacramento Opco, L.L.C.; LL Renton Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Bloomington Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Kokomo Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Oakdale Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Ann Arbor Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel South Bend Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Peoria Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Maumee Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Warrenville Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel South Franklin Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Normal Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Grandville Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Humble Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Decatur Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Sweetwater Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Waco 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Longview 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Altus Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Arlington Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Huntsville Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Terrell Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Weatherford Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Wichita Falls Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Lufkin 1 Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Fishers Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Louisville Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Stow Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Morehead City Opco, L.L.C.; IM Chico 1 Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Valley School Road Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Stetler Avenue Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-7 Hampton Court Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Raritan Center Pkwy Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Laura Blvd. Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Baltimore Avenue Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road 2 Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Racine Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Shawnee Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Cheyenne Opco, L.L.C.; F.I. Management of Mankato Opco, L.L.C.; R.I. Heritage Inn Of Peoria AZ Opco, L.L.C.; H.S. Heritage Inn Of Grand Rapids Opco, L.L.C.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Toledo Opco, L.L.C.; Heritage Inn Number LII. Opco, L.L.C.; Heritage Inn Number XL. Opco, L.L.C. Various No No SCG Hotel Investors Holdings, L.P. No
9.01 JPMCB   748 North Mathilda Avenue        
9.02 JPMCB   40 Ranch Drive        
9.03 JPMCB   550 West Hamilton Avenue        
9.04 JPMCB   690 Gateway Boulevard        
9.05 JPMCB   5535 Johnson Drive        
9.06 JPMCB   15805 Southeast 37th Street        
9.07 JPMCB   555 Howe Avenue        
9.08 JPMCB   2300 Green Road        
9.09 JPMCB   3133 Northeast Shute Road        
9.10 JPMCB   1701 East Valley Road        
9.11 JPMCB   1311 Wet N Wild Way        
9.12 JPMCB   1370 Arrowhead Drive        
9.13 JPMCB   1648 Richmond Road        
9.14 JPMCB   2501 Marketplace Drive        
9.15 JPMCB   447 Farmington Avenue        
9.16 JPMCB   7424 South Broadway Avenue        
9.17 JPMCB   50 Raritan Center Parkway        
9.18 JPMCB   420 Inwood Avenue North        
9.19 JPMCB   3451 Rivertown Point Court Southwest        
9.20 JPMCB   8435 West Paradise Lane        
9.21 JPMCB   320 South Towanda Avenue        
9.22 JPMCB   2481 Carmichael Drive        
9.23 JPMCB   2920 South Reed Road        
9.24 JPMCB   52709 State Road 933        
9.25 JPMCB   3800 Tarry Street        
9.26 JPMCB   4035 Arendell Street        
9.27 JPMCB   2485 Carmichael Drive        
9.28 JPMCB   2130 South First Street        
9.29 JPMCB   1164 Harrisburg Pike        
9.30 JPMCB   1644 Richmond Road        
9.31 JPMCB   120 South Fairfield Drive        
9.32 JPMCB   501 South University        
9.33 JPMCB   9791 North by Northeast Boulevard        
9.34 JPMCB   121 Iron Point Road        
9.35 JPMCB   4305 Weaver Parkway        
9.36 JPMCB   3025 Northeast Loop 286        
9.37 JPMCB   1410 Arrowhead Drive        
9.38 JPMCB   3920 Stahl Drive        
9.39 JPMCB   1415 Stillwater Avenue        
9.40 JPMCB   13700 Baltimore Avenue        
9.41 JPMCB   4047 Bridgewater Parkway        
9.42 JPMCB   1931 Taylor Road        
9.43 JPMCB   105 South Franklin Road        
9.44 JPMCB   97 Old Valley School Road        
9.45 JPMCB   10 Laura Boulevard        
9.46 JPMCB   3044 North Eastman Road        
9.47 JPMCB   2701 West Lake Avenue        
9.48 JPMCB   1201 Cabelas Drive        
9.49 JPMCB   4851 North Kickapoo        
9.50 JPMCB   6421 Washington Avenue        
9.51 JPMCB   3 Stetler Avenue        
9.52 JPMCB   300 Tanger Drive        
9.53 JPMCB   2424 Rogerdale Road        
9.54 JPMCB   2421 East Southeast Loop 323        
9.55 JPMCB   148 Interstate 45 South        
9.56 JPMCB   302 Southeast Georgia Avenue        
9.57 JPMCB   15295 South Interstate 35 Building 800        
9.58 JPMCB   175 Alford Drive        
9.59 JPMCB   2812 East Broadway        
9.60 JPMCB   3035 Northeast Loop 286        
9.61 JPMCB   110 South Highway 81/287        
9.62 JPMCB   5210 Crossroads Parkway        
9.63 JPMCB   141 Apache Place        
9.64 JPMCB   2901 South Cowhorn Creek Loop        
9.65 JPMCB   20611 Highway 59        
10 GACC 767 Fifth Partners LLC 767 Fifth Avenue No No Boston Properties Limited Partnership, 767 LLC, Sungate Fifth Avenue LLC No
11 GACC HBP Euclid I, LLC, LMA Commerce IV, LLC, LMA Commerce V, LLC, LMA Massillon III, LLC, NRR Commerce III, LLC, Rockside Commerce III, LLC Various No No Stuart Lichter, Christopher Semarjian No
11.01 GACC   23555 Euclid Avenue        
11.02 GACC   1204-1210 Massillon Road        
11.03 GACC   1204-1210 Massillon Road        
11.04 GACC   655 North River Road Northwest        
11.05 GACC   16485 Rockside Road        
12 JPMCB 2410 San Gabriel, L.P. 2414 San Gabriel Street No No Brad J. Zucker No
13 JPMCB 150 Blackstone River Road, LLC 150 Blackstone River Road No No Tracy Harpin, Charles S. Giroux, Tracy P. Goodman No
14 GACC DFW H38 Owner LLC 4440 West John Carpenter Freeway No No Robert E. Buccini, Christopher F. Buccini, David B. Pollin No
15 JPMCB 245 Park Avenue Property LLC 245 Park Avenue No No 181 West Madison Holding LLC No

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
               
               
               
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address Crossed Collateralized Loan Cross Defaulted Loan Guarantor Letter of Credit
16 GACC 485 Windham LLC, 485 Hampstead LLC, WG Woodbury LLC, WG New Bedford Realty LLC, WG NB Fee LLC, WG Staten Island Realty LLC, WG Yarmouth Realty LLC, WG Worcester Realty LLC Various No No Steven C. Witkoff No
16.01 GACC   220 Grafton Street        
16.02 GACC   2968 Acushnet Avenue        
16.03 GACC   1579 Forest Avenue        
16.04 GACC   741 Roosevelt Trail        
16.05 GACC   1041 Route 28        
16.06 GACC   288 Sandown Road        
16.07 GACC   343 South Broad Street        
17 GACC TPG Preston Plaza, Ltd. 17950 Preston Road No No Gulf United Investments Corporation No
18 GACC Karlin Cap Center, LLC Various No No Gracie Investing, LLC No
18.01 GACC   11040, 11050, 11060, 11070, 11080 & 11090 White Rock Road        
18.02 GACC   11000, 11010, 11020 & 11030 White Rock Road        
19 GACC AHP LP7 Fayetteville, LLC, AHP LP7 Bentonville, LLC, AHP LP7 Jonesboro, LLC, AHP LP7 CY Baton Rouge, LLC, AHP LP7 RI Baton Rouge, LLC, AHP LP7 Metairie, LLC, AHP LP7 FT Myers, LLC Various No No Phoenix American Hospitality, LLC, American Hospitality Properties Fund I, LLC, American Hospitality Properties Fund III, LLC, W.L. Nelson No
19.01 GACC   11281 Summerlin Square Drive        
19.02 GACC   1103 South 52nd Street        
19.03 GACC   10333 North Mall Drive        
19.04 GACC   10307 North Mall Drive        
19.05 GACC   5424 Citrus Boulevard        
19.06 GACC   3408 Access Road        
19.07 GACC   5437 South 48th Street        
20 GACC 18301 Von Karman Property Owner, LLC 18301 Von Karman Avenue No No RSFC Holdings, LLC, HSFC Holdings, LLC No
21 JPMCB Mansfield Investments LLC 1755-1829 West Fullerton Avenue No No Somerset Eagle Corp. No
22 JPMCB Torre Plaza Associates, LLC 10201 Torre Avenue No No HGGP Capital VIII, LLC, HGGP Capital IX, LLC, HGGP Capital XI, LLC No
23 GACC NRFC Indianapolis Holdings LLC 8211 Scicor Drive No No NRFC NNN Holdings LLC No
24 GACC Vista Truckee Tahoe, LLC 11331 Brockway Road No No Juan Llaca No
25 GACC 18401 Von Karman Property Owner, LLC 18401 Von Karman Avenue No No RSFC Holdings, LLC, HSFC Holdings, LLC No
26 JPMCB PHR STPFL, LLC 940 Fifth Avenue South No No TH Investment Holdings II, LLC No
27 JPMCB 523 North Broad Owner, LP 523-525 North Broad Street No No Eric Blumenfeld No
28 GACC EIP 495 Radio Station Road, LLC; EIP Precision Park, LLC Various No No Bruce Levine, Donald A. Levine, Lewis Heafitz No
28.01 GACC   495 Radio Station Road        
28.02 GACC   200 Frenchtown Road        
29 GACC 1313 CP SPE, LLC 1313 Cooper Point Road Southwest No No Myles P. Friel No
30 JPMCB Bhavin Hospitality, L.L.C. 8251 West Amarillo Boulevard No No Mansukhbhai Patel, Bradresh Desai No
31 JPMCB Shriji Hospitality Rome, LLC 875 West 1st Street No No Narendra V. Patel, Babubhai G. Patel No
32 JPMCB Quadrant Preston Trail Partners, LP 17330 Preston Road No No Byron C. Cook No
33 GACC ASA New Orleans Retail Investments, LLC 500 North Carrollton Avenue No No Persis Corporation No
34 GACC BBIC Investors SPE, LLC 2201 Poplar Street No No Peter Sullivan Associates, Inc. No
35 JPMCB Angelo Balbo Realty Corp. 9-11 Raymond Avenue No No Angelo Balbo No
36 GACC Winter Park Investment Group DE LLC 631 South Orlando Avenue & 1220, 1230 and 1234 West Fairbanks Avenue No No Israel Lewin, Spencer Enslein No
37 GACC 1250 Mockingbird Sub, LLC 1250 West Mockingbird Lane No No Ben A. Dalby, Ben A. Dalby and Karen I. Dalby, as trustees of the Dalby Family Trust, dated February 17, 1988, as Amended No
38 JPMCB LH 2006 43rd, LLC, P&C Scottino LLC 2006 West 43rd Street No No Scott Leichtenberg No
39 GACC Brittmoore Meadows Building M, LLC 2121 Brittmoore Road No No John Able No
40 GACC 11th & Kissling Street Apartments, LLC 238-254A 11th Street & 107-119 Kissling Street No No Ray K. Shahani No
41 GACC AGNL Punch, L.L.C. 162 Gene East Stewart Boulevard No No AG Net Lease III Corp., AG Net Lease III (SO) Corp. No

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
        UPFRONT ESCROW
                     
                     
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address Upfront CapEx Reserve Upfront Eng. Reserve Upfront Envir. Reserve Upfront TI/LC Reserve Upfront RE Tax Reserve Upfront Ins. Reserve Upfront Other Reserve
1 GACC MP B4 LLC 1190 Bordeaux Drive 0 0 0 0 499,913 0 30,293,713
2 GACC Fourteen SAC Self-Storage Corporation, Fifteen SAC Self-Storage Corporation, Seventeen SAC Self-Storage Corporation Various 116,711 333,269 0 0 985,823 0 0
2.01 GACC   600 Mystic Valley Parkway              
2.02 GACC   1 Merrill Street              
2.03 GACC   3969 North Rancho Drive              
2.04 GACC   1200 West Fullerton Avenue              
2.05 GACC   20A Sheridan Boulevard              
2.06 GACC   139 Broadway              
2.07 GACC   3029 Fairfield Avenue              
2.08 GACC   230-240 Maple Avenue              
2.09 GACC   3527 Ivar Avenue              
2.10 GACC   1535 Round Rock Avenue              
2.11 GACC   1301 East Route 66              
2.12 GACC   2813 Texas Avenue South              
2.13 GACC   2455 West Tarrant Road              
2.14 GACC   7225 South Hulen Street              
2.15 GACC   3885 Milam Street              
2.16 GACC   1103 West Highway 287 Bypass              
2.17 GACC   12540 South Rogers Road              
2.18 GACC   1641 South Kingshighway Boulevard              
2.19 GACC   9302 Interstate 30              
2.20 GACC   611 Blackwood Clementon Road              
2.21 GACC   1301 Monticello Avenue              
2.22 GACC   5600 Business Avenue              
3 JPMCB Seven Hundred 2nd Street Holdings LLC 700 2nd Street Northeast 8,628 0 0 0 0 0 415,973
4 JPMCB Treeview Industrial I LLC Various 71,924 0 0 66,013 735,171 0 764,981
4.01 JPMCB   9999 Olson Drive              
4.02 JPMCB   1405 Worldwide Boulevard              
4.03 JPMCB   1200 Worldwide Boulevard              
4.04 JPMCB   1790 South 5200 West              
4.05 JPMCB   1100 Laval Boulevard              
4.06 JPMCB   2101 Design Road              
4.07 JPMCB   2055 Global Way              
4.08 JPMCB   1942 Sabre Street              
4.09 JPMCB   2205 Global Way              
4.10 JPMCB   1280 Lakes Parkway              
4.11 JPMCB   11 Boulden Circle              
4.12 JPMCB   1300 Lakes Parkway              
4.13 JPMCB   7 Boulden Circle              
4.14 JPMCB   2 Boulden Circle              
5 GACC AHIP MD Baltimore 5015 Properties LLC, AHIP MD Baltimore 5015 Enterprises LLC, AHIP MD Hanover 7544 Properties LLC, AHIP MD Hanover 7544 Enterprises LLC, AHIP NJ Wall Properties LLC, AHIP NJ Wall Enterprises LLC, AHIP PA Allentown Properties LLC, AHIP PA Allentown Enterprises LLC, AHIP NJ Dover Properties LLC, AHIP NJ Dover Enterprises LLC Various 0 34,800 0 0 404,271 0 4,519,224
5.01 GACC   5015 Campbell Boulevard              
5.02 GACC   7686 Industrial Boulevard              
5.03 GACC   1302 Campus Parkway              
5.04 GACC   7544 Teague Road              
5.05 GACC   2 Commerce Center Drive              
6 JPMCB ESRT First Stamford Place SPE, L.L.C. 100-300 First Stamford Place 0 0 0 0 2,486,098 0 9,387,178
7 JPMCB 521 East 72nd St. Realty Company II, L.L.C. 521-523 East 72nd Street 0 0 0 0 380,472 9,647 1,231,285
8 JPMCB ETCL Richmond, LLC; ETCL Westerville ADS, LLC; ETCL Fort Wayne, LLC; ETCL Ankeny, LLC; ETCL Grand Rapids, LLC; ETCL Mounds View, LLC; ETCL Springfield, LLC; ETCL Wausau, LLC; ETCL Mansfield, LLC; KIRCO ETCL CH Distribution II, LLC; ETCL Carrier, LLC; ETCL Fort Myers, LLC; ETCL Fort Myers Parking, LLC; ETCL Woodlands, LLC; ETCL Seguin Dist, LLC; ETCL Staunton, LLC; ETCL Stratford, LLC; ETCL Pompano, LLC; ETCL Pure Lafayette, LLC; ETCL Vegas, LLC; ETCL Tempe, LLC; ETCL H&E Columbia, LLC; ETCL H&E Greer, LLC; ETCL H&E New Orleans, LLC; ETCL H&E Oklahoma City, LLC; ETCL H&E San Antonio, LLC; ETCL Novi HB, LLC; ETCL Dallas I, LLC; ETCL New Braunfels, LLC; ETCL Salisbury, LLC; ETCL Toledo, LLC; ETCL Franklin Pro-Packaging, LLC; ETCL Franklin Trans-Packaging, LLC; ETCL Russellville, LLC; ETCL Fort Worth Ski, LLC; ETCL Longwood, LLC; ETCL Birmingham, LLC; ETCL Shakopee, LLC; ETCL Northpark, LLC; ETCL Sparrows Point, LLC; ETCL Barry Pointe Plasma, LLC; ETCL Casselberry Plasma, LLC Various 0 0 0 0 0 0 10,720,000
8.01 JPMCB   4300 Airport Expressway              
8.02 JPMCB   825 Lordship Boulevard              
8.03 JPMCB   6021 Bethlehem Boulevard              
8.04 JPMCB   30001 Cabot Drive              
8.05 JPMCB   3720 US Highway 52 South              
8.06 JPMCB   2155 East GoDaddy Way              
8.07 JPMCB   16011 Applewhite Road              
8.08 JPMCB   8686 New Trails Drive              
8.09 JPMCB   6000 Rosa Parks Boulevard              
8.10 JPMCB   501 Shenandoah Drive              
8.11 JPMCB   2348 FM 464              
8.12 JPMCB   7 Industry Way              
8.13 JPMCB   1 & 3 World Packaging Circle              
8.14 JPMCB   2 & 4 World Packaging Circle              
8.15 JPMCB   820 Tom Martin Drive              
8.16 JPMCB   1727 South Main Street              
8.17 JPMCB   8580 Evans Avenue              
8.18 JPMCB   12645 Corporate Lakes Drive              
8.19 JPMCB   5400 International Trade Drive              
8.20 JPMCB   5545 Goodwin Lane              
8.21 JPMCB   1375 North 28th Avenue              
8.22 JPMCB   2503 South Main Street              
8.23 JPMCB   220 West Schrock Road              
8.24 JPMCB   140 Wekiva Springs Road              
8.25 JPMCB   9500 Northeast 82nd Terrace              
8.26 JPMCB   1385 State Road 436              
8.27 JPMCB   2325 County Road 10              
8.28 JPMCB   2670 East Paris Avenue Southeast              
8.29 JPMCB   4265 West Tompkins Avenue              
8.30 JPMCB   3201 Rib Mountain Drive              
8.31 JPMCB   1815 McCurry Road              
8.32 JPMCB   1001 Carrier Drive              
8.33 JPMCB   725 Southeast Oralabor Road              
8.34 JPMCB   5327 & 5423 Tex-Con Road              
8.35 JPMCB   4202 Almonaster Avenue              
8.36 JPMCB   2705 Gateway Drive              
8.37 JPMCB   30 Sibley Drive              
8.38 JPMCB   1031 Buckner Park Drive              
8.39 JPMCB   10700 Northwest 4th Street              
8.40 JPMCB   6180 Hagman Road              
8.41 JPMCB   585 Brookshire Road              

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
        UPFRONT ESCROW
                     
                     
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address Upfront CapEx Reserve Upfront Eng. Reserve Upfront Envir. Reserve Upfront TI/LC Reserve Upfront RE Tax Reserve Upfront Ins. Reserve Upfront Other Reserve
9 JPMCB LL Folsom, L.P.; LL Hillsboro, L.P.; LL Milpitas, L.P.; LL Pleasanton, L.P.; LL Campbell, L.P.; LL South San Francisco, L.P.; LL Roseville, L.P.; LL Bellevue, L.P.; LL Sunnyvale, L.P.; LL Sacramento, L.P.; LL Renton, L.P.; FH-Hotel Bloomington, L.P.; FH-Hotel Kokomo, L.P.; FH-Hotel Oakdale, L.P.; FH-Hotel Ann Arbor, L.P.; FH-Hotel South Bend, L.P.; FH-Hotel Peoria, L.P.; FH-Hotel Maumee, L.P.; FH-Hotel Warrenville, L.P.; FH-Hotel South Franklin, L.P.; FH-Hotel Normal, L.P.; FH-Grandville, L.P.; TXHP Buda 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Humble, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Decatur, L.L.C.; TXHP Sweetwater, L.L.C.; TXHP Waco 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Longview 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Altus, L.L.C.; TXHP Arlington, L.L.C.; TXHP Huntsville, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Terrell, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Weatherford, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Wichita Falls, L.L.C.; TXHP Lufkin 1, L.L.C.; Hotel Fishers, L.P.; Hotel Louisville, L.P.; Hotel Stow, L.P.; Hotel Morehead City, L.P.; IM Chico 1, L.P.; VIII-HII-Valley School Road, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Stetler Avenue, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-7 Hampton Court, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Raritan Center Pkwy, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Laura Blvd.,  L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Baltimore Avenue, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road 2, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Racine, L.P.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Shawnee, L.P.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Cheyenne, L.P.; F.I. Management of Mankato, L.P.; R.I. Heritage Inn of Peoria AZ, L.P.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Grand Rapids, L.P.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Toledo, L.P.; Heritage Inn Number LII. Limited Partnership; Heritage Inn Number XL. Limited Partnership; LL Folsom Opco, L.L.C.; LL Hillsboro Opco, L.L.C.; LL Milpitas Opco, L.L.C.; LL Pleasanton Opco, L.L.C.; LL Campbell Opco, L.L.C.; LL South San Francisco Opco, L.L.C.; LL Roseville Opco, L.L.C.; LL Bellevue Opco, L.L.C.; LL Sunnyvale Opco, L.L.C.; LL Sacramento Opco, L.L.C.; LL Renton Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Bloomington Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Kokomo Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Oakdale Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Ann Arbor Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel South Bend Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Peoria Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Maumee Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Warrenville Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel South Franklin Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Normal Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Grandville Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Humble Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Decatur Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Sweetwater Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Waco 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Longview 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Altus Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Arlington Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Huntsville Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Terrell Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Weatherford Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Wichita Falls Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Lufkin 1 Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Fishers Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Louisville Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Stow Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Morehead City Opco, L.L.C.; IM Chico 1 Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Valley School Road Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Stetler Avenue Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-7 Hampton Court Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Raritan Center Pkwy Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Laura Blvd. Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Baltimore Avenue Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road 2 Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Racine Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Shawnee Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Cheyenne Opco, L.L.C.; F.I. Management of Mankato Opco, L.L.C.; R.I. Heritage Inn Of Peoria AZ Opco, L.L.C.; H.S. Heritage Inn Of Grand Rapids Opco, L.L.C.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Toledo Opco, L.L.C.; Heritage Inn Number LII. Opco, L.L.C.; Heritage Inn Number XL. Opco, L.L.C. Various 0 0 0 0 0 0 12,268,991
9.01 JPMCB   748 North Mathilda Avenue              
9.02 JPMCB   40 Ranch Drive              
9.03 JPMCB   550 West Hamilton Avenue              
9.04 JPMCB   690 Gateway Boulevard              
9.05 JPMCB   5535 Johnson Drive              
9.06 JPMCB   15805 Southeast 37th Street              
9.07 JPMCB   555 Howe Avenue              
9.08 JPMCB   2300 Green Road              
9.09 JPMCB   3133 Northeast Shute Road              
9.10 JPMCB   1701 East Valley Road              
9.11 JPMCB   1311 Wet N Wild Way              
9.12 JPMCB   1370 Arrowhead Drive              
9.13 JPMCB   1648 Richmond Road              
9.14 JPMCB   2501 Marketplace Drive              
9.15 JPMCB   447 Farmington Avenue              
9.16 JPMCB   7424 South Broadway Avenue              
9.17 JPMCB   50 Raritan Center Parkway              
9.18 JPMCB   420 Inwood Avenue North              
9.19 JPMCB   3451 Rivertown Point Court Southwest              
9.20 JPMCB   8435 West Paradise Lane              
9.21 JPMCB   320 South Towanda Avenue              
9.22 JPMCB   2481 Carmichael Drive              
9.23 JPMCB   2920 South Reed Road              
9.24 JPMCB   52709 State Road 933              
9.25 JPMCB   3800 Tarry Street              
9.26 JPMCB   4035 Arendell Street              
9.27 JPMCB   2485 Carmichael Drive              
9.28 JPMCB   2130 South First Street              
9.29 JPMCB   1164 Harrisburg Pike              
9.30 JPMCB   1644 Richmond Road              
9.31 JPMCB   120 South Fairfield Drive              
9.32 JPMCB   501 South University              
9.33 JPMCB   9791 North by Northeast Boulevard              
9.34 JPMCB   121 Iron Point Road              
9.35 JPMCB   4305 Weaver Parkway              
9.36 JPMCB   3025 Northeast Loop 286              
9.37 JPMCB   1410 Arrowhead Drive              
9.38 JPMCB   3920 Stahl Drive              
9.39 JPMCB   1415 Stillwater Avenue              
9.40 JPMCB   13700 Baltimore Avenue              
9.41 JPMCB   4047 Bridgewater Parkway              
9.42 JPMCB   1931 Taylor Road              
9.43 JPMCB   105 South Franklin Road              
9.44 JPMCB   97 Old Valley School Road              
9.45 JPMCB   10 Laura Boulevard              
9.46 JPMCB   3044 North Eastman Road              
9.47 JPMCB   2701 West Lake Avenue              
9.48 JPMCB   1201 Cabelas Drive              
9.49 JPMCB   4851 North Kickapoo              
9.50 JPMCB   6421 Washington Avenue              
9.51 JPMCB   3 Stetler Avenue              
9.52 JPMCB   300 Tanger Drive              
9.53 JPMCB   2424 Rogerdale Road              
9.54 JPMCB   2421 East Southeast Loop 323              
9.55 JPMCB   148 Interstate 45 South              
9.56 JPMCB   302 Southeast Georgia Avenue              
9.57 JPMCB   15295 South Interstate 35 Building 800              
9.58 JPMCB   175 Alford Drive              
9.59 JPMCB   2812 East Broadway              
9.60 JPMCB   3035 Northeast Loop 286              
9.61 JPMCB   110 South Highway 81/287              
9.62 JPMCB   5210 Crossroads Parkway              
9.63 JPMCB   141 Apache Place              
9.64 JPMCB   2901 South Cowhorn Creek Loop              
9.65 JPMCB   20611 Highway 59              
10 GACC 767 Fifth Partners LLC 767 Fifth Avenue 0 0 0 107,946,183 0 0 161,161,013
11 GACC HBP Euclid I, LLC, LMA Commerce IV, LLC, LMA Commerce V, LLC, LMA Massillon III, LLC, NRR Commerce III, LLC, Rockside Commerce III, LLC Various 0 1,235,564 0 500,000 100,625 0 0
11.01 GACC   23555 Euclid Avenue              
11.02 GACC   1204-1210 Massillon Road              
11.03 GACC   1204-1210 Massillon Road              
11.04 GACC   655 North River Road Northwest              
11.05 GACC   16485 Rockside Road              
12 JPMCB 2410 San Gabriel, L.P. 2414 San Gabriel Street 4,950 0 0 0 267,689 9,557 0
13 JPMCB 150 Blackstone River Road, LLC 150 Blackstone River Road 32,500 0 0 0 108,000 39,700 898,831
14 GACC DFW H38 Owner LLC 4440 West John Carpenter Freeway 0 83,444 0 0 263,550 0 1,914,000
15 JPMCB 245 Park Avenue Property LLC 245 Park Avenue 47,738 0 0 0 0 227,000 11,431,608

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
        UPFRONT ESCROW
                     
                     
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address Upfront CapEx Reserve Upfront Eng. Reserve Upfront Envir. Reserve Upfront TI/LC Reserve Upfront RE Tax Reserve Upfront Ins. Reserve Upfront Other Reserve
16 GACC 485 Windham LLC, 485 Hampstead LLC, WG Woodbury LLC, WG New Bedford Realty LLC, WG NB Fee LLC, WG Staten Island Realty LLC, WG Yarmouth Realty LLC, WG Worcester Realty LLC Various 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16.01 GACC   220 Grafton Street              
16.02 GACC   2968 Acushnet Avenue              
16.03 GACC   1579 Forest Avenue              
16.04 GACC   741 Roosevelt Trail              
16.05 GACC   1041 Route 28              
16.06 GACC   288 Sandown Road              
16.07 GACC   343 South Broad Street              
17 GACC TPG Preston Plaza, Ltd. 17950 Preston Road 0 25,013 0 0 431,365 0 358,318
18 GACC Karlin Cap Center, LLC Various 496,762 0 0 2,730,693 326,287 0 620,811
18.01 GACC   11040, 11050, 11060, 11070, 11080 & 11090 White Rock Road              
18.02 GACC   11000, 11010, 11020 & 11030 White Rock Road              
19 GACC AHP LP7 Fayetteville, LLC, AHP LP7 Bentonville, LLC, AHP LP7 Jonesboro, LLC, AHP LP7 CY Baton Rouge, LLC, AHP LP7 RI Baton Rouge, LLC, AHP LP7 Metairie, LLC, AHP LP7 FT Myers, LLC Various 0 0 0 0 125,000 208,517 2,408,000
19.01 GACC   11281 Summerlin Square Drive              
19.02 GACC   1103 South 52nd Street              
19.03 GACC   10333 North Mall Drive              
19.04 GACC   10307 North Mall Drive              
19.05 GACC   5424 Citrus Boulevard              
19.06 GACC   3408 Access Road              
19.07 GACC   5437 South 48th Street              
20 GACC 18301 Von Karman Property Owner, LLC 18301 Von Karman Avenue 0 0 0 39,933 0 0 0
21 JPMCB Mansfield Investments LLC 1755-1829 West Fullerton Avenue 5,371 13,750 0 8,130 42,979 0 0
22 JPMCB Torre Plaza Associates, LLC 10201 Torre Avenue 1,107 0 0 0 141,459 0 2,812,415
23 GACC NRFC Indianapolis Holdings LLC 8211 Scicor Drive 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 GACC Vista Truckee Tahoe, LLC 11331 Brockway Road 0 5,000 0 0 37,784 40,900 155,000
25 GACC 18401 Von Karman Property Owner, LLC 18401 Von Karman Avenue 0 0 0 220,503 0 0 0
26 JPMCB PHR STPFL, LLC 940 Fifth Avenue South 16,396 0 0 0 152,507 0 157,474
27 JPMCB 523 North Broad Owner, LP 523-525 North Broad Street 1,000 0 0 0 30,340 0 500,000
28 GACC EIP 495 Radio Station Road, LLC; EIP Precision Park, LLC Various 1,946,981 762,775 0 1,000,000 114,604 139,040 0
28.01 GACC   495 Radio Station Road              
28.02 GACC   200 Frenchtown Road              
29 GACC 1313 CP SPE, LLC 1313 Cooper Point Road Southwest 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 JPMCB Bhavin Hospitality, L.L.C. 8251 West Amarillo Boulevard 11,280 0 0 0 86,495 4,580 0
31 JPMCB Shriji Hospitality Rome, LLC 875 West 1st Street 10,806 0 0 0 115,373 13,443 0
32 JPMCB Quadrant Preston Trail Partners, LP 17330 Preston Road 2,076 0 0 900,000 221,009 0 434,381
33 GACC ASA New Orleans Retail Investments, LLC 500 North Carrollton Avenue 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
34 GACC BBIC Investors SPE, LLC 2201 Poplar Street 0 25,875 0 92,567 0 0 28,483
35 JPMCB Angelo Balbo Realty Corp. 9-11 Raymond Avenue 585 0 0 3,654 31,821 14,041 0
36 GACC Winter Park Investment Group DE LLC 631 South Orlando Avenue & 1220, 1230 and 1234 West Fairbanks Avenue 0 24,553 0 175,000 59,181 0 39,100
37 GACC 1250 Mockingbird Sub, LLC 1250 West Mockingbird Lane 0 0 0 100,000 116,248 2,083 0
38 JPMCB LH 2006 43rd, LLC, P&C Scottino LLC 2006 West 43rd Street 1,667 0 0 0 94,715 0 0
39 GACC Brittmoore Meadows Building M, LLC 2121 Brittmoore Road 43,200 9,900 0 200,000 51,149 0 0
40 GACC 11th & Kissling Street Apartments, LLC 238-254A 11th Street & 107-119 Kissling Street 100,000 5,625 0 0 16,670 5,250 250,000
41 GACC AGNL Punch, L.L.C. 162 Gene East Stewart Boulevard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
         PERIODIC ESCROW   
                     
                     
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address  Monthly Capex Reserve   Monthly Envir. Reserve   Monthly TI/LC Reserve   Monthly RE Tax Reserve   Monthly Ins. Reserve   Monthly Other Reserve   (Late Payment)
1 GACC MP B4 LLC 1190 Bordeaux Drive 0 0 0 71,416 Springing 0 0
2 GACC Fourteen SAC Self-Storage Corporation, Fifteen SAC Self-Storage Corporation, Seventeen SAC Self-Storage Corporation Various Springing 0 0 Springing Springing 0 0
2.01 GACC   600 Mystic Valley Parkway              
2.02 GACC   1 Merrill Street              
2.03 GACC   3969 North Rancho Drive              
2.04 GACC   1200 West Fullerton Avenue              
2.05 GACC   20A Sheridan Boulevard              
2.06 GACC   139 Broadway              
2.07 GACC   3029 Fairfield Avenue              
2.08 GACC   230-240 Maple Avenue              
2.09 GACC   3527 Ivar Avenue              
2.10 GACC   1535 Round Rock Avenue              
2.11 GACC   1301 East Route 66              
2.12 GACC   2813 Texas Avenue South              
2.13 GACC   2455 West Tarrant Road              
2.14 GACC   7225 South Hulen Street              
2.15 GACC   3885 Milam Street              
2.16 GACC   1103 West Highway 287 Bypass              
2.17 GACC   12540 South Rogers Road              
2.18 GACC   1641 South Kingshighway Boulevard              
2.19 GACC   9302 Interstate 30              
2.20 GACC   611 Blackwood Clementon Road              
2.21 GACC   1301 Monticello Avenue              
2.22 GACC   5600 Business Avenue              
3 JPMCB Seven Hundred 2nd Street Holdings LLC 700 2nd Street Northeast 8,628 0 0 Springing Springing Springing 5
4 JPMCB Treeview Industrial I LLC Various 71,924 0 66,013 136,297 Springing 0 5
4.01 JPMCB   9999 Olson Drive              
4.02 JPMCB   1405 Worldwide Boulevard              
4.03 JPMCB   1200 Worldwide Boulevard              
4.04 JPMCB   1790 South 5200 West              
4.05 JPMCB   1100 Laval Boulevard              
4.06 JPMCB   2101 Design Road              
4.07 JPMCB   2055 Global Way              
4.08 JPMCB   1942 Sabre Street              
4.09 JPMCB   2205 Global Way              
4.10 JPMCB   1280 Lakes Parkway              
4.11 JPMCB   11 Boulden Circle              
4.12 JPMCB   1300 Lakes Parkway              
4.13 JPMCB   7 Boulden Circle              
4.14 JPMCB   2 Boulden Circle              
5 GACC AHIP MD Baltimore 5015 Properties LLC, AHIP MD Baltimore 5015 Enterprises LLC, AHIP MD Hanover 7544 Properties LLC, AHIP MD Hanover 7544 Enterprises LLC, AHIP NJ Wall Properties LLC, AHIP NJ Wall Enterprises LLC, AHIP PA Allentown Properties LLC, AHIP PA Allentown Enterprises LLC, AHIP NJ Dover Properties LLC, AHIP NJ Dover Enterprises LLC Various Springing 0 0 45,000 Springing 0 0
5.01 GACC   5015 Campbell Boulevard              
5.02 GACC   7686 Industrial Boulevard              
5.03 GACC   1302 Campus Parkway              
5.04 GACC   7544 Teague Road              
5.05 GACC   2 Commerce Center Drive              
6 JPMCB ESRT First Stamford Place SPE, L.L.C. 100-300 First Stamford Place 15,458 0 168,848 334,939 Springing 0 5
7 JPMCB 521 East 72nd St. Realty Company II, L.L.C. 521-523 East 72nd Street Springing 0 Springing 190,236 4,823 0 1
8 JPMCB ETCL Richmond, LLC; ETCL Westerville ADS, LLC; ETCL Fort Wayne, LLC; ETCL Ankeny, LLC; ETCL Grand Rapids, LLC; ETCL Mounds View, LLC; ETCL Springfield, LLC; ETCL Wausau, LLC; ETCL Mansfield, LLC; KIRCO ETCL CH Distribution II, LLC; ETCL Carrier, LLC; ETCL Fort Myers, LLC; ETCL Fort Myers Parking, LLC; ETCL Woodlands, LLC; ETCL Seguin Dist, LLC; ETCL Staunton, LLC; ETCL Stratford, LLC; ETCL Pompano, LLC; ETCL Pure Lafayette, LLC; ETCL Vegas, LLC; ETCL Tempe, LLC; ETCL H&E Columbia, LLC; ETCL H&E Greer, LLC; ETCL H&E New Orleans, LLC; ETCL H&E Oklahoma City, LLC; ETCL H&E San Antonio, LLC; ETCL Novi HB, LLC; ETCL Dallas I, LLC; ETCL New Braunfels, LLC; ETCL Salisbury, LLC; ETCL Toledo, LLC; ETCL Franklin Pro-Packaging, LLC; ETCL Franklin Trans-Packaging, LLC; ETCL Russellville, LLC; ETCL Fort Worth Ski, LLC; ETCL Longwood, LLC; ETCL Birmingham, LLC; ETCL Shakopee, LLC; ETCL Northpark, LLC; ETCL Sparrows Point, LLC; ETCL Barry Pointe Plasma, LLC; ETCL Casselberry Plasma, LLC Various Springing 0 Springing Springing Springing Springing 0
8.01 JPMCB   4300 Airport Expressway              
8.02 JPMCB   825 Lordship Boulevard              
8.03 JPMCB   6021 Bethlehem Boulevard              
8.04 JPMCB   30001 Cabot Drive              
8.05 JPMCB   3720 US Highway 52 South              
8.06 JPMCB   2155 East GoDaddy Way              
8.07 JPMCB   16011 Applewhite Road              
8.08 JPMCB   8686 New Trails Drive              
8.09 JPMCB   6000 Rosa Parks Boulevard              
8.10 JPMCB   501 Shenandoah Drive              
8.11 JPMCB   2348 FM 464              
8.12 JPMCB   7 Industry Way              
8.13 JPMCB   1 & 3 World Packaging Circle              
8.14 JPMCB   2 & 4 World Packaging Circle              
8.15 JPMCB   820 Tom Martin Drive              
8.16 JPMCB   1727 South Main Street              
8.17 JPMCB   8580 Evans Avenue              
8.18 JPMCB   12645 Corporate Lakes Drive              
8.19 JPMCB   5400 International Trade Drive              
8.20 JPMCB   5545 Goodwin Lane              
8.21 JPMCB   1375 North 28th Avenue              
8.22 JPMCB   2503 South Main Street              
8.23 JPMCB   220 West Schrock Road              
8.24 JPMCB   140 Wekiva Springs Road              
8.25 JPMCB   9500 Northeast 82nd Terrace              
8.26 JPMCB   1385 State Road 436              
8.27 JPMCB   2325 County Road 10              
8.28 JPMCB   2670 East Paris Avenue Southeast              
8.29 JPMCB   4265 West Tompkins Avenue              
8.30 JPMCB   3201 Rib Mountain Drive              
8.31 JPMCB   1815 McCurry Road              
8.32 JPMCB   1001 Carrier Drive              
8.33 JPMCB   725 Southeast Oralabor Road              
8.34 JPMCB   5327 & 5423 Tex-Con Road              
8.35 JPMCB   4202 Almonaster Avenue              
8.36 JPMCB   2705 Gateway Drive              
8.37 JPMCB   30 Sibley Drive              
8.38 JPMCB   1031 Buckner Park Drive              
8.39 JPMCB   10700 Northwest 4th Street              
8.40 JPMCB   6180 Hagman Road              
8.41 JPMCB   585 Brookshire Road              

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
         PERIODIC ESCROW   
                     
                     
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address  Monthly Capex Reserve   Monthly Envir. Reserve   Monthly TI/LC Reserve   Monthly RE Tax Reserve   Monthly Ins. Reserve   Monthly Other Reserve   (Late Payment)
9 JPMCB LL Folsom, L.P.; LL Hillsboro, L.P.; LL Milpitas, L.P.; LL Pleasanton, L.P.; LL Campbell, L.P.; LL South San Francisco, L.P.; LL Roseville, L.P.; LL Bellevue, L.P.; LL Sunnyvale, L.P.; LL Sacramento, L.P.; LL Renton, L.P.; FH-Hotel Bloomington, L.P.; FH-Hotel Kokomo, L.P.; FH-Hotel Oakdale, L.P.; FH-Hotel Ann Arbor, L.P.; FH-Hotel South Bend, L.P.; FH-Hotel Peoria, L.P.; FH-Hotel Maumee, L.P.; FH-Hotel Warrenville, L.P.; FH-Hotel South Franklin, L.P.; FH-Hotel Normal, L.P.; FH-Grandville, L.P.; TXHP Buda 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Humble, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Decatur, L.L.C.; TXHP Sweetwater, L.L.C.; TXHP Waco 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Longview 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Altus, L.L.C.; TXHP Arlington, L.L.C.; TXHP Huntsville, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Terrell, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Weatherford, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Wichita Falls, L.L.C.; TXHP Lufkin 1, L.L.C.; Hotel Fishers, L.P.; Hotel Louisville, L.P.; Hotel Stow, L.P.; Hotel Morehead City, L.P.; IM Chico 1, L.P.; VIII-HII-Valley School Road, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Stetler Avenue, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-7 Hampton Court, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Raritan Center Pkwy, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Laura Blvd.,  L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Baltimore Avenue, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road 2, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Racine, L.P.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Shawnee, L.P.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Cheyenne, L.P.; F.I. Management of Mankato, L.P.; R.I. Heritage Inn of Peoria AZ, L.P.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Grand Rapids, L.P.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Toledo, L.P.; Heritage Inn Number LII. Limited Partnership; Heritage Inn Number XL. Limited Partnership; LL Folsom Opco, L.L.C.; LL Hillsboro Opco, L.L.C.; LL Milpitas Opco, L.L.C.; LL Pleasanton Opco, L.L.C.; LL Campbell Opco, L.L.C.; LL South San Francisco Opco, L.L.C.; LL Roseville Opco, L.L.C.; LL Bellevue Opco, L.L.C.; LL Sunnyvale Opco, L.L.C.; LL Sacramento Opco, L.L.C.; LL Renton Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Bloomington Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Kokomo Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Oakdale Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Ann Arbor Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel South Bend Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Peoria Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Maumee Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Warrenville Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel South Franklin Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Normal Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Grandville Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Humble Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Decatur Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Sweetwater Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Waco 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Longview 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Altus Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Arlington Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Huntsville Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Terrell Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Weatherford Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Wichita Falls Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Lufkin 1 Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Fishers Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Louisville Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Stow Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Morehead City Opco, L.L.C.; IM Chico 1 Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Valley School Road Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Stetler Avenue Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-7 Hampton Court Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Raritan Center Pkwy Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Laura Blvd. Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Baltimore Avenue Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road 2 Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Racine Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Shawnee Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Cheyenne Opco, L.L.C.; F.I. Management of Mankato Opco, L.L.C.; R.I. Heritage Inn Of Peoria AZ Opco, L.L.C.; H.S. Heritage Inn Of Grand Rapids Opco, L.L.C.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Toledo Opco, L.L.C.; Heritage Inn Number LII. Opco, L.L.C.; Heritage Inn Number XL. Opco, L.L.C. Various 4% of Gross Revenues 0 0 Springing Springing Springing 0
9.01 JPMCB   748 North Mathilda Avenue              
9.02 JPMCB   40 Ranch Drive              
9.03 JPMCB   550 West Hamilton Avenue              
9.04 JPMCB   690 Gateway Boulevard              
9.05 JPMCB   5535 Johnson Drive              
9.06 JPMCB   15805 Southeast 37th Street              
9.07 JPMCB   555 Howe Avenue              
9.08 JPMCB   2300 Green Road              
9.09 JPMCB   3133 Northeast Shute Road              
9.10 JPMCB   1701 East Valley Road              
9.11 JPMCB   1311 Wet N Wild Way              
9.12 JPMCB   1370 Arrowhead Drive              
9.13 JPMCB   1648 Richmond Road              
9.14 JPMCB   2501 Marketplace Drive              
9.15 JPMCB   447 Farmington Avenue              
9.16 JPMCB   7424 South Broadway Avenue              
9.17 JPMCB   50 Raritan Center Parkway              
9.18 JPMCB   420 Inwood Avenue North              
9.19 JPMCB   3451 Rivertown Point Court Southwest              
9.20 JPMCB   8435 West Paradise Lane              
9.21 JPMCB   320 South Towanda Avenue              
9.22 JPMCB   2481 Carmichael Drive              
9.23 JPMCB   2920 South Reed Road              
9.24 JPMCB   52709 State Road 933              
9.25 JPMCB   3800 Tarry Street              
9.26 JPMCB   4035 Arendell Street              
9.27 JPMCB   2485 Carmichael Drive              
9.28 JPMCB   2130 South First Street              
9.29 JPMCB   1164 Harrisburg Pike              
9.30 JPMCB   1644 Richmond Road              
9.31 JPMCB   120 South Fairfield Drive              
9.32 JPMCB   501 South University              
9.33 JPMCB   9791 North by Northeast Boulevard              
9.34 JPMCB   121 Iron Point Road              
9.35 JPMCB   4305 Weaver Parkway              
9.36 JPMCB   3025 Northeast Loop 286              
9.37 JPMCB   1410 Arrowhead Drive              
9.38 JPMCB   3920 Stahl Drive              
9.39 JPMCB   1415 Stillwater Avenue              
9.40 JPMCB   13700 Baltimore Avenue              
9.41 JPMCB   4047 Bridgewater Parkway              
9.42 JPMCB   1931 Taylor Road              
9.43 JPMCB   105 South Franklin Road              
9.44 JPMCB   97 Old Valley School Road              
9.45 JPMCB   10 Laura Boulevard              
9.46 JPMCB   3044 North Eastman Road              
9.47 JPMCB   2701 West Lake Avenue              
9.48 JPMCB   1201 Cabelas Drive              
9.49 JPMCB   4851 North Kickapoo              
9.50 JPMCB   6421 Washington Avenue              
9.51 JPMCB   3 Stetler Avenue              
9.52 JPMCB   300 Tanger Drive              
9.53 JPMCB   2424 Rogerdale Road              
9.54 JPMCB   2421 East Southeast Loop 323              
9.55 JPMCB   148 Interstate 45 South              
9.56 JPMCB   302 Southeast Georgia Avenue              
9.57 JPMCB   15295 South Interstate 35 Building 800              
9.58 JPMCB   175 Alford Drive              
9.59 JPMCB   2812 East Broadway              
9.60 JPMCB   3035 Northeast Loop 286              
9.61 JPMCB   110 South Highway 81/287              
9.62 JPMCB   5210 Crossroads Parkway              
9.63 JPMCB   141 Apache Place              
9.64 JPMCB   2901 South Cowhorn Creek Loop              
9.65 JPMCB   20611 Highway 59              
10 GACC 767 Fifth Partners LLC 767 Fifth Avenue 0 0 0 Springing Springing 0 0
11 GACC HBP Euclid I, LLC, LMA Commerce IV, LLC, LMA Commerce V, LLC, LMA Massillon III, LLC, NRR Commerce III, LLC, Rockside Commerce III, LLC Various 32,301 0 44,583 100,625 Springing 0 0
11.01 GACC   23555 Euclid Avenue              
11.02 GACC   1204-1210 Massillon Road              
11.03 GACC   1204-1210 Massillon Road              
11.04 GACC   655 North River Road Northwest              
11.05 GACC   16485 Rockside Road              
12 JPMCB 2410 San Gabriel, L.P. 2414 San Gabriel Street 4,950 0 0 81,046 4,779 Springing 0
13 JPMCB 150 Blackstone River Road, LLC 150 Blackstone River Road 5,165 0 Springing 54,000 9,910 Springing 0
14 GACC DFW H38 Owner LLC 4440 West John Carpenter Freeway 4% of Gross Revenues 0 0 37,650 Springing 0 0
15 JPMCB 245 Park Avenue Property LLC 245 Park Avenue 47,738 0 Springing 3,878,518 113,500 0 0

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
         PERIODIC ESCROW   
                     
                     
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address  Monthly Capex Reserve   Monthly Envir. Reserve   Monthly TI/LC Reserve   Monthly RE Tax Reserve   Monthly Ins. Reserve   Monthly Other Reserve   (Late Payment)
16 GACC 485 Windham LLC, 485 Hampstead LLC, WG Woodbury LLC, WG New Bedford Realty LLC, WG NB Fee LLC, WG Staten Island Realty LLC, WG Yarmouth Realty LLC, WG Worcester Realty LLC Various Springing 0 0 Springing Springing 0 0
16.01 GACC   220 Grafton Street              
16.02 GACC   2968 Acushnet Avenue              
16.03 GACC   1579 Forest Avenue              
16.04 GACC   741 Roosevelt Trail              
16.05 GACC   1041 Route 28              
16.06 GACC   288 Sandown Road              
16.07 GACC   343 South Broad Street              
17 GACC TPG Preston Plaza, Ltd. 17950 Preston Road 4,317 0 37,772 61,624 Springing 0 0
18 GACC Karlin Cap Center, LLC Various 13,259 0 66,296 65,257 Springing 0 0
18.01 GACC   11040, 11050, 11060, 11070, 11080 & 11090 White Rock Road              
18.02 GACC   11000, 11010, 11020 & 11030 White Rock Road              
19 GACC AHP LP7 Fayetteville, LLC, AHP LP7 Bentonville, LLC, AHP LP7 Jonesboro, LLC, AHP LP7 CY Baton Rouge, LLC, AHP LP7 RI Baton Rouge, LLC, AHP LP7 Metairie, LLC, AHP LP7 FT Myers, LLC Various 1% of Gross Revenues 0 0 59,532 Springing Springing 0
19.01 GACC   11281 Summerlin Square Drive              
19.02 GACC   1103 South 52nd Street              
19.03 GACC   10333 North Mall Drive              
19.04 GACC   10307 North Mall Drive              
19.05 GACC   5424 Citrus Boulevard              
19.06 GACC   3408 Access Road              
19.07 GACC   5437 South 48th Street              
20 GACC 18301 Von Karman Property Owner, LLC 18301 Von Karman Avenue Springing 0 Springing Springing Springing 0 0
21 JPMCB Mansfield Investments LLC 1755-1829 West Fullerton Avenue 5,371 0 8,130 42,978 Springing 0 0
22 JPMCB Torre Plaza Associates, LLC 10201 Torre Avenue 1,107 0 0 70,730 Springing 0 0
23 GACC NRFC Indianapolis Holdings LLC 8211 Scicor Drive 8,739 0 Springing Springing Springing 0 0
24 GACC Vista Truckee Tahoe, LLC 11331 Brockway Road 4% of Gross Revenues 0 0 7,557 Springing Springing 0
25 GACC 18401 Von Karman Property Owner, LLC 18401 Von Karman Avenue Springing 0 Springing Springing Springing Springing 0
26 JPMCB PHR STPFL, LLC 940 Fifth Avenue South 4% of Gross Revenues 0 0 19,063 Springing Springing 0
27 JPMCB 523 North Broad Owner, LP 523-525 North Broad Street 1,000 0 0 4,334 Springing Springing 0
28 GACC EIP 495 Radio Station Road, LLC; EIP Precision Park, LLC Various Springing 0 20,000 25,421 11,587 Springing 0
28.01 GACC   495 Radio Station Road              
28.02 GACC   200 Frenchtown Road              
29 GACC 1313 CP SPE, LLC 1313 Cooper Point Road Southwest Springing 0 0 Springing Springing Springing 0
30 JPMCB Bhavin Hospitality, L.L.C. 8251 West Amarillo Boulevard 4% of Gross Revenues 0 0 8,650 4,580 Springing 0
31 JPMCB Shriji Hospitality Rome, LLC 875 West 1st Street 4% of Gross Revenues 0 0 11,537 2,241 Springing 0
32 JPMCB Quadrant Preston Trail Partners, LP 17330 Preston Road 2,076 0 Springing 27,626 Springing 0 0
33 GACC ASA New Orleans Retail Investments, LLC 500 North Carrollton Avenue Springing 0 Springing Springing Springing 0 0
34 GACC BBIC Investors SPE, LLC 2201 Poplar Street Springing 0 0 Springing Springing Springing 0
35 JPMCB Angelo Balbo Realty Corp. 9-11 Raymond Avenue 585 0 3,654 10,607 2,808 0 0
36 GACC Winter Park Investment Group DE LLC 631 South Orlando Avenue & 1220, 1230 and 1234 West Fairbanks Avenue 680 0 2,720 6,576 Springing 0 0
37 GACC 1250 Mockingbird Sub, LLC 1250 West Mockingbird Lane 1,760 0 8,310 14,531 2,083 0 0
38 JPMCB LH 2006 43rd, LLC, P&C Scottino LLC 2006 West 43rd Street 1,667 0 0 11,839 Springing 0 0
39 GACC Brittmoore Meadows Building M, LLC 2121 Brittmoore Road Springing 0 Springing 6,394 Springing 0 0
40 GACC 11th & Kissling Street Apartments, LLC 238-254A 11th Street & 107-119 Kissling Street 600 0 0 3,334 583 0 0
41 GACC AGNL Punch, L.L.C. 162 Gene East Stewart Boulevard Springing 0 0 Springing Springing 0 0

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
               
               
               
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address Cash-Management Account or Lockbox In-place General Property Type Defeasance Permitted Final Maturity Date
1 GACC MP B4 LLC 1190 Bordeaux Drive  Yes  Office Yes  
2 GACC Fourteen SAC Self-Storage Corporation, Fifteen SAC Self-Storage Corporation, Seventeen SAC Self-Storage Corporation Various  Yes  Self Storage Yes 9/6/2037
2.01 GACC   600 Mystic Valley Parkway    Self Storage    
2.02 GACC   1 Merrill Street    Self Storage    
2.03 GACC   3969 North Rancho Drive    Self Storage    
2.04 GACC   1200 West Fullerton Avenue    Self Storage    
2.05 GACC   20A Sheridan Boulevard    Self Storage    
2.06 GACC   139 Broadway    Self Storage    
2.07 GACC   3029 Fairfield Avenue    Self Storage    
2.08 GACC   230-240 Maple Avenue    Self Storage    
2.09 GACC   3527 Ivar Avenue    Self Storage    
2.10 GACC   1535 Round Rock Avenue    Self Storage    
2.11 GACC   1301 East Route 66    Self Storage    
2.12 GACC   2813 Texas Avenue South    Self Storage    
2.13 GACC   2455 West Tarrant Road    Self Storage    
2.14 GACC   7225 South Hulen Street    Self Storage    
2.15 GACC   3885 Milam Street    Self Storage    
2.16 GACC   1103 West Highway 287 Bypass    Self Storage    
2.17 GACC   12540 South Rogers Road    Self Storage    
2.18 GACC   1641 South Kingshighway Boulevard    Self Storage    
2.19 GACC   9302 Interstate 30    Self Storage    
2.20 GACC   611 Blackwood Clementon Road    Self Storage    
2.21 GACC   1301 Monticello Avenue    Self Storage    
2.22 GACC   5600 Business Avenue    Self Storage    
3 JPMCB Seven Hundred 2nd Street Holdings LLC 700 2nd Street Northeast  Yes  Office Yes  
4 JPMCB Treeview Industrial I LLC Various  Yes  Industrial Yes  
4.01 JPMCB   9999 Olson Drive    Industrial    
4.02 JPMCB   1405 Worldwide Boulevard    Industrial    
4.03 JPMCB   1200 Worldwide Boulevard    Industrial    
4.04 JPMCB   1790 South 5200 West    Industrial    
4.05 JPMCB   1100 Laval Boulevard    Industrial    
4.06 JPMCB   2101 Design Road    Industrial    
4.07 JPMCB   2055 Global Way    Industrial    
4.08 JPMCB   1942 Sabre Street    Industrial    
4.09 JPMCB   2205 Global Way    Industrial    
4.10 JPMCB   1280 Lakes Parkway    Industrial    
4.11 JPMCB   11 Boulden Circle    Industrial    
4.12 JPMCB   1300 Lakes Parkway    Industrial    
4.13 JPMCB   7 Boulden Circle    Industrial    
4.14 JPMCB   2 Boulden Circle    Industrial    
5 GACC AHIP MD Baltimore 5015 Properties LLC, AHIP MD Baltimore 5015 Enterprises LLC, AHIP MD Hanover 7544 Properties LLC, AHIP MD Hanover 7544 Enterprises LLC, AHIP NJ Wall Properties LLC, AHIP NJ Wall Enterprises LLC, AHIP PA Allentown Properties LLC, AHIP PA Allentown Enterprises LLC, AHIP NJ Dover Properties LLC, AHIP NJ Dover Enterprises LLC Various  Yes  Hotel Yes  
5.01 GACC   5015 Campbell Boulevard    Hotel    
5.02 GACC   7686 Industrial Boulevard    Hotel    
5.03 GACC   1302 Campus Parkway    Hotel    
5.04 GACC   7544 Teague Road    Hotel    
5.05 GACC   2 Commerce Center Drive    Hotel    
6 JPMCB ESRT First Stamford Place SPE, L.L.C. 100-300 First Stamford Place  Yes  Office Yes  
7 JPMCB 521 East 72nd St. Realty Company II, L.L.C. 521-523 East 72nd Street  Yes  Mixed Use Yes  
8 JPMCB ETCL Richmond, LLC; ETCL Westerville ADS, LLC; ETCL Fort Wayne, LLC; ETCL Ankeny, LLC; ETCL Grand Rapids, LLC; ETCL Mounds View, LLC; ETCL Springfield, LLC; ETCL Wausau, LLC; ETCL Mansfield, LLC; KIRCO ETCL CH Distribution II, LLC; ETCL Carrier, LLC; ETCL Fort Myers, LLC; ETCL Fort Myers Parking, LLC; ETCL Woodlands, LLC; ETCL Seguin Dist, LLC; ETCL Staunton, LLC; ETCL Stratford, LLC; ETCL Pompano, LLC; ETCL Pure Lafayette, LLC; ETCL Vegas, LLC; ETCL Tempe, LLC; ETCL H&E Columbia, LLC; ETCL H&E Greer, LLC; ETCL H&E New Orleans, LLC; ETCL H&E Oklahoma City, LLC; ETCL H&E San Antonio, LLC; ETCL Novi HB, LLC; ETCL Dallas I, LLC; ETCL New Braunfels, LLC; ETCL Salisbury, LLC; ETCL Toledo, LLC; ETCL Franklin Pro-Packaging, LLC; ETCL Franklin Trans-Packaging, LLC; ETCL Russellville, LLC; ETCL Fort Worth Ski, LLC; ETCL Longwood, LLC; ETCL Birmingham, LLC; ETCL Shakopee, LLC; ETCL Northpark, LLC; ETCL Sparrows Point, LLC; ETCL Barry Pointe Plasma, LLC; ETCL Casselberry Plasma, LLC Various  Yes  Various Yes  
8.01 JPMCB   4300 Airport Expressway    Industrial    
8.02 JPMCB   825 Lordship Boulevard    Industrial    
8.03 JPMCB   6021 Bethlehem Boulevard    Industrial    
8.04 JPMCB   30001 Cabot Drive    Office    
8.05 JPMCB   3720 US Highway 52 South    Industrial    
8.06 JPMCB   2155 East GoDaddy Way    Office    
8.07 JPMCB   16011 Applewhite Road    Industrial    
8.08 JPMCB   8686 New Trails Drive    Office    
8.09 JPMCB   6000 Rosa Parks Boulevard    Industrial    
8.10 JPMCB   501 Shenandoah Drive    Industrial    
8.11 JPMCB   2348 FM 464    Industrial    
8.12 JPMCB   7 Industry Way    Industrial    
8.13 JPMCB   1 & 3 World Packaging Circle    Industrial    
8.14 JPMCB   2 & 4 World Packaging Circle    Industrial    
8.15 JPMCB   820 Tom Martin Drive    Office    
8.16 JPMCB   1727 South Main Street    Industrial    
8.17 JPMCB   8580 Evans Avenue    Office    
8.18 JPMCB   12645 Corporate Lakes Drive    Office    
8.19 JPMCB   5400 International Trade Drive    Industrial    
8.20 JPMCB   5545 Goodwin Lane    Industrial    
8.21 JPMCB   1375 North 28th Avenue    Office    
8.22 JPMCB   2503 South Main Street    Industrial    
8.23 JPMCB   220 West Schrock Road    Office    
8.24 JPMCB   140 Wekiva Springs Road    Industrial    
8.25 JPMCB   9500 Northeast 82nd Terrace    Office    
8.26 JPMCB   1385 State Road 436    Office    
8.27 JPMCB   2325 County Road 10    Office    
8.28 JPMCB   2670 East Paris Avenue Southeast    Office    
8.29 JPMCB   4265 West Tompkins Avenue    Industrial    
8.30 JPMCB   3201 Rib Mountain Drive    Office    
8.31 JPMCB   1815 McCurry Road    Office    
8.32 JPMCB   1001 Carrier Drive    Industrial    
8.33 JPMCB   725 Southeast Oralabor Road    Office    
8.34 JPMCB   5327 & 5423 Tex-Con Road    Industrial    
8.35 JPMCB   4202 Almonaster Avenue    Industrial    
8.36 JPMCB   2705 Gateway Drive    Industrial    
8.37 JPMCB   30 Sibley Drive    Industrial    
8.38 JPMCB   1031 Buckner Park Drive    Industrial    
8.39 JPMCB   10700 Northwest 4th Street    Industrial    
8.40 JPMCB   6180 Hagman Road    Industrial    
8.41 JPMCB   585 Brookshire Road    Industrial    

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
               
               
               
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address Cash-Management Account or Lockbox In-place General Property Type Defeasance Permitted Final Maturity Date
9 JPMCB LL Folsom, L.P.; LL Hillsboro, L.P.; LL Milpitas, L.P.; LL Pleasanton, L.P.; LL Campbell, L.P.; LL South San Francisco, L.P.; LL Roseville, L.P.; LL Bellevue, L.P.; LL Sunnyvale, L.P.; LL Sacramento, L.P.; LL Renton, L.P.; FH-Hotel Bloomington, L.P.; FH-Hotel Kokomo, L.P.; FH-Hotel Oakdale, L.P.; FH-Hotel Ann Arbor, L.P.; FH-Hotel South Bend, L.P.; FH-Hotel Peoria, L.P.; FH-Hotel Maumee, L.P.; FH-Hotel Warrenville, L.P.; FH-Hotel South Franklin, L.P.; FH-Hotel Normal, L.P.; FH-Grandville, L.P.; TXHP Buda 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Humble, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Decatur, L.L.C.; TXHP Sweetwater, L.L.C.; TXHP Waco 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Longview 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Altus, L.L.C.; TXHP Arlington, L.L.C.; TXHP Huntsville, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Terrell, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 1, L.L.C.; TXHP Weatherford, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 2, L.L.C.; TXHP Wichita Falls, L.L.C.; TXHP Lufkin 1, L.L.C.; Hotel Fishers, L.P.; Hotel Louisville, L.P.; Hotel Stow, L.P.; Hotel Morehead City, L.P.; IM Chico 1, L.P.; VIII-HII-Valley School Road, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Stetler Avenue, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-7 Hampton Court, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Raritan Center Pkwy, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Laura Blvd.,  L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Baltimore Avenue, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road 2, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Racine, L.P.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Shawnee, L.P.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Cheyenne, L.P.; F.I. Management of Mankato, L.P.; R.I. Heritage Inn of Peoria AZ, L.P.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Grand Rapids, L.P.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Toledo, L.P.; Heritage Inn Number LII. Limited Partnership; Heritage Inn Number XL. Limited Partnership; LL Folsom Opco, L.L.C.; LL Hillsboro Opco, L.L.C.; LL Milpitas Opco, L.L.C.; LL Pleasanton Opco, L.L.C.; LL Campbell Opco, L.L.C.; LL South San Francisco Opco, L.L.C.; LL Roseville Opco, L.L.C.; LL Bellevue Opco, L.L.C.; LL Sunnyvale Opco, L.L.C.; LL Sacramento Opco, L.L.C.; LL Renton Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Bloomington Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Kokomo Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Oakdale Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Ann Arbor Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel South Bend Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Peoria Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Maumee Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Warrenville Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel South Franklin Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Normal Opco, L.L.C.; FH-Hotel Grandville Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Humble Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Buda 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Decatur Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Sweetwater Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Waco 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Longview 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Altus Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Arlington Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Huntsville Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Paris 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Terrell Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Texarkana 1 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Weatherford Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Tyler 2 Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Wichita Falls Opco, L.L.C.; TXHP Lufkin 1 Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Fishers Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Louisville Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Stow Opco, L.L.C.; Hotel Morehead City Opco, L.L.C.; IM Chico 1 Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Valley School Road Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Stetler Avenue Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-7 Hampton Court Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Raritan Center Pkwy Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Laura Blvd. Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Baltimore Avenue Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road Opco, L.L.C.; VIII-HII-Richmond Road 2 Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Racine Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Shawnee Opco, L.L.C.; Midwest Heritage Inn of Cheyenne Opco, L.L.C.; F.I. Management of Mankato Opco, L.L.C.; R.I. Heritage Inn Of Peoria AZ Opco, L.L.C.; H.S. Heritage Inn Of Grand Rapids Opco, L.L.C.; H.S. Heritage Inn of Toledo Opco, L.L.C.; Heritage Inn Number LII. Opco, L.L.C.; Heritage Inn Number XL. Opco, L.L.C. Various  Yes  Hotel No  
9.01 JPMCB   748 North Mathilda Avenue    Hotel    
9.02 JPMCB   40 Ranch Drive    Hotel    
9.03 JPMCB   550 West Hamilton Avenue    Hotel    
9.04 JPMCB   690 Gateway Boulevard    Hotel    
9.05 JPMCB   5535 Johnson Drive    Hotel    
9.06 JPMCB   15805 Southeast 37th Street    Hotel    
9.07 JPMCB   555 Howe Avenue    Hotel    
9.08 JPMCB   2300 Green Road    Hotel    
9.09 JPMCB   3133 Northeast Shute Road    Hotel    
9.10 JPMCB   1701 East Valley Road    Hotel    
9.11 JPMCB   1311 Wet N Wild Way    Hotel    
9.12 JPMCB   1370 Arrowhead Drive    Hotel    
9.13 JPMCB   1648 Richmond Road    Hotel    
9.14 JPMCB   2501 Marketplace Drive    Hotel    
9.15 JPMCB   447 Farmington Avenue    Hotel    
9.16 JPMCB   7424 South Broadway Avenue    Hotel    
9.17 JPMCB   50 Raritan Center Parkway    Hotel    
9.18 JPMCB   420 Inwood Avenue North    Hotel    
9.19 JPMCB   3451 Rivertown Point Court Southwest    Hotel    
9.20 JPMCB   8435 West Paradise Lane    Hotel    
9.21 JPMCB   320 South Towanda Avenue    Hotel    
9.22 JPMCB   2481 Carmichael Drive    Hotel    
9.23 JPMCB   2920 South Reed Road    Hotel    
9.24 JPMCB   52709 State Road 933    Hotel    
9.25 JPMCB   3800 Tarry Street    Hotel    
9.26 JPMCB   4035 Arendell Street    Hotel    
9.27 JPMCB   2485 Carmichael Drive    Hotel    
9.28 JPMCB   2130 South First Street    Hotel    
9.29 JPMCB   1164 Harrisburg Pike    Hotel    
9.30 JPMCB   1644 Richmond Road    Hotel    
9.31 JPMCB   120 South Fairfield Drive    Hotel    
9.32 JPMCB   501 South University    Hotel    
9.33 JPMCB   9791 North by Northeast Boulevard    Hotel    
9.34 JPMCB   121 Iron Point Road    Hotel    
9.35 JPMCB   4305 Weaver Parkway    Hotel    
9.36 JPMCB   3025 Northeast Loop 286    Hotel    
9.37 JPMCB   1410 Arrowhead Drive    Hotel    
9.38 JPMCB   3920 Stahl Drive    Hotel    
9.39 JPMCB   1415 Stillwater Avenue    Hotel    
9.40 JPMCB   13700 Baltimore Avenue    Hotel    
9.41 JPMCB   4047 Bridgewater Parkway    Hotel    
9.42 JPMCB   1931 Taylor Road    Hotel    
9.43 JPMCB   105 South Franklin Road    Hotel    
9.44 JPMCB   97 Old Valley School Road    Hotel    
9.45 JPMCB   10 Laura Boulevard    Hotel    
9.46 JPMCB   3044 North Eastman Road    Hotel    
9.47 JPMCB   2701 West Lake Avenue    Hotel    
9.48 JPMCB   1201 Cabelas Drive    Hotel    
9.49 JPMCB   4851 North Kickapoo    Hotel    
9.50 JPMCB   6421 Washington Avenue    Hotel    
9.51 JPMCB   3 Stetler Avenue    Hotel    
9.52 JPMCB   300 Tanger Drive    Hotel    
9.53 JPMCB   2424 Rogerdale Road    Hotel    
9.54 JPMCB   2421 East Southeast Loop 323    Hotel    
9.55 JPMCB   148 Interstate 45 South    Hotel    
9.56 JPMCB   302 Southeast Georgia Avenue    Hotel    
9.57 JPMCB   15295 South Interstate 35 Building 800    Hotel    
9.58 JPMCB   175 Alford Drive    Hotel    
9.59 JPMCB   2812 East Broadway    Hotel    
9.60 JPMCB   3035 Northeast Loop 286    Hotel    
9.61 JPMCB   110 South Highway 81/287    Hotel    
9.62 JPMCB   5210 Crossroads Parkway    Hotel    
9.63 JPMCB   141 Apache Place    Hotel    
9.64 JPMCB   2901 South Cowhorn Creek Loop    Hotel    
9.65 JPMCB   20611 Highway 59    Hotel    
10 GACC 767 Fifth Partners LLC 767 Fifth Avenue  Yes  Mixed Use Yes  
11 GACC HBP Euclid I, LLC, LMA Commerce IV, LLC, LMA Commerce V, LLC, LMA Massillon III, LLC, NRR Commerce III, LLC, Rockside Commerce III, LLC Various  Yes  Industrial Yes  
11.01 GACC   23555 Euclid Avenue    Industrial    
11.02 GACC   1204-1210 Massillon Road    Industrial    
11.03 GACC   1204-1210 Massillon Road    Industrial    
11.04 GACC   655 North River Road Northwest    Industrial    
11.05 GACC   16485 Rockside Road    Industrial    
12 JPMCB 2410 San Gabriel, L.P. 2414 San Gabriel Street  No  Multifamily No  
13 JPMCB 150 Blackstone River Road, LLC 150 Blackstone River Road  Yes  Industrial Yes  
14 GACC DFW H38 Owner LLC 4440 West John Carpenter Freeway  Yes  Hotel Yes  
15 JPMCB 245 Park Avenue Property LLC 245 Park Avenue  Yes  Office Yes  

 

 

 

 

JPMDB 2017-C7 - Combined
               
               
               
Loan ID # Originator/Loan Seller Mortgagor Name Property Address Cash-Management Account or Lockbox In-place General Property Type Defeasance Permitted Final Maturity Date
16 GACC 485 Windham LLC, 485 Hampstead LLC, WG Woodbury LLC, WG New Bedford Realty LLC, WG NB Fee LLC, WG Staten Island Realty LLC, WG Yarmouth Realty LLC, WG Worcester Realty LLC Various  Yes  Retail Yes 9/8/2031
16.01 GACC   220 Grafton Street    Retail    
16.02 GACC   2968 Acushnet Avenue    Retail    
16.03 GACC   1579 Forest Avenue    Retail    
16.04 GACC   741 Roosevelt Trail    Retail    
16.05 GACC   1041 Route 28    Retail    
16.06 GACC   288 Sandown Road    Retail    
16.07 GACC   343 South Broad Street    Retail    
17 GACC TPG Preston Plaza, Ltd. 17950 Preston Road  Yes  Office Yes  
18 GACC Karlin Cap Center, LLC Various  Yes  Office Yes  
18.01 GACC   11040, 11050, 11060, 11070, 11080 & 11090 White Rock Road    Office    
18.02 GACC   11000, 11010, 11020 & 11030 White Rock Road    Office    
19 GACC AHP LP7 Fayetteville, LLC, AHP LP7 Bentonville, LLC, AHP LP7 Jonesboro, LLC, AHP LP7 CY Baton Rouge, LLC, AHP LP7 RI Baton Rouge, LLC, AHP LP7 Metairie, LLC, AHP LP7 FT Myers, LLC Various  Yes  Hotel No  
19.01 GACC   11281 Summerlin Square Drive    Hotel    
19.02 GACC   1103 South 52nd Street    Hotel    
19.03 GACC   10333 North Mall Drive    Hotel    
19.04 GACC   10307 North Mall Drive    Hotel    
19.05 GACC   5424 Citrus Boulevard    Hotel    
19.06 GACC   3408 Access Road    Hotel    
19.07 GACC   5437 South 48th Street    Hotel    
20 GACC 18301 Von Karman Property Owner, LLC 18301 Von Karman Avenue  Yes  Office Yes  
21 JPMCB Mansfield Investments LLC 1755-1829 West Fullerton Avenue  Yes  Retail No  
22 JPMCB Torre Plaza Associates, LLC 10201 Torre Avenue  Yes  Office Yes  
23 GACC NRFC Indianapolis Holdings LLC 8211 Scicor Drive  Yes  Mixed Use Yes  
24 GACC Vista Truckee Tahoe, LLC 11331 Brockway Road  Yes  Hotel Yes  
25 GACC 18401 Von Karman Property Owner, LLC 18401 Von Karman Avenue  Yes  Office Yes  
26 JPMCB PHR STPFL, LLC 940 Fifth Avenue South  Yes  Hotel No  
27 JPMCB 523 North Broad Owner, LP 523-525 North Broad Street  Yes  Multifamily Yes  
28 GACC EIP 495 Radio Station Road, LLC; EIP Precision Park, LLC Various  Yes  Industrial Yes  
28.01 GACC   495 Radio Station Road    Industrial    
28.02 GACC   200 Frenchtown Road    Industrial    
29 GACC 1313 CP SPE, LLC 1313 Cooper Point Road Southwest  No  Retail Yes  
30 JPMCB Bhavin Hospitality, L.L.C. 8251 West Amarillo Boulevard  Yes  Hotel Yes  
31 JPMCB Shriji Hospitality Rome, LLC 875 West 1st Street  No  Hotel No  
32 JPMCB Quadrant Preston Trail Partners, LP 17330 Preston Road  Yes  Office No  
33 GACC ASA New Orleans Retail Investments, LLC 500 North Carrollton Avenue  No  Retail No  
34 GACC BBIC Investors SPE, LLC 2201 Poplar Street  No  Industrial Yes  
35 JPMCB Angelo Balbo Realty Corp. 9-11 Raymond Avenue  No  Mixed Use No  
36 GACC Winter Park Investment Group DE LLC 631 South Orlando Avenue & 1220, 1230 and 1234 West Fairbanks Avenue  No  Mixed Use Yes  
37 GACC 1250 Mockingbird Sub, LLC 1250 West Mockingbird Lane  No  Office Yes  
38 JPMCB LH 2006 43rd, LLC, P&C Scottino LLC 2006 West 43rd Street  No  Multifamily No  
39 GACC Brittmoore Meadows Building M, LLC 2121 Brittmoore Road  No  Industrial No  
40 GACC 11th & Kissling Street Apartments, LLC 238-254A 11th Street & 107-119 Kissling Street  No  Multifamily Yes  
41 GACC AGNL Punch, L.L.C. 162 Gene East Stewart Boulevard  Yes  Industrial No 9/6/2035

 

 

 

  

EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF INVESTMENT REPRESENTATION LETTER

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
as Certificate Administrator

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC N9300-070

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7

 

J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
383 Madison Avenue
31st Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attention: Kunal K. Singh

 

Re:Transfer of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7,
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter is delivered pursuant to Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, on behalf of the holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 (the “Certificates”) in connection with the transfer by _________________ (the “Seller”) to the undersigned (the “Purchaser”) of $_______________ aggregate Certificate Balance of Class ___ Certificates (the “Certificate”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In connection with such transfer, the Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to you and the addressees hereof as follows:

 

1.          Check one of the following:*

 

The Purchaser is not purchasing a Class R Certificate and the Purchaser is an institution that is an “accredited investor” (an “Institutional Accredited Investor”)

 

 

 

* Purchaser must include one of the following two certifications.

 

Exhibit C-1

 

 

within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any entity in which all of the equity owners come within such paragraphs and has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Certificates, and the Purchaser and any accounts for which it is acting are each able to bear the economic risk of the Purchaser’s or such account’s investment. The Purchaser is acquiring the Certificates purchased by it for its own account or for one or more accounts, each of which is an Institutional Accredited Investor, as to each of which the Purchaser exercises sole investment discretion. The Purchaser hereby undertakes to reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs incurred by it in connection with this transfer.

 

The Purchaser is a “qualified institutional buyer” (a “QIB”) within the meaning of Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act. The Purchaser is aware that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, and the Purchaser has had the opportunity to obtain the information required to be provided pursuant to paragraph (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144A.

 

2.          The Purchaser’s intention is to acquire the Certificate (a) for investment for the Purchaser’s own account or (b) for reoffer, resale, pledge or other transfer (i) to QIBs in transactions under Rule 144A, and not in any event with the view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution thereof, or (ii) to Institutional Accredited Investors, subject in the case of clause (ii) above to (w) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of a letter substantially in the form hereof, (x) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of an opinion of counsel acceptable to the Trustee and Certificate Registrar that such reoffer, resale, pledge or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (y) the receipt by the Certificate Registrar of such other evidence acceptable to the Certificate Registrar that such reoffer, resale, pledge or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and other applicable laws and (z) a written undertaking to reimburse the Trust Fund for any costs incurred by it in connection with the proposed transfer. The Purchaser understands that the Certificate (and any subsequent Certificate) has not been registered under the Securities Act, by reason of a specified exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the Purchaser’s investment intent (or intent to reoffer, resell, pledge or transfer the Certificate only to certain investors in certain exempted transactions) as expressed herein.

 

3.          The Purchaser has reviewed the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus relating to the Offered Certificates (collectively, the “Prospectus”) (and, with respect to Offered Private Certificates, the Preliminary Private Placement Memorandum and the Final Private Placement Memorandum related to such Offered Private Certificates) and the agreements and other materials referred to therein and has had the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the terms and conditions of the transactions contemplated by the Prospectus.

 

4.          The Purchaser acknowledges that the Certificate (and any Certificate issued on transfer or exchange thereof) has not been registered or qualified under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any State or any other jurisdiction, and that the Certificate cannot be

 

Exhibit C-2

 

 

reoffered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred unless it is registered or qualified thereunder or unless an exemption from such registration or qualification is available.

 

5.          The Purchaser hereby undertakes to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in its capacity as an owner of a Certificate or Certificates, as the case may be (each, a “Certificateholder”), in all respects as if it were a signatory thereto. This undertaking is made for the benefit of the Trust, the Certificate Registrar and all Certificateholders present and future.

 

6.          The Purchaser will not sell or otherwise transfer any portion of the Certificate or Certificates, except in compliance with Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

7.          Check one of the following:**

 

The Purchaser is a U.S. Tax Person (as defined below) and it has attached hereto an Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) Form W-9 (or successor form).

 

The Purchaser is not a U.S. Tax Person and under applicable law in effect on the date hereof, no taxes will be required to be withheld by the Certificate Registrar (or its agent) with respect to distributions to be made on the Certificate. The Purchaser has attached hereto [(i) a duly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E (or successor form, as applicable), which identifies such Purchaser as the beneficial owner of the Certificate and states that such Purchaser is not a U.S. Tax Person, (ii) IRS Form W-8IMY (with all appropriate attachments) or (iii)]*** two duly executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI (or successor form), which identify such Purchaser as the beneficial owner of the Certificate and state that interest and original issue discount on the Certificate and Permitted Investments is, or is expected to be, effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. The Purchaser agrees to provide to the Certificate Registrar updated [IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, IRS Form W-8IMY or]*** IRS Form W-8ECI, [as the case may be,]*** any applicable successor IRS forms, or such other certifications as the Certificate Registrar may reasonably request, on or before the date that any such IRS form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, or promptly after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent IRS form of certification furnished by it to the Certificate Registrar.

 

For purposes of this paragraph 7, “U.S. Tax Person” means a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation or partnership (except to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations) or other entity created or organized in, or under the laws of, the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for federal income tax purposes, an estate whose income is subject to United States federal income tax regardless of its source or a trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust, and one or more such U.S.

 

 

 

** Each Purchaser must include one of the two alternative certifications.

 

*** Does not apply to a transfer of Class R Certificates.

 

Exhibit C-3

 

 

Tax Persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust (or, to the extent provided in applicable Treasury Regulations, certain trusts in existence on August 20, 1996 that have elected to be treated as U.S. Tax Persons).

 

8.          Please make all payments due on the Certificates:****

 

(a)        by wire transfer to the following account at a bank or entity in New York, New York, having appropriate facilities therefor:

       
Bank:      
ABA #:    
Account #:  
Attention:  

 

(b)        by mailing a check or draft to the following address:

       
     
   
   

 

9.          If the Purchaser is purchasing a Class R Certificate, the Purchaser is not a partnership (including any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes), any interest in which is owned, directly or indirectly, through one or more partnerships, trusts or other pass-through entities by a Disqualified Non-U.S. Tax Person.

       
  Very truly yours,  
       
  [The Purchaser]
       
  By:    
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

Dated:

 

 

 

****       Only to be filled out by Purchasers of Definitive Certificates. Please select (a) or (b). For holders of the Definitive Certificates, wire transfers are only available if such holder’s Definitive Certificates have an aggregate Certificate Balance or Notional Amount, as applicable, of at least U.S. $5,000,000.

 

Exhibit C-4

 

 

EXHIBIT D-1

 

Form of Transferee Affidavit

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
as Certificate Registrar

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC N9300-070

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7 Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

STATE OF )
  )           ss.:
COUNTY OF )

 

I, [______], under penalties of perjury, declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the following representations are true, correct and complete, and being first sworn, depose and say that:

 

1.          I am a [______] of [______] (the “Purchaser”), on behalf of which I have the authority to make this affidavit.

 

2.          The Purchaser is acquiring Class R Certificates representing [__]% of the residual interest in each of the real estate mortgage investment conduits (each, a “REMIC”) designated as the (i)  “Lower-Tier REMIC” and (ii) “Upper-Tier REMIC”, respectively, relating to the Certificates for which an election is to be made under Section 860D of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”).

 

3.          The Purchaser is not a “Disqualified Organization” (as defined below), and that the Purchaser is not acquiring the Class R Certificates for the account of, or as agent or nominee of, or with a view to the transfer of direct or indirect record or beneficial ownership thereof, to a Disqualified Organization. For the purposes hereof, a Disqualified Organization is any of the following: (i) the United States, any State or political subdivision thereof, any

 

Exhibit D-1-1

 

 

possession of the United States or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing (other than an instrumentality which is a corporation if all of its activities are subject to tax and, except for Freddie Mac, a majority of its board of directors is not selected by such governmental unit), (ii) a foreign government, any international organization or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, (iii) any organization which is exempt from the tax imposed by Chapter 1 of the Code (including the tax imposed by Section 511 of the Code on unrelated business taxable income) on any excess inclusions (as defined in Section 860E(c)(1) of the Code) with respect to the Class R Certificates (except certain farmers’ cooperatives described in Section 521 of the Code), (iv) rural electric and telephone cooperatives described in Section 1381(a)(2)(C) of the Code, (v) an “electing large partnership”, as defined in Section 775 of the Code and (vi) any other Person so designated by the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator based upon an Opinion of Counsel as provided to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator (at no expense to the Trustee or the Certificate Administrator) that the holding of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate by such Person may cause any Trust REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that the Certificates are outstanding or any Person having an Ownership Interest in any Class of Certificates (other than such Person) to incur a liability for any federal tax imposed under the Code that would not otherwise be imposed but for the Transfer of an Ownership Interest in a Class R Certificate to such Person. The terms “United States,” “State” and “international organization” shall have the meanings set forth in Section 7701 of the Code or successor provisions.

 

4.          The Purchaser acknowledges that Section 860E(e) of the Code would impose a substantial tax on the transferor or, in certain circumstances, on an agent for the transferee, with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Class R Certificates to a Disqualified Organization.

 

5.          The Purchaser is a Permitted Transferee and, to the extent applicable, the Purchaser’s U.S. taxpayer identification number is [__________].

 

6.          No purpose of the acquisition of the Class R Certificates is to impede the assessment or collection of tax.

 

7.          The Purchaser will not cause income from the Class R Certificate to be attributable to a foreign permanent establishment or fixed base, within the meaning of an applicable income tax treaty, of the Purchaser or any other person.

 

8.          Check the applicable paragraph:

 

☐         The present value of the anticipated tax liabilities associated with holding the Class R Certificate, as applicable, does not exceed the sum of:

 

(i)         the present value of any consideration given to the Purchaser to acquire such Class R Certificate;

 

(ii)        the present value of the expected future distributions on such Class R Certificate; and

 

Exhibit D-1-2

 

 

(iii)       the present value of the anticipated tax savings associated with holding such Class R Certificate as the related Trust REMIC generates losses.

 

For purposes of this calculation, (i) the Purchaser is assumed to pay tax at the highest rate currently specified in Section 11(b) of the Code (but the tax rate in Section 55(b)(1)(B) of the Code may be used in lieu of the highest rate specified in Section 11(b) of the Code if the Purchaser has been subject to the alternative minimum tax under Section 55 of the Code in the preceding two years and will compute its taxable income in the current taxable year using the alternative minimum tax rate) and (ii) present values are computed using a discount rate equal to the short-term Federal rate prescribed by Section 1274(d) of the Code for the month of the transfer and the compounding period used by the Purchaser.

 

☐         The transfer of the Class R Certificate complies with U.S. Treasury Regulations Sections 1.860E-1(c)(5) and (6) and, accordingly,

 

(i)         the Purchaser is an “eligible corporation,” as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), as to which income from the Class R Certificate will only be taxed in the United States;

 

(ii)        at the time of the transfer, and at the close of the Purchaser’s two fiscal years preceding the year of the transfer, the Purchaser had gross assets for financial reporting purposes (excluding any obligation of a person related to the Purchaser within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(ii)) in excess of $100 million and net assets in excess of $10 million;

 

(iii)       the Purchaser will transfer the Class R Certificate only to another “eligible corporation,” as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(6)(i), in a transaction that satisfies the requirements of Sections 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i), (ii) and (iii) and Treasury Regulations Section 1.860E-1(c)(5); and

 

(iv)       the Purchaser determined the consideration paid to it to acquire the Class R Certificate based on reasonable market assumptions (including, but not limited to, borrowing and investment rates, prepayment and loss assumptions, expense and reinvestment assumptions, tax rates and other factors specific to the Purchaser) that it has determined in good faith.

 

☐         None of the above.

 

9.          The Purchaser historically has paid its debts as they have come due and intends to pay its debts as they come due in the future and the Purchaser intends to pay taxes associated with holding the Class R Certificates as they become due.

 

10.        The Purchaser understands that it may incur tax liabilities with respect to the Class R Certificate in excess of any cash flows generated by such Certificate.

 

11.        The Purchaser is aware that the Certificate Registrar will not register any transfer of a Class R Certificate by the Transferor unless the Purchaser, or such Purchaser’s agent, delivers to the Certificate Registrar, among other things, an affidavit and agreement in substantially the same form as this affidavit and agreement. The Purchaser expressly agrees that

 

Exhibit D-1-3

 

 

it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any representation contained in such affidavit and agreement is false.

 

12.        The Purchaser represents that it is not acquiring the Class R Certificate as a nominee, trustee or agent for any person that is not a Permitted Transferee and that for so long as it retains its interest in the Class R Certificate, it will endeavor to remain a Permitted Transferee.

 

13.        The Purchaser consents to any additional restrictions or arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that the Class R Certificate will only be owned, directly or indirectly, by a Permitted Transferee.

 

14.        The Purchaser has reviewed the provisions of Section 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, a description of which provisions is set forth in the Class R Certificates; and the Purchaser expressly agrees to be bound by and to comply with such provisions.

 

15.        The Purchaser consents to the designation of the Certificate Administrator as the agent of the “tax matters person” and “partnership representative” of each Trust REMIC pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officer this ___day of _________, 20__.

 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Exhibit D-1-4

 

 

On this ____ day of _______20__, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for the State of _______________, duly commissioned and sworn, personally appeared ______________________ and ________________________, known or proved to me to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument and to be _____________________________ and ___________________________, respectively, of the Purchaser, and acknowledged to me that they executed the same as their respective free acts and deeds and as the free act and deed of the Purchaser.

 

  NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the
State of _______________

 

[SEAL]

 

My Commission expires:

 

 

 

Exhibit D-1-5

 

 

EXHIBIT D-2

 

FORM OF TRANSFEROR LETTER

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
as Certificate Registrar

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC N9300-070

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 (the “Certificates”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by [______] (the “Transferor”) to [______] (the “Transferee”) of Class R Certificates evidencing a [__]% Percentage Interest in such Class (the “Residual Certificates”). The Certificates, including the Residual Certificates, were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar, that:

 

(1)        No purpose of the Transferor relating to the transfer of the Residual Certificates by the Transferor to the Transferee is or will be to impede the assessment or collection of any tax.

 

(2)        The Transferor understands that the Transferee has delivered to you a Transferee Affidavit and Agreement in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit D-1. The Transferor does not know or believe that any representation contained therein is false.

 

(3)        The Transferor has at the time of this transfer conducted a reasonable investigation of the financial condition of the Transferee as contemplated by Treasury regulation Section 1.860E-1(c)(4)(i) and, as a result of that investigation, the Transferor has determined that the Transferee has historically paid its debts as they became due and has found no significant evidence to indicate that the Transferee will not continue to pay its debts as they become due in the future. The Transferor understands that the transfer of the Residual Certificates may not be

 

Exhibit D-2-1

 

 

respected for United States income tax purposes (and the Transferor may continue to be liable for United States income taxes associated therewith) unless the Transferor has conducted such an investigation.

     
  Very truly yours,
   
    (Transferor)
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Exhibit D-2-2

 

 

EXHIBIT D-3

 

Form of Transferee CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFERS
OF HORIZONTAL RISK RETENTION CERTIFICATES

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
        as Certificate Registrar
600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor 

MAC: N9300-070
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

KKR Real Estate Credit Opportunity Partners Aggregator I L.P.
9 West 57th Street, Suite 4200
New York, New York 10019
Facsimile number: (212) 750-0003
Attention: Matt Salem

 

J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.

383 Madison Avenue

31st Floor

New York, New York 10179

Attention: Kunal K. Singh

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), dated as of October 1, 2017, between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer

 

[_____] (the “Purchaser”) hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar, as “retaining sponsor” as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rules or as Depositor that:

 

1.The Purchaser is acquiring $[_____] Certificate Balance of the Class [__] Certificates, which are Horizontal Risk Retention Certificates, from [_____] (the “Transferor”).

 

2.The Purchaser is aware that the Certificate Registrar will not register any transfer of a Risk Retention Certificate by the Transferor unless the Purchaser, or such Purchaser’s

 

Exhibit D-3-1

 

 

agent, delivers to the Certificate Registrar, among other things, a certificate in substantially the same form as this certificate. The Purchaser expressly agrees that it will not consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any representation contained in such certificate is false.

 

3.Any transfer of a Risk Retention Certificate to (i) a Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code relying on Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-19 or (ii) an insurance company general account relying on Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 will be effected through J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

4.Check one of the following:

 

☐            The Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to the Certificate Registrar, the “retaining sponsor” as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rules and the Depositor that the transfer will occur during the applicable Transfer Restriction Period and that the transfer will comply with all applicable requirements of the Risk Retention Rules.

 

☐            The Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar, as “retaining sponsor” as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rules or as Depositor, that the transfer will occur after the termination of the applicable Transfer Restriction Period.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this [__] day of [____], 20[__].

     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

The foregoing certificate is hereby confirmed, and the transfer is accepted, as of the date first above written:

     
GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION  
     
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Exhibit D-3-2

 

 

EXHIBIT D-4

 

FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFERS
OF HORIZONTAL RISK RETENTION CERTIFICATES

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
        as Certificate Registrar
600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC: N9300-070
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

KKR Real Estate Credit Opportunity Partners Aggregator I L.P.
9 West 57th Street, Suite 4200
New York, New York 10019
Facsimile number: (212) 750-0003
Attention: Matt Salem

 

J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.

383 Madison Avenue

31st Floor

New York, New York 10179

Attention: Kunal K. Singh

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 207-C7 (the “Certificates”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by [______] (the “Transferor”) to [______] (the “Transferee”) of $[_____] Certificate Balance of the Class [__] Certificates, which are Horizontal Risk Retention Certificates. The Certificates were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you that:

 

1.The transfer is in compliance with Sections 5.02 and 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Exhibit D-4-1

 

 

2.Any transfer of a Certificate evidencing a Risk Retention Certificate to (i) a Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code relying on Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-19 or (ii) an insurance company general account relying on Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 will be effected through J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

3.Check one of the following:

 

The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to the Certificate Registrar, the “retaining sponsor” as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rules and the Depositor that the transfer will occur during the applicable Transfer Restriction Period and that the transfer will comply with all applicable requirements of the Risk Retention Rules.

 

The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to the Certificate Registrar, the “retaining sponsor” as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rules and the Depositor that the transfer will occur after the termination of the applicable Transfer Restriction Period.

 

4.The Transferor understands that the Transferee has delivered to you a Transferee Certificate in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit D-3. The Transferor does not know or believe that any representation contained therein is false.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this [__] day of [____], 20[__].

     
  [TRANSFEROR]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

The foregoing certificate is hereby confirmed, and the transfer is accepted, as of the date first above written:

     
GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION  
     
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Exhibit D-4-2

 

 

EXHIBIT D-5

 

Form of Transferee CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFERS
OF VERTICAL RISK RETENTION CERTIFICATES

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
      as Certificate Registrar
600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC: N9300-070
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.

383 Madison Avenue

31st Floor

New York, New York 10179

Attention: Kunal K. Singh

 

German American Capital Corporation

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Attention: Helaine Kaplan

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), dated as of October 1, 2017, between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer

 

[_____] (the “Purchaser”) hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar, as “retaining sponsor” as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rules or as Depositor that:

 

1.The Purchaser is acquiring $[_____] Certificate Balance of the Class [__] Certificates, which are Vertical Risk Retention Certificates, from [_____] (the “Transferor”).

 

2.The Purchaser is aware that the Certificate Registrar will not register any transfer of a Class [_] Certificate by the Transferor unless the Purchaser, or such Purchaser’s agent, delivers to the Certificate Registrar, among other things, a certificate in substantially the same form as this certificate. The Purchaser expressly agrees that it will not

 

Exhibit D-5-1

 

 

consummate any such transfer if it knows or believes that any representation contained in such certificate is false.

 

3.Any transfer of a Risk Retention Certificate to (i) a Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code relying on Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-19 or (ii) an insurance company general account relying on Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 will be effected through J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

4.Check one of the following:

 

☐            The Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to the Certificate Registrar, the “retaining sponsor” as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rules and the Depositor that the transfer will occur during the applicable Transfer Restriction Period and that:

 

A.            The transfer will comply with all applicable requirements of the Risk Retention Rules.

 

B.            It is a “majority-owned affiliate”, as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rules, of the Transferor (a “Majority-Owned Affiliate”).

 

C.            It is not acquiring the Class [_] Certificates as a nominee, trustee or agent for any person that is not a Majority-Owned Affiliate, and that for so long as it retains its interest in the Class [_] Certificates, it will remain a Majority-Owned Affiliate.

 

D.            It consents to any additional restrictions or arrangements that shall be deemed necessary upon advice of counsel to constitute a reasonable arrangement to ensure that its ownership of the Class [_] Certificates will satisfy the risk retention requirements of the “retaining sponsor” under the Risk Retention Rules.

 

☐            The Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants to you, as Certificate Registrar, as “retaining sponsor” as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rules or as Depositor, that the transfer will occur after the termination of the applicable Transfer Restriction Period.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this [__] day of [____], 20[__].

     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

The foregoing certificate is hereby confirmed, and the transfer is accepted, as of the date first above written:

 

Exhibit D-5-2

 

 

     
GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION  
     
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
     
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Exhibit D-5-3

 

 

EXHIBIT D-6

 

FORM OF TRANSFEROR CERTIFICATE FOR TRANSFERS
OF VERTICAL RISK RETENTION CERTIFICATES

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
       as Certificate Registrar
600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC: N9300-070
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.

383 Madison Avenue

31st Floor

New York, New York 10179

Attention: Kunal K. Singh

 

German American Capital Corporation

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Attention: Helaine Kaplan

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 207-C7 (the “Certificates”)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This is delivered to you in connection with the transfer by [______] (the “Transferor”) to [______] (the “Transferee”) of $[_____] Certificate Balance of the Class [__] Certificates, which are Vertical Risk Retention Certificates. The Certificates were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Transferor hereby certifies, represents and warrants to you that:

 

1.The transfer is in compliance with Sections 5.02 and 5.03 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Exhibit D-6-1

 

 

2.Any transfer of a Certificate evidencing a Risk Retention Certificate to (i) a Plan subject to ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code relying on Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-19 or (ii) an insurance company general account relying on Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 will be effected through J.P. Morgan Securities LLC or Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

3.Check one of the following:

 

The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to the Certificate Registrar, the “retaining sponsor” as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rules and the Depositor that the transfer will during the applicable Transfer Restriction Period and that:

 

A.The transfer will occur during the Transfer Restriction Period and that the transfer will comply with all applicable requirements of the Risk Retention Rules.

 

B.The Transferee is a “majority owned affiliate” (as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rules) of the Transferor,

 

The Transferor certifies, represents and warrants to the Certificate Registrar, the “retaining sponsor” as such term is defined in the Risk Retention Rules or the Depositor that the transfer will occur after the termination of the applicable Transfer Restriction Period.

 

5.The Transferor understands that the Transferee has delivered to you a Transferee Certificate in the form attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as Exhibit D-5. The Transferor does not know or believe that any representation contained therein is false.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Transferor has caused this instrument to be duly executed on its behalf by its duly authorized senior officer this [__] day of [____], 20[__].

     
  [TRANSFEROR]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

The foregoing certificate is hereby confirmed, and the transfer is accepted, as of the date first above written:

     
GERMAN AMERICAN CAPITAL CORPORATION  
     
By:    

 

Exhibit D-6-2

 

 

  Name:  
  Title:  
     
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Exhibit D-6-3

 

 

EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF REQUEST FOR RELEASE
(for Custodian)

 

Loan Information
  Name of Mortgagor:  
     
  [Master Servicer]
[Special Servicer]
Loan No.:
 
 
Custodian
  Name: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
     
  Address: 1055 10th Avenue SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Attention:  Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7
     
  Custodian/Trustee
Mortgage File No.:
 
 
Depositor
     
  Name: J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
     
  Address:

383 Madison Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10179, Attention: Kunal K. Singh

     
     
  Certificates: JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

The undersigned [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] hereby requests delivery from Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as custodian (the “Custodian”) and as trustee (the “Trustee”), for the Holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, the documents referred to below (the “Documents”). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Request for Release shall have the meanings given them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017, between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master

 

Exhibit E-1

 

 

Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”).

 

( )  
   
( )  
   
( )  
   
( )  

 

The undersigned [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] hereby acknowledges and agrees as follows:

 

(1)          The [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] shall hold and retain possession of the Documents in trust for the benefit of the Trustee, solely for the purposes provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

(2)          The [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] shall not cause or permit the Documents to become subject to, or encumbered by, any claims, liens, security interests, charges, writs of attachment or other impositions nor shall the [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] assert or seek to assert any claims or rights of set-off to or against the Documents or any proceeds thereof except as otherwise provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

(3)          The [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] shall return the Documents to the Custodian when the need therefor no longer exists, unless the Mortgage Loans have been liquidated or the Mortgage Loans have been paid in full and the proceeds thereof have been remitted to the Collection Account except as expressly provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

(4)          The Documents and any proceeds thereof, including proceeds of proceeds, coming into the possession or control of the [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] shall at all times be earmarked for the account of the Trustee, and the [Master Servicer] [Special Servicer] shall keep the Documents separate and distinct from all other property in the [Master Servicer’s] [Special Servicer’s] possession, custody or control.

     
  [____________]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Date: _________

 

Exhibit E-2

 

 

EXHIBIT F-1

 

FORM OF ERISA REPRESENTATION
LETTER REGARDING ERISA RESTRICTED CERTIFICATES

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

as Certificate Administrator

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC N9300-070

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
383 Madison Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attention: Kunal K. Singh

 

Re: Transfer of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7
   

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned (the “Purchaser”) proposes to purchase US$[___] initial Certificate Balance in the JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, Class [E-RR][F-RR][G-RR] Certificates issued pursuant to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In connection with such transfer, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants to you as follows:

 

1.          The Purchaser is not and will not become (a) an employee benefit plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA), a church plan (as defined in Section 3(33) of ERISA) for which no election has been made under Section 410(d) of the Code, or any other plan subject to any federal, state or local law (“Similar Law”) which is, to a material extent, similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code (each a “Plan”) or (b) a person acting on behalf of or using the assets of any such Plan (including an

 

Exhibit F-1-1

 

 

entity whose underlying assets include Plan assets by reason of investment in the entity by such a Plan or Plans and the application of Department of Labor Regulation § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA), other than an insurance company using the assets of its “insurance company general account” (as such term is defined in Section V(e) of Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption (“PTCE”) 95-60) under circumstances whereby the purchase and holding of Certificates by such insurance company would be exempt from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and the Code under Sections I and III of PTCE 95-60 (or a Plan subject to Similar Law purchasing under circumstances that would not constitute or result in a non-exempt violation of applicable Similar Law).

 

2.          The Purchaser understands that if the Purchaser is a Person referred to in 1(a) or (b) above, such Purchaser is required to provide to the Trustee and Certificate Administrator an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and Certificate Administrator and the Depositor to the effect that the acquisition and holding of such Certificate by such purchaser or transferee will not constitute or result in a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” within the meaning of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code or a non-exempt violation of any Similar Law, and will not subject the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Special Servicer), any sub-servicer, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer or the Depositor to any obligation or liability (including obligations or liabilities under ERISA, Section 4975 of the Code or any such Similar Law) in addition to those set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, which Opinion of Counsel shall not be at the expense of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Excluded Special Servicer), the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Initial Purchasers, the Underwriters or the Trust Fund.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser hereby executes this ERISA Representation Letter on the ___ day of _____________, 20__.

     
  Very truly yours,
   
  [The Purchaser]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Date: _________

 

Exhibit F-1-2

 

 

EXHIBIT F-2

 

Form of ERISA Representation Letter
regarding Class R AND CLASS Z Certificates

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Certificate Administrator
600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor
MAC N9300-070
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

[Transferor]

[______]

[______]

Attention: [______]

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

The undersigned (the “Purchaser”) proposes to purchase [__]% Percentage Interest in the JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, [Class R][Class Z] Certificates (the “[Class R][Class Z] Certificate”) issued pursuant to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

In connection with such transfer, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants to you that, with respect to the Class [R][Z] Certificate, the Purchaser is not and will not become an employee benefit plan or other plan subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or a governmental plan (as defined in Section 3(32) of ERISA) or other plan that is subject to any federal, state or local law that is, to a material extent, similar to the foregoing provisions of ERISA or the Code (“Similar Law”) (each, a “Plan”), or any person acting on behalf of any such Plan or using the assets of a Plan (including an entity whose underlying assets include Plan assets by reason of investment in

 

Exhibit F-2-1

 

 

the entity by such a Plan or Plans and the application of Department of Labor Regulation § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) to purchase such Class [R][Z] Certificate.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Purchaser hereby executes this ERISA Representation Letter on the ___ day of _____, 20__.

     
  Very truly yours,
   
  [The Purchaser]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Exhibit F-2-2

 

 

EXHIBIT G

 

FORM OF DISTRIBUTION DATE STATEMENT

 

 

 

Exhibit G-1

 

 

 

 

       
(WELLS FARGO LOGO) JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2017-C7
For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17
                 
        DISTRIBUTION DATE STATEMENT      
        Table of Contents      
                 
                 
                 
        STATEMENT SECTIONS PAGE(s)      
        Certificate Distribution Detail 2      
        Certificate Factor Detail 3      
        Reconciliation Detail 4      
        Other Required Information 5      
        Cash Reconciliation Detail 6      
        Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification Tables 7-9      
        Mortgage Loan Detail 10      
        NOI Detail 11      
        Principal Prepayment Detail 12      
        Historical Detail 13      
        Delinquency Loan Detail 14      
        Specially Serviced Loan Detail 15-16      
        Advance Summary 17      
        Modified Loan Detail 18      
        Historical Liquidated Loan Detail 19      
        Historical Bond / Collateral Loss Reconciliation 20      
        Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Detail 21-22      
        Defeased Loan Detail 23      
        Supplemental Reporting 24      
                 
                 

                              Operating Advisor/      
      Depositor       Master Servicer       Special Servicer       Asset Representations Reviewer      
                                     
      J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial       Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,      

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank,

      Pentalpha Surveillance LLC      
      Mortgage Securities Corp.       National Association       National Association       375 North French Road      
      383 Madison Avenue       10851 Mastin Street       10851 Mastin Street       Suite 100      
      New York, NY 10179       Suite 700

      Suite 700       Amherst, NY 14228      
              Overland Park, KS 66210

      Overland Park, KS 66210              
                                 
             

 

                     
      Contact: Kunal Singh       Contact: Heather Wagner       Contact: Heather Wagner       Contact:     Don Simon      
      Phone Number:  (212) 834-5467       Phone Number:   (913) 253-9570       Phone Number:     (913) 253-9570       Phone Number:    (203) 660-6100      
                                     
                                     
 

This report is compiled by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from information provided by third parties. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. has not independently confirmed the accuracy of the information.

 

Please visit www.ctslink.com <http://www.ctslink.com> for additional information and if applicable, any special notices and any credit risk retention notices. In addition, certificateholders may register online for email notification when special notices are posted. For information or assistance please call 866-846-4526.

 
                                     

  

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Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2017-C7
For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                                                     
    Certificate Distribution Detail    
                                                     
    Class (2)    CUSIP   Pass-Through
Rate
  Original
Balance
  Beginning
Balance
  Principal
Distribution
  Interest
Distribution
  Prepayment
Premium
  Realized Loss/
Additional Trust
Fund Expenses
  Total
Distribution
  Ending
Balance
  Current
 Subordination
Level (1)
   
    A-1       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-2       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-3       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-4       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-5       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-SB       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    A-S       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    B       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    C       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    D       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    E-RR       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    F-RR       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    G-RR       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    R       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    Z       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    VRR       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
    Totals           0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00    
                                                     
    Class    CUSIP   Pass-Through
Rate
  Original
Notional
Amount
  Beginning
Notional
Amount
  Interest
Distribution
  Prepayment
Premium
  Total
Distribution
  Ending
Notional
Amount
               
    X-A       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00                
    X-B       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00                
    X-D       0.000000%   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00                
   

(1) Calculated by taking (A) the sum of the ending certificate balance of all classes less (B) the sum of (i) the ending balance of the designated class and (ii) the ending certificate balance of all classes which are not subordinate to the designated class and dividing the result by (A).

 

 

 

   
                                                     

 

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Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2017-C7
For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                   
Certificate Factor Detail
                   
  Class CUSIP

Beginning
Balance

Principal
Distribution

Interest
Distribution

Prepayment
Premium

Realized Loss/
Additional Trust
Fund Expenses

Ending
Balance

 
   
   
  A-1   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-2   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-3   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-4   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-5   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-SB   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  A-S   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  B   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  C   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  D   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  E-RR   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  F-RR   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  G-RR   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  R   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  Z   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
  VRR   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000  
                   
  Class CUSIP

Beginning

Notional

Amount

Interest

Distribution

Prepayment

Premium

Ending

Notional

Amount

     
       
       
  X-A   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000      
  X-B   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000      
  X-D   0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000      
                   
 

   
                   
                   
                   
                   

 

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Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2017-C7
For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                                             
    Reconciliation Detail    
    Principal Reconciliation    
        Stated Beginning
Principal Balance
  Unpaid Beginning
Principal Balance
  Scheduled
Principal
  Unscheduled
Principal
  Principal
Adjustments
  Realized Loss   Stated Ending
Principal Balance
  Unpaid Ending
Principal Balance
  Current Principal
Distribution Amount
   
    Total   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
                                                   
    Certificate Interest Reconciliation                                
                                     
    Class   Accrual
Dates
  Accrual
Days
  Accrued
Certificate
Interest
  Net Aggregate
Prepayment
Interest Shortfall
  Distributable
Certificate
Interest
  Distributable
Certificate Interest
Adjustment
  WAC CAP
Shortfall
  Interest
Shortfall/(Excess)
  Interest
Distribution
  Remaining Unpaid
Distributable
Certificate Interest
   
    A-1   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-2   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-3   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-4   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-5   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-SB   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    X-A   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    X-B   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    X-D   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    A-S   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    B   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    C   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    D   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    E-RR   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    F-RR   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    G-RR   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00     0.00      
    VRR   0   0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
    Totals       0   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00   0.00      
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   

 

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Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2017-C7
For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                                       
    Other Required Information  
                                       
                                       
                                       
    Available Distribution Amount (1)       0.00                              
                                       
              Appraisal Reduction Amount              
                             
              Loan
Number
    Appraisal      Cumulative     Most Recent      
                  Reduction     ASER     App. Red.      
                  Effected     Amount     Date      
    Controlling Class Information                                  
             
                   
     Controlling Class:                            
     Effective as of: mm/dd/yyyy                            
                                       
    Directing Certificateholder:                                  
    Other identity under which the Directing Certificateholder                                  
    or its parent entity primarily operates:                                  
                                       
    Effective as of: mm/dd/yyyy                                   
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
              Total                        
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
   

(1) The Available Distribution Amount includes any Prepayment Premiums.

                             
                                       
                                       

 

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Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2017-C7
For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                 
                 
  Cash Reconciliation Detail  
                 
                 
  Total Funds Collected       Total Funds Distributed      
                 
  Interest:       Fees:      
  Interest paid or advanced 0.00     Master Servicing Fee - Midland Loan Services 0.00    
  Interest reductions due to Non-Recoverability Determinations 0.00     Trustee Fee - Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 0.00    
  Interest Adjustments 0.00     Certificate Administration Fee - Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 0.00    
  Deferred Interest 0.00     CREFC Royalty License Fee 0.00    
  Net Prepayment Interest Shortfall 0.00     Operating Advisor Fee - Pentalpha Surveillance LLC 0.00    
  Net Prepayment Interest Excess 0.00     Asset Representations Reviewer Fee - Pentalpha Surveillance LLC   0.00    
  Extension Interest 0.00     Total Fees   0.00  
  Interest Reserve Withdrawal 0.00     Additional Trust Fund Expenses:      
  Total Interest Collected   0.00   Reimbursement for Interest on Advances 0.00    
          ASER Amount 0.00    
  Principal:       Special Servicing Fee 0.00    
  Scheduled Principal 0.00     Rating Agency Expenses 0.00    
  Unscheduled Principal 0.00     Attorney Fees & Expenses 0.00    
  Principal Prepayments 0.00     Bankruptcy Expense 0.00    
  Collection of Principal after Maturity Date 0.00     Taxes Imposed on Trust Fund 0.00    
  Recoveries from Liquidation and Insurance Proceeds 0.00     Non-Recoverable Advances 0.00    
  Excess of Prior Principal Amounts paid 0.00     Other Expenses 0.00    
  Curtailments 0.00     Total Additional Trust Fund Expenses   0.00  
  Negative Amortization 0.00            
  Principal Adjustments 0.00     Interest Reserve Deposit   0.00  
  Total Principal Collected   0.00          
          Payments to Certificateholders & Others:      
  Other:       Interest Distribution 0.00    
  Prepayment Penalties/Yield Maintenance 0.00     Principal Distribution 0.00    
  Repayment Fees 0.00     Prepayment Penalties/Yield Maintenance 0.00    
  Borrower Option Extension Fees 0.00     Borrower Option Extension Fees 0.00    
  Equity Payments Received 0.00     Equity Payments Paid 0.00    
    0.00       0.00    
  Total Other Collected   0.00   Total Payments to Certificateholders & Others   0.00  
  Total Funds Collected   0.00   Total Funds Distributed   0.00  
                 

 

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For Additional Information please contact
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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                                 
                                 
  Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification Tables
Aggregate Pool
 
                                 
  Scheduled Balance   State   (3)  
                                 
  Scheduled
Balance
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
  State # of
Props.
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals               Totals              
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 

 

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Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
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For Additional Information please contact
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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                                 
                                 
  Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification Tables
Aggregate Pool
 
                                 
  Debt Service Coverage Ratio   Property Type   (3)  
                                 
  Debt Service
Coverage Ratio
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
  Property Type # of
Props.
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals               Totals              
                                 
  Note Rate   Seasoning  
                                 
  Note
Rate
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
  Seasoning # of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals               Totals              
                                 
  See footnotes on last page of this section.  
                                 

 

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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                                 
  Current Mortgage Loan and Property Stratification Tables
Aggregate Pool
 
         
  Anticipated Remaining Term (ARD and Balloon Loans)   Remaining Stated Term (Fully Amortizing Loans)  
                                 
  Anticipated Remaining
Term (2)
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
  Remaining Stated
Term
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals               Totals              
                                 
  Remaining Amortization Term (ARD and Balloon Loans)   Age of Most Recent NOI  
                                 
  Remaining Amortization
Term
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
  Age of Most
Recent NOI
# of
loans
Scheduled
Balance
% of
Agg.
Bal.
WAM
(2)
WAC Weighted
Avg DSCR (1)
 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
  Totals               Totals              
                                 
 

(1) Debt Service Coverage Ratios are updated periodically as new NOI figures become available from borrowers on an asset level. In all cases, the most recent DSCR provided by the Servicer is used. To the extent that no DSCR is provided by the Servicer, information from the offering document is used. The Trustee makes no representations as to the accuracy of the data provided by the borrower for this calculation.

 
     
  (2) Anticipated Remaining Term and WAM are each calculated based upon the term from the current month to the earlier of the Anticipated Repayment Date, if applicable, and the maturity date.  
     
  (3) Data in this table was calculated by allocating pro-rata the current loan information to the properties based upon the Cut-off Date balance of each property as disclosed in the offering document.  
         

 

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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                                       
  Mortgage Loan Detail  
     
  Loan
Number
ODCR Property
Type (1)
City State Interest
Payment
Principal
Payment
Gross
Coupon
Anticipated
Repayment
Date
Maturity
Date
Neg.
Amort
(Y/N)
Beginning
Scheduled
Balance
Ending
Scheduled
Balance
Paid
Thru
Date
Appraisal
Reduction
Date
Appraisal
Reduction
Amount
Res.
Strat.
(2)
Mod.
Code
(3)
 
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
                                       
  Totals                                    
                                             
(1) Property Type Code (2) Resolution Strategy Code (3) Modification Code
     
  MF - Multi-Family OF - Office 1 - Modification 6 - DPO 10 - Deed in Lieu Of 1 - Maturity Date Extension 6 - Capitalization of Interest  
  RT - Retail MU - Mixed Use 2 - Foreclosure 7 - REO          Foreclosure 2 - Amortization Change 7 - Capitalization of Taxes  
  HC - Health Care LO - Lodging 3 - Bankruptcy 8 - Resolved 11 - Full Payoff 3 - Principal Write-Off 8 - Principal Write-Off  
  IN   - Industrial SS - Self Storage 4 - Extension 9 - Pending Return 12 - Reps and Warranties 4 - Blank 9 - Combination  
  WH - Warehouse OT - Other 5 - Note Sale          to Master Servicer 13 - Other or TBD 5 - Temporary Rate Reduction        
  MH - Mobile Home Park                                      
                                             

 

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Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
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For Additional Information please contact
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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                       
  NOI Detail  
                       
  Loan
Number
ODCR Property
Type
City State Ending
Scheduled
Balance
Most
Recent
Fiscal NOI
Most
Recent
NOI
Most Recent
NOI Start
Date
Most Recent
NOI End
Date
 
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
  Total                    
                       

 

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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                 
  Principal Prepayment Detail  
                 
  Loan Number Loan Group Offering Document Principal Prepayment Amount Prepayment Penalties  
  Cross-Reference Payoff Amount Curtailment Amount Prepayment Premium Yield Maintenance Premium  
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
  Totals              
                 
                 
                 
                 

 

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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                                           
  Historical Detail  
                                           
  Delinquencies Prepayments Rate and Maturities  
  Distribution 30-59 Days 60-89 Days 90 Days or More Foreclosure REO Modifications Curtailments Payoff Next Weighted Avg. WAM  
  Date #   #   #   #   #   #   #   #   Coupon Remit  
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
                                           
  Note: Foreclosure and REO Totals are excluded from the delinquencies.                    
                       

 

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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                               
  Delinquency Loan Detail  
                               
  Loan Number Offering
Document
Cross-Reference
# of
Months
Delinq.
Paid Through
Date
Current
P & I
Advances
Outstanding
P & I
Advances **
Status of
Mortgage
Loan  (1)
Resolution
Strategy
Code  (2)
Servicing
Transfer Date
Foreclosure
Date
Actual
Principal
Balance
Outstanding
Servicing
Advances
Bankruptcy
Date
REO
Date
 
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
  Totals                            
                                         
                                         
        (1) Status of Mortgage Loan     (2) Resolution Strategy Code    
                                         
    A - Payment Not Received 0   -   Current 4 - Assumed Scheduled Payment 1 - Modification 6 - DPO 10 - Deed In Lieu Of    
        But Still in Grace Period 1   -   One Month Delinquent     (Performing Matured Balloon) 2 - Foreclosure 7 - REO          Foreclosure    
        Or Not Yet Due 2   -   Two Months Delinquent 5 - Non Performing Matured Balloon 3 - Bankruptcy 8 - Resolved 11 - Full Payoff    
    B - Late Payment But Less 3   -   Three or More Months Delinquent       4 - Extension 9 - Pending Return 12 - Reps and Warranties    
        Than 1 Month Delinquent           5 - Note Sale          to Master Servicer 13 - Other or TBD    
                                         
    ** Outstanding P & I Advances include the current period advance.          
                                         

 

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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                                   
  Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 1  
                                   
  Distribution
Date
Loan
Number
Offering
Document
Cross-Reference
Servicing
Transfer
Date
Resolution
Strategy
Code (1)
Scheduled
Balance
Property
Type (2)
State Interest
Rate
Actual
Balance
Net
Operating
Income
NOI
Date
DSCR Note
Date
Maturity
Date
Remaining
Amortization
Term
 
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
                               
(1) Resolution Strategy Code (2) Property Type Code            
                               
  1   -  Modification 6 - DPO 10 - Deed In Lieu Of MF - Multi-Family OF - Office  
  2   -  Foreclosure 7 - REO     Foreclosure RT - Retail MU - Mixed use  
  3   -  Bankruptcy 8 - Resolved 11 - Full Payoff HC - Health Care LO - Lodging  
  4   -  Extension 9 - Pending Return 12 - Reps and Warranties IN - Industrial SS - Self Storage  
  5   -  Note Sale     to Master Servicer 13 - Other or TBD WH - Warehouse OT - Other  
                  MH - Mobile Home Park        
                               
                               
                               

 

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For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
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Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                       
  Specially Serviced Loan Detail - Part 2  
                       
  Distribution
Date
Loan
Number
Offering
Document
 Cross-Reference
 
Resolution
Strategy
Code (1)
Site
Inspection
Date

 Phase 1 Date
Appraisal Date Appraisal
Value
Other REO
Property Revenue
Comment  
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                       
                     
(1) Resolution Strategy Code
                     
  1 - Modification 6 - DPO 10 - Deed In Lieu Of  
  2 - Foreclosure 7 - REO     Foreclosure  
  3 - Bankruptcy 8 - Resolved 11 - Full Payoff  
  4 - Extension 9 - Pending Return 12 - Reps and Warranties  
  5 - Note Sale     to Master Servicer 13 - Other or TBD  
                     

 

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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

             
Advance Summary
             
    Current P&I
Advances
Outstanding P&I
Advances
Outstanding Servicing
Advances
Current Period Interest
on P&I and Servicing
Advances Paid
 
             
             
  Totals 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00  
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             

 

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(WELLS FARGO LOGO) JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2017-C7
For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                   
  Modified Loan Detail  
                   
  Loan
Number
Offering
Document
Cross-Reference
Pre-Modification
Balance
Post-Modification
Balance
Pre-Modification
Interest Rate
Post-Modification
Interest Rate
Modification
Date
Modification Description  
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
  Totals                
                   
                   
                   

 

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Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                             
  Historical Liquidated Loan Detail  
                             
  Distribution
Date
ODCR Beginning
Scheduled
Balance
Fees,
Advances,
and Expenses *
Most Recent
Appraised
Value or BPO
Gross Sales
Proceeds or
Other Proceeds
Net Proceeds
Received on
Liquidation
Net Proceeds
Available for
Distribution
Realized
Loss to Trust
Date of Current
Period Adj.
to Trust
Current Period
Adjustment
to Trust
Cumulative
Adjustment
to Trust
Loss to Loan
with Cum
Adj. to Trust
 
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
  Current Total                        
  Cumulative Total                        
                             
  * Fees, Advances and Expenses also include outstanding P & I advances and unpaid fees (servicing, trustee, etc.).  
                             

 

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Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                                                                       
  Historical Bond/Collateral Loss Reconciliation Detail  
     
  Distribution
Date
    Offering
Document
Cross-Reference
    Beginning
Balance
at Liquidation
    Aggregate
Realized Loss
on Loans
    Prior Realized
Loss Applied
to Certificates
    Amounts
Covered by
Credit Support
    Interest
(Shortages)/
Excesses
    Modification
/Appraisal
Reduction Adj.
    Additional
(Recoveries)
/Expenses
    Realized Loss
Applied to
Certificates to Date
    Recoveries of
Realized Losses
Paid as Cash
    (Recoveries)/
Losses Applied to
Certificate Interest
 
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                         
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
  Totals                                                              
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 

 

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(WELLS FARGO LOGO) JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2017-C7
For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                                                                 
  Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Detail - Part 1  
                                                                 
  Offering
Document
Cross-
Reference
    Stated
Principal
Balance at
Contribution
    Current
Ending
Scheduled
Balance
    Special Servicing Fees     ASER     (PPIS) Excess     Non-Recoverable
(Scheduled
Interest)
    Interest on
Advances
    Modified Interest
Rate (Reduction)
/Excess
 
Monthly     Liquidation     Work Out
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 
  Totals                                                              
                                                                 
                                                                 
                                                                 

 

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(WELLS FARGO LOGO) JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2017-C7
For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

                 
  Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Detail - Part 2  
                 
  Offering
Document
Cross-Reference
Stated Principal
Balance at
Contribution
Current Ending
Scheduled
Balance
Reimb of Advances to the Servicer Other (Shortfalls)/
Refunds
Comments  
Current Month Left to Reimburse
Master Servicer
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
                 
  Totals              
  Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Detail Part 2 Total 0.00      
  Interest Shortfall Reconciliation Detail Part 1 Total 0.00      
  Total Interest Shortfall Allocated to Trust 0.00      
                 
                 
                 
                 

 

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(WELLS FARGO LOGO) JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2017-C7
For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

               
               
Defeased Loan Detail
               
  Loan Number Offering Document
Cross-Reference
Ending Scheduled
Balance
Maturity Date Note Rate Defeasance Status  
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
  Totals            
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               

 

 Page 23 of 24

 

 

       
(WELLS FARGO LOGO) JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2017-C7
For Additional Information please contact
CTSLink Customer Service
1-866-846-4526
Reports Available     www.ctslink.com
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.    
Corporate Trust Services Payment Date: 11/17/17
8480 Stagecoach Circle Record Date: 10/31/17
Frederick, MD 21701-4747 Determination Date: 11/13/17

     
     
  Supplemental Reporting  
     
     
     
  Risk Retention  
     
  Pursuant to the PSA and the Credit Risk Retention Agreement, the Certificate Administrator has made available on www.ctslink.com, specifically under the “Risk Retention Special Notices” tab for the JPMDB 2017-C7 transaction, certain Information provided to the Certificate Administrator regarding compliance with the Credit Risk Retention Rules. Investors should refer to the Certificate Administrator’s website for all such information.  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

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EXHIBIT H

 

FORM OF OMNIBUS ASSIGNMENT

 

[NAME OF CURRENT ASSIGNOR] having an address at [ADDRESS OF CURRENT ASSIGNOR] (the “Assignor”) for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, hereby sells, transfers, assigns, delivers, sets over and conveys, without recourse, representation or warranty, express or implied, unto “Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the registered holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7” (the “Assignee”), having an office at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951, its successors and assigns, all right, title and interest of the Assignor in and to:

 

That certain mortgage and security agreement, deed of trust and security agreement, deed to secure debt and security agreement, or similar security instrument (the “Security Instrument”), and that certain Promissory Note (the “Mortgage Note”), for each of the Mortgage Loans shown on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit B, and that certain assignment of leases and rents given in connection therewith and all of the Assignor’s right, title and interest in any claims, collateral, insurance policies, certificates of deposit, letters of credit, escrow accounts, performance bonds, demands, causes of action and any other collateral arising out of and/or executed and/or delivered in or to or with respect to the Security Instrument and the Mortgage Note, together with any other documents or instruments executed and/or delivered in connection with or otherwise related to the Security Instrument and the Mortgage Note.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Assignor has executed this instrument under seal to be effective as of the [__] day of [_____________], 20[__].

     
  [NAME OF CURRENT ASSIGNOR]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Exhibit H-1

 

 

EXHIBIT I

 

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
FOR RULE 144A BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE
TO TEMPORARY REGULATION S BOOK-ENTRY CERTIFICATE
DURING RESTRICTED PERIOD

 

(Exchanges or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar
600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor
MAC N9300-070
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, Class [__]

 

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) with the Depository in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______] and ISIN No. [______]) to be held with the Depository in the name of [Euroclear] [Clearstream]* (Common Code No. [______]).

 

In connection with such request and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

 

 

 

*       Select appropriate depository.

 

Exhibit I-1

 

 

(1)          the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States;

 

[(2)        at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States;]**

 

[(2)        the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;]**

 

(3)          no “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

 

(4)          the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

     
  [Insert Name of Transferor]
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated: _______

 

cc: J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage
Securities Corp.

 

 

 

**       Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

 

Exhibit I-2

 

 

EXHIBIT J

 

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate
to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate after Restricted Period

 

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar
600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor
MAC N9300-070
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, Class [__]

 

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) with the Depository in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______], ISIN No. [______], and Common Code No. [______]).

 

In connection with such request and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

 

(1)          the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States,

 

Exhibit J-1

 

 

[(2)        at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States,]*

 

[(2)        the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States,] *

 

(3)          no “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable, and

 

(4)          the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

     
  [Insert Name of Transferor]
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated: ________

 

cc: J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage
Securities Corp.

 

 

 

*       Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

 

Exhibit J-2

 

 

EXHIBIT K

 

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate
to Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate during Restricted Period

 

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(e) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar
600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor
MAC N9300-070
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, Class [__]

 

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______] and ISIN No. [______]) with [Euroclear] [Clearstream]* (Common Code [______]) through the Depository in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]).

 

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such Certificates are being exchanged or transferred in accordance with Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Certificates for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment discretion, and the transferee and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in each case in a transaction meeting the requirements of

 

 

 

*       Select appropriate depository.

 

Exhibit K-1

 

 

Rule 144A and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction.

 

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

     
  [Insert Name of Transferor]
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated: _______

 

cc: J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage
Securities Corp.

 

Exhibit K-2

 

 

EXHIBIT L

 

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate
to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate after Restricted Period

 

(Exchanges pursuant to
Section 5.03(f) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar
600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor
MAC N9300-070
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, Class [__]

 

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

[For purposes of acquiring a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the Class specified above after the expiration of the Restricted Period,] [For purposes of receiving payments under a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the Class specified above,]* the undersigned holder of a beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of the Class specified above issued under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement certifies that it is not a U.S. Person as defined by Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

We undertake to advise you promptly by facsimile on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your corresponding certification relating to the Certificates of the Class specified above held by you for our account if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.

 

 

 

*       Select, as applicable.

 

Exhibit L-1

 

 

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

         
  Dated:    
     
  By:  
    as, or as agent for, the holder of a beneficial interest in the Certificates to which this certificate relates.

 

Exhibit L-2

 

 

EXHIBIT M

 

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Non-Book Entry Certificate
to Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate

 

(Exchanges or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar
600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor
MAC N9300-070
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, Class [__]

 

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of Non-Book Entry Certificates of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such Non-Book Entry Certificates for a beneficial interest in the Temporary Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CINS No. [______] and ISIN No. [______]) to be held with [Euroclear] [Clearstream]* (Common Code [______]) through the Depository.

 

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

 

(1)          the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States;

 

 

 

*       Select appropriate depository.

 

Exhibit M-1

 

 

[(2)        at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States;]**

 

[(2)        the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;] **

 

(3)          no “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

 

(4)          the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

     
  [Insert Name of Transferor]
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated: ________

 

cc: J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage
Securities Corp.

 

 

 

**       Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

 

Exhibit M-2

 

 

EXHIBIT N

 

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Non-Book Entry Certificate
to Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate

 

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar
600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor
MAC N9300-070
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, Class [__]

 

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of Non-Book Entry Certificates of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) in the name of [insert name of Transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such Non-Book Entry Certificates for a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Book-Entry Certificate (CINS No. [______], ISIN No. [______], and Common Code No. [______]).

 

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such exchange or transfer has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly the Transferor does hereby certify that:

 

(1)          the offer of the Certificates was not made to a person in the United States,

 

Exhibit N-1

 

 

[(2)        at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the Transferor and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the transferee was outside the United States,]*

 

[(2)         the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the Transferor nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States,] *

 

(3)          no “directed selling efforts” within the meaning of Rule 902(c) of Regulation S have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable, and

 

(4)          the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

     
  [Insert Name of Transferor]
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated: _______

 

cc: J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage
Securities Corp.

 

 

 

*       Insert one of these two provisions, which come from the definition of “offshore transaction” in Regulation S.

 

Exhibit N-2

 

 

EXHIBIT O

 

Form of Transfer Certificate
for Non-Book Entry Certificate
to Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate

 

(Exchange or transfers pursuant to
Section 5.03(g) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Certificate Registrar
600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor
MAC N9300-070
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, Class [__]

 

Reference is hereby made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

This letter relates to US $[______] aggregate [Certificate Balance] [Notional Amount] of the Class [__] Certificates (the “Certificates”) which are held in the form of Non-Book Entry Certificates of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]) in the name of [insert name of transferor] (the “Transferor”). The Transferor has requested an exchange or transfer of such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Book-Entry Certificate of such Class (CUSIP No. [______]).

 

In connection with such request, and in respect of such Certificates, the Transferor does hereby certify that such Certificates are being exchanged or transferred in accordance with Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), to a transferee that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the Certificates for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment discretion, and the transferee and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in each case in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or other applicable jurisdiction.

 

Exhibit O-1

 

 

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain securities laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceeding. This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Initial Purchasers.

     
  [Insert Name of Transferor]
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated: _______

 

cc: J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage
Securities Corp.

 

Exhibit O-2

 

 

EXHIBIT P-1A

 

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION for Non-Borrower PartY
(for Persons other than the DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7
Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com;
cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

In accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.             The undersigned is a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class [__] Certificates or a Companion Holder or the Risk Retention Consultation Party (or any investment advisor or manager or other representative of the foregoing).

 

2.             The undersigned is neither the Directing Certificateholder nor a Controlling Class Certificateholder.

 

3.             In the case that the undersigned is a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of an Offered Certificate, the undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

 

4.             The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

 

5.             The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website [and/or is requesting the information identified on the schedule attached hereto (also, the “Information”) pursuant to the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement]. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the

 

Exhibit P-1A-1

 

 

undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the obligations of the undersigned to keep any such Information confidential shall expire one year following the date that the undersigned receives such Information (with respect to a prospective purchaser only) or is no longer a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class of Certificates referenced above. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

 

6.             The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the terms of this certification by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

 

7.             The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to monitor, determine or verify whether the undersigned has properly certified or recertified under this Investor Certification any time the undersigned accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

8.             Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

 

Exhibit P-1A-2

 

 

EXHIBIT P-1B

 

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION for Non-Borrower PartY
(for the DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER and/or a Controlling Class Certificateholder)

 

[Date]

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street
Building 82, Suite 300
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention:  Executive Vice President – Division Head
Telecopy number:  1-888-706-3565
Email:  NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com (and solely with respect to notices under Section 3.13, with a copy to AskMidland@midlandls.com)
  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland  21045-1951
Attention:  Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7
Email:  trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
            cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
     
Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
375 N. French Road, Suite 100
Amherst, New York, 14228
Attention:  JPMDB 2017-C7 Transaction Manager
With a copy sent via email to:  notices@pentalphasurveillance.com (with JPMDB 2017-C7 in the subject line)
 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC N9300-070

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

     
Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

In accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.             The undersigned is [the Directing Certificateholder][a Controlling Class Certificateholder].

 

2.             The undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

 

Exhibit P-1B-1

 

 

3.             The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

 

4.             The undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website [and/or is requesting the information identified on the schedule attached hereto (also, the “Information”) pursuant to the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement]. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the obligations of the undersigned to keep any such Information confidential shall expire one year following the date that the undersigned receives such Information (with respect to a prospective purchaser only) or is no longer a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class of Certificates referenced above. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

 

5.             The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the terms of this certification by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

 

6.             At any time the undersigned becomes a Borrower Party with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, the undersigned shall deliver the certification attached as Exhibit P-1D to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and shall deliver to the applicable parties the notices attached as Exhibit P-1E and Exhibit P-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

7.             The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to monitor, determine or verify whether the undersigned has properly certified or recertified under this Investor Certification any time the undersigned accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

8.             [For use with any party other than the initial Directing Certificateholder]The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in [paper][electronic click-through] form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the applicable Information provider listed above [(a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid].

 

Exhibit P-1B-2

 

 

9.             Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

 

Exhibit P-1B-3

 

 

EXHIBIT P-1C

 

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION for Borrower PartY
(for Persons other than the DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER, a Controlling Class Certificateholder AND/OR THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY)

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7
Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com;
           cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street
Building 82, Suite 300
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head
Telecopy number: 1-888-706-3565
Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

In accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.             The undersigned is a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class [__] Certificates or a Companion Holder (or any investment advisor or manager or other representative of the foregoing).

 

2.             The undersigned is neither the Directing Certificateholder nor a Controlling Class Certificateholder.

 

3.             In the case that the undersigned is a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of an Offered Certificate, the undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

 

Exhibit P-1C-1

 

 

4.             The undersigned is a Borrower Party.

 

5.             The undersigned is requesting access to the Distribution Date Statements pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Distribution Date Statement, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Distribution Date Statements confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Distribution Date Statements will not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the obligations of the undersigned to keep any such Distribution Date Statements confidential shall expire one year following the date that the undersigned receives such Distribution Date Statements (with respect to a prospective purchaser only) or is no longer a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class of Certificates referenced above. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Distribution Date Statements in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

 

6.             The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the terms of this certification by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

 

7.             The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Distribution Date Statements on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to monitor, determine or verify whether the undersigned has properly certified or recertified under this Investor Certification any time the undersigned accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

8.             Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

 

Exhibit P-1C-2

 

 

EXHIBIT P-1D

 

FORM OF INVESTOR CERTIFICATION for Borrower PartY
(for the DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER, a Controlling Class Certificateholder AND/OR THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY)

 

[Date] 

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street
Building 82, Suite 300
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head
Telecopy number: 1-888-706-3565
Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com
  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7
Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
           cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
     
Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
375 N. French Road, Suite 100
Amherst, New York, 14228
Attention: JPMDB 2017-C7 Transaction Manager
With a copy sent via email to: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com (with JPMDB 2017-C7 in the subject line)
 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, 

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor 

MAC N9300-070 

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7 

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

In accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1. The undersigned is [the Directing Certificateholder][the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class][a Controlling Class Certificateholder][the Risk Retention Consultation Party].

 

2.       The undersigned is a Borrower Party with respect to the following [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan][Loan](s):

 

Exhibit P-1D-1 

 

 

[IDENTIFY [EXCLUDED LOAN][EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS LOAN](S)] (the “[Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s)”)

 

The undersigned is not a Borrower Party with respect to any other Mortgage Loan.

 

3.       The undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

 

4.       [FOR PARTIES OTHER THAN THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY: Except with respect to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s), the undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website [and/or is requesting the information identified on the schedule attached hereto (also, the “Information”) pursuant to the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement]. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the obligations of the undersigned to keep any such Information confidential shall expire one year following the date that the undersigned receives such Information (with respect to a prospective purchaser only) or is no longer a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class of Certificates referenced above. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.]

 

5.       [FOR PARTIES OTHER THAN THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY: The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that it is prohibited from accessing, reviewing and using Excluded Information (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) relating to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s) to the extent the undersigned receives access to such Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information in connection with its duties, or exercise of its rights pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.]

 

6.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the terms of this certification by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

 

7.       [FOR PARTIES OTHER THAN THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY: To the extent the undersigned receives access to any Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information, the undersigned shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide

 

Exhibit P-1D-2 

 

 

any such Excluded Information to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any related Excluded Controlling Class Holder, (C) any employees or personnel of the undersigned or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (D) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.]

 

8.       The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to monitor, determine or verify whether the undersigned has properly certified or recertified under this Investor Certification any time the undersigned accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

9.       The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in [paper][electronic click-through][[for use by the initial Controlling Class Certificateholder] PDF] form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the applicable Information provider listed above [(a) by overnight courier, (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid or (c) [for use by the initial Controlling Class Certificateholder] electronic mail].

 

10.     Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

  

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

 

Exhibit P-1D-3 

 

 

EXHIBIT P-1E

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS HOLDER

 

[Date]

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street
Building 82, Suite 300
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head
Telecopy number: 1-888-706-3565
Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com
  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7
Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
            cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
     
Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
375 N. French Road, Suite 100
Amherst, New York, 14228
Attention: JPMDB 2017-C7 Transaction Manager
With a copy sent via email to: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com (with JPMDB 2017-C7 in the subject line)
 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, 

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor 

MAC N9300-070 

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7 

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

THIS NOTICE IDENTIFIES AN “[EXCLUDED LOAN][EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS LOAN]” RELATING TO THE JPMDB COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2017-C7 COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2017-C7 REQUIRING ACTION BY YOU AS THE RECIPIENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.13(b) OF THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT.

 

In accordance with Section 3.13(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned (the “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”) hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.       The undersigned is [the Directing Certificateholder][the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class][a Controlling Class Certificateholder] as of the date hereof.

 

2.       The undersigned has become a Borrower Party with respect to the following [Mortgage Loan(s)] [and] [Whole Loan(s)] (the “[Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s)”):

 

Exhibit P-1E-1 

 

  

Loan Number ODCR Loan Name Borrower Name
       
       
       

 

[[If applicable] For the avoidance of doubt, [each] of the foregoing loans is both an Excluded Loan and an Excluded Controlling Class Loan.] The undersigned is not a Borrower Party with respect to any other Mortgage Loan. If the undersigned becomes a Borrower Party with respect to any other Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, the undersigned agrees to and shall deliver the certification attached as Exhibit P-1D to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and shall deliver to the applicable parties the notices attached as Exhibit P-1E and Exhibit P-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

3.       Except with respect to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s), the undersigned is requesting access pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to certain information (the “Information”) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website [and/or is requesting the information identified on the schedule attached hereto (also, the “Information”) pursuant to the provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement]. In consideration of the disclosure to the undersigned of the Information, or the access thereto, the undersigned will keep the Information confidential (except from such outside persons as are assisting it in making an evaluation in connection with purchasing the related Certificates, from its accountants and attorneys, and otherwise from such governmental or banking authorities or agencies to which the undersigned is subject), and such Information will not, without the prior written consent of the Depositor, be otherwise disclosed by the undersigned or by its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part; provided, however, that the obligations of the undersigned to keep any such Information confidential shall expire one year following the date that the undersigned receives such Information (with respect to a prospective purchaser only) or is no longer a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of the Class of Certificates referenced above. The undersigned will not use or disclose the Information in any manner which could result in a violation of any provision of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or would require registration of any Certificate not previously registered pursuant to Section 5 of the Securities Act.

 

4.       The undersigned hereby acknowledges and agrees that it is prohibited from accessing, reviewing and using Excluded Information (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) relating to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s) to the extent the undersigned receives access to such Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information in connection with its duties, or exercise of its rights pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

5.       The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the terms of this certification by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating

 

Exhibit P-1E-2 

 

 

Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

 

6.       To the extent the undersigned receives access to any Excluded Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website or otherwise receives access to such Excluded Information, the undersigned shall be deemed to have agreed that it (i) will not directly or indirectly provide any such Excluded Information to (A) the related Borrower Party, (B) any related Excluded Controlling Class Holder, (C) any employees or personnel of the undersigned or any of its Affiliates involved in the management of any investment in the related Borrower Party or the related Mortgaged Property or (D) to its actual knowledge, any non-Affiliate that holds a direct or indirect ownership interest in the related Borrower Party, and (ii) will maintain sufficient internal controls and appropriate policies and procedures in place in order to comply with the obligations described in clause (i) above.

 

7.       The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website, and the Certificate Administrator shall have no obligation to monitor, determine or verify whether the undersigned has properly certified or recertified under this Investor Certification any time the undersigned accesses the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

8.       [[For use by parties other than the initial Directing Certificateholder] The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.] [[For use by the initial Directing Certificateholder] The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in PDF form has been delivered in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above by electronic mail.]

 

9.       The undersigned is simultaneously providing notice to the Certificate Administrator in the form of Exhibit P-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, requesting termination of access to any Excluded Information. The undersigned acknowledges that it is not permitted to access and shall not access any Excluded Information relating to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website unless and until it has (i) delivered notice of the termination of the related Excluded Controlling Class Holder status and (ii) submitted a new investor certification in accordance with Section 3.13(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

10.       The undersigned agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Underwriters, the Initial Purchasers and the Trust Fund from any damage, loss, cost or liability (including legal fees and expenses and the cost of enforcing this indemnity) arising out of or resulting from any unauthorized access by the undersigned or any agent, employee, representative or person acting on its behalf of any Excluded Information relating to the [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s) listed in Paragraph 2 above.

 

Exhibit P-1E-3 

 

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

  

  [Directing Certificateholder][Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class][Controlling Class Certificateholder]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated: _______

cc: J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage 

Securities Corp.

 

Exhibit P-1E-4 

 

 

EXHIBIT P-1F

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF EXCLUDED CONTROLLING CLASS HOLDER TO CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

 

[Date]

 

 

Via: Email
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7
trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com;
cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com

 

with a copy to: 

 

[Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, 

8480 Stagecoach Circle
Frederick, Maryland 21701-4747 

Attention: JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7]

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

In accordance with Section 3.13(b) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned (the “Excluded Controlling Class Holder”) hereby directs you as follows:

 

1.       The undersigned is [the Directing Certificateholder][the Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class][a Controlling Class Certificateholder] as of the date hereof.

 

2.       The undersigned has become a Borrower Party with respect to the following [Mortgage Loan(s)] [and] [Whole Loan(s)] (the “[Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s)”): 

 

Loan Number ODCR Loan Name Borrower Name
       
       
       

  

Exhibit P-1F-1 

 

 

3.       The following USER IDs for CTSLink are affiliated with the undersigned and access to any information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website with respect to the JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7 securitization should be revoked as to such users: 

     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

4.       The undersigned acknowledges that it is not permitted to access and shall not access any Excluded Information with respect to such [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s) on the Certificate Administrator’s Website unless and until it (i) is no longer an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to such [Excluded Loan][Excluded Controlling Class Loan](s), (ii) has delivered notice of the termination of the related Excluded Controlling Class Holder status and (iii) has submitted an investor certification in the form of Exhibit P-1B to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified. 

         
  [Directing Certificateholder][Holder of the majority of the Controlling Class][Controlling Class Certificateholder]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
Dated:        
cc: J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.    
     
The undersigned hereby acknowledges that access to CTSLink has been revoked for the users listed in Paragraph 3.    

 

Exhibit P-1F-2 

 

 
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
Certificate Administrator

   
Name:  
Title:  

 

Exhibit P-1F-3 

 

 

EXHIBIT P-1G 

 

Form of Certification of the Directing Certificateholder 

 

[Date]

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street
Building 82, Suite 300
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head
Telecopy number: 1-888-706-3565
Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com
  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7
Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
           cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com
     
Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
375 N. French Road, Suite 100
Amherst, New York, 14228
Attention: JPMDB 2017-C7 Transaction Manager
With a copy sent via email to: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com (with JPMDB 2017-C7 in the subject line)
 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, 

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor 

MAC N9300-070 

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479 

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7 

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

In accordance with Section 3.23 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.       The undersigned has been appointed to act as the Directing Certificateholder.

 

2.       The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

 

3.       If the undersigned becomes a Borrower Party with respect to any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, the undersigned agrees to and shall deliver the certification attached as Exhibit P-1D to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and shall deliver to the applicable parties the notices attached as Exhibit P-1E and Exhibit P-1F to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

4.       [For use with any party other than the initial Directing Certificateholder]The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid

 

Exhibit P-1G-1 

 

 

5.       [If the undersigned or its parent entity primarily operate under an identity other than that of the undersigned and the affiliation of such identity with the undersigned is not reasonably evident from the undersigned name]The undersigned or its parent entity primarily operates under the identity __________________________. The directing holder is __________________________.

 

6.       The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the Certificate Administrator will provide the information provided in item 5 above on its Distribution Date Statement.

 

7.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified. 

         
  [Directing Certificateholder]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
     
Dated:        
cc: J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp    

  

Exhibit P-1G-2 

 

 

EXHIBIT P-2

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATION FOR NRSROs

 

[Date] 

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951

 

Attention:Corporate Trust Services (CMBS), JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

The undersigned is a Rating Agency hired by the Depositor to provide ratings on the Certificates; or

 

1.The undersigned, a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (“NRSRO”);

 

a.       has provided the Depositor with the appropriate certifications under Exchange Act 17g-5(e);

 

b.       has access to the Depositor’s 17g-5 website; and

 

c.       agrees that either (x) any confidentiality agreement applicable to the undersigned with respect to information obtained from the Depositor’s 17g-5 website shall also be applicable to information obtained from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website or (y) if the undersigned did not access the Depositor’s 17g-5 website prior to the Closing Date, it hereby agrees that it shall be bound by the provisions of the confidentiality agreement attached hereto as Annex A, which shall be applicable to it with respect to any information obtained from the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website, including any information that is obtained from the section of the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website that hosts the Depositor’s 17g-5 website after the Closing Date.

 

The undersigned shall be deemed to have recertified to the provisions herein each time it accesses the Information on the Certificate Administrator’s Website and the 17g-5 Information Provider’s Website.

 

Exhibit P-2-1 

 

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

 

 By:   
  Name:
  Title:

  

Exhibit P-2-2 

 

  

ANNEX A

 

CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

 

This Confidentiality Agreement (the “Confidentiality Agreement”) is made in connection with JP Morgan Securities LLC (together with its affiliates, the “Furnishing Entities” and each a “Furnishing Entity”) furnishing certain financial, operational, structural and other information relating to the issuance of the JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 (the “Certificates”) pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor (the “Depositor”), Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer and the assets underlying or referenced by the Certificates, including the identity of, and financial information with respect to borrowers, sponsors, guarantors, managers and lessees with respect to such assets (together, the “Collateral”) to you (the “NRSRO”) through the website of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as 17g-5 Information Provider under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including the section of the 17g-5 Information Provider’s website that hosts the Depositor’s 17g-5 website after the Closing Date (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. Information provided by each Furnishing Entity is labeled as provided by the specific Furnishing Entity.

 

1.Definition of Confidential Information. For purposes of this Confidentiality Agreement, the term “Confidential Information” shall include the following information (irrespective of its source or form of communication, including information obtained by you through access to this site) that may be furnished to you by or on behalf of a Furnishing Entity in connection with the issuance or monitoring of a rating with respect to the Certificates: (x) all data, reports, interpretations, forecasts, records, agreements, legal documents and other information (such information, the “Evaluation Material”) and (y) any of the terms, conditions or other facts with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including the status thereof; provided, however, that the term Confidential Information shall not include information which:

 

was or becomes generally available to the public (including through filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission or disclosure in an offering document) other than as a result of a disclosure by you or a NRSRO Representative (as defined in Section 2(c)(i) below) in violation of this Confidentiality Agreement;

 

was or is lawfully obtained by you from a source other than a Furnishing Entity or its representatives that (i) is reasonably believed by you to be under no obligation to maintain the information as confidential and (ii) provides it to you without any obligation to maintain the information as confidential; or

 

is independently developed by the NRSRO without reference to any Confidential Information.

 

Exhibit P-2-3 

 

 

2.Information to Be Held in Confidence.

 

a.You will use the Confidential Information solely for the purpose of determining or monitoring a credit rating on the Certificates and, to the extent that any information used is derived from but does not reveal any Confidential Information, for benchmarking, modeling or research purposes (the “Intended Purpose”).

 

b.You acknowledge that you are aware that the United States and state securities laws impose restrictions on trading in securities when in possession of material, non-public information and that the NRSRO will advise (through policy manuals or otherwise) each NRSRO Representative who is informed of the matters that are the subject of this Confidentiality Agreement to that effect.

 

c.You will treat the Confidential Information as private and confidential. Subject to Section 4, without the prior written consent of the applicable Furnishing Entity, you will not disclose to any person any Confidential Information, whether such Confidential Information was furnished to you before, on or after the date of this Confidentiality Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may:

 

i.disclose the Confidential Information to any of the NRSRO’s affiliates, directors, officers, employees, legal representatives, agents and advisors (each, a “NRSRO Representative”) who, in the reasonable judgment of the NRSRO, need to know such Confidential Information in connection with the Intended Purpose; provided, that, prior to disclosure of the Confidential Information to a NRSRO Representative, the NRSRO shall have taken reasonable precautions to ensure, and shall be satisfied, that such NRSRO Representative will act in accordance with this Confidentiality Agreement;

 

ii.solely to the extent required for compliance with Rule 17g-5(a)(3) of the Act (17 C.F.R. 240.17g-5),post the Confidential Information to the NRSRO’s password protected website; and

 

iii.use information derived from the Confidential Information in connection with an Intended Purpose, if such derived information does not reveal any Confidential Information.

 

3.Disclosures Required by Law. If you or any NRSRO Representative is requested or required (orally or in writing, by interrogatory, subpoena, civil investigatory demand, request for information or documents, deposition or similar process relating to any legal proceeding, investigation, hearing or otherwise) to disclose any Confidential Information, you agree to provide the relevant Furnishing Entity with notice as soon as practicable (except in the case of regulatory or other governmental inquiry, examination or investigation, and otherwise to the extent practical and permitted by law, regulation or regulatory or other governmental authority) that a request to disclose the Confidential Information has been made so that the relevant Furnishing Entity may seek an appropriate protective order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will

 

Exhibit P-2-4 

 

 

  be accorded the Confidential Information if it so chooses. Unless otherwise required by a court or other governmental or regulatory authority to do so, and provided that you been informed by written notice that the related Furnishing Entity is seeking a protective order or other reasonable assurance for confidential treatment with respect to the requested Confidential Information, you agree not to disclose the Confidential Information while the Furnishing Entity’s effort to obtain such a protective order or other reasonable assurance for confidential treatment is pending. You agree to reasonably cooperate with each Furnishing Entity in its efforts to obtain a protective order or other reasonable assurance that confidential treatment will be accorded to the portion of the Confidential Information that is being disclosed, at the sole expense of such Furnishing Entity; provided, however, that in no event shall the NRSRO be required to take a position that such information should be entitled to receive such a protective order or reasonable assurance as to confidential treatment. If a Furnishing Entity succeeds in obtaining a protective order or other remedy, you agree to comply with its terms with respect to the disclosure of the Confidential Information, at the sole expense of such Furnishing Entity. If a protective order or other remedy is not obtained or if the relevant Furnishing Entity waives compliance with the provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement in writing, you agree to furnish only such information as you are legally required to disclose, at the sole expense of the relevant Furnishing Entity.

 

4.Obligation to Return Evaluation Material. Promptly upon written request by or on behalf of the relevant Furnishing Entity, all material or documents, including copies thereof, that contain Evaluation Material will be destroyed or, in your sole discretion, returned to the relevant Furnishing Entity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the NRSRO may retain one or more copies of any document or other material containing Evaluation Material to the extent necessary for legal or regulatory compliance (or compliance with the NRSRO’s internal policies and procedures designed to ensure legal or regulatory compliance) and (b) the NRSRO may retain any portion of the Evaluation Material that may be found in backup tapes or other archive or electronic media or other documents prepared by the NRSRO and any Evaluation Material obtained in an oral communication; provided, that any Evaluation Material so retained by the NRSRO will remain subject to this Confidentiality Agreement and the NRSRO will remain bound by the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement.

 

5.Violations of this Confidentiality Agreement.

 

a.The NRSRO will be responsible for any breach of this Confidentiality Agreement by you, the NRSRO or any NRSRO Representative.

 

b.You agree promptly to advise each relevant Furnishing Entity in writing of any misappropriation or unauthorized disclosure or use by any person of the Confidential Information which may come to your attention and to take all steps reasonably requested by such Furnishing Entity to limit, stop or otherwise remedy such misappropriation, or unauthorized disclosure or use.

 

c.You acknowledge and agree that the Furnishing Entities would not have an adequate remedy at law and would be irreparably harmed in the event that any of the provisions of this Confidentiality Agreement were not performed in

 

Exhibit P-2-5 

 

 

  accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that each Furnishing Entity shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive relief to prevent breaches of this Confidentiality Agreement and to specifically enforce the terms and provisions hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which a Furnishing Entity may be entitled at law or in equity. It is further understood and agreed that no failure to or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege.

 

6.Term. Notwithstanding the termination or cancellation of this Confidentiality Agreement and regardless of whether the NRSRO has provided a credit rating on a Security, your obligations under this Confidentiality Agreement will survive indefinitely.

 

7.Governing Law. This Confidentiality Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under the Confidentiality Agreement, the relationships of the parties and/or the interpretation and enforcement of the rights and duties of the parties shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed within such State.

 

8.Amendments. This Confidentiality Agreement may be modified or waived only by a separate writing by the NRSRO and each Furnishing Entity.

 

9.Entire Agreement. This Confidentiality Agreement represents the entire agreement between you and the Furnishing Entities relating to the treatment of Confidential Information heretofore or hereafter reviewed or inspected by you. This agreement supersedes all other understandings and agreements between us relating to such matters; provided, however, that, if the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement conflict with another agreement relating to the Confidential Information that specifically states that the terms of such agreement shall supersede, modify or amend the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement, then to the extent the terms of this Confidentiality Agreement conflict with such agreement, the terms of such agreement shall control notwithstanding acceptance by you of the terms hereof by entry into this website.

 

10.Contact Information. Notices for each Furnishing Entity under this Confidentiality Agreement, shall be directed as set forth below:

 

JP Morgan Securities LLC
383 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10179

 

Exhibit P-2-6 

 

 

EXHIBIT P-3

 

ONLINE MARKET DATA PROVIDER CERTIFICATION

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951

 

Attention:Corporate Trust Services (CMBS), JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

This Certification has been prepared for provision of information to the market data providers listed in Paragraph 1 below pursuant to the direction of the Depositor. If you represent a Market Data Provider not listed herein and would like access to the information, please contact CTSLink at 866-846-4526, or at ctslink.customerservice@wellsfargo.com.

 

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining certain information pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.The undersigned is an employee or agent of Bloomberg L.P., Intex Solutions, Inc., Trepp, LLC, BlackRock Financial Management Inc., Interactive Data Corp., CMBS.com, Inc., MBS Data, LLC, Markit Group Limited, Moody’s Analytics or Thomson Reuters, a market data provider that has been given access to the Statements to Certificateholders, CREFC® Reports and supplemental notices on www.ctslink.com (“CTSLink”) by request of the Depositor.

 

2.The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses CTSLink, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representation above remains true and correct.

 

3.The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the provision to it of information and/or reports on CTSLink is for its own use only, and agrees that it will not disseminate or otherwise make such information available to any other person without the written consent of the Depositor.

 

4.The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of the terms of this certification by itself or any of its Representatives and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Operating Advisor, the Asset Representations Reviewer and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

 

Exhibit P-3-1 

 

 

5.Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

  

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

 

Exhibit P-3-2 

 

 

EXHIBIT Q

 

CUSTODIAN CERTIFICATION/EXCEPTION REPORT

 

[DATE]

 

To the Persons Listed on the attached Schedule A

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In accordance with Section 2.02 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, the undersigned, as Custodian, hereby certifies that, except as noted on the attached Custodial Exception Report, as to each Mortgage Loan listed in the Mortgage Loan Schedule (other than any Mortgage Loan paid in full or for which a Liquidation Event has occurred) the Custodian has, subject to Section 2.02(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, reviewed the documents delivered to it pursuant to Section 2.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and has determined that (i) all documents specified in [clauses (i) through (v), (viii), (ix), (xi), (xii) and (xiii) (or with respect to clause (xii)], a copy of such letter of credit and the required officer’s certificate), if any, of the definition of “Mortgage File”, as applicable, with respect to the Mortgage Loans are in its possession, (ii) the foregoing documents delivered or caused to be delivered by the Mortgage Loan Seller have been reviewed by it or by a Custodian on its behalf and appear regular on their face and appear to be executed and to relate to such Mortgage Loan and (iii) based on such examination and only as to the foregoing documents, the information set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule with respect to the items specified in clauses (iv), (vi) and (viii)(c) in the definition of “Mortgage Loan Schedule” is correct.

 

Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

         
  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Custodian
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Exhibit Q-1 

 

  

SCHEDULE A 

 

J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
383 Madison Avenue
31st Floor
New York, New York 10179
  Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street
Building 82, Suite 300
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head
Telecopy number: 1-888-706-3565
Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com
     
DBRS, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1800
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance
Facsimile No.: (312) 332-3492
E-mail: cmbs.surveillance@DBRS.com
   
     

Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10007
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
E-mail: CMBSSurveillance@moodys.com

 

  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7
Telecopy Number: (410) 715 2380
E-Mail: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com

Fitch Ratings, Inc.
One State Street Plaza
New York, New York 10004
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities Surveillance
Facsimile No.: (212) 635-0295

E-mail: info.cmbs@fitchratings.com 

   
     
Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
375 N. French Road, Suite 100
Amherst, New York, 14228
Attention: JPMDB 2017-C7 Transaction Manager
With a copy sent via email to: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com (with JPMDB 2017-C7 in the subject line)
 

[DIRECTING CERTIFICATEHOLDER NOTICE ADDRESS]

 

 

 

[APPLICABLE MORTGAGE LOAN SELLER’S NOTICE ADDRESS] 

 

Exhibit Q-2 

 

  

EXHIBIT R

 

FORM OF POWER OF ATTORNEY BY TRUSTEE
FOR MASTER SERVICER AND SPECIAL SERVICER

 

RECORDING REQUESTED BY:

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association 

10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700 

Overland Park, Kansas 66210 

Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head 

Fax Number: (888) 706-3565 

 

 

 

 

SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER’S USE

 

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States and having an office at 9062 Old Annapolis Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), hereby constitutes and appoints Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association (the “Master Servicer” and the “Special Servicer”), as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact (in either capacity, as appropriate, the “Attorney-In-Fact”), and in its name, aforesaid Attorney-In-Fact, by and through any authorized representative appointed by the Board of Directors of the Attorney-In-Fact, to execute and acknowledge in writing or by facsimile stamp all documents customarily and reasonably necessary and appropriate for the tasks described in the items (1) through (12) below; provided however, that the documents described below may only be executed and delivered by the Attorney-In-Fact if such documents are required or permitted under the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Agreement”) between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, the Master Servicer, as master servicer, the Special Servicer, as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as Trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”), and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Asset Representations Reviewer (in such capacity, the “Asset Representations Reviewer”) and Operating Advisor (in such capacity, the “Operating Advisor”), on behalf of the JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 and no power is granted hereunder to take any action that would be adverse to the interests of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.

 

This Limited Power of Attorney is being issued in connection with the Attorney-In-Fact’s responsibilities to service certain mortgage loans (the “Loans”) held by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee. The Loans are comprised of mortgages or deeds of trust (the “Mortgages” and “Deeds of Trust” respectively), and other forms of security instruments (collectively, the “Security Instruments”) and the Mortgage Notes secured thereby. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

 

Exhibit R-1 

 

 

1.       Demand, sue for, recover, collect and receive each and every sum of money, debt, account and interest (which now is, or hereafter shall become due and payable) belonging to or claimed by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, and to use or take any lawful means for recovery by legal process or otherwise, including but not limited to the substitution of trustee serving under a Deed of Trust, the preparation and issuance of statements of breach, notices of default, and/or notices of sale, accepting deeds in lieu of foreclosure, evicting (to the extent allowed by federal, state or local laws) and foreclosing on the properties under the Security Instruments by judicial or non-judicial foreclosure, actions for temporary restraining orders, injunctions, appointments of receiver, suits for waste, fraud and any and all other tort, contractual or other claims of whatever nature, including execution of any evidentiary affidavits or verifications in support thereof, as may be necessary or advisable in any bankruptcy action, state or federal suit or any other action.

 

2.       Execute and/or file such documents and take such other action as is proper and necessary to defend Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, in litigation and to resolve any litigation where the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer has an obligation to defend Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, including but not limited to dismissal, termination, cancellation, rescission and settlement.

 

3.       Transact business of any kind regarding the Loans and the Mortgaged Properties.

 

4.       Obtain an interest in the Loans, Mortgaged Properties and/or building thereon, as Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee’s act and deed, to contract for, purchase, receive and take possession and evidence of title in and to the property and/or to secure payment of a promissory note or performance of any obligation or agreement.

 

5.       Execute, complete, indorse or file bonds, notes, Mortgages, Deeds of Trust and other contracts, agreements and instruments regarding the Borrowers, the Loans and/or the Mortgaged Properties, including but not limited to the execution of estoppel certificates, financing statements, continuation statements, releases, satisfactions, assignments, loan modification agreements, payment plans, waivers, consents, amendments, forbearance agreements, loan assumption agreements, subordination agreements, property adjustment agreements, non-disturbance and attornment agreements, leasing agreements, management agreements, listing agreements, purchase and sale agreements, and other instruments pertaining to Mortgages or Deeds of Trust, and execution of deeds and associated instruments, if any, conveying the Mortgaged Properties, in the interest of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee.

 

6.       Endorse on behalf of the undersigned all checks, drafts and/or other negotiable instruments made payable to the undersigned and draw upon, replace, substitute, release or amend letters of credit as property securing the Loans.

 

7.       [RESERVED].

 

Exhibit R-2 

 

 

8.       Such other actions and file such other instruments and certifications as are reasonably necessary to complete or accomplish the Master Servicer’s and the Special Servicer’s duties and responsibilities under the Agreement.

 

9.       Execute any document or perform any act described in items (3), (4), and (5) in connection with the termination of any Trust as necessary to transfer ownership of the affected Loans to the entity (or its designee or assignee) possessing the right to obtain ownership of the Loans.

 

10.      Subordinate the lien of a Mortgage, Deed of Trust, or deed to secure debt (i) for the purpose of refinancing Loans, where applicable, or (ii) to an easement in favor of a public utility company or a government agency or unit with powers of eminent domain, including but not limited to the execution of partial satisfactions and releases and partial reconveyances reasonably required for such purpose, and the execution or requests to the trustees to accomplish the same.

 

11.      Convey the Property to the mortgage insurer, or close the title to the Mortgaged Property to be acquired as real estate owned, or convey title to real estate owned property (“REO Property”).

 

12.       Execute and deliver the following documentation with respect to the sale of the REO Property acquired through a foreclosure or deed-in-lieu of foreclosure, including, without limitation, listing agreements, purchase and sale agreements, grant / limited or special warranty / quit claim deeds or any other deed, but not general warranty deeds, causing the transfer of title of the Mortgaged Property to a party contracted to purchase same, escrow instructions and any all documents necessary to effect the transfer of REO Property.

 

The undersigned gives said Attorney-in-Fact full power and authority to execute such instruments and to do and perform all and every act and thing necessary and proper to carry into effect the power or powers granted by or under this Limited Power of Attorney as fully as the undersigned might or could do as of the Closing Date.

 

This appointment is to be construed and interpreted as a limited power of attorney. The enumeration of specific items, rights, acts or powers herein is not intended to, nor does it give rise to, and it is not to be construed as a general power of attorney.

 

The Attorney-In-Fact hereby agrees to indemnify and hold Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, and its directors, officers, employees and agents harmless from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by the Trustee by reason or result of the misuse of this Limited Power of Attorney by the Attorney-In-Fact. The foregoing indemnity shall survive the termination of this Limited Power of Attorney and the Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee under the Agreement.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee has caused these presents to be signed and acknowledged in its name and behalf by a duly elected and authorized signatory this _________ day of ________, 20[__].

 

Exhibit R-3 

 

 

  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for the benefit of the registered holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

  

  By:
Witness:     , Vice President
       

   
Witness:   Attest: Assistant Secretary

 

Exhibit R-4 

 

  

STATE OF )
  )   ss.:
COUNTY OF )

 

On ________________________, before me, _________________________________ Notary Public, personally appeared ___________________________, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her authorized capacity and that by his/her signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

 

Witness my hand and official seal.

       
    Notary Public
   
     
[SEAL]    
     
My commission expires:    
       

 

Exhibit R-5 

 

 

EXHIBIT S

 

INITIAL COMPANION HOLDERS  

 

Loan Companion Holder
Moffett Place Building 4

 

Note A-3

 

Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch.

 

NOTICE ADDRESS


Deutsche Bank, AG, New York Branch 

60 Wall Street 

New York, New York 10005 

Attention: Robert Pettinato 

Telecopier: (212) 797-4488 

E-Mail: Robert.pettinato@db.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch 

60 Wall Street 

New York, New York 10005 

Attention: General Counsel

 

Note A-4

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

with a copy to:

Telecopy Number: (410) 715-2380
E-Mail: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

 

Exhibit S-1 

 

 

U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17                                

Note A-3 and Note A-4

 

Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch.

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Deutsche Bank, AG, New York Branch 

60 Wall Street 

New York, New York 10005 

Attention: Robert Pettinato 

Telecopier: (212) 797-4488 

E-Mail: Robert.pettinato@db.com 

 

with a copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch 

60 Wall Street 

New York, New York 10005 

Attention: General Counsel 

Station Place III

Note A-2 and Note A-3

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Attention: Tom Cassino
E-mail: thomas.cassino@jpmorgan.com

 

Note A-4 and Note A-5

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Citi Real Estate Funding Inc.
390 Greenwich Street
7th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Ana Rosu Marmann
Facsimile No.: (646) 328-2938

 

with copies to:  

 

Exhibit S-2 

 

  

 

 

Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp.
390 Greenwich Street, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: Paul Vanderslice
Facsimile: (212) 723-8599
paul.t.vanderslice@citi.com

 

Citigroup Global Markets Realty Corp. 

388 Greenwich Street, 19th Floor  

New York, New York 10013 

Attention: Richard Simpson 

Facsimile: (646) 328-2943 

E-mail: richard.simpson@citi.com

 

Ryan M. O’Connor

Facsimile: (646) 328-2943
E-mail: ryan.m.oconnor@citi.com

Treeview Industrial Portfolio

 

Note A-1

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of JPMCC 2017-JP7 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-JP7

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee JPMCC 2017-JP7

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com 

 

AHIP Northeast Portfolio 1

 

Note A-2

 

Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch.

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

 

Exhibit S-3 

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank, AG, New York Branch 

60 Wall Street 

New York, New York 10005 

Attention: Robert Pettinato 

Telecopier: (212) 797-4488 

E-Mail: Robert.pettinato@db.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch 

60 Wall Street 

New York, New York 10005 

Attention: General Counsel

 

First Stamford Place

 

Note A-1-A

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of JPMCC 2017-JP7 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-JP7

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee JPMCC 2017-JP7

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Note A-2-A

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of BANK 2017 BNK7 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-BNK7

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee BANK 2017-BNK7

 

with a copy to: 

 

Exhibit S-4 

 

 

 

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Note A-2-B

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of WFCM 2017-C39 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C39

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee WFCM 2017-C39

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com 

521-523 East 72nd Street

 

Note A-2

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

 

NOTICE ADDRESS

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
383 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10179
Attention: Tom Cassino
E-mail: thomas.cassino@jpmorgan.com 

 

Gateway Net Lease Portfolio

 

 

Note A-1-1

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association for the Holders of DBJPM 2017-C6 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C6

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road 

 

Exhibit S-5 

 

 

                                                                  

Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
DBJPM Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C6

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy Number: (410) 715-2380
E-Mail: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Note A-1-2

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of JPMCC 2017-JP7 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-JP7

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee JPMCC 2017-JP7

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Note A-1-4

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
383 Madison Avenue, 31st Floor
New York, New York 10179
Attention: Thomas Nicholas Cassino
Facsimile No.: (212) 834-6047

 

Note A-2-1

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of BANK 2017-BNK5 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-BNK5 

 

Exhibit S-6 

 

 

                                                                

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee BANK 2017-BNK5

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Note A-2-2 and Note A-2-3

 

Bank of America, National Association

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Bank of America, National Association
One Bryant Park
New York, New York 10036
Attention: Director of CMBS Securitizations
Email: leland.f.bunch@baml.com

 

with copies to:

 

Todd Stillerman
Assistant General Counsel & Director
Bank of America Merrill Lynch Legal Department
214 North Tryon Street, 18th Floor
NC1-027-20-05
Charlotte, North Carolina 28255
Email: william.stillerman@bankofamerica.com

 

Notes B-1-1, B-1-2, B-1-3, B-1-4, B-1-5, B-2-1, B-2-2, B-2-3, B-2-4, B-2-5

 

Apollo Global Management, LLC

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

c/o Athene Asset Management, L.P.
2121 Rosecrans Ave, Suite 5300
El Segundo, CA 90245
Attn: Stephen Hanover 

 

Exhibit S-7 

 

 

 

 

with a copy to:

 

c/o Athene Asset Management, L.P.
2121 Rosecrans Ave, Suite 5300
El Segundo, CA 90245
Attn: Legal Department

 

with a copy to:

 

Apollo Global Management,
9 West 57th Street, Floor 43
New York, NY 10019
Attn: Jay Jablonski 

Starwood Capital Group Hotel Portfolio

 

Note A-1

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association for the Holders of DBJPM 2017-C6 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C6

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
DBJPM Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C6

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy Number: (410) 715-2380
E-Mail: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Note A-2-1 and Note A-16-1

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of JPMCC 2017-JP7 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-JP7

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street 

 

Exhibit S-8 

 

  

                                                          

Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee JPMCC 2017-JP7

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Note A-3

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of BANK 2017-BNK5 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-BNK5

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee BANK 2017-BNK5

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Note A-4

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of BANK 2017-BNK6 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-BNK6

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee BANK 2017-BNK6

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Note A-5 

 

Exhibit S-9 

 

 

                                                       

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of WFCM 2017-C38 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C38

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee WFCM 2017-C38

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Note A-6-1

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of WFCM 2017-C39 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C39

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee WFCM 2017-C39

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Note A-6-2 and Note A-17

 

Barclays Bank PLC

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Barclays Bank PLC
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Daniel Vinson, Managing Director
Email: daniel.vinson@barclays.com 

 

Exhibit S-10 

 

  

                                                       

Facsimile: (646) 758-1700

 

with copies to:
Barclays Capital Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Steven P. Glynn, Vice President, Legal Department
Email: steven.glynn@barclays.com
Facsimile: (212) 412-7519

 

Note A-7

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association for the Holders of DBJPM 2017-C6 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C6

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
DBJPM Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C6

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy Number: (410) 715-2380
E-Mail: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Note A-8 and Note A-10

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of CD 2017-CD5 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD5

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee CD 2017-CD5 

 

Exhibit S-11 

 

 

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Notes A-11, A-12 and A-13-2

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association for the Holders of UBS 2017-C2 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C2

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
UBS Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C2

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy Number: (410) 715-2380
E-Mail: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Note A-15 and Note A-16-2

 

Starwood Mortgage Funding II LLC

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Starwood Mortgage Funding II LLC
1601 Washington Ave., Suite 800
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Attention: Leslie K. Fairbanks, Executive Vice President
Facsimile: (305) 695-5449
With a copy by email to: lfairbanks@starwood.com

General Motors Building

 

Notes A-1-S, A-2-S, A-3-S, A-4-S, A-1-C1, A-2-C1, A-3-C1, A-4-C1, B-1-S, B-2-S, B-3-S, B-4-S

  

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of BXP 2017-GM Securitization Trust, 

 

Exhibit S-12 

 

 

                                                                     

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-GM  

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee BXP 2017-GM

 

with a copy to: 

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Notes A-1-C-2, A-1-C3-1, A-4-A3

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of BANK 2017-BNK6 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-BNK6

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee BANK 2017-BNK6

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Notes A-1-A2, A-1-C3-2, A-3-A2-2, A-3-C3-1

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas for the Holders of CCMT 2017-B1 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-B1

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,
1761 East St. Andrew Place,
Santa Ana, California, 92705-4934,
Attention: Trust Administration – CI17B1,
Fax number (714) 247-6022 

 

Exhibit S-13 

 

 

                                                                          

 

Notes A-1-C4, A-1-A3

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of BANK 2017 BNK7 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-BNK7

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee BANK 2017-BNK7

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Notes A-1-A1, A-2-A1, A-3-A1, A-4-A1

 

Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending, L.P.
110 East 59th Street
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Anthony Orso
Facsimile no. (212) 610-3623
with a copy to: General Counsel

 

Notes A-2-C2-1, A-3-C2, A-3-C3-2

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of CD 2017-CD5 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-CD5

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee CD 2017-CD5

 

with a copy to: 

 

Exhibit S-14 

 

 

                                                                     

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Notes A-2-C2-2, A-2-C3

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association for the Holders of UBS 2017 C2 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C2

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 

9062 Old Annapolis Road 

Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) 

UBS Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C2

 

Notes A-3-A2-1; A-3-A3

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of CCMT 2017-P8 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-P8

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee CCMT 2017-P8

 

with a copy to:

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Notes A-4-C2, A-4-C3, A-4-A2

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of WFCM 2017-C38 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C38

 

NOTICE ADDRESS

 

Exhibit S-15 

 

 

                                                          

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee WFCM 2017-C38

 

with a copy to: 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com 

IRG Portfolio

 

Note A-2

 

Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch.

 

NOTICE ADDRESS


Deutsche Bank, AG, New York Branch 

60 Wall Street 

New York, New York 10005 

Attention: Robert Pettinato 

Telecopier: (212) 797-4488 

E-Mail: Robert.pettinato@db.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch 

60 Wall Street 

 

New York, New York 10005
Attention: General Counsel

245 Park Avenue

 

Notes A-1-A, A-1-B, A-1-C, A-1-D, A-1-E, B-1, B-2, B-3, B-4, B-5

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of 245 Park Avenue Trust 2017-245P Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-245P

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee 245 Park Avenue Trust 2017-245P 

 

Exhibit S-16 

 

 

                                                             

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Note A-2-A-1

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of JPMCC 2017-JP6 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-JP6

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee JPMCC 2017-JP6

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Notes A-2-A-2, A-2-C-1-A

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association for the Holders of DBJPM 2017-C6 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C6

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
DBJPM Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C6

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy Number: (410) 715-2380
E-Mail: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com, and to trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Note A-2-A-3 

 

Exhibit S-17 

 

 

                                                                

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of JPMCC 2017-JP7 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-JP7

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee JPMCC 2017-JP7

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Note A-2-B-1

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, for the benefit of the holders of the CSAIL 2017-C8 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series 2017-C8.

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing
Three Wells Fargo
401 S. Tryon Street, 8th Floor
MAC D1050-084
Charlotte, NC 28202
Attention: CSAIL 2017-C8 Asset Manager
Telecopy Number: (704) 715-0036
Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Legal Department
301 S. College St., TW-30
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Servicing Legal Support
Reference: CSAIL 2017-C8

 

Notes A-2-C-1-B, A-2-C-2 

 

Exhibit S-18 

 

 

                                                       

 

Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch.

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Deutsche Bank, AG, New York Branch  

60 Wall Street  

New York, New York 10005  

Attention: Robert Pettinato 

Telecopier: (212) 797-4488 

E-Mail: Robert.pettinato@db.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch  

60 Wall Street  

 

New York, New York 10005
Attention: General Counsel

 

Notes A-2-B-2-A, A-2-B-2-B, A-2-B-3-A and A-2-B-3-B

 

Natixis Real Estate Capital LLC

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Natixis Real Estate Capital LLC
1251 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Attention: Office of the General Counsel

 

with a copy also by electronic mail to:
legal.notices@us.natixis.com

 

Notes A-2-D-1, A-2-D-2 and A-2-D-3

 

Société Générale

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Société Générale
245 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10167
Attention: Jim Barnard
E-mail: Jim.Barnard@sgcib.com 

 

Exhibit S-19 

 

 

                                                           

  

with a copy to:

 

Société Générale
245 Park Avenue
11th Floor
New York, New York 10167
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (212) 278-2074

 

Note A-2-E-1

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of WFCM 2017-C38 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C38

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee WFCM 2017-C38

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com

 

Note A-2-E-2

 

Barclays Bank PLC

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Barclays Bank PLC
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Daniel Vinson, Managing Director
Email: daniel.vinson@barclays.com
Facsimile: (646) 758-1700

 

with copies to:

Barclays Capital Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Steven P. Glynn, Vice President, Legal  

 

Exhibit S-20 

 

 

  Department
Email: steven.glynn@barclays.com
Facsimile: (212) 412-7519
Walgreens Witkoff Portfolio

 

Note A-2

 

Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch.

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:


Deutsche Bank, AG, New York Branch 

60 Wall Street 

New York, New York 10005 

Attention: Robert Pettinato 

Telecopier: (212) 797-4488

E-Mail: Robert.pettinato@db.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch 

60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: General Counsel

 

Capital Centers II & III

 

Note A-2

 

Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch.

 

NOTICE ADDRESS


Deutsche Bank, AG, New York Branch

60 Wall Street 

New York, New York 10005 

Attention: Robert Pettinato 

Telecopier: (212) 797-4488 

E-Mail: Robert.pettinato@db.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch 

60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: General Counsel 

 

Exhibit S-21 

 

 

   
Lightstone Portfolio

 

Note A-1

 

Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York Branch.

 

NOTICE ADDRESS


Deutsche Bank, AG, New York Branch 

60 Wall Street 

New York, New York 10005 

Attention: Robert Pettinato

Telecopier: (212) 797-4488

E-Mail: Robert.pettinato@db.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch

60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: General Counsel 

Torre Plaza

 

Note A-1

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of JPMCC 2017-JP7 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-JP7

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee JPMCC 2017-JP7

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com 

 

Covance Business Center

 

 

Note A-2

 

Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its New York

 

Exhibit S-22 

 

 

                                                                 

Branch.

 

NOTICE ADDRESS: 


Deutsche Bank, AG, New York Branch 

60 Wall Street 

New York, New York 10005 

Attention: Robert Pettinato 

Telecopier: (212) 797-4488 

E-Mail: Robert.pettinato@db.com

 

with a copy to:

 

Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch 

60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: General Counsel 

Mural Lofts

 

Note B-1 Holder:
Janus Henderson Global Bond Fund

Notice Address:
Janus Henderson Global Bond Fund
C/o Janus Capital Management LLC
151 Detroit Street
Denver CO 80206
Attn: Legal Department

 

Note B-2 Holder:
JCF - Janus Global Flexible Income Fund

Notice Address:
JCF - Janus Global Flexible Income Fund
C/o Janus Capital Management LLC
151 Detroit Street
Denver CO 80206
Attn: Legal Department

 

Note B-3 Holder:
JCF - Janus Global High Yield Fund

Notice Address:
JCF - Janus Global High Yield Fund
C/o Janus Capital Management LLC
151 Detroit Street
Denver CO 80206
Attn: Legal Department 

 

Exhibit S-23 

 

 

 

 

Note B-4 Holder:


Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund

 


Notice Address:
Janus Henderson Multi-Sector Income Fund
C/o Janus Capital Management LLC
151 Detroit Street
Denver CO 80206
Attn: Legal Department  

EIP Logistics Portfolio                            

 

Note A-1

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association for the Holders of CFCRE 2017-C8 Securitization Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C8

 

NOTICE ADDRESS:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
1100 North Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19890
Attention: CMBS Trustee CFCRE 2017-C8

 

with a copy to:

 

Telecopy number: (302) 636-4140
Email: CMBSTrustee@wilmingtontrust.com 


Exhibit S-24 

 

 

EXHIBIT T

 

FORM OF NOTICE RELATING TO THE NON-SERVICED MORTGAGE LOANS

 

[Date]

 

[Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Commercial Mortgage Servicing

Three Wells Fargo
MAC D1050-084, 401 S. Tryon Street, 8th Floor
Charlotte, North Carolina 28202
Attention: [JPMCC 2017-JP7][BXP 2017-GM][245 Park Avenue Trust 2017-245P][CFCRE 2017-C8] Asset Manager
Telecopy Number: (704) 715-0036

Email: commercial.servicing@wellsfargo.com]

 

[Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street, Suite 700
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head
Fax number: 1-888-706-3565]

 

[INSERT ADDRESS OF THE LIGHTSTONE PORTFOLIO MASTER SERVICER]

 

VIA FACSIMILE

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

Dear [__________]:

 

[Wells Fargo Bank, National Association] [Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association] [INSERT NAME OF THE LIGHTSTONE PORTFOLIO MASTER SERVICER], is the master servicer (the “Non-Serviced Master Servicer”) for the whole loan[s] secured by the [Mortgaged Propert[y][ies]][portfolio of Mortgaged Properties] identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule as [Treeview Industrial Portfolio][First Stamford Place][Gateway Net Lease Portfolio][Starwood Capital Group Hotel Portfolio][General Motors Building][245 Park Avenue][Torre Plaza][EIP Logistics Portfolio][Lightstone Portfolio] (the “Subject Whole Loan[s]”), as such term is defined under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “2017-C7 Pooling and Servicing Agreement”) between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer (in such capacity, the “2017-C7 Master Servicer”) and as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator (in such capacity, the “Certificate Administrator”) and as trustee, and Pentalpha LLC, as operating advisor and as asset representations reviewer. The Certificate Administrator hereby directs the Non-Serviced Master Servicer, as follows:

 

Exhibit T-1 

 

The Non-Serviced Master Servicer shall remit to the 2017-C7 Master Servicer all amounts payable to, and forward, deliver or otherwise make available, as the case may be, to the 2017-C7 Master Servicer all reports, statements, documents, communications, and other information that are to be forwarded, delivered or otherwise made available to, the holders of the Subject Whole Loan[s].

 

The Subject Whole Loan [is][is not] a Significant Obligor (as such term is defined in the 2017-C7 Pooling and Servicing Agreement) under the 2017-C7 Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

 

Date: _________________________

 

    Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator for the Holders of the JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7
     
  By:  
    [Name]
    [Title]

  

Exhibit T-2 

 

EXHIBIT U

 

FORM OF NOTICE AND CERTIFICATION
REGARDING DEFEASANCE OF MORTGAGE LOAN

 

To:

 

  Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10007
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance Group
E-mail: CMBSSurveillance@moodys.com
DBRS, Inc.
333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1800
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Surveillance
Facsimile No.: (312) 332-3492
E-mail: cmbs.surveillance@DBRS.com
  Fitch Ratings, Inc.
One State Street Plaza
New York, New York 10004
Attention: Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities Surveillance
Facsimile No.: (212) 635-0295
E-mail: info.cmbs@fitchratings.com

 

 

 

From:                     Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

Date:_________, 20___

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

Mortgage Loan (the “Mortgage Loan”) identified by loan number _____ [and loan number [_______]] on the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and heretofore secured by the Mortgaged Properties identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule by the following names:____________________
            ____________________

 

Exhibit U-1 

 

Reference is made to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement described above. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

As Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, we hereby:

 

(a)          Notify you that the Mortgagor has consummated a defeasance of the Mortgage Loan pursuant to the terms of the Mortgage Loan, of the type checked below:

 

____ a full defeasance of the entire principal balance of the Mortgage Loan; or

 

____ a partial defeasance of a portion of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan that represents and, an allocated loan amount of $____________ or _______% of the entire principal balance of the Mortgage Loan;

 

(b)          Certify that each of the following is true, subject to those exceptions set forth with explanatory notes on Exhibit A hereto, which exceptions the Master Servicer has determined, consistent with the Servicing Standards, will have no material adverse effect on the Mortgage Loan or the defeasance transaction:

 

(i)           The Mortgage Loan documents permit the defeasance, and the terms and conditions for defeasance specified therein were satisfied in all material respects in completing the defeasance.

 

(ii)          The defeasance was consummated on __________, 20__.

 

(iii)         The defeasance collateral consists of securities that (i) constitute “government securities” as defined in Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended (15 U.S.C. 80A1), (ii) are listed as “Qualified Investments for ‘AAA’ Financings” under Paragraphs 1, 2 or 3 of “Cash Flow Approach” in Standard & Poor’s Public Finance Criteria 2000, as amended to the date of the defeasance, (iii) if they include a principal obligation, the principal due at maturity cannot vary or change, and (iv) are not subject to prepayment, call or early redemption.

 

(iv)         The Master Servicer received an opinion of counsel (from counsel approved by the Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard) that the defeasance will not result in an Adverse REMIC Event.

 

(v)          The Master Servicer determined that the defeasance collateral will be owned by an entity (the “Defeasance Obligor”) that is a Single-Purpose Entity (as defined in Standard & Poor’s Structured Finance Ratings Real Estate Finance Criteria, as amended to the date of the defeasance (the “S&P Criteria”)) or is subject to restrictions in its organizational documents substantially similar to those contained in the organization documents of the original Borrower with respect to bankruptcy remoteness and single purpose as of the date of the defeasance, and after the defeasance owns no assets other than the defeasance collateral and real property securing Mortgage Loans included in the pool.

 

Exhibit U-2 

 

(vi)         The defeasance documents require the crediting of the defeasance collateral to an Eligible Account (as defined in the S&P Criteria) in the name of the Trustee on behalf of the Trust, which account is maintained as a securities account by a securities intermediary and has been pledged to the Trustee on behalf of the Trust.

 

(vii)        The agreements executed in connection with the defeasance (i) grant control of the pledged securities account to Trustee on behalf of the Trust, (ii) require the securities intermediary to make the scheduled payments on the Mortgage Loan from the proceeds of the defeasance collateral directly to the Master Servicer’s collection account in the amounts and on the dates specified in the Mortgage Loan documents or, in a partial defeasance, the portion of such scheduled payments attributed to the allocated loan amount for the real property defeased, increased by any defeasance premium specified in the Mortgage Loan documents (the “Scheduled Payments”), (iii) permit reinvestment of proceeds of the defeasance collateral only in Permitted Investments (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or as defined in the documents evidencing the defeasance), (iv) permit release of surplus defeasance collateral and earnings on reinvestment from the pledged securities account only after the Mortgage Loan has been paid in full, if any such release is permitted, (v) prohibit transfers by the Defeasance Obligor of the defeasance collateral and subordinate liens against the defeasance collateral, and (vi) provide for payment from sources other than the defeasance collateral or other assets of the Defeasance Obligor of all fees and expenses of the securities intermediary for administering the defeasance and the securities account and all fees and expenses of maintaining the existence of the Defeasance Obligor.

 

(viii)       The Master Servicer received written confirmation from a firm of independent certified public accountants, who were approved by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard stating that (i) revenues from the defeasance collateral (without taking into account any earnings on reinvestment of such revenues) will be sufficient to timely pay each of the Scheduled Payments after the defeasance including the payment in full of the Mortgage Loan (or the allocated portion thereof in connection with a partial defeasance) on its Maturity Date, (ii) the revenues received in any month from the defeasance collateral will be applied to make Scheduled Payments within four (4) months after the date of receipt, and (iii) interest income from the defeasance collateral to the Defeasance Obligor in any calendar or fiscal year will not exceed such Defeasance Obligor’s interest expense for the Mortgage Loan (or the allocated portion thereof in a partial defeasance) for such year.

 

(ix)          The Mortgage Loan is not among the ten (10) largest loans in the pool as of the date of the Current Report (as defined below). The entire principal balance of the Mortgage Loan as of the date of defeasance was less than both $[______] and five percent of pool balance, which is less than [__]% of the aggregate Certificate Balance of the Certificates as of the date of the most recent Distribution Date Statement received by us (the “Current Report”).

 

(x)          The Master Servicer has received opinions of counsel stating that the Trustee on behalf of the Trust possesses a valid, perfected first priority security interest in

 

Exhibit U-3 

 

the defeasance collateral and that the documents executed in connection with the defeasance are enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.

 

(c)          Certify that Exhibit B hereto is a list of the material agreements, instruments, organizational documents for the Defeasance Obligor, and opinions of counsel and independent accountants executed and delivered in connection with the defeasance.

 

(d)        Certify that the individual under whose hand the Master Servicer has caused this Notice and Certification to be executed did constitute a Servicing Officer as of the date of the defeasance described above.

 

(e)        Agree to provide copies of all items listed in Exhibit B to you upon request.

 

Exhibit U-4 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Master Servicer has caused this Notice and Certification to be executed as of the date captioned above.

 

  [____________________]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

  

Exhibit U-5 

 

EXHIBIT V

 

FORM OF OPERATING ADVISOR ANNUAL REPORT1

 

Report Date: This report will be delivered annually no later than 120 days after the end of the calendar year, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), among J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as master servicer and as special servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as certificate administrator and as trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as operating advisor and asset representations reviewer.
Transaction: J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7
Operating Advisor: Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
Special Servicer as of December 31: Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
Directing Certificateholder: KKR Real Estate Credit Opportunity Partners Aggregator I L.P.

 

I.Population of Mortgage Loans that Were Considered in Compiling this Report

 

1.The Special Servicer has notified the Operating Advisor that [●] Specially Serviced Loans were transferred to special servicing in the prior calendar year [INSERT YEAR].

 

a.[●] of those Specially Serviced Loans are still being analyzed by the Special Servicer as part of the development of a Final Asset Status Report.

 

b.[Final] Asset Status Reports were issued with respect to [●] of such Specially Serviced Loans. The [Final] Asset Status Reports may not yet be fully implemented.

 

2.Prior to an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, if one Mortgage Loan is in special servicing and if the Special Servicer is processing a Major Decision with respect to such Specially Serviced Loan, the Special Servicer has provided the applicable Final Major Decision Reporting Package approved or deemed approved by the Directing Certificateholder to the Operating Advisor.

 

3.After an Operating Advisor Consultation Event,

 

a.             the Special Servicer has provided to the Operating Advisor:

 

 

 

1 This report is an indicative report and does not reflect the final form of annual report to be used in any particular year. The Operating Advisor will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of any particular report, subject to the compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including, without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

 

Exhibit V-1 

 

i.          with respect to each Major Decision for the following non-Specially Serviced Loans that the Special Servicer is processing and that the Special Servicer has consent rights, the related Major Decision Reporting Package and the opportunity to consult with respect to such Major Decision and recommended action:

     
     

 

ii.          with respect to the following Specially Serviced Loans, each related Asset Status Report and the opportunity to consult with respect to such recommended action:

     
     

 

b.            the Special Servicer has notified the Operating Advisor that there were no Specially Serviced Loans and has not provided the Operating Advisor with any Major Decision Reporting Packages.

 

II.Executive Summary

 

Based on the requirements and qualifications set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, as well as the items listed below, the Operating Advisor (in accordance with the Operating Advisor’s analysis requirements outlined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) has undertaken a limited review of the Special Servicer’s reported actions on the loans identified in this report. Based solely on such limited review and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications set forth herein, the Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer [is/is not] operating in compliance with the Servicing Standard with respect to its performance of its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement with respect to Specially Serviced Loans (and, after the occurrence and continuance of an Operating Advisor Consultation Event, with respect to Major Decisions on non-Specially Serviced Loans) during the prior calendar year on a “trust-level basis”. [The Operating Advisor believes, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that the Special Servicer has failed to materially comply with the Servicing Standard as a result of the following material deviations.]

 

[LIST OF MATERIAL DEVIATION ITEMS]

 

In addition, the Operating Advisor notes the following: [PROVIDE SUMMARY OF ANY ADDITIONAL MATERIAL INFORMATION].

 

[ADD RECOMMENDATION OF REPLACEMENT OF SPECIAL SERVICER, IF APPLICABLE]

 

III.List of Items that Were Considered in Compiling this Report

 

Exhibit V-2 

 

In rendering our assessment herein, we examined and relied upon the accuracy and completeness of the items listed below:

 

1.Any [Final] Major Decision Reporting Packages received from the Special Servicer.

 

2.Reports by the Special Servicer made available to Privileged Persons that are posted on the certificate administrator’s website that is relevant to the operating advisor’s obligations under the PSA and certain information it has reasonably requested from the special servicer [AFTER AN OPERATING ADVISOR CONSULTATION EVENT:] and each Asset Status Report] and each Final Asset Status Report.

 

3.The Special Servicer’s assessment of compliance report, attestation report by a third party regarding the Special Servicer’s compliance with its obligations and non-discretionary portions of net present value calculations.

 

4.[LIST OTHER REVIEWED INFORMATION].

 

5.[INSERT IF AFTER AN OPERATING ADVISOR CONSULTATION EVENT:] Consultations with the Special Servicer as provided under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement on Asset Status Reports for a Specially Serviced Loan delivered or made available to the Operating Advisor pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and with respect to Major Decisions processed by the Special Servicer or with respect to which consent of the Special Servicer was required.

 

NOTE: The Operating Advisor’s review of the above materials should be considered a limited investigation and not be considered a full or limited audit. For instance, we did not review each page of the Special Servicer’s policy and procedure manuals (including amendments and appendices), review underlying lease agreements or similar underlying documents, re-engineer the quantitative aspects of their net present value calculation, visit any related property, visit the Special Servicer, visit the Directing Certificateholder or interact with any borrower. In addition, our review of the net present value calculations and the corresponding application of the non-discretionary portions of the applicable formulas, and as such, does not take into account the reasonableness of the discretionary portions of such formulas.

 

IV.Assumptions, Qualifications and Disclaimers Related to the Work Product Undertaken and Opinions Related to this Report

 

1.As provided in in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the Operating Advisor (i) is not required to report on instances of non-compliance with, or deviations from, the Servicing Standard or the special servicer’s obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement that the Operating Advisor determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, to be immaterial and (ii) will not be required to provide or obtain a legal opinion, legal review or legal conclusion.

 

2.In rendering our assessment herein, we have assumed that all executed factual statements, instruments, and other documents that we have relied upon in rendering this assessment have been executed by persons with legal capacity to execute such documents.

 

Exhibit V-3 

 

3.Other than the receipt of any [Final] Major Decision Reporting Package, the Operating Advisor did not participate in, or have access to, the Special Servicer’s and Directing Certificateholder’s discussion(s) regarding any Specially Serviced Loan. The Operating Advisor does not have authority to speak with the Directing Certificateholder or borrower directly. As such, the Operating Advisor relied upon the information delivered to it by the Special Servicer as well as its interaction with the Special Servicer, if any, in gathering the relevant information to generate this report. The services that we perform are not designed and cannot be relied upon to detect fraud or illegal acts should any exist.

 

4.The Special Servicer has the legal authority and responsibility to service any Specially Serviced Loans pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Operating Advisor has no responsibility or authority to alter the standards set forth therein or the actions of the Special Servicer.

 

5.Confidentiality and other contractual limitations limit the Operating Advisor’s ability to outline the details or substance of any communication held between it and the Special Servicer regarding any Specially Serviced Loans and certain information it reviewed in connection with its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. As a result, this report may not reflect all the relevant information that the Operating Advisor is given access to by the Special Servicer.

 

6.The Operating Advisor is not empowered to speak with any investors directly. If the investors have questions regarding this report, they should address such questions to the Certificate Administrator through the Certificate Administrator’s Website.

 

7.This report does not constitute recommendations to buy, sell or hold any security, nor does the Operating Advisor take into account market prices of securities or financial markets generally when performing its limited review of the Special Servicer as described above. The Operating Advisor does not have a fiduciary relationship with any Certificateholder or any other party or individual. Nothing is intended to or should be construed as creating a fiduciary relationship between the Operating Advisor and any Certificateholder, party or individual.

 

Terms used but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Exhibit V-4 

 

EXHIBIT W

 

Form of Notice from Operating Advisor Recommending Replacement of Special Servicer

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
as Trustee
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

Telecopy Number: (410) 715-2380

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
as Certificate Administrator

9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

Telecopy Number: (410) 715-2380

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
as Special Servicer
10851 Mastin Street
Building 82, Suite 300
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head
Telecopy number: 1-888-706-3565
Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7,
Recommendation of Replacement of Special Servicer

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter is delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(d) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, on behalf of the holders of JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 (the “Certificates”) regarding the replacement of the

 

Exhibit W-1 

 

Special Servicer. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Based upon our review of the Special Servicer’s operational practices conducted pursuant to and in accordance with Section 3.26 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, it is our assessment that Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, in its current capacity as Special Servicer, is not [performing its duties under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement][acting in accordance with the Servicing Standard]. The following factors support our assessment: [________].

 

Based upon such assessment, we further hereby recommend that Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, be removed as Special Servicer and that [________] be appointed its successor in such capacity.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
  [The Operating Advisor]

 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated:

 

Exhibit W-2 

 

EXHIBIT X

 

Form of CONFIDENTIALITY Agreement

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street
Building 82, Suite 300
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head
Telecopy number: 1-888-706-3565
Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com

 

Re:Access to Certain Information Regarding JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is hereby made to that certain Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer. Defined terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

[Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association (“Midland”)] understands that [____] (the “Company”) is requesting certain confidential or non-public information relating to the Mortgage Loans to which the Company has continuing rights as a Certificateholder. The Company is requesting such information for the purpose of analyzing asset performance and evaluating any continuing rights the Company may have under the Trust (the “Permitted Purpose”). The Company agrees that the Permitted Purpose shall not include the use or disclosure of the Confidential Information (as defined below) in any manner that violates any applicable law, the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or the related mortgage loan documents.

 

[Midland] will provide the Company with certain confidential, non-public servicing information (the “Confidential Information”) pertaining to the Mortgage Loans and the related Mortgaged Properties and borrowers. The Company acknowledges that the Confidential Information (a) includes or may be based upon information provided to [Midland] by third parties, (b) may not have been verified by [Midland], and (c) may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. The Company agrees that [Midland], the [“Master Servicer”/”Special Servicer”] (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) and its respective Representatives (as defined below) shall not have any liability to the Company or its Representatives resulting from (x) any inaccuracies or omissions in the Confidential Information, (y) any use of the Confidential Information, or

 

Exhibit X-1 

 

[_____] [__], 20[__]
Page 2

 

(z) [Midland]’s failure or inability to provide the Confidential Information to the Company for any reason. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following will not constitute “Confidential Information” for purposes of this letter agreement: (a) information that was already in Company’s possession prior to its receipt from [Midland]; (b) information that is obtained by Company from a third person who, insofar as is known to Company, is not prohibited from transmitting the information to Company by a contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation to [Midland]; (c) information that is or becomes publicly available through no fault of Company; and (d) information that is independently developed by Company. The term “Representatives” with respect to any entity shall mean the officers, directors, general partners, employees, agents, affiliates, auditors and legal counsel (which may be internal counsel) of that entity.

 

The Company may have access to the Confidential Information through (at [Midland]’s election): (i) responses to reasonable written inquiries received from the Company, (ii) conference calls conducted on a reasonably scheduled basis with [Midland]’s surveillance group, or (iii) direct on-line access (read-only capacity) to the information available on the applicable [____] system or any successor or replacement system (“System”). [Midland] may cease or defer providing the Company with Confidential Information in the event that (a) the Company or its Representatives violate any provision hereof, or (b) [Midland] determines (in its sole discretion) that such termination is necessary for any reason, including its determination that such action is required pursuant to the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the related Mortgage Loan documents, or any applicable law. [Midland] shall cease to provide the Company with Confidential Information if [Midland] has actual knowledge that the Company or its Representatives are affiliates of any borrower under the Mortgage Loan documents and [Midland] determines that the provision, notice or access to such Confidential Information would violate the accepted servicing practices or servicing standards as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The Company’s obligations and the restrictions applicable to the protection of the Confidential Information hereunder shall survive the termination of the Company’s access to the Confidential Information. [Midland]’s remedies hereunder, at law or at equity, are cumulative and may be combined.

 

The Company agrees that it will not, and it shall not permit its Representatives, to disclose the Confidential Information in any manner whatsoever to any other person or entity, other than its Representatives (but only to the extent necessary to accomplish the Permitted Purpose) who have a need to know the information, or as otherwise required by applicable law, court order or any governmental agency or regulator. The Company acknowledges (i) its obligations under the U.S. federal securities laws, and (ii) that any disclosure of the Confidential Information by it or its Representatives for any purpose other than a Permitted Purpose, in addition to being a breach of this letter agreement, may constitute a violation of federal and state securities laws. The Company will take reasonable measures to ensure that each Representative is advised of this letter agreement and agrees to keep the Confidential Information confidential. The Company shall be liable for any breach of this letter agreement by its Representatives. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may subsequently provide all or any part of such Confidential Information to any other person or entity that holds or is contemplating the purchase of any Certificate or interest therein, but only if such person or entity confirms such ownership interest or prospective ownership interest and provided that, prior to the delivery of such Confidential Information, such persons shall have executed and delivered to the Company an agreement that is substantially similar in form and substance to this agreement.

 

Exhibit X-2 

 

[_____] [__], 20[__]

Page 3

 

This letter agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without the application of conflict of laws principles. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, [Midland] intends at all times to comply with the terms and provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and nothing in this letter agreement should be construed to limit or qualify any of [Midland]’s rights or obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. This letter agreement may be executed in counterparts and by facsimile/Portable Document Format (PDF); each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original instrument, and all such counterparts together shall constitute one agreement.

 

This agreement shall terminate with respect to the information received by the Company one year after the Company receives such information or ceases to be a Certificateholder. Company agrees that this letter agreement supersedes and replaces and survives any click-through agreement regarding confidentiality of Confidential Information agreed to in connection with accessing the System whether agreed to in accessing the System before or after signing this letter agreement.

 

Exhibit X-3 

 

Please have an authorized signatory countersign in the space provided below to indicate the Company’s confirmation of, and agreement to, the matters set forth herein.

 

  Very truly yours,
     
  [MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:]

 

CONFIRMED AND AGREED TO:  
     
[COMPANY NAME]  
     
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:]  

 

Exhibit X-4 

 

EXHIBIT Y

 

FORM CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED WITH FORM 10-K

 

CERTIFICATION

 

I, [identifying the certifying individual], the President and Chief Executive Officer of J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., the depositor into the above-referenced Trust, certify that:

 

1.          I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K, and all reports on Form 10-D required to be filed in respect of the period covered by this report on Form 10-K, of the JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7 (the “Exchange Act periodic reports”);

 

2.          Based on my knowledge, the Exchange Act periodic reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.          Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution, servicing and other information required to be provided under Form 10-D for the period covered by this report is included in the Exchange Act periodic reports;

 

4.          Based on my knowledge and the servicer compliance statements required in this report under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Exchange Act periodic reports, the servicers have fulfilled their obligations under the servicing agreements in all material respects; and

 

5.          All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities required to be included in this report in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to this report, except as otherwise disclosed in this report. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in this report on Form 10-K.

 

In giving the certifications above, I have reasonably relied on information provided to me by the following unaffiliated parties:

 

(A) Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator, Custodian and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor;

 

(B) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the Treeview Industrial Portfolio Mortgage Loan, the First Stamford Place Mortgage Loan and the Torre Plaza Mortgage Loan, CWCapital Asset Management LLC, as Special Servicer for the

 

Exhibit Y-1 

 

Treeview Industrial Portfolio Mortgage Loan, the First Stamford Place Mortgage Loan and the Torre Plaza Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the Treeview Industrial Portfolio Mortgage Loan, the First Stamford Place Mortgage Loan and the Torre Plaza Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and Custodian for the Treeview Industrial Portfolio Mortgage Loan, the First Stamford Place Mortgage Loan and the Torre Plaza Mortgage Loan, and Pentalpa Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Treeview Industrial Portfolio Mortgage Loan, the First Stamford Place Mortgage Loan and the Torre Plaza Mortgage Loan;

 

(C) Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer and as Special Servicer for the Gateway Net Lease Portfolio Mortgage Loan and the Starwood Capital Group Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, as Certificate Administrator and as Custodian for the Gateway Net Lease Portfolio Mortgage Loan and the Starwood Capital Group Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor for the Gateway Net Lease Portfolio Mortgage Loan and the Starwood Capital Group Hotel Portfolio Mortgage Loan;

 

(D) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the General Motors Building Mortgage Loan, AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the General Motors Building Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the General Motors Building Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and Custodian for the General Motors Building Mortgage Loan, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC as Operating Advisor for the General Motors Building Mortgage Loan;

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the 245 Park Avenue Mortgage Loan, AEGON USA Realty Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the 245 Park Avenue Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the 245 Park Avenue Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and Custodian for the 245 Park Avenue Mortgage Loan, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC as Operating Advisor for the 245 Park Avenue Mortgage Loan;

 

(E) Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Primary Servicer for the EIP Logistic Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Rialto Capital Advisors, LLC, as Special Servicer for the EIP Logistic Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee for the EIP Logistic Portfolio Mortgage Loan, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and Custodian for the EIP Logistic Portfolio Mortgage Loan, and Park Bridge Lender Services LLC, as Operating Advisor for the EIP Logistic Portfolio Mortgage Loan; and

 

(L) [AFTER LIGHTSTONE PORTFOLIO PARI PASSU NOTE A-1 SECURITIZATION DATE:] [__], as Primary Servicer for the Lightstone Portfolio Mortgage Loan, [__], as Special Servicer for the Lightstone Portfolio Mortgage Loan, [__], as Trustee for the Lightstone Portfolio Mortgage Loan, [__], as Certificate Administrator and Custodian for the Lightstone Portfolio Mortgage Loan, and [__], as Operating Advisor for the Lightstone Portfolio Mortgage Loan.

 

Exhibit Y-2 

 

Date: _________________________

_________________________________________________
President and Chief Executive Officer
J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.
(Senior officer in charge of the securitization of the depositor)

 

Exhibit Y-3 

 

EXHIBIT Z-1

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

I, [identity of certifying individual], hereby certify, with the knowledge and intent that this Certification will be relied upon by the applicable Certification Parties (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) (i) in connection with the certification concerning the Trust, to be signed by an officer of the Depositor and/or (ii) in connection with the certification concerning the trust related to an Other Securitization, to be signed by an officer of the Other Depositor, as applicable, and submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002:

 

1.          I (or an officer under my supervision) have reviewed the annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 20[__] (the “Form 10-K”) and all reports on Form 10-D and Form 8-K filed in respect of the period covered by the Form 10-K (collectively, with the Form 10-K, the “Reports”);

 

2.          Based on my knowledge, the Reports, taken as a whole, do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the Form 10-K;

 

3.          Based on my knowledge, all of the distribution and other information required to be provided by the Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports for the period covered by the Form 10-K is included in the Reports and all of the distribution, servicing and other information provided to the Certificate Administrator by the trustee, the custodian, the master servicer, the special servicer and the operating advisor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports for the period covered by the Form 10-K is included in the Reports;

 

4.          I (or an officer under my supervision) am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the Certificate Administrator compliance statement required to be delivered under Article XI of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Form 10-K under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and

 

Exhibit Z-1-1 

 

except as disclosed in the Reports, the Certificate Administrator has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects; and

 

5.          All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities applicable to the Certificate Administrator or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Certificate Administrator (the “Relevant Servicing Criteria”) and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria required to be included in the Form 10-K in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18 have been included as an exhibit to the Form 10-K. Any material instances of noncompliance described in such reports have been disclosed in the Form 10-K and such assessment of compliance is fairly stated in all material respects.

 

This Certification is being signed by me as an officer of the Certificate Administrator responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Certificate Administrator under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: ____________________________

 

   
  Name:
  Title:

 

Exhibit Z-1-2 

 

EXHIBIT Z-2

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY MASTER SERVICER

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

I, [identity of certifying individual], hereby certify, with the knowledge and intent that this Certification will be relied upon by the applicable Certification Parties (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) (i) in connection with the certification concerning the Trust, to be signed by an officer of the Depositor and/or (ii) in connection with the certification concerning the trust related to an Other Securitization, to be signed by an officer of the Other Depositor, as applicable, and submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002:

 

1.          I (or Servicing Officers under my supervision) have reviewed the servicing and other information required to be provided by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 20[__] (“Form 10-K”) and all information required to be provided by the Master Servicer in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D and Form 8-K required to be filed in respect of the period covered by the Form 10-K (collectively, with the Form 10-K, the “Reports”) (such information provided by the Master Servicer, collectively, the “Master Servicer Periodic Information”);

 

2.          Based on my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the statements required to be made by each Special Servicer in the special servicer backup certificate delivered by each Special Servicer relating to the relevant period, the Master Servicer Periodic Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the Form 10-K;

 

3.          Based on my knowledge, and assuming the accuracy of the statements required to be made by each Special Servicer in the special servicer backup certificate delivered by each Special Servicer relating to the relevant period, all of servicing and other information required to be provided by the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for

 

Exhibit Z-2-1 

 

inclusion in the Reports for the period covered by the Form 10-K is included in the Master Servicer Periodic Information;

 

4.          I (or Servicing Officers under my supervision) am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the Master Servicer compliance statement required to be delivered under Article XI of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Form 10-K under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Master Servicer Periodic Information, the Master Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects;

 

5.          The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Master Servicer with respect to the Trust’s fiscal year _____ have been provided all information relating to the Master Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

 

6.          All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities applicable to the Master Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Master Servicer (the “Relevant Servicing Criteria”) and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be delivered for inclusion in the Form 10-K in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18, have been delivered in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All material instances of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria have been disclosed in such reports and such assessment of compliance is fairly stated in all material respects.

 

This Certification is being signed by me as an officer of the Master Servicer responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Master Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: ____________________________

 

   
  Name:
  Title:

 

Exhibit Z-2-2 

 

EXHIBIT Z-3

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY SPECIAL SERVICER

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

I, [identity of certifying individual], hereby certify, with the knowledge and intent that this Certification will be relied upon by the applicable Certification Parties (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) (i) in connection with the certification concerning the Trust, to be signed by an officer of the Depositor and/or (ii) in connection with the certification concerning the trust related to an Other Securitization, to be signed by an officer of the Other Depositor, as applicable, and submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002:

 

1.          I (or Servicing Officers under my supervision) have reviewed the servicing and other information required to be provided by the Special Servicer in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 20[__] (“Form 10-K”) and all information required to be provided by the Special Servicer in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D and Form 8-K required to be filed in respect of the period covered by the Form 10-K (collectively with the Form 10-K, the “Reports”) (such information provided by the Special Servicer, collectively, the “Special Servicer Periodic Information”);

 

2.          Based on my knowledge, the Special Servicer Periodic Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the Form 10-K;

 

3.          Based on my knowledge, all servicing and other information required to be provided by the Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports for the period covered by the Form 10-K is included in the Special Servicer Periodic Information;

 

4.          I (or Servicing Officers under my supervision) am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the Special Servicer’s compliance statement required to be delivered under Article XI of the Pooling

 

Exhibit Z-3-1 

 

and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Form 10-K under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the Special Servicer Periodic Information, the Special Servicer has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects;

 

5.          The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Special Servicer with respect to the Trust’s fiscal year _____ have been provided all information relating to the Special Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

 

6.          All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities applicable to the Special Servicer or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Special Servicer (the “Relevant Servicing Criteria”) and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be delivered for inclusion in the Form 10-K in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18, have been delivered in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All material instances of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria have been disclosed in such reports and such assessment of compliance with servicing criteria is fairly stated in all material respects.

 

This Certification is being signed by me as an officer of the Special Servicer responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Special Servicer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: ____________________________

 

   
  Name:
  Title:

 

Exhibit Z-3-2 

 

EXHIBIT Z-4

 

Form of Certification to be Provided
to Depositor by Trustee

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

I, [identity of certifying individual], hereby certify, with the knowledge and intent that this Certification will be relied upon by the applicable Certification Parties (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) (i) in connection with the certification concerning the Trust, to be signed by an officer of the Depositor and/or (ii) in connection with the certification concerning the trust related to an Other Securitization, to be signed by an officer of the Other Depositor, as applicable, and submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002:

 

1.          I (or officers under my supervision) have reviewed the information required to be provided by the Trustee in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 20[__] (“Form 10-K”) and all information required to be provided by the Trustee in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the reports on Form 10-D and Form 8-K required to be filed in respect of the period covered by the Form 10-K (collectively with the Form 10-K, the “Reports”) (such information provided by the Trustee, collectively, the “Trustee Periodic Information”);

 

2.          Based on my knowledge, the Trustee Periodic Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the Form 10-K;

 

3.          Based on my knowledge, all information required to be provided by the Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports for the period covered by the Form 10-K is included in the Trustee Periodic Information;

 

4.          I (or officers under my supervision) am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the Trustee’s compliance statement to be delivered under Article XI of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement required for inclusion in the Form 10-K under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the

 

Exhibit Z-4-1 

 

Trustee Periodic Information, the Trustee has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects; and

 

5.          All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities applicable to the Trustee or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Trustee (the “Relevant Servicing Criteria”) and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be delivered for inclusion in the Form 10-K in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18, have been delivered in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All material instances of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria have been disclosed in such reports and such assessment of compliance with servicing criteria is fairly stated in all material respects.

 

This Certification is being signed by me as an officer of the Trustee responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Trustee under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: ____________________________

 

   
  Name:
  Title:

 

Exhibit Z-4-2 

 

EXHIBIT Z-5

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY OPERATING ADVISOR

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

I, [identity of certifying individual], hereby certify, with the knowledge and intent that this Certification will be relied upon by the applicable Certification Parties (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) (i) in connection with the certification concerning the Trust, to be signed by an officer of the Depositor and/or (ii) in connection with the certification concerning the trust related to an Other Securitization, to be signed by an officer of the Other Depositor, as applicable, and submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002:

 

1.          I (or officers under my supervision) have reviewed the information required to be provided by the Operating Advisor in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 20[__] (“Form 10-K”) and all information required to be provided by the Operating Advisor in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D and Form 8-K required to be filed in respect of the period covered by the Form 10-K (collectively with the Form 10-K, the “Reports”) (such information provided by the Operating Advisor, collectively, the “Operating Advisor Periodic Information”);

 

2.          Based on my knowledge, the Operating Advisor Periodic Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the Form 10-K;

 

3.          Based on my knowledge, all information required to be provided by the Operating Advisor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports for the period covered by the Form 10-K is included in the Operating Advisor Periodic Information;

 

4.          The accountants that are to deliver the annual attestation report on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in respect of the Operating Advisor with respect to the Trust’s fiscal year _____ have been provided all information relating to the Operating Advisor’s assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria in

 

Exhibit Z-5-1 

 

order to enable them to conduct a review in compliance with the standards for attestation engagements issued or adopted by the PCAOB; and

 

5.          All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities applicable to the Operating Advisor or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Operating Advisor (the “Relevant Servicing Criteria”) and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be delivered for inclusion in the Form 10-K in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18, have been delivered in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All material instances of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria have been disclosed in such reports and such assessment of compliance with servicing criteria is fairly stated in all material respects.

 

This Certification is being signed by me as an officer of the Operating Advisor responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Operating Advisor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: ____________________________

 

   
  Name:
  Title:

 

Exhibit Z-5-2 

 

EXHIBIT Z-6

 

Form of Certification to be Provided
to Depositor by CUSTODIAN

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

I, [identity of certifying individual], hereby certify, with the knowledge and intent that this Certification will be relied upon by the applicable Certification Parties (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) (i) in connection with the certification concerning the Trust, to be signed by an officer of the Depositor and/or (ii) in connection with the certification concerning the trust related to an Other Securitization, to be signed by an officer of the Other Depositor, as applicable, and submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002:

 

1.          I (or officers under my supervision) have reviewed the information required to be provided by the Custodian in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 20[__] (“Form 10-K”) and all information required to be provided by the Custodian in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D and Form 8-K required to be filed in respect of the period covered by the Form 10-K (collectively with the Form 10-K, the “Reports”) (such information provided by the Custodian, collectively, the “Custodian Periodic Information”);

 

2.          Based on my knowledge, the Custodian Periodic Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the Form 10-K;

 

3.          Based on my knowledge, all information required to be provided by the Custodian under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports for the period covered by the Form 10-K is included in the Custodian Periodic Information;

 

4.          I (or officers under my supervision) am responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Custodian under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and based on my knowledge and the compliance review conducted in preparing the Custodian’s compliance statement to be delivered under Article XI of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement required for inclusion in the Form 10-K under Item 1123 of Regulation AB, and except as disclosed in the

 

Exhibit Z-6-1 

 

Custodian Periodic Information, the Custodian has fulfilled its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects; and

 

5.          All of the reports on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities applicable to the Custodian or any Servicing Function Participant retained by the Custodian (the “Relevant Servicing Criteria”) and their related attestation reports on assessment of compliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria required under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to be delivered for inclusion in the Form 10-K in accordance with Item 1122 of Regulation AB and Exchange Act Rules 13a-18 and 15d-18, have been delivered in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. All material instances of noncompliance with the Relevant Servicing Criteria have been disclosed in such reports and such assessment of compliance with servicing criteria is fairly stated in all material respects.

 

This Certification is being signed by me as an officer of the Custodian responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Custodian under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: ____________________________

 

   
  Name:
  Title:

 

Exhibit Z-6-2 

 

EXHIBIT Z-7

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO BE PROVIDED
TO DEPOSITOR BY ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7, issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

I, [identity of certifying individual], hereby certify, with the knowledge and intent that this Certification will be relied upon by the applicable Certification Parties (as defined in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) (i) in connection with the certification concerning the Trust, to be signed by an officer of the Depositor and/or (ii) in connection with the certification concerning the trust related to an Other Securitization, to be signed by an officer of the Other Depositor, as applicable, and submitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002:

 

1.          I (or officers under my supervision) have reviewed the information required to be provided by the Asset Representations Reviewer in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the annual report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 20[__] (“Form 10-K”) and all information required to be provided by the Asset Representations Reviewer in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in all reports on Form 10-D and Form 8-K required to be filed in respect of the period covered by the Form 10-K (collectively with the Form 10-K, the “Reports”) (such information provided by the Asset Representations Reviewer, collectively, the “Asset Representations Reviewer Periodic Information”);

 

2.          Based on my knowledge, the Asset Representations Reviewer Periodic Information, taken as a whole, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by the Form 10-K; and

 

3.          Based on my knowledge, all information required to be provided by the Asset Representations Reviewer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement for inclusion in the Reports for the period covered by the Form 10-K is included in the Asset Representations Reviewer Periodic Information.

 

Exhibit Z-7-1 

 

This Certification is being signed by me as an officer of the Asset Representations Reviewer responsible for reviewing the activities performed by the Asset Representations Reviewer under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Dated: ____________________________

 

   
  Name:
  Title:

 

Exhibit Z-7-2 

 

EXHIBIT AA

 

Servicing Criteria

to be Addressed in Assessment of Compliance

 

The assessment of compliance to be delivered by the referenced party shall address, at a minimum, the criteria identified below as “Applicable Servicing Criteria” applicable to such party, as such criteria may be updated or limited by the Commission or its staff (including, without limitation, not requiring the delivery of certain of the items set forth on this Exhibit based on interpretive guidance provided by the Commission or its staff relating to Item 1122 of Regulation AB). For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of this Exhibit AA, other than with respect to Item 1122(d)(2)(iii), references to Servicer below shall include any Sub-Servicer engaged by a Master Servicer or Special Servicer.

 

APPLICABLE Servicing Criteria applicable
PARTY
Reference Criteria  
  General Servicing Considerations  
1122(d)(1)(i) Policies and procedures are instituted to monitor any performance or other triggers and events of default in accordance with the transaction agreements.

Certificate Administrator

Master Servicer
Special Servicer

1122(d)(1)(ii) If any material servicing activities are outsourced to third parties, policies and procedures are instituted to monitor the third party’s performance and compliance with such servicing activities.

Certificate Administrator

Master Servicer
Special Servicer

1122(d)(1)(iii) Any requirements in the transaction agreements to maintain a back-up servicer for the mortgage loans are maintained. N/A
1122(d)(1)(iv) A fidelity bond and errors and omissions policy is in effect on the party participating in the servicing function throughout the reporting period in the amount of coverage required by and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the transaction agreements.

Master Servicer

Special Servicer
Custodian (as applicable)

1122(d)(1)(v) Aggregation of information, as applicable, is mathematically accurate and the information conveyed accurately reflects the information. Certificate Administrator
Master Servicer
Special Servicer
  Cash Collection and Administration  
1122(d)(2)(i) Payments on mortgage loans are deposited into the appropriate custodial bank accounts and related bank clearing accounts no more than two business days following receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements.

Certificate Administrator

Master Servicer
Special Servicer

1122(d)(2)(ii) Disbursements made via wire transfer on behalf of an obligor or to an investor are made only by authorized personnel. Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(2)(iii) Advances of funds or guarantees regarding collections, cash flows or distributions, and any interest or other fees charged for such advances, are made, reviewed and approved as specified in the transaction agreements. Master Servicer
Special Servicer
Trustee (as applicable)1
1122(d)(2)(iv) The related accounts for the transaction, such as cash reserve accounts or accounts established as a form of overcollateralization, are separately maintained (e.g., with respect to commingling of cash) as set forth in the transaction agreements.

Certificate Administrator

Master Servicer
Special Servicer

 

 

 

1 Only to the extent that the Trustee was required to make an Advance pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement during the applicable calendar year.

 

Exhibit AA-1

 

 

APPLICABLE Servicing Criteria applicable
PARTY
Reference Criteria  
1122(d)(2)(v) Each custodial account is maintained at a federally insured depository institution as set forth in the transaction agreements. For purposes of this criterion, “federally insured depository institution” with respect to a foreign financial institution means a foreign financial institution that meets the requirements of Rule 13k-1(b)(1) of the Exchange Act.

Certificate Administrator

Master Servicer
Special Servicer

1122(d)(2)(vi) Unissued checks are safeguarded so as to prevent unauthorized access.

Certificate Administrator

Master Servicer
Special Servicer

1122(d)(2)(vii) Reconciliations are prepared on a monthly basis for all asset-backed securities related bank accounts, including custodial accounts and related bank clearing accounts. These reconciliations are (A) mathematically accurate; (B) prepared within 30 calendar days after the bank statement cutoff date, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements; (C) reviewed and approved by someone other than the person who prepared the reconciliation; and (D) contain explanations for reconciling items. These reconciling items are resolved within 90 calendar days of their original identification, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. Certificate Administrator
Master Servicer
Special Servicer
  Investor Remittances and Reporting  
1122(d)(3)(i) Reports to investors, including those to be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with the transaction agreements and applicable Commission requirements. Specifically, such reports (A) are prepared in accordance with timeframes and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements; (B) provide information calculated in accordance with the terms specified in the transaction agreements; (C) are filed with the Commission as required by its rules and regulations; and (D) agree with investors’ or the trustee’s records as to the total unpaid principal balance and number of mortgage loans serviced by the Reporting Servicer. Certificate Administrator
Operating Advisor (with respect to A and B)
1122(d)(3)(ii) Amounts due to investors are allocated and remitted in accordance with timeframes, distribution priority and other terms set forth in the transaction agreements. Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(3)(iii) Disbursements made to an investor are posted within two business days to the Servicer’s investor records, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. Certificate Administrator
1122(d)(3)(iv) Amounts remitted to investors per the investor reports agree with cancelled checks, or other form of payment, or custodial bank statements. Certificate Administrator
  Pool Asset Administration  
1122(d)(4)(i) Collateral or security on mortgage loans is maintained as required by the transaction agreements or related mortgage loan documents. Custodian
Master Servicer
Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(ii) Mortgage loan and related documents are safeguarded as required by the transaction agreements Custodian
1122(d)(4)(iii) Any additions, removals or substitutions to the asset pool are made, reviewed and approved in accordance with any conditions or requirements in the transaction agreements. Certificate Administrator
Master Servicer
Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(iv) Payments on mortgage loans, including any payoffs, made in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents are posted to the Servicer’s obligor records maintained no more than two business days after receipt, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements, and allocated to principal, interest or other items (e.g., escrow) in accordance with the related mortgage loan documents. Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(v) The Reporting Servicer’s records regarding the mortgage loans agree with the Reporting Servicer’s records with respect to an obligor’s unpaid principal balance. Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(vi) Changes with respect to the terms or status of an obligor’s mortgage loans (e.g., loan modifications or re-agings) are made, reviewed and approved by authorized personnel in accordance with the transaction agreements and related pool asset Master Servicer
Special Servicer

 

Exhibit AA-2

 

 

APPLICABLE Servicing Criteria applicable
PARTY
Reference Criteria  
  documents.  
1122(d)(4)(vii) Loss mitigation or recovery actions (e.g., forbearance plans, modifications and deeds in lieu of foreclosure, foreclosures and repossessions, as applicable) are initiated, conducted and concluded in accordance with the timeframes or other requirements established by the transaction agreements. Special Servicer
Operating Advisor
1122(d)(4)(viii) Records documenting collection efforts are maintained during the period a mortgage loan is delinquent in accordance with the transaction agreements. Such records are maintained on at least a monthly basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements, and describe the entity’s activities in monitoring delinquent mortgage loans including, for example, phone calls, letters and payment rescheduling plans in cases where delinquency is deemed temporary (e.g., illness or unemployment). Master Servicer
Special Servicer
1122(d)(4)(ix) Adjustments to interest rates or rates of return for mortgage loans with variable rates are computed based on the related mortgage loan documents. Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(x) Regarding any funds held in trust for an obligor (such as escrow accounts):  (A) such funds are analyzed, in accordance with the obligor’s mortgage loan documents, on at least an annual basis, or such other period specified in the transaction agreements; (B) interest on such funds is paid, or credited, to obligors in accordance with applicable mortgage loan documents and state laws; and (C) such funds are returned to the obligor within 30 calendar days of full repayment of the related mortgage loans, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xi) Payments made on behalf of an obligor (such as tax or insurance payments) are made on or before the related penalty or expiration dates, as indicated on the appropriate bills or notices for such payments, provided that such support has been received by the servicer at least 30 calendar days prior to these dates, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xii) Any late payment penalties in connection with any payment to be made on behalf of an obligor are paid from the servicer’s funds and not charged to the obligor, unless the late payment was due to the obligor’s error or omission. Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xiii) Disbursements made on behalf of an obligor are posted within two business days to the obligor’s records maintained by the servicer, or such other number of days specified in the transaction agreements. Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xiv)  Delinquencies, charge-offs and uncollectible accounts are recognized and recorded in accordance with the transaction agreements. Master Servicer
1122(d)(4)(xv) Any external enhancement or other support, identified in Item 1114(a)(1) through (3) or Item 1115 of Regulation AB, is maintained as set forth in the transaction agreements. N/A

 

At all times that the Certificate Administrator and the Trustee are the same entity, the Trustee and Certificate Administrator may provide a combined assessment of compliance in respect of their combined responsibilities under Section 1122 of Regulation AB.

 

At all times that the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer are the same entity, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer may provide a combined assessment of compliance in respect of their combined responsibilities under Section 1122 of Regulation AB.

 

Exhibit AA-3

 

 

EXHIBIT BB

 

ADDITIONAL FORM 10-D DISCLOSURE

 

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column are obligated pursuant to Section 11.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to disclose to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator (or the Master Servicer, to the extent specified in Section 11.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) any information described in the corresponding Form 10-D Item described in the “Item on Form 10-D” column to the extent such party has knowledge (and in the case of net operating income information, financial statements, annual operating statements, budgets and/or rent rolls required to be provided in connection with Item 6 below, possession) of such information (other than information as to itself). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific notice to the contrary from the Depositor or a Mortgage Loan Seller. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party or property identified as such in the Prospectus and to assume that no other party or property will constitute a “significant obligor” after the Cut-off Date. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be required to provide any information for inclusion in a Form 10-D that relates to any Mortgage Loan for which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is not the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be. For this JPMDB 2017-C7 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB.

 

Item on Form 10-D Party Responsible

Item 1: Distribution and Pool Performance Information:

 

●     Item 1121(a)(13) of Regulation AB

 

●     Item 1121(a)(14) of Regulation AB

●     Certificate Administrator

 

●     Depositor

 

Item 1A: Asset-Level Information

 

●     Item 1111(h) of Regulation AB

 

●     Item 1125 of Regulation AB

●     Each Mortgage Loan Seller (as to its Mortgage Loans for any period prior to the reporting period applicable to the first Form 10-D filed with respect to the Trust)

 

●     Master Servicer

Item 1B: Distribution and Pool Performance ●     Certificate Administrator

 

Exhibit BB-1

 

 

Item on Form 10-D Party Responsible

Information:

 

●     Item 1121(a)(14) of Regulation AB

 

●     Item 1121(d) of Regulation AB

 

●     Item 1121(e) of Regulation AB

 

 

 

●     Depositor

 

●     Asset Representations Reviewer

Item 2: Legal Proceedings:

 

●     Item 1117 of Regulation AB (it being acknowledged that such Item 1117 requires disclosure only of proceedings described therein that are material to security holders)

 

●     Master Servicer (as to itself)

 

●     Special Servicer (as to itself)

 

●     Certificate Administrator (as to itself)

 

●     Trustee (as to itself)

 

●     Depositor (as to itself)

 

●     Operating Advisor (as to itself)

 

●     Asset Representations Reviewer (as to itself)

 

●     Any other Reporting Servicer (as to itself)

 

●     Trustee/Certificate Administrator/Master Servicer/Depositor/Special Servicer as to the Trust (whichever of them is in principal control of the proceedings)

 

●     Each Mortgage Loan Seller as sponsor (as defined in Regulation AB)

 

●     Originators under Item 1110 of Regulation AB

 

●     Party under Item 1100(d)(1) of Regulation AB

Item 3: Sale of Securities and Use of Proceeds
●     Depositor
Item 4: Defaults Upon Senior Securities ●     Certificate Administrator

 

Exhibit BB-2

 

 

Item on Form 10-D Party Responsible
   
Item 5: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

●     Certificate Administrator

Item 6: Significant Obligors of Pool Assets:

 

●     Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB provided, however, that all of the following conditions shall apply:

 

(a) information shall be required to be reported only with respect to a party or property (if any) identified as a “significant obligor” in the Prospectus;

 

(b) the information to be reported shall consist of such quarterly and annual operating statements, budgets and rent rolls of the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property (as applicable), and quarterly and annual financial statements of the related Borrower (except in the case of an REO Property), received or prepared by the “Party Responsible” pursuant to its obligations under Section 3.12(b) of this Agreement; provided, however, that for a significant obligor under item 1101(k)(2) of Regulation AB, only net operating income for the most recent fiscal year and interim period is required and, if such information for a prior period was required but not previously reported, such information for such prior period; and

 

(c) the information shall be reportable in the Form 10-D that relates to the Distribution Date that immediately follows the Collection Period in which the information was received or prepared by the “Party Responsible” as described in clause (b) above. 

●     Master Servicer (excluding information for which the Special Servicer is the “Party Responsible”)

 

●     Special Servicer (as to REO Properties)

 

 

Exhibit BB-3

 

 

Item on Form 10-D Party Responsible

Item 7: Change in Sponsor Interest in the Securities:

 

●     Item 1124 of Regulation AB

●     Each Mortgage Loan Seller (as to itself in its capacity as a sponsor as defined in Regulation AB)

Item 8: Significant Enhancement Provider Information:

 

●     Item 1114(b)(2) and Item 1115(b) of Regulation AB 

 

●     Depositor
Item 9: Other Information, but only to the extent of any information that meets all the following conditions: (a) such information constitutes “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” pursuant to Exhibit DD, (b) such information is required to be reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” during the period to which the Form 10-D relates, and (c) such information was not previously reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure”.

●     Certificate Administrator, Trustee, Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer, in each case to the extent that such party is the “Party Responsible” with respect to such information pursuant to Exhibit DD.

 

●     Certificate Administrator (including the balances of the Distribution Account, the Interest Reserve Account and the Gain-on-Sale Reserve Account as of the related Distribution Date and the preceding Distribution Date)

 

●     Master Servicer (with respect to the balances of each REO Account (to the extent the related information has been received from the Special Servicer within the time period specified in Section 11.04 of this Agreement) and the Collection Account as of the related Distribution Date and the preceding Distribution Date)

 

●     Special Servicer (with respect to the balance of each REO Account as of the related Distribution Date and the preceding Distribution Date)

 

●     Any other party responsible for disclosure items on Form 8-K (including each applicable Seller with respect to Item 1100(e) of Regulation AB to the extent

 

Exhibit BB-4

 

 

Item on Form 10-D Party Responsible  
  material to Certificateholders)  

Item 10: Exhibits (no. 3):

 

Articles of incorporation and by-laws (Exhibit No. 3(i) and 3(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

●     Depositor  

Item 10: Exhibits (no. 4):

 

With respect to instruments defining the rights of security holders (Exhibit No. 4 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

 

●     Certificate Administrator

 

●     Depositor

 

provided, in each case, that this shall in no event be construed to make such party responsible for the initial filing of this

 

provided further, in each case, that in the event any reportable agreement is executed by the Depositor and the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, then the Depositor shall be the responsible party.

 

Item 10: Exhibits (no. 10):

 

Material contracts (Exhibit No. 10 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

 

●     Certificate Administrator, Trustee, Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer, in each case to the extent of any contract that satisfies all the following conditions: (a) such contract relates to the Trust or one or more Mortgage Loans or REO Mortgage Loans, and (b) such contract is a contract to which such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) is a party or that such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) has caused to have been executed on behalf of the Trust.  

Item 10: Exhibits (no. 22):

 

Published Report Regarding Matters Submitted to a Vote of Security Holders (Exhibit No. 22 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), but only if the party that is the “Party Responsible” with respect to Item 5 above elects to publish a report containing the information required by such Item 5 above and also elects to report the information on

●     The applicable party that is the “Party Responsible” with respect to Item 5 as set forth above.  

 

Exhibit BB-5

 

 

Item on Form 10-D Party Responsible
Form 10-D by means of filing the published report and answering Item 5 by referencing the published report.  

Item 10: Exhibits (no. 23):

 

Consents of Experts and Counsel (Exhibit No. 23(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), where the filing of a written consent is required with respect to material (in the Form 10-D) that is incorporated by reference in the Depositor’s registration statement.

●     Depositor

Item 10: Exhibits (no. 24)

 

Power of Attorney (Exhibit No. 24 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), but only if the name of any party signing the Form 10-D, or the name of any officer signing the Form 10-D on behalf of a party, is signed pursuant to a power of attorney.

●     Certificate Administrator

Item 10: Exhibits (no. 99)

 

Additional exhibits (Exhibit No. 99 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

●     Not Applicable.

Item 10: Exhibits (no. 100)

 

XBRL-Related Documents (Exhibit No. 100 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

●     Not Applicable.
Item 10: Exhibits (By Operation of Item 8 Above), but only to the extent of any document that meets all the following conditions: (a) such document constitutes “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” pursuant to Item 9.01(d) of Exhibit DD, (b) such document is required to be reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” during the period to which the Form 10-D relates, and (c) such document was not previously reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure”. ●     Certificate Administrator, Depositor and Trustee, in each case only to the extent that such party is the “Party Responsible” for the exhibit pursuant to Item 9(d) of Exhibit DD (it being acknowledged that none of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer constitutes a “Party Responsible” under Exhibit DD with respect to any exhibits to a Form 10-K); provided, in each case, that in the event any reportable agreement is executed by the Depositor and the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, then the Depositor shall be the responsible party for

 

Exhibit BB-6

 

 

Item on Form 10-D Party Responsible
  this Item 10.

 

Exhibit BB-7

 

 

EXHIBIT CC

 

ADDITIONAL FORM 10-K DISCLOSURE

 

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column are obligated pursuant to Section 11.05 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to disclose to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator any information described in the corresponding Form 10-K Item described in the “Item on Form 10-K” column to the extent such party has knowledge (and in the case of net operating income information, financial statements, annual operating statements, budgets and/or rent rolls required to be provided in connection with 1112(b) below, possession) of such information (other than information as to itself). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific notice to the contrary from the Depositor or a Mortgage Loan Seller. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party or property identified as such in the Prospectus and to assume that no other party or property will constitute a “significant obligor” after the Cut-off Date. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be required to provide any information for inclusion in a Form 10-K that relates to any Mortgage Loan for which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is not the applicable Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be. For this JPMDB 2017-C7 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB.

 

Item on Form 10-K Party Responsible

 

Item 1B: Unresolved Staff Comments

 

●     Depositor

 

Item 9B: Other Information, but only to the extent of any information that meets all the following conditions:

 

(a) such information constitutes “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” pursuant to Exhibit DD,

 

(b) such information is required to be reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” during the period to which the Form 10-K relates, and

 

(c) such information was not previously 

●     Certificate Administrator, Trustee, Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer, in each case to the extent that such party is the “Party Responsible” with respect to such information pursuant to Exhibit DD.

 

Exhibit CC-1

 

 

Item on Form 10-K Party Responsible
reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” or as “Additional Form 10-D Disclosure”  
Item 15: Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules (SEE BELOW) SEE BELOW

Instruction J(2)(b) (Significant Obligors of Pool Assets) – Part 1 of 3 Parts:

 

●     Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, but only to the extent that (i) such information was required to have been set forth in the Prospectus, (ii) such information was not so set forth and (iii) the applicable Master Servicer has not previously reported such information as “Additional Form 10-D Information”.

 

●     The applicable Mortgage Loan Seller

 

 

Instruction J(2)(b) (Significant Obligors of Pool Assets) – Part 2 of 3 Parts:

 

●     Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB, but only to the extent that (i) such information was set forth in the Prospectus and (ii) the applicable Master Servicer has not previously reported such information or updated versions thereof as “Additional Form 10-D Information”.

 

●     The Depositor

Instruction J(2)(b) (Significant Obligors of Pool Assets) – Part 3 of 3 Parts:

 

●     Item 1112(b) of Regulation AB; provided, however, that all of the following conditions shall apply:

 

(a) information shall be required to be reported only with respect to a party or

●     Master Servicer (excluding information for which the Special Servicer is the “Party Responsible”)

 

●     Special Servicer (as to REO Properties)

 

 

Exhibit CC-2

 

 

Item on Form 10-K Party Responsible

property (if any) identified as a “significant obligor” in the Prospectus;

 

(b) the information to be reported shall consist of such quarterly and annual operating statements, budgets and rent rolls of the related Mortgaged Property or REO Property (as applicable), and quarterly and annual financial statements of the related Borrower (except in the case of an REO Property), received or prepared by the “Party Responsible” pursuant to its obligations under Section 3.12(b) of this Agreement; provided, however, that for a significant obligor described under item 1101(k)(2) of Regulation AB, only net operating income for the most recent fiscal year and interim period is required and, if such information for a prior period was required but not previously reported, such information for such prior period; and

 

(c) the information shall be reportable only to the extent that is has not previously been reported as “Additional Form 10-D Information”.

 

 

Instruction J(2)(c) (Significant Enhancement Provider Information):

 

●     Items 1114(b)(2) and 1115(b) of Regulation AB

 

●     Depositor

Instruction J(2)(d) (Legal Proceedings):

 

●     Item 1117 of Regulation AB (it being acknowledged that such Item 1117 requires disclosure only of proceedings described therein that are material to security holders)

 

●     Master Servicer (as to itself)

 

●     Special Servicer (as to itself)

 

●     Certificate Administrator (as to itself)

 

●     Trustee (as to itself) 

 

Exhibit CC-3

 

 

Item on Form 10-K Party Responsible
 

 

●     Depositor (as to itself)

 

●     Trustee/Certificate Administrator /Master Servicer/Depositor/Special Servicer as to the Trust (whichever of them is in principal control of the proceedings)

 

●     Each Mortgage Loan Seller as sponsor (as defined in Regulation AB)

 

●     Originators under Item 1110 of Regulation AB

 

●     Party under Item 1100(d)(1) of Regulation AB

Instruction J(2)(e) (Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions) – Part 1 of 2 Parts:

 

1119(a) of Regulation AB,

 

but only the existence and (if existent) how there is (that is, the nature of) any affiliation between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”), on the one hand, and any one or more of the following, on the other: (1) the Depositor, (2) any Mortgage Loan Seller, (3) the Trust and (4) any other party listed under this item as a “Party Responsible”; provided, however, that an affiliation need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”.

 

and

 

●     1119(b) of Regulation AB,

 

but only the existence and (if existent) the general character of any business relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding that is entered

●     Master Servicer (as to itself) (only as to affiliations under Item 1119(a) with the Trustee, Certificate Administrator, each Special Servicer or a sub-servicer retained by it meeting any of the descriptions in Item 1108(a)(3)).

 

●     Special Servicer

 

●     Certificate Administrator

 

●     Trustee

 

●     Asset Representations Reviewer

 

●     Each party (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller), if any, that is identified in the Prospectus as an “originator” of one or more Mortgage Loans, if the Prospectus specifically states that the applicable Mortgage Loans were 10% or more of the assets of the Trust at the date of the Prospectus (provided that such a party shall no longer constitute a “Party Responsible” under this item from and after the date (if any) when the Depositor notifies the parties to this Agreement to the effect that such party no longer constitutes an originator of 10% or

 

Exhibit CC-4

 

 

Item on Form 10-K Party Responsible

into outside the ordinary course of business or is on terms other than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party (apart from the Series 2017-C7 transaction) between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”) or any of its affiliates, on the one hand, and any one or more of the following, on the other: (1) the Depositor, (2) any Mortgage Loan Seller, and (3) the Trust; provided, however, that a relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding (A) must be reported only if it then exists or existed within the two prior years, (B) need not be reported if it is not material to an investor’s understanding of the Certificates and (C) need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”.

 

and

 

●     1119(c) of Regulation AB,

 

but only the existence and (if existent) a description (including the terms and approximate dollar amount) of any specific relationship involving or related to the Series 2017-C7 transaction or the Mortgage Loans between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”) or any of its affiliates, on the one hand, and any one or more of the following, on the other: (1) the Depositor, (2) any Mortgage Loan Seller, and (3) the Trust; provided, however, that a relationship (A) must be reported only if it then exists or existed within the two prior years, (B) need not be reported if it is not material to an investor’s understanding of the Certificates and (C) need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K

more of the assets of the Trust).

 

●     Each party (other than a Mortgage Loan Seller), if any, that is specifically identified as an “originator of 10% or more of the assets of the Trust for purposes of Regulation AB and the upcoming Form 10-K” in a written notice delivered to the parties to this Agreement, which notice is delivered not later than February 15 of the year in which the Form 10-K is due.

 

●     Each party (if any) that is identified in the Prospectus as an “other material party to the securities or transaction” (or substantially similar phrasing); provided, however, that such a party shall no longer constitute a “Party Responsible” under this item from and after the date (if any) when the Depositor notifies the parties to this Agreement to the effect that such party no longer constitutes a material party for purposes of Regulation AB.

 

●     Each party (if any) that that is specifically identified as an “other material party to the securities or transaction for purposes of Regulation AB and the upcoming Form 10-K” (or substantially similar phrasing) in a written notice delivered by the Depositor to the parties to this Agreement, which notice is delivered not later than February 15 of the year in which the Form 10-K is due.

 

 

Exhibit CC-5

 

 

Item on Form 10-K Party Responsible

Disclosure”.

 

 

 

Instruction J(2)(e) (Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions) – Part 2 of 2 Parts:

 

1119(a) of Regulation AB,

 

But only the existence and (if existent) how there is any affiliation between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”), on the one hand, and any one or more of the parties listed under the preceding item as a “Party Responsible”, on the other; provided, however, that an affiliation need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”.

 

and

 

●     1119(b) of Regulation AB,

 

but only the existence and (if existent) the general character of any business relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding that is entered into outside the ordinary course of business or is on terms other than would be obtained in an arm’s length transaction with an unrelated third party (apart from the Series 2017-C7 transaction) between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”), on the one hand, and any one or more of the parties listed under the preceding item as a “Party Responsible”, on the other; provided, however, that a relationship, agreement, arrangement, transaction or understanding (A) must be reported only if it then exists or existed within the two prior years, (B) need not be reported if it is not material to an investor’s understanding of the Certificates

 

●     The Depositor

 

●     Each Mortgage Loan Seller

 

 

Exhibit CC-6

 

 

Item on Form 10-K Party Responsible

and (C) need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”.

 

and

 

●     1119(c) of Regulation AB,

 

but only the existence and (if existent) a description (including the terms and approximate dollar amount) of any specific relationship involving or related to the Series 2017-C7 transaction or the Mortgage Loans between itself (that is, the particular “Party Responsible”) or any of its affiliates, on the one hand, and any one or more of the parties listed under the preceding item as a “Party Responsible”, on the other; provided, however, that a relationship (A) must be reported only if it then exists or existed within the two prior years, (B) need not be reported if it is not material to an investor’s understanding of the Certificates and (C) need not be disclosed for purposes of the applicable Form 10-K if it was disclosed in the Prospectus or if it was previously reported as “Additional Form 10-K Disclosure”.

 

 

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 2):

 

Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or succession (Exhibit No. 2 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

●     Depositor

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 3):

 

Articles of incorporation and by-laws (Exhibit No. 3(i) and 3(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

●     Depositor

 

Exhibit CC-7

 

 

Item on Form 10-K Party Responsible

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 4):

 

With respect to instruments defining the rights of security holders (Exhibit No. 4 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

 

 

●     Trustee

 

●     Certificate Administrator

 

●     Depositor

 

provided, in each case, that this shall in no event be construed to make such party responsible for the initial filing of this Agreement

 

provided further, in each case, that in the event any reportable agreement is executed by the Depositor and the Trustee or Certificate Administrator, then the Depositor shall be the responsible party.

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 10):

 

Material contracts (Exhibit No. 10 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

 

●     Certificate Administrator, Trustee, Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer, in each case to the extent of any contract that satisfies all the following conditions: (a) such contract relates to the Trust or one or more Mortgage Loans or REO Mortgage Loans, and (b) such contract is a contract to which such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) is a party or that such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) has caused to have been executed on behalf of the Trust.

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 11):

 

Statement regarding computation of per share earnings (Exhibit No. 11 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

●     Not Applicable

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 12):

 

Statement regarding computation of ratios (Exhibit No. 12 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

●     Not Applicable.

 

Exhibit CC-8

 

 

Item on Form 10-K Party Responsible

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 13):

 

Annual report to security holders, Form 10-Q and Form 10-QSB, or quarterly report to security holders (Exhibit No. 13 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

●     Not Applicable

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 14):

 

Code of Ethics (Exhibit No. 14 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

●     Not Applicable.

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 16):

 

Letter re change in certifying accountant (Exhibit No. 16 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

●     Not Applicable

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 18):

 

Letter re change in accounting principles (Exhibit No. 18 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

●     Not Applicable.

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 21):

 

Subsidiaries of registrant (Exhibit No. 18 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

●     Depositor.

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 22):

 

Published Report Regarding Matters Submitted to a Vote of Security Holders (Exhibit No. 22 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

●     Not Applicable.

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 23) – Part 1 of 2 Parts:

 

Consents of Experts and Counsel (Exhibit No. 23(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), where (a) the filing of a written consent is required with respect to material (in the Form 10-D) that is incorporated by reference in the Depositor’s registration statement and (b) the 

●     Depositor

 

Exhibit CC-9

 

 

Item on Form 10-K Party Responsible
consent is not the consent of a registered public accounting firm in connection with an attestation delivered pursuant to Section 11.13 of this Agreement.  

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 23) – Part 2 of 2 Parts:

 

Consents of Experts and Counsel (Exhibit No. 23(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), but the required shall consist of a consent of the registered public accounting firm for purposes of any attestation report rendered with respect to the particular “Party Responsible” pursuant to Section 11.13 of this Agreement.

 

 

●     Master Servicer

 

●     Special Servicer

 

●     Depositor

 

●     Any other Servicing Function Participant

 

provided, however, in each case, that such party shall have the duty to report or deliver, or cause the reporting or delivery, of such consent only to the extent that such party is required to deliver or cause the delivery of the related attestation report.

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 24)

 

Power of Attorney (Exhibit No. 24 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), but only if the name of any party signing the Form 10-D, or the name of any officer signing the Form 10-D on behalf of a party, is signed pursuant to a power of attorney.

●     Certificate Administrator

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 31(i))

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications (Exhibit No. 31(i) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

●     Not Applicable

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 31(ii))

 

Rule 13a-14(d)/15d-14(d) Certifications (Exhibit No. 31(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

●     Delivery of this exhibit (Sarbanes-Oxley certification and backup certifications) is governed by Section 11.08 (and Section 11.07) of this Agreement.

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 32)

 

Section 1350 Certifications (Exhibit No. 32 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

●     Not Applicable.

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 33)

●     Delivery of this exhibit (annual compliance

 

Exhibit CC-10

 

 

Item on Form 10-K Party Responsible
Report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities (Exhibit No. 33 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K). assessment) is governed by Section 11.10 (and Section 11.07) of this Agreement.

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 34)

 

Attestation report on assessment of compliance with servicing criteria for asset-backed securities (Exhibit No. 34 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

●     Delivery of this exhibit (annual accountants’ attestation report) is governed by Section 11.11 (and Section 11.07) of this Agreement.

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 35)

 

Servicer compliance statement (Exhibit No. 35 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

●     Delivery of this exhibit (annual servicer compliance statements) is governed by Section 11.09 (and Section 11.07) of this Agreement.

 

Item 15: Exhibit (no. 36)

 

Certification For Shelf Offerings of Asset-Backed Securities (Exhibit No. 36 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

●     Depositor.

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 99)

 

Additional exhibits (Exhibit No. 99 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

●     Not Applicable.

 

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 100)

 

XBRL-Related Documents (Exhibit No. 100 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

●     Not Applicable.
Item 15: Exhibits (By Operation of Item 9B Above), but only to the extent of any document that meets all the following conditions: (a) such document constitutes “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” pursuant to Item 9.01(d) of Exhibit DD, (b) such document is required to be reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure” during the period to which the Form 10-K relates, and (c) such document was not previously reported as “Additional Form 8-K Disclosure”. ●     Certificate Administrator, Depositor and Trustee, in each case only to the extent that such party is the “Party Responsible” for the exhibit pursuant to Item 9(d) of Exhibit DD (it being acknowledged that none of the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer constitutes a “Party Responsible” under Exhibit DD with respect to any exhibits to a Form 10-K).

 

Exhibit CC-11

 

 

Item on Form 10-K Party Responsible

Item 15: Exhibit (no. 101)

Interactive Data File (Exhibit No. 101 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

  ●     Not Applicable
Item 15: Exhibit (no. 102)

Asset Data File (Exhibit No. 102 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

●     [Certificate Administrator]

 

●     [Depositor]

 

Item 15: Exhibit (no. 103)

Asset Related Document (Exhibit No, 103 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

●     [Certificate Administrator]

 

●     [Depositor]

 

Exhibit CC-12

 

 

EXHIBIT DD

 

FORM 8-K DISCLOSURE INFORMATION

 

The parties identified in the “Party Responsible” column are obligated pursuant to Section 11.07 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to report to the Depositor and the Certificate Administrator the occurrence of any event described in the corresponding Form 8-K Item described in the “Item on Form 8-K” column to the extent such party has knowledge of such information (other than information as to itself). Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Prospectus (other than information with respect to itself that is set forth in or omitted from the Prospectus), in the absence of specific notice to the contrary from the Depositor or a Mortgage Loan Seller. Each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no “significant obligor” other than a party or property identified as such in the Prospectus and to assume that no other party or property will constitute a “significant obligor” after the Cut-off Date. In no event shall the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer be required to provide any information for inclusion in a Form 8-K that relates to any Mortgage Loan for which the Master Servicer or the Special Servicer is not the applicable Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be. For this JPMDB 2017-C7 Pooling and Servicing Agreement, each of the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer (in its capacity as such) shall be entitled to assume that there is no provider of credit enhancement, liquidity or derivative instruments within the meaning of Items 1114 or 1115 of Regulation AB.

 

Item on Form 8-K Party Responsible

Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

     Depositor, except as described in the next bullet (it being acknowledged that Item 601 of Regulation S-K requires filing of material contracts to which the registrant or a subsidiary thereof is a party).

 

     Certificate Administrator, Trustee, Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer (it being acknowledged that Instruction 3 to Item 1.01 of Form 8-K requires disclosure regarding the entry into or an amendment of a definitive agreement that is material to the asset-backed securities transaction, even if the registrant is not a party to such agreement), in each case to the extent of any amendment or definitive agreement 

 

Exhibit DD-1

 

 

Item on Form 8-K Party Responsible
 

that satisfies all the following conditions: (a) such amendment or definitive agreement relates to the Trust or one or more Mortgage Loans or REO Mortgage Loans, and (b) such amendment or definitive agreement is an amendment or definitive agreement to which such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) is a party or that such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) has caused to have been executed on behalf of the Trust; provided, however, that the Certificate Administrator shall be the “Party Responsible” in connection with any amendment to this Agreement.

Item 1.02: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement– Part 1 of 2 Parts      Certificate Administrator, Trustee, Master Servicer and/or Special Servicer, in each case to the extent of any contract that satisfies all the following conditions: (a) such contract relates to the Trust or one or more Mortgage Loans or REO Mortgage Loans, and (b) such contract is a contract to which such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) is a party or that such party (or a subcontractor or vendor engaged by such party) has caused to have been executed on behalf of the Trust; provided, however, that the Certificate Administrator shall be the “Party Responsible” in connection with any amendment to this Agreement.
Item 1.02: Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement– Part 2 of 2 Parts      Depositor, to the extent of any material agreement not covered in the prior item
Item 1.03: Bankruptcy or Receivership      Depositor

 

Exhibit DD-2

 

 

Item on Form 8-K Party Responsible
Item 2.04: Triggering Events that Accelerate or Increase a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement

      Depositor

 

      Certificate Administrator

Item 3.03: Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders       Certificate Administrator
Item 5.03: Amendments of Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change of Fiscal Year       Depositor
Item 6.01: ABS Informational and Computational Material       Depositor
Item 6.02 (Part 1 of 3 Parts): Change of Servicer or Trustee, but only to the extent related to a change in trustee

      Trustee

 

      Depositor 

Item 6.02 (Part 2 of 3 Parts): Change of Servicer or Trustee, but only to the extent related to a change in Master Servicer or Special Servicer

      Certificate Administrator

 

      Master Servicer or Special Servicer, as the case may be (in each case, as to itself) 

Item 6.02 (Part 3 of 3 Parts): Change of Servicer or Trustee, but only to the extent related to a servicer (other than a party to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement) appointed by the particular “Party Responsible”.

      Master Servicer

 

      Special Servicer

 

      Certificate Administrator

 

      Depositor 

Item 6.03: Change in Credit Enhancement or External Support

      Depositor

 

      Certificate Administrator 

Item 6.04: Failure to Make a Required Distribution       Certificate Administrator
Item 6.05: Securities Act Updating Disclosure       Depositor
Item 7.01: Regulation FD Disclosure       Depositor

 

Exhibit DD-3

 

 

Item on Form 8-K Party Responsible
Item 8.01: Other Events       Depositor

Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 1):

 

Underwriting agreement (Exhibit No. 1 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

      Not applicable

Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 2):

 

Plan of acquisition, reorganization, arrangement, liquidation or succession (Exhibit No. 2 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K) 

      Depositor

Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 3):

 

Articles of incorporation and by-laws (Exhibit No. 3(i) and 3(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K) 

      Depositor

Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 4):

 

With respect to instruments defining the rights of security holders (Exhibit No. 4 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

●       Certificate Administrator

 

provided, in each case, that this shall in no event be construed to make such party responsible for the initial filing of this Agreement 

Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 7):

 

Correspondence from an independent accountant regarding non-reliance on a previously issued audit report or completed interim review. (Exhibit No. 7 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K) 

      Not Applicable
Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 14):       Not Applicable

 

Exhibit DD-4

 

 

Item on Form 8-K Party Responsible

 

Code of Ethics (Exhibit No. 14 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 16):

 

Letter re change in certifying accountant (Exhibit No. 16 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K) 

      Not Applicable

Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 17):

 

Correspondence on departure of director (Exhibit No. 17 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

      Not Applicable

Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 20):

 

Other documents or statements to security holders (Exhibit No. 20 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K) 

      Not Applicable

Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 23):

 

Consents of Experts and Counsel (Exhibit No. 23(ii) of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), where the filing of a written consent is required with respect to material (in the Form 10-D) that is incorporated by reference in the Depositor’s registration statement. 

      Depositor

Item 9.01(d): Exhibits (no. 24)

 

Power of Attorney (Exhibit No. 24 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K), but only if the name of any party signing the Form 10-D, or the name of any officer signing the Form 10-D on behalf of a party, is signed pursuant to a power of attorney. 

      Certificate Administrator

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 99)

 

Additional exhibits (Exhibit No. 99 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K)

      Not Applicable.

Item 15: Exhibits (no. 100)

      Not Applicable.

 

Exhibit DD-5

 

 

Item on Form 8-K Party Responsible
XBRL-Related Documents (Exhibit No. 100 of Item 601 of Regulation S-K).  

 

Exhibit DD-6

 

 

EXHIBIT EE

 

ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE NOTIFICATION

 

**SEND VIA FAX TO 410-715-2380 AND VIA EMAIL TO
cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com AND VIA OVERNIGHT MAIL TO THE ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY BELOW**

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator 

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 

Attn: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities
Corp., Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7—SEC REPORT PROCESSING

 

RE: **Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure** Required

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In accordance with Section [11.04] [11.05] [11.07] of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, the undersigned, as [           ], hereby notifies you that certain events have come to our attention that [will] [may] need to be disclosed on Form [10-D][10-K][8-K].

 

Description of Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

 

List of any Attachments hereto to be included in the Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

 

Any inquiries related to this notification should be directed to [                       ], phone number: [                       ]; email address: [                       ].

 

  [NAME OF PARTY],
as [role]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

  

cc: Depositor

 

Exhibit EE-1 

 

 

EXHIBIT FF

 

INITIAL SUB-SERVICERS

 

Property Name Subservicer Name
IRG Portfolio Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital, LLC
Villas at San Gabriel Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.
Fullerton Plaza Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.
Staybridge Suites St. Petersburg Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.
PPHC Manufacturing Facility Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P.

 

Exhibit FF-1 

 

 

EXHIBIT GG

 

SERVICING FUNCTION PARTICIPANTS

 

None.

 

Exhibit GG-1 

 

 

EXHIBIT HH

 

FORM OF ANNUAL COMPLIANCE STATEMENT

 

CERTIFICATION

JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7,
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates
Series 2017-C7 (the “Trust”)

 

I, [identifying the certifying individual], on behalf of [Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer], [Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee] (the “Certifying Servicer”), certify to J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. and its officers, directors and affiliates, and with the knowledge and intent that they will rely upon this certification, that:

 

1.I (or Servicing Officers under my supervision) have reviewed the Certifying Servicer’s activities [during the preceding calendar year] [between [__] and [__]] (the “Reporting Period”) and the Certifying Servicer’s performance under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement; and

 

2.To the best of my knowledge, based on such review, the Certifying Servicer has fulfilled all of its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in all material respects during the Reporting Period. [To my knowledge, the Certifying Servicer has failed to fulfill the following obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement: [SPECIFY EACH SUCH FAILURE AND THE NATURE AND STATUS THEREOF]].

 

Date:    

  

[MIDLAND LOAN SERVICES, A DIVISION OF
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as master servicer and as special servicer]
[WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as certificate administrator]

 

By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Exhibit HH-1 

 

 

EXHIBIT II

 

FORM OF REPORT ON ASSESSMENT OF
COMPLIANCE with SERVICING CRITERIA

 

[Name of Reporting Servicer] (the “Reporting Servicer”) is responsible for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria applicable to it under paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB, as of and for the 12-month period ending December 31, 20[__] (the “Reporting Period”), as set forth in Exhibit AA to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement. The transactions covered by this report include asset-backed securities transactions for which the Reporting Servicer acted as [a master servicer, special servicer, trustee, certificate administrator] involving commercial mortgage loans [other than __________________1] (the “Platform”);

 

The Reporting Servicer has engaged certain vendors, which are not servicers as defined in Item 1101(j) of Regulation AB (the “Vendors”) to perform specific, limited or scripted activities, and the Reporting Servicer elects to take responsibility for assessing compliance with the servicing criteria or portion of the servicing criteria applicable to such Vendors’ activities as set forth on Schedule A;

 

Except as set forth in paragraph 4 below, the Reporting Servicer used the criteria set forth in paragraph (d) of Item 1122 of Regulation AB to assess the compliance with the applicable servicing criteria;

 

The criteria listed in the column titled “Inapplicable Servicing Criteria” on Schedule A hereto are inapplicable to the Reporting Servicer based on the activities it performs, directly or through its Vendors, with respect to the Platform;

 

The Reporting Servicer has complied, in all material respects, with the applicable servicing criteria as of December 31, 20[__] and for the Reporting Period with respect to the Platform taken as a whole[, except as described on Schedule B hereto];

 

The Reporting Servicer has not identified and is not aware of any material instance of noncompliance by the Vendors with the applicable servicing criteria as of December 31, 20[__] and for the Reporting Period with respect to the Platform taken as a whole[, except as described on Schedule B hereto];

 

The Reporting Servicer has not identified any material deficiency in its policies and procedures to monitor the compliance by the Vendors with the applicable servicing criteria as of December 31, 20[__] and for the Reporting Period with respect to the Platform taken as a whole[, except as described on Schedule B hereto]; and 

 

 

 

1 Describe any permissible exclusions, including those permitted under telephone interpretation 17.04 (i.e. transactions registered prior to compliance with Regulation AB, transactions involving an offer and sale of asset backed securities that were not required to be issued), if applicable.

 

Exhibit II-1 

 

 

[____], a registered public accounting firm, has issued an attestation report on the Reporting Servicer’s assessment of compliance with the applicable servicing criteria for the Reporting Period.

 

[Date of Certification]

 

 [Name of Reporting Servicer]
   
By: 
   Name:
 Title:

 

Exhibit II-2 

 

 

EXHIBIT JJ

 

CREFC® PAYMENT INFORMATION

 

Payments shall be made to “CRE Finance Council” and sent to: 

Commercial Real Estate Finance Council, Inc. 

900 7th Street, NW, Suite 820 

Washington, DC 20001 

Attn: President

 

or by wire transfer to:

 

Account Name: Commercial Real Estate Finance Council (CREFC®

Bank Name: Chase 

Bank Address: 80 Broadway, New York, NY 10005 

Routing Number: 021000021 

Account Number: 213597397

 

Exhibit JJ-1 

 

 

EXHIBIT KK

 

Form of Notice of ADDITIONAL  

INDEBTEDNESS NOTIFICATION

 

VIA E-MAIL:

To: Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator; cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com

 

Ref: JPMDB 2017-C7, Additional Debt Notice for Form 10-D

 

The following information is being furnished to you for inclusion on Form 10-D pursuant to Sections 3.18(g) and 11.04(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement

 

  Portfolio Name Mortgage Loan Position in Debt Stack Additional Debt OPB OPB Date Appraised Value Appraised Value Date Aggregate LTV Aggregate NCF DSCR Aggregate NCF DSCR Date Primary Servicer Master Servicer Lead Servicer Prospectus ID
1 JPMDB 2017-C7     $     $   %            
  Outside the Trust     $     $   %            
  Outside the Trust    

$

    $   %            
   Total     $                      
2 JPMDB 2017-C7     $     $   %            
  Outside the Trust     $     $   %            
  Outside the Trust    

    $   %            
   Total     $                      
3 JPMDB 2017-C7     $     $   %            
  Outside the Trust     $     $   %            
  Outside the Trust    

    $   %            
   Total     $                      

 

Exhibit KK-1 

 

 

EXHIBIT LL

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF EXCHANGEABLE CERTIFICATES FOR THE CLASS VRR CERTIFICATES

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
  as Certificate Administrator
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) 

    JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7 

Ref: JPMDB 2017-C7 Exchange Request

Via email to: cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In accordance with Section 5.09 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, the undersigned, as Certificateholder or Certificate Owner, we hereby give notice of our intent to present and surrender the [Exchangeable Certificates specified on Schedule I attached hereto] [Class VRR Certificates specified on Schedule I attached hereto] and all of our right, title and interest in and to such [Exchangeable Certificates][Class VRR Certificates], including all payments of interest thereon received after [_____________], in exchange for the [Class VRR Certificates specified on Schedule I attached hereto][Exchangeable Certificates specified on Schedule I attached hereto]. We propose an Exchange Date of [______].

 

We agree that upon such exchange, our interests in the portions of the [Exchangeable Certificates][Class VRR Certificates] designated for exchange shall be cancelled and replaced by the [Class VRR Certificates][Exchangeable Certificates] issued in exchange therefor.

 

Exhibit LL-1 

 

 

[[If Applicable] Our Depository participant number is [________].]

 

Capitalized terms used in this notice but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

  [________________]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

  

[MEDALLION STAMP GUARANTEE]

 

Exhibit LL-2 

 

SCHEDULE I

 

CERTIFICATES TO BE EXCHANGED 

Certificates to
be exchanged
CUSIP (of
Certificates to
be exchanged)
outstanding principal
balance of the Initial
Certificate Balance of
Certificates to be
exchanged
Certificates to
be received
CUSIP (of
Certificates to be
received)
       

 

The Exchangeable Certificates and Class VRR Certificates may be exchanged only in the Exchange Proportion designated in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Exhibit LL-3 

 

 

EXHIBIT MM

 

ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE NOTIFICATION (ACCOUNTS)

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

 

FOR ACCOUNT BALANCE REPORTING: SEND VIA EMAIL TO: 

CTS.SEC.NOTIFICATIONS@WELLS FARGO.COM

 

FOR ALL OTHER NOTIFICATIONS: SEND VIA FAX, EMAIL AND OVERNIGHT MAIL TO THE ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY BELOW**

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator 

9062 Old Annapolis Road 

Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951 

Attn: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) JPMDB 2017-C7—SEC REPORT PROCESSING 

E-Mail: cts.sec.notifications@wellsfargo.com

 

RE:   **Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure** Required

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In accordance with Section 11.04 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, the undersigned, as [ ], hereby notifies you that certain events have come to our attention that [will] [may] need to be disclosed on Form [10-D][10-K][8-K].

Description of Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

 

[With respect to the Collection Account and REO Account balance information:

 

Account Name

Beginning Balance as of

MM/DD/YYYY

Ending Balance as of

MM/DD/YYYY 

Collection Account    
REO Account    

 

Exhibit MM-1 

 

 

List of any Attachments hereto to be included in the Additional Form [10-D][10-K][8-K] Disclosure:

 

Any inquiries related to this notification should be directed to [                       ], phone number: [         ]; email address:  [                   ].

 

 [NAME OF PARTY],
as [role]
   
By: 
   Name:
 Title:
   
cc: Depositor  

 

Exhibit MM-2 

 

 

EXHIBIT NN

 

Form of NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF CONTROLLING CLASS CERTIFICATE

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
        as Certificate Administrator
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
        as Master Servicer and Special Servicer
10851 Mastin Street
Building 82, Suite 300
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head
Telecopy number: 1-888-706-3565
Email: NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com

 

Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
        as Operating Advisor
375 N. French Road, Suite 100
Amherst, New York, 14228
Attention: JPMDB 2017-C7 Transaction Manager
With a copy sent via email to: notices@pentalphasurveillance.com (with JPMDB 2017-C7 in the subject line)

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7 Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7 (the “Certificates”) issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer.

 

This letter is delivered to you, pursuant to Section 3.23 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement in connection with the transfer by ____________ (the “Transferor”) to us (the “Transferee”) of $__________________ original principal balance in the Class [__] Certificates, representing [_____]% of the Class [__] Certificates. The Certificates were issued pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

1.Our name and address is as follows:

 

 

Exhibit NN-1 

 

 

     
     
     
     
Contact Info: [Tel/Email]    

  

2.[IF APPLICABLE] We hereby certify, represent and warrant to you, as Certificate Administrator, that we are purchasing a majority interest in the Class [__] Certificates, and that we are not affiliated with the Transferor. To the extent that any Control Termination Event or Consultation Termination Event has occurred due to a waiver of a prior Class [__] Certificateholder of its rights under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, we hereby request that you reinstate such rights and post a “special notice” on your website to the following effect:

  

“A Consultation Termination Event or a Control Termination Event has been terminated and is no longer in effect due to a transfer of a majority interest of the Controlling Class to an unaffiliated third party which has terminated any waiver by the prior Holder.

 

All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

 Very truly yours,  
    
 (Transferee)  
     
By:   
   Name:
 Title:
 

  

Exhibit NN-2 

 

 

EXHIBIT OO

 

FORM OF ASSET REVIEW REPORT

 

BY THE ASSET REPRESENTATIONS REVIEWER1

 

To: [Addresses of Recipients]

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In accordance with Section 12.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), the undersigned Asset Representations Reviewer (“ARR”) has performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Loan identified in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and is hereby issuing the following Asset Review Report.

 

1.As described in the detailed scorecard attached hereto as Exhibit A, we have performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Loan identified in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and our conclusion is that there is [no evidence of a Test failure/evidence of [•] Test failures] with respect to the Delinquent Loans.

 

2.A conclusion by the ARR of a Test pass or a Test failure shall not constitute a determination by the ARR of (i) the existence or nonexistence of a Material Defect, or (ii) whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller. In addition, the Tests may not be sufficient to determine every instance of noncompliance.

 

3.The ARR, other than forwarding this report to the persons listed above, will not be required to take or participate in any other or further action with respect to the aforementioned Asset Review Report.

 

4.Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

  PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC,
as Asset Representations Reviewer
 
   
By:   
   Name:
 Title:
 

 

 

 

1 This report is an indicative report, and the Asset Representations Reviewer will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of this report, subject to compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

 

Exhibit OO-1 

 

Exhibit A

 

Detailed Scorecard [Template Example Below]

 

Test failures

 

Loan # Loan Name R&W # R&W Name Test # Test Description Findings
[Insert Loan Number] [Insert Loan Name] 44 Lease Estoppels 44c [Insert Test Description] [Insert Test findings]
32 Due on Sale or Encumbrance 32b    

 

Exhibit OO-2 

 

 

EXHIBIT PP

 

FORM OF ASSET REVIEW REPORT SUMMARY1

 

To: [Addresses of Recipients]

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

In accordance with Section 12.01 of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), the undersigned Asset Representations Reviewer (“ARR”) has performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Loan identified in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, and is hereby issuing the following Asset Review Report Summary.

 

1.As described in the summary scorecard attached hereto as Exhibit A, we have performed an Asset Review on each Delinquent Loan identified in accordance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement and our conclusion is that there is [no evidence of a Test failure/evidence of [•] Test failures] with respect to the Delinquent Loans.

 

2.A conclusion by the ARR of a Test pass or a Test failure shall not constitute a determination by the ARR of (i) the existence or nonexistence of a Material Defect, or (ii) whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller. In addition, the Tests may not be sufficient to determine every instance of noncompliance.

 

3.The ARR, other than forwarding this Asset Review Report Summary to the parties listed above, will not be required to take or participate in any other or further action with respect to the aforementioned Asset Review Report Summary.

 

4.Capitalized words and phrases used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the above-captioned Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

  PENTALPHA SURVEILLANCE LLC,
as Asset Representations Reviewer
 
By: 
   Name:
 Title:

 

 

 

1 This report is an indicative report, and the Asset Representations Reviewer will have the ability to modify or alter the organization and content of this report, subject to compliance with the terms of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, including without limitation, provisions relating to Privileged Information.

  

Exhibit PP-1 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Summary Scorecard [Template Example Below]

 

Test failures

 

       
Loan # Loan Name Representations and Warranty # Representation and Warranty Name Test #
[Insert Loan #] [Insert Loan Name] 44 Lease Estoppels 44c
32 Due on Sale or Encumbrance 32b

 

Exhibit PP-2 

 

 

EXHIBIT QQ-A

 

JPM ASSET REVIEW PROCEDURES

Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (“PSA”), the Asset Representations Reviewer (“Asset Representations Reviewer”) shall perform an Asset Review with respect to each representation and warranty made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller only with respect to each Delinquent Loan in accordance with the procedures set forth below (each such procedure, a “Test”); provided, however, the Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, modify any Test and/or associated Review Materials described in this Exhibit JJ-2 if, and only to the extent, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines pursuant to the Asset Review Standard that it is necessary to modify such Test and/or such associated Review Materials in order to facilitate its Asset Review in accordance with the Asset Review Standard. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the PSA or, solely with respect to a representation and warranty, the meaning set forth in the related mortgage loan purchase agreement (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”). For the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the performance of the following Tests:

 

(A)With respect to any representation and warranty that includes a knowledge qualifier (e.g., to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, etc.), the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be responsible for any investigation or review beyond that set forth in the applicable Test related to such representation and warranty;

 

(B)With respect to any representation and warranty that includes the examination of an insurance policy or Title Policy, the Asset Representations Reviewer will be permitted to engage a qualified consultant (at the Asset Representations Reviewer’s own expense) to perform a review of the applicable policy, and will be allowed to rely upon the conclusions of the consultant when making a determination as to whether there is a Test pass.

 

(C)The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be under no duty to provide or obtain a legal opinion, legal review or legal conclusion;

 

(D)Unless otherwise provided in the Test, the “as of” date for the testing of a representation is as of the Closing Date;

 

(E)Unless otherwise provided in the Test, if there is more than one version of the same document with respect to a particular Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property, the document that will be used by the Asset Representations Reviewer in testing is the document that is dated as of the Closing Date or, if none, the document closest prior to the Closing Date;

 

(F)With respect to each representation and warranty and its related Test(s), the Asset Representations Reviewer shall take into account any exceptions to such representation and warranty described in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to a Mortgage Loan, and a Test pass shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to such

 

Exhibit QQ-A-1 

 

 

Test if the sole reason for not satisfying the applicable Test is caused by such exception(s);

 

(G)Evidence of a failure of a Test could result from (i) an affirmative determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer that the Test failed to achieve a Test pass, or (ii) a determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer that the documentation included in the Review Materials (after making such request for any missing documents in the manner provided for in the PSA) is not sufficient to perform the Test; and

 

(H)A determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of a Test pass or a Test failure shall not constitute a determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of (i) the existence or nonexistence of a Material Defect, or (ii) whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

The Asset Representations Reviewer will only be required to perform the Tests described in this Exhibit QQ, and will not be obligated to perform additional procedures on any Delinquent Loan, even if a different set of procedures or review Materials could produce a different outcome. Notwithstanding the required Tests, the Asset Representations Reviewer will not be required to review any information other than (1) Review Materials specified in the related Test and (2) if applicable, Unsolicited Information. The Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, consider Unsolicited Information relevant to the Tests subject to the terms of the PSA. If the Asset Representations Reviewer considers Unsolicited Information, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall take into account such Unsolicited Information, in addition to the Review Materials referred to in the applicable Test(s) procedure when making a determination as to whether there is a Test pass.

 

Exhibit QQ-A-2 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

 

1.     Complete Servicing File. All documents comprising the Servicing File will be or have been delivered to the Master Servicer with respect to each Mortgage Loan by the deadlines set forth in the PSA and/or MLPA.

 

1

 

Review the Servicing File to determine if it includes a signed custodian certification that does not contain any exceptions reported. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Servicing File; Custodian certification

 

2.     Whole Loan; Ownership of Mortgage Loans. Except with respect to each Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, each Mortgage Loan is a whole loan and not an interest in a Mortgage Loan. Each Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan is a senior portion (or a pari passu portion of a senior portion) of a whole mortgage loan. Immediately prior to the sale, transfer and assignment to depositor, no Mortgage Note or Mortgage was subject to any assignment (other than assignments to the Mortgage Loan Seller, or, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Trustee), participation or pledge, and the Mortgage Loan Seller had good and marketable title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, participations (other than with respect to agreements among noteholders with respect to a Whole Loan) (subject to certain agreements regarding servicing and/or defeasance successor borrower rights as provided in the PSA, subservicing agreements permitted thereunder and that certain servicing rights appointment agreement, dated as of the Closing Date between the Master Servicer and the Mortgage Loan Seller), any other ownership interests and other interests on, in or to such Mortgage Loan (subject to certain agreements regarding servicing and/or defeasance successor borrower rights as provided in the PSA, subservicing agreements permitted thereunder and that certain servicing rights appointment agreement, dated as of the Closing Date between the Master Servicer and the Mortgage Loan Seller). The Mortgage Loan Seller has full right and authority to sell, assign and transfer each Mortgage Loan, and the assignment to depositor constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment of such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan (subject to certain agreements regarding servicing and/or defeasance successor borrower rights as provided in the PSA, subservicing agreements permitted thereunder and that certain servicing rights appointment agreement, dated as of the Closing Date between the Master Servicer and the Mortgage Loan Seller).

 

2a

 

Except with regard to each Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, review the amounts listed on the original Mortgage Note and Mortgage to determine if they match the amounts listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. If the amounts are the same, then such Mortgage Loan would be considered a whole loan. If there is more than one property then the Mortgage for each property would be need to be aggregated. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Note; Mortgage; Mortgage Loan Schedule

 

2b

 

If the Mortgage Loan is a Serviced Mortgage Loan or Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, review the Mortgage(s), Mortgage Note, loan agreement related to the Mortgage Loan (“Loan Agreement”), Mortgage Loan guaranty, Assignment of Leases, and Environmental Indemnification Agreement (collectively, the “Mortgage Loan Documents”) or intercreditor agreement to determine if it is a senior portion (or a pari passu portion of a senior portion) of a whole Mortgage Loan. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents; Intercreditor agreement

 

2c

 

Review any notice previously delivered by the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, of any alleged defect or breach with respect to any Delinquent Loan (collectively, the “MS Servicer Notices”) for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion regarding the Mortgage Loan Seller not having good and marketable title to, or not being the sole owner of, the Mortgage Loan, free and clear of any and all liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, participations (other than with respect to agreements among Mortgage Noteholders with respect to a Whole Loan), any other ownership interests and other interests on, in or to such Mortgage Loan (subject to certain agreements regarding servicing and/or defeasance successor borrower rights as provided in the PSA, subservicing agreements permitted thereunder and that certain servicing rights appointment agreement to appointment, dated as of the

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

Exhibit QQ-A-3 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

   

Closing Date between the Master Servicer and the Mortgage

Loan Seller). If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

2d

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion regarding the Mortgage Loan Seller not having the full right and authority to sell, assign and transfer the Mortgage Loan. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

 

2e

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion regarding the assignment to the Depositor not constituting a legal, valid and binding assignment of such Mortgage Loan as described in the last sentence of representation and warranty 2. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

3.     Loan Document Status. Each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Leases (if a separate instrument), guaranty and other agreement executed by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor in connection with such Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor (subject to any non-recourse provisions contained in any of the foregoing agreements and any applicable state anti-deficiency or market value limit deficiency legislation), as applicable, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law and except that certain provisions in such Mortgage Loan documents (including, without limitation, provisions requiring the payment of default interest, late fees or prepayment/yield maintenance premiums) may be further limited or rendered unenforceable by applicable law (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Insolvency Qualifications”).

 

Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentences, there is no valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right of rescission available to the related Mortgagor with respect to any of the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or other Mortgage Loan documents, including,

 

3a

 

Review the opinion of Mortgagor’s counsel (“Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion”) to determine if it contains language indicating that the related Mortgage Note, Mortgage, assignment of leases (if a separate instrument), guaranty and other agreement executed by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor in connection with such Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor (subject to any non-recourse provisions contained in any of the foregoing agreements and any applicable state anti-deficiency or market value limit deficiency legislation), as applicable, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as specified in representation and warranty 3.

If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgagor’s Counsel

Opinion

 

3b

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion regarding rights of offset, defenses, counterclaims or rights of rescission available to the related Mortgagor with respect to any of the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or other Mortgage Loan Documents, except with respect to any Insolvency Qualifications. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

Exhibit QQ-A-4 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

without limitation, any such valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right based on intentional fraud by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, that would deny the mortgagee the principal benefits intended to be provided by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents.

     

 

4.     Mortgage Provisions. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan contain provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the practical realization against the Mortgaged Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including realization by judicial or, if applicable, nonjudicial foreclosure subject to the limitations set forth in the Insolvency Qualifications.

 

4

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents and Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion to determine if the Mortgage Loan Documents contain provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the practical realization against the Mortgaged Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including realization by judicial or, if applicable, nonjudicial foreclosure subject to the limitations set forth in the Insolvency Qualifications. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents; Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion

 

5.     Hospitality Provisions. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan that is secured by a hospitality property operated pursuant to a franchise agreement includes an executed comfort letter or similar agreement signed by the Mortgagor and franchisor of such property enforceable by the Trust against such franchisor, either directly or as an assignee of the originator. The Mortgage or related security agreement for each Mortgage Loan secured by a hospitality property creates a security interest in the revenues of such property for which a UCC financing statement has been filed in the appropriate filing office.

 

5a

 

Review the appraisals to determine if any of the properties are specifically identified as hospitality properties. If so, review the Mortgage File to determine if there exists a franchise agreement and executed comfort letter or other similar agreement signed by the Mortgagor and franchisor that is enforceable by the Trust against such franchisor, either directly or as an assignee of the originator. If so determined with respect to each part of the Test, it will be a Test pass.

 

Appraisal; franchise agreement; Comfort letter or similar agreement signed by or from such franchisor

 

5b

 

If the appraisals specifically identify any Mortgaged Properties as hospitality properties, review the security agreement for each Mortgaged Property to determine if there are provisions related to creating a security interest in the revenues of such property. Also, review the Mortgage File to determine if there exist filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or evidence of filing of any related UCC financing statements, related amendments and continuation statements. If so determined with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

 

UCC filing; Appraisal; Mortgage File

 

6.     Mortgage Status; Waivers and Modifications. Since origination and except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File or as otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Loan documents

 

6a

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents and MS Servicer Notices to determine if the material terms of such documents have been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied,

 

Mortgage Loan Documents; MS Servicer Notices

 

Exhibit QQ-A-5 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

(a) the material terms of such Mortgage, Mortgage Note, Mortgage Loan guaranty, and related Mortgage Loan documents have not been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect; (b) no related Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property; and (c) neither Mortgagor nor guarantor has been released from its obligations under the Mortgage Loan. The material terms of such Mortgage, Mortgage Note, Mortgage Loan guaranty, and related Mortgage Loan documents have not been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect since [●], 2017.

 

cancelled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect, except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

6b

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices and Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if a related mortgaged property, or any portion thereof, has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices; Mortgage Loan Documents

 

6c

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that either the Mortgagor or Guarantor has been released from its obligations under any Mortgage Loan. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

7.     Lien; Valid Assignment. Subject to the Insolvency Qualifications, each endorsement and assignment of Mortgage and assignment of Assignment of Leases (if a separate instrument from the Mortgage) to the Trust (or, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Trustee) constitutes a legal, valid and binding endorsement or assignment to the Trust (or, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Trustee). Each related Mortgage and Assignment of Leases is freely assignable without the consent of the related Mortgagor. Each related Mortgage is a legal, valid and enforceable first lien on the related Mortgagor’s fee (or if identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, leasehold) interest in the Mortgaged Property in the principal amount of such Mortgage Loan or allocated loan amount (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined below)), except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Insolvency Qualifications. Such Mortgaged Property (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) as of origination was, and as of the Cut-off Date to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, is free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ liens, recorded materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge and subject to the rights of tenants, no rights exist which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the

 

7a

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion regarding any endorsement and assignment of Mortgage and Assignment of Leases not constituting a legal, valid and binding endorsement or assignment from the Mortgage Loan Seller, subject to the Insolvency Qualifications. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

7b

 

Review the Mortgage for each property and the Assignment of Leases for each property for provisions to the effect that the related Mortgage and Assignment of Leases is not freely assignable without the consent of the related Mortgagor. If no such provision is found, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage; Assignment of

Leases

 

7c

 

Review the title policy (as defined in representation and warranty 8, the “Title Policy”) to determine if the Mortgage is a first lien on the Mortgagor’s interest in the Mortgaged Property. Compare the amount of the Title Policy to the principal amount of the Mortgage Loan or allocated loan amount to determine they are equivalent. If each such determination is made, it will be a Test pass.

 

Title Policy

 

7d

 

Review the Title Policy to determine if the Mortgaged

 

Title Policy

 

Exhibit QQ-A-6 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are insured against by a lender’s title insurance policy (as described below). Any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a valid and enforceable lien on property described therein subject to Permitted Encumbrances, except as such enforcement may be limited by Insolvency Qualifications subject to the limitations described in clause (11) below. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required in order to effect such perfection.

 

The assignment of the Mortgage Loans to the Depositor validly and effectively transfers and conveys all legal and beneficial ownership of the Mortgage Loans to the Depositor free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest (subject to certain agreements regarding servicing as provided in the PSA, subservicing agreements permitted thereunder and that certain servicing rights appointment agreement, dated as of the Closing Date between the Master Servicer and the Mortgage Loan Seller).

 

Property was free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ liens, recorded materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

7e

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that, as of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge that the Mortgaged Property was not free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ liens, recorded materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

7f

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that, subject to the rights of tenants, there are rights existing which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are insured against by a lender’s title insurance policy. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

7g

 

Review the Title Policy to determine if any security agreement, chattel mortgage or equivalent document related to and delivered in connection with the Mortgage Loan establishes and creates a valid and enforceable lien on property described therein subject to Permitted Encumbrances, except as such enforcement may be limited by Insolvency Qualifications subject to the limitations described in representation 11 below. The foregoing excludes the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of a UCC financing statements is required in order to effect such perfection. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Title Policy

 

7h

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that the Mortgage Loan Seller did not have good and marketable title free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

Exhibit QQ-A-7 

 

 

 

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7i

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the sole owner of any Mortgage Loan, or that the Mortgage Loan was not free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

7j

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of claim or assertion that the assignment did not validly and effectively transfer and convey all legal and beneficial ownership of any Mortgage Loans to the Depositor free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

8.     Permitted Liens; Title Insurance. Each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan is covered by an American Land Title Association loan title insurance policy or a comparable form of loan title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction (or, if such policy is yet to be issued, by a pro forma policy, a preliminary title policy with escrow instructions or a “marked up” commitment, in each case binding on the title insurer) (the “Title Policy”) in the original principal amount of such Mortgage Loan (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan secured by multiple properties, an amount equal to at least the allocated loan amount with respect to the Title Policy for each such property) after all advances of principal (including any advances held in escrow or reserves), that insures for the benefit of the owner of the indebtedness secured by the Mortgage, the first priority lien of the Mortgage, which lien is subject only to (a) the lien of current real property taxes, water charges, sewer rents and assessments not yet due and payable; (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record specifically identified in the Title Policy; (c) the exceptions (general and specific) and exclusions set forth in such Title Policy; (d) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject; (e) the rights of tenants (as tenants only) under leases (including subleases) pertaining to the related Mortgaged Property which the Mortgage Loan documents do not require to be subordinated to the lien of such Mortgage; and (f) if the related Mortgage Loan

 

8a

 

Review the Title Policy to determine if it is an American Land Title Association loan title insurance policy or another comparable form of loan title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction. Review to determine if the amount of the policy covers the amount of the Mortgage Loan, or for multiple properties, an amount equal to the allocated loan amount after all advances of principal. If so determined with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

 

Title Policy; Mortgage

Loan Documents

 

8b

 

Review the Title Policy to determine if the first priority lien of the Mortgage is subject only to Permitted Encumbrances. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Title Policy

 

8c

 

Review the Title Policy to determine if any Permitted Encumbrance is a mortgage lien that is senior to or coordinate and co-equal to the lien of the related Mortgage, other than as contemplated by item (f) in the definition of Permitted Encumbrances. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Title Policy

 

8d

 

Review the Title Policy and MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that the coverage is not in full force and effect, that all premiums thereon have not been paid or that claims have been made by any Mortgage Loan

 

Title Policy; MS Servicer

Notices

 

Exhibit QQ-A-8 

 

 

 

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constitutes a cross-collateralized Mortgage Loan, the lien of the Mortgage for another Mortgage Loan contained in the same cross-collateralized group, provided that none of which items (a) through (f), individually or in the aggregate, materially interferes with the value, current use or operation of the Mortgaged Property or the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or with the current ability of the related Mortgaged Property to generate net cash flow sufficient to service the related Mortgage Loan or the Mortgagor’s ability to pay its obligations when they become due (collectively, the “Permitted Encumbrances”). Except as contemplated by clause (f) of the preceding sentence none of the Permitted Encumbrances are mortgage liens that are senior to or coordinate and co-equal with the lien of the related Mortgage. Such Title Policy (or, if it has yet to be issued, the coverage to be provided thereby) is in full force and effect, all premiums thereon have been paid and no claims have been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller thereunder and no claims have been paid thereunder. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller, nor to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, any other holder of the Mortgage Loan, has done, by act or omission, anything that would materially impair the coverage under such Title Policy. Each Title Policy contains no exclusion for, or affirmatively insures (except for any Mortgaged Property located in a jurisdiction where such affirmative insurance is not available in which case such exclusion may exist), (a) that the Mortgaged Property shown on the survey is the same as the property legally described in the Mortgage, and (b) to the extent that the Mortgaged Property consists of two or more adjoining parcels, such parcels are contiguous.

  Seller.  If no such notation or other indication is found, it will be a Test pass.  

 

8e

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that the Mortgage Loan Seller, or any other holder of the Mortgage Loan, has done, by act or omission, anything that would materially impair the coverage under such policy. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

8f

 

Review the Title Policy to determine if the Title Policy contains no exclusion for, or affirmatively insures (except for any Mortgaged Property located in a jurisdiction where such affirmative insurance is not available in which case such exclusion may exist), that the Mortgaged Property shown on the survey is the same as the property legally described in the Mortgage. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Title Policy

 

8g

 

Review the Title Policy to determine if the Title Policy contains no exclusion for, or affirmatively insures (except for any Mortgaged Property located in a jurisdiction where such affirmative insurance is not available in which case such exclusion may exist), to the extent that the Mortgaged Property consists of two or more adjoining parcels, such parcels are contiguous. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Title Policy

 

9.     Junior Liens. It being understood that B notes secured by the same Mortgage as a Mortgage Loan are not subordinate mortgages or junior liens, there are no subordinate mortgages or junior liens encumbering the related Mortgaged Property. The Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any mezzanine debt related to the Mortgaged Property and secured directly by the ownership interests in the Mortgagor.

 

9a

 

Review the Title Policy to determine if there is any subordinate mortgage or junior lien encumbering the Mortgaged Property. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Title Policy

 

9b

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge of any mezzanine debt related to the Mortgaged Property and secured directly by the ownership interests in the Mortgagor. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

10.   Assignment of Leases and Rents. There exists as part of the related

 

10a

 

Review the Mortgage File to determine if an Assignment of

 

Mortgage File; Mortgage;

 

Exhibit QQ-A-9 

 

 

 

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Mortgage File an Assignment of Leases (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage). Each related Assignment of Leases creates a valid first-priority collateral assignment of, or a valid first-priority lien or security interest in, rents and certain rights under the related lease or leases, subject only to a license granted to the related Mortgagor to exercise certain rights and to perform certain obligations of the lessor under such lease or leases, including the right to operate the related leased property, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Insolvency Qualifications; no person other than the related Mortgagor owns any interest in any payments due under such lease or leases that is superior to or of equal priority with the lender’s interest therein. The related Mortgage or related Assignment of Leases, subject to applicable law, provides for, upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan, a receiver to be appointed for the collection of rents or for the related mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents to be paid directly to the mortgagee.

 

Leases (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage) is in the Mortgage File. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Assignment of Leases

 

10b

 

Review the Title Policy to determine if the Mortgage, or any related Assignment of Leases, has been recorded, and creates a valid first-priority collateral assignment of, or a valid first-priority lien or security interest in, rents and certain rights under the related lease or leases, subject only to a license granted to the related Mortgagor to exercise certain rights and to perform certain obligations of the lessor under such lease or leases, including the right to operate the related leased property, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Insolvency Qualifications; and to determine that no person other than the related Mortgagor owns any interest in any payments due under such lease or leases that is superior to or of equal priority with the lender’s interest therein. If so determined with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

 

Title Policy

 

10c

 

Review the Title Policy to determine if any person other than the Mortgagor owns any interest in any payments due under such lease or leases that is superior to or of equal priority with the lender’s interest therein. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Title Policy

 

10d

 

Review the Assignment of Leases (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage) to determine if the Mortgage, or related Assignment of Leases, provides that upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan, a receiver is to be appointed for the collection of rents or for the related mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents to be paid directly to the mortgagee. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage; Assignment of Leases

 

11.   Financing Statements. Each Mortgage Loan or related security agreement establishes a valid security interest in, and a UCC-1 financing statement has been filed (except, in the case of fixtures, the Mortgage constitutes a fixture filing) in all places necessary to perfect a valid security interest in, the personal property (the creation and perfection of which is governed by the UCC) owned by the

 

11a

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of inappropriately filed or nonexistent UCC-1 financing statements. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

11b

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation or other

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

Exhibit QQ-A-10 

 

 

 

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Mortgagor and necessary to operate any Mortgaged Property in its current use other than (1) non-material personal property, (2) personal property subject to purchase money security interests and (3) personal property that is leased equipment. Each UCC-1 financing statement, if any, filed with respect to personal property constituting a part of the related Mortgaged Property and each UCC-3 assignment, if any, filed with respect to such financing statement was in suitable form for filing in the filing office in which such financing statement was filed.

 

indication that the UCC-1 and UCC-3 statements were not in suitable form for filing. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

12.   Condition of Property. The Mortgage Loan Seller or the originator of the Mortgage Loan inspected or caused to be inspected each related Mortgaged Property within four months of origination of the Mortgage Loan and within twelve months of the Cut-off Date.

 

An engineering report or property condition assessment was prepared in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan no more than twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date, which indicates that, except as set forth in such engineering report or with respect to which repairs were required to be reserved for or made, all building systems for the improvements of each related Mortgaged Property are in good working order, and further indicates that each related Mortgaged Property (a) is free of any material damage, (b) is in good repair and condition, and (c) is free of structural defects, except to the extent (i) any damage or deficiencies that would not materially and adversely affect the use, operation or value of the Mortgaged Property or the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or repairs with respect to such damage or deficiencies estimated to cost less than $50,000 in the aggregate per Mortgaged Property; (ii) such repairs have been completed; or (iii) escrows in an aggregate amount consistent with the standards utilized by the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to similar loans it originates for securitization have been established, which escrows will in all events be in an aggregate amount not less than the estimated cost of such repairs. The Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any material issues with the physical condition of the Mortgaged Property that the Mortgage Loan Seller believes would have a material adverse effect on the use, operation or value of the Mortgaged Property other than those disclosed in the engineering report and those addressed in sub-clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the preceding sentence.

 

12a

 

Review the engineering report or property condition assessment in the Mortgage File to determine if it is dated within four months of the origination date, and within twelve months of the Cut-off Date. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Engineering report; Property condition assessment

 

12b

 

Review the engineering report or property condition assessment in the Mortgage File to determine if it was dated no more than 12 months prior to the Cut-off Date. Review the engineering report to confirm that all building systems for the improvements of each Mortgaged Property being in good working order, and free of material damage. If so determined with respect to each part of the Test, it will be a Test pass.

 

Engineering report; Property condition assessment

 

12c

 

Review the engineering report or property condition assessment in the Mortgage File dated no more than 12 months prior to the Cut-off Date to determine if it provides that each related Mortgaged Property is free of structural defects, except to the extent: (i) any damage or deficiencies that would not materially and adversely affect the use, operation or value of the Mortgaged Property or the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or repairs with respect to such damage or deficiencies estimated to cost less than $50,000 in the aggregate per Mortgaged Property; (ii) such repairs have been completed; or (iii) escrows in an aggregate amount consistent with the standards utilized by the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to similar loans it originates for securitization have been established, which escrows will in all events be in an aggregate amount not less than the estimated cost of such repairs. If so determined, it

 

Engineering report; Property condition assessment

 

Exhibit QQ-A-11 

 

 

 

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    will be a Test pass.  

 

12d

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge of material issues with the physical condition of the Mortgaged Property that the Mortgage Loan Seller believed would have a material adverse effect on the use, operation or value of the Mortgaged Property other than those disclosed in the most recently dated engineering report and those addressed in sub-clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of representation and warranty 12. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

13.   Taxes and Assessments. As of the date of origination and as of the Closing Date, all taxes and governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges (including, without limitation, water and sewage charges) due with respect to the Mortgaged Property (excluding any related personal property) securing a Mortgage Loan that is or if left unpaid could become a lien on the related Mortgaged Property that would be of equal or superior priority to the lien of the Mortgage and that became due and delinquent and owing prior to the Cut-off Date with respect to each related Mortgaged Property have been paid, or, if the appropriate amount of such taxes or charges is being appealed or is otherwise in dispute, the unpaid taxes or charges are covered by an escrow of funds or other security sufficient to pay such tax or charge and reasonably estimated interest and penalties, if any, thereon. For purposes of this representation and warranty, real property taxes, governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges shall not be considered delinquent until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon.

 

13a

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that all taxes and governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges due with respect to the Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan (including, without limitation, water and sewage charges) due with respect to the Mortgaged Property (excluding any related personal property) as of the Closing Date have been paid, and if the appropriate amount of such taxes or charges is being appealed or is otherwise in dispute, the unpaid taxes or charges were not covered by an escrow of funds or other security sufficient to pay such tax or charge and reasonably estimated interest and penalties, if any, thereon. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

13b

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that all taxes and governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges (including, without limitation, water and sewage charges) due with respect to the Mortgaged Property (excluding any related personal property) were current as of the Closing Date. If such a notation or other indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

14.   Condemnation. As of the date of origination and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Closing Date, there is no proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of such Mortgaged Property that would have a material adverse effect on the use or operation of the Mortgaged

 

14

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of such Mortgaged Property as of the origination date, or for a notation or other indication that the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge as of the

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

Exhibit QQ-A-12 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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Property.   Closing Date of any such proceeding.  If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.  

 

15.   Actions Concerning Mortgage Loan. As of the date of origination and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Closing Date, there was no pending, filed or threatened action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any Mortgagor, guarantor, or Mortgaged Property, an adverse outcome of which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect (a) title to the Mortgaged Property, (b) the validity or enforceability of the Mortgage, (c) such Mortgagor’s ability to perform under the related Mortgage Loan, (d) such guarantor’s ability to perform under the related guaranty, (e) the use, operation or value of the Mortgaged Property, (f) the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by the Mortgage Loan documents, (g) the current ability of the Mortgaged Property to generate net cash flow sufficient to service such Mortgage Loan, or (h) the current principal use of the Mortgaged Property.

 

15a

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion and the MS Servicer Notices for an indication of pending, filed or threatened action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any Mortgagor, guarantor, or Mortgaged Property that existed on the origination date, and review the Diligence File and the MS Servicer Notices to determine if the Mortgage Loan Seller’s had knowledge of same as of the Closing Date. If such an indication is not found with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents; Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion; MS Servicer Notices; Diligence File

 

15b

 

Based on the MS Servicer Notices, determine if an adverse outcome of any such pending, filed or threatened action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any Mortgagor, guarantor, or Mortgaged Property would adversely affect the matters set forth in clauses (a)-(h) of representation and warranty 15. If any such adverse outcome would not adversely affect the matters set forth in clauses (a)-(h) of representation and warranty 15, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

16.   Escrow Deposits. All escrow deposits and payments required pursuant to each Mortgage Loan (including capital improvements and environmental remediation reserves) are in the possession, or under the control, of the Mortgage Loan Seller or its servicer, and there are no deficiencies (subject to any applicable grace or cure periods) in connection therewith, and all such escrows and deposits (or the right thereto) that are required under the related Mortgage Loan documents are being conveyed by the Mortgage Loan Seller to depositor or its servicer (or, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Depositor or Non-Serviced Master Servicer) and identified as such with appropriate detail. Any and all requirements under the Mortgage Loan as to completion of any material improvements and as to disbursements of any funds escrowed for such purpose, which requirements were to have been complied with on or before Closing Date, have been complied with in all material respects or the funds so escrowed have not been released

 

16a

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any escrow deposits and payments required pursuant to the Mortgage Loan not in the servicer’s possession or control. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

16b

 

Review the Servicing File and the MS Servicer Notices to determine if all escrows and deposits required pursuant to the Mortgage Loan have been conveyed to the depositor or its servicer (or, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the Related Non-Serviced Depositor or Non-Serviced Master Servicer. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Servicing File; MS Servicer Notices

 

16c

 

Review the Servicing File and the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that the requirements under the Mortgage Loan as to completion of any material

 

Servicing File; MS Servicer Notices

 

Exhibit QQ-A-13 

 

 

 

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unless such release was consistent with proper and prudent commercial mortgage servicing practices or such released funds were otherwise used for their intended purpose. No other escrow amounts have been released except in accordance with the terms and conditions of the related Mortgage Loan documents.

 

improvements and as to disbursements of any funds escrowed for such purpose on or before the Closing Date have not been complied with in all material respects. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

16d

 

Review the Servicing File and the MS Servicer Notices to determine if an escrow release has been made that was not in accordance with the terms of the Mortgage Loan Documents. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Servicing File; MS Servicer Notices

 

17.   No Holdbacks. The principal amount of the Mortgage Loan stated on the Mortgage Loan Schedule has been fully disbursed as of the Closing Date and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder (except in those cases where the full amount of the Mortgage Loan has been disbursed but a portion thereof is being held in escrow or reserve accounts pending the satisfaction of certain conditions relating to leasing, repairs, occupancy, performance or other matters with respect to the related Mortgaged Property).

 

17a

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Schedule, Loan Agreement, Mortgage Note and origination settlement statement to determine if the principal amount of the Mortgage Loan was fully disbursed as of the Closing Date. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Schedule; Loan Agreement; Mortgage Note; Origination settlement statement

 

17b

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if there is no requirement for future advances by the lender. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

18.   Insurance. Each related Mortgaged Property is, and is required pursuant to the related Mortgage to be, insured by a property insurance policy providing coverage for loss in accordance with coverage found under a “special cause of loss form” or “all-risk form” that includes replacement cost valuation issued by an insurer meeting the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents and having a claims-paying or financial strength rating of at least “A-:VIII” (for a Mortgage Loan with a principal balance below $35 million) and “A:VIII” (for a Mortgage Loan with a principal balance of $35 million or more) from A.M. Best Company or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or “A-” from S&P Global Ratings (collectively the “Insurance Rating Requirements”), in an amount not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor and included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are

 

18a

 

Review the insurance consultant report to determine if it shows that the Mortgaged Property is insured by a property insurance policy providing coverage for loss in accordance with coverage found under a “special cause of loss form” or “all-risk form” that includes replacement cost valuation issued by an insurer meeting the requirements of the Mortgage Loan Documents and the Insurance Rating Requirements, in an amount not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of any Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the mortgagor and included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the Mortgaged Property. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Insurance Consultant Report

 

18b

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions requiring the insurance coverage as stated in Test 18a above.

 

Mortgage Loan

Documents

 

Exhibit QQ-A-14 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property.

 

Each related Mortgaged Property is also covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by business interruption or rental loss insurance which (i) covers a period beginning on the date of loss and continuing until the earlier to occur of restoration of the Mortgaged Property or the expiration of 12 months (or with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a principal balance of $35 million or more, 18 months); (ii) for a Mortgage Loan with a principal balance of $50 million or more contains a 180-day “extended period of indemnity”; and (iii) covers the actual loss sustained (or in certain cases, an amount sufficient to cover the period set forth in (i) above) during restoration.

 

If any material part of the improvements, exclusive of a parking lot, located on a Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain insurance in the maximum amount available under the National Flood Insurance Program, plus such additional excess flood coverage in an amount as is generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller originating mortgage loans for securitization.

 

If windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” are excluded from the primary property damage insurance policy, the Mortgaged Property is insured by a separate windstorm insurance policy issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements or endorsement covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or named storms, in an amount at least equal to 100% of the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the Improvements and personalty and fixtures owned by the Mortgagor and included in the related Mortgaged Property by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements.

 

The Mortgaged Property is covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan documents, by a commercial general liability insurance policy issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements including broad-form coverage for property damage, contractual damage and personal injury (including

  If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.  

 

18c

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions requiring business interruption or rental loss insurance that (i) covers a period beginning on the date of loss and continuing until the earlier to occur of restoration of the Mortgaged Property or the expiration of 12 months (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan with a principal balance of $35 million or more, 18 months); (ii) for a Mortgage Loan with a principal balance of $50 million or more contains a 180-day “extended period of indemnity”; and (iii) covers the actual loss sustained (or in certain cases, an amount sufficient to cover the period set forth in clause (i) above) during restoration. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

18d

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if any material part of the improvements, exclusive of a parking lot, located on a Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain insurance in the maximum amount available under the National Flood Insurance Program, plus such additional excess flood coverage in an amount as is generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller originating Mortgage Loans for securitization. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

18e

 

Review the insurance consultant report to determine if windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” are excluded from coverage. If so, review Diligence File to determine if the property is covered by a windstorm insurance policy covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” are excluded from the primary property damage insurance policy, which policy is issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements or endorsement covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or named storms, in an amount at least equal to 100% of the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the Improvements and personalty and fixtures owned by the

 

Insurance Consultant Report; Diligence File

 

Exhibit QQ-A-15 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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bodily injury and death) in amounts as are generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for loans originated for securitization, and in any event not less than $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate.

 

An architectural or engineering consultant has performed an analysis of each of the Mortgaged Properties located in seismic zones 3 or 4 in order to evaluate the structural and seismic condition of such property, for the sole purpose of assessing the probable maximum loss (“PML”) for the Mortgaged Property in the event of an earthquake. In such instance, the PML or equivalent was based on a 475-year return period, an exposure period of 50 years and a 10% probability of exceedance. If the resulting report concluded that the PML or equivalent would exceed 20% of the amount of the replacement costs of the improvements, earthquake insurance on such Mortgaged Property was obtained by an insurer rated at least “A:VIII” by A.M. Best Company or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or “A-” by S&P Global Ratings in an amount not less than 100% of the PML or the equivalent.

 

The Mortgage Loan documents require insurance proceeds in respect of a property loss to be applied either (a) to the repair or restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property, with respect to all property losses in excess of 5% of the then-outstanding principal amount of the related Mortgage Loan, the lender (or a trustee appointed by it) having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as the repair or restoration progresses, or (b) to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan together with any accrued interest thereon.

 

All premiums on all insurance policies referred to in this section required to be paid as of the Cut-off Date have been paid, and such insurance policies name the lender under the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns as a loss payee under a mortgagee endorsement clause or, in the case of the general liability insurance policy, as named or additional insured. Each related Mortgage Loan obligates the related Mortgagor to maintain all such insurance and, at such Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the lender to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to charge such Mortgagor for related premiums. All such insurance policies

 

mortgagor and included in the related Mortgaged Property by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements. If so determined with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

18f

 

Review the insurance consultant report dated before the Cut-off Date to determine if it covers the property and is issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements including broad-form coverage for property damage, contractual damage and personal injury (including bodily injury and death) in amounts as are generally required by any Mortgage Loan Seller for loans originated for securitization, and in any event not less than $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate. If so determined, it will be a

Test pass.

 

Insurance Consultant Report

 

18g

 

Review the property condition assessment to determine if the properties are located in a seismic zone 3 or 4. If such indication is found, review the seismic engineering study to determine if it has been performed by an architectural or engineering consultant, for the sole purpose of assessing the PML for the Mortgaged Property in the event of an earthquake, based on a 475-year return period, an exposure period of 50 years and a 10% probability of exceedance. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Property condition assessment; Seismic engineering study

 

18h

 

Review the most recent seismic engineering study or Insurance Consultant Report to determine if the PML or equivalent would exceed 20% of the amount of the replacement costs of the improvements, and if so, review to determine if earthquake insurance on such Mortgaged Property was obtained. If so determined, determine if the insurer is rated at least “A:VIII” by A.M. Best Company or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or “A-” by S&P Global Ratings. The insurance amount should be not less than 100% of the PML or the equivalent. If so determined, the ratings are adequate, and the insurance amount is not less than 100% of the PML or the equivalent, it will be a Test pass.

 

Seismic engineering study; Insurance Consultant Report

 

18i

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions

 

Mortgage Loan

 

Exhibit QQ-A-16 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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(other than commercial liability policies) require at least 10 days’ prior notice to the lender of termination or cancellation arising because of nonpayment of a premium and at least 30 days’ prior notice to the lender of termination or cancellation (or such lesser period, not less than 10 days, as may be required by applicable law) arising for any reason other than non-payment of a premium and no such notice has been received by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

requiring that insurance proceeds in respect of a property loss be applied either (a) to the repair or restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property, with respect to all property losses in excess of 5% of the then-outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan, the lender (or a trustee appointed by it) having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as the repair or restoration progresses, or (b) to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan together with any accrued interest thereon. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Documents

 

18j

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that insurance premiums were not current as of the Cut-off Date. If no such a notation or other indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

18k

 

Review the insurance consultant report to determine if the insurance policies name the lender under any Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns as a loss payee under a mortgagee endorsement clause or, in the case of the general liability insurance policy, as named or additional insured. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Insurance Consultant Report

 

18l

 

Review the insurance consultant report to determine if the insurance will inure to the benefit of the trustee. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Insurance Consultant Report

 

18m

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if any Mortgage Loan obligates the Mortgagor to maintain all such insurance and, at such Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the lender to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to charge such Mortgagor for related premiums. If so determined, it will be a Test

pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

18n

 

Review the insurance consultant report to determine if the insurance policies (other than commercial liability policies) require at least 10 days’ prior notice to the lender of termination or cancellation arising because of nonpayment of a premium and at least 30 days’ prior notice to the lender of termination or cancellation (or such lesser period, not less

 

Insurance Consultant Report

 

Exhibit QQ-A-17 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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than 10 days, as may be required by applicable law) arising for any reason other than non-payment of a premium. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

18o

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that any notice described in Test 18n may have been received by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

19.   Access; Utilities; Separate Tax Lots. Each Mortgaged Property (a) is located on or adjacent to a public road and has direct legal access to such road, or has access via an irrevocable easement or irrevocable right of way permitting ingress and egress to/from a public road, (b) is served by or has uninhibited access rights to public or private water and sewer (or well and septic) and all required utilities, all of which are appropriate for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, and (c) constitutes one or more separate tax parcels which do not include any property which is not part of the Mortgaged Property or is subject to an endorsement under the related Title Policy insuring the Mortgaged Property, or in certain cases, an application has been made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax lots, in which case the Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to escrow an amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which the Mortgaged Property is a part until the separate tax lots are created.

 

19a

 

Review the zoning report to determine if each Mortgaged Property is located on or adjacent to a public road and has direct legal access to such road, or has access via an irrevocable easement or irrevocable right of way permitting ingress and egress to/from a public road. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Zoning report

 

19b

 

Review the zoning report to determine if each Mortgaged Property is served by or has uninhibited access rights to public or private water and sewer (or well and septic) and all required utilities, all of which are appropriate for the current use of the Mortgaged Property. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Zoning report

 

19c

 

Review the Title Policy to determine if each Mortgaged Property constitutes one or more separate tax parcels and do not include any property which is not part of the Mortgaged Property or is subject to an endorsement under the most recently dated Title Policy insuring the Mortgaged Property, or in certain cases, an application has been made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax lots, in which case any Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to escrow an amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which the Mortgaged Property is a part until the separate tax lots are created. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Title Policy

 

20.   No Encroachments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge and based solely on surveys obtained in connection with origination and the lender’s Title Policy (or, if such policy is not yet issued, a pro forma title policy, a preliminary title policy with escrow

 

20a

 

Review the survey and Title Policy to determine if all material improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan are

 

Survey; Title Policy

 

Exhibit QQ-A-18 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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instructions or a “marked up” commitment) obtained in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan, (a) all material improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan are within the boundaries of the related Mortgaged Property, except encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property, or are insured by applicable provisions of the Title Policy, (b) no improvements on adjoining parcels encroach onto the related Mortgaged Property except for encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property, or are insured by applicable provisions of the Title Policy and (c) no improvements encroach upon any easements except for encroachments the removal of which would not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property or are insured by applicable provisions of the Title Policy.

 

within the boundaries of the related Mortgaged Property, except encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property, or are insured by applicable provisions of the most recently dated Title Policy. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

20b

 

Review the survey and Title Policy to determine if there exist improvements on adjoining parcels that encroach onto the Mortgaged Property that could materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property, which are not insured by applicable provisions of the most recently dated Title Policy. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Survey; Title Policy

 

20c

 

Review the survey or Title Policy to determine if there exist improvements that encroach upon any easements and the removal of such encroachments could materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property and are not insured by applicable provisions of the most recently dated Title Policy. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Survey; Title Policy

 

21.   No Contingent Interest or Equity Participation. No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, any other contingent interest feature or a negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date) or an equity participation by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

21

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for any shared appreciation feature or any other contingent interest provisions, any negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date) or an equity participation provision. If no such provision or feature found with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

22.   REMIC. The Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3) of the Code (but determined without regard to the rule in Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that treats certain defective mortgage loans as qualified mortgages), and, accordingly, (A) the issue price of the Mortgage Loan to the related Mortgagor at origination did not exceed the non-contingent principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (B) either: (a) such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan is secured by an interest in real property (including buildings and structural components thereof, but excluding

 

22a

 

Review the origination settlement statement and Mortgage Note to determine if the proceeds advanced by the lender did not exceed the stated principal amount of the Mortgage Note. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Origination settlement statement; Mortgage Note

 

22b

 

Review the most recent appraisal and Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if (a) the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan is secured by an interest in real property (including buildings and structural components thereof, but excluding personal property) having a fair market value (i) at the date

 

Appraisal; Mortgage Loan Documents

 

Exhibit QQ-A-19 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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personal property) having a fair market value (i) at the date the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan was originated at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan on such date or (ii) at the Closing Date at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan on such date, provided that for purposes hereof, the fair market value of the real property interest must first be reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan; or (b) substantially all of the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the real property which served as the only security for such Mortgage Loan (other than a recourse feature or other third-party credit enhancement within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(1)(ii)). If the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan was “significantly modified” prior to the Closing Date so as to result in a taxable exchange under Section 1001 of the Code, it either (x) was modified as a result of the default or reasonably foreseeable default of such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan or (y) satisfies the provisions of either sub-clause (B)(a)(i) above (substituting the date of the last such modification for the date the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan was originated) or sub-clause (B)(a)(ii), including the proviso thereto. Any prepayment premium and yield maintenance charges applicable to the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan constitute “customary prepayment penalties” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-(b)(2). All terms used in this paragraph shall have the same meanings as set forth in the related Treasury Regulations.

 

such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan was originated at least equal to 80% of the initial principal amount of any Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan on such date or (ii) at the Closing Date at least equal to 80% of the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan on such date, provided that for purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) above, the fair market value of the real property interest must first be reduced by (A) the amount of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to such Mortgage Loan and (B) a proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with such Mortgage Loan or (b) substantially all of the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the real property which served as the only security for such Mortgage Loan (other than a recourse feature or other third-party credit enhancement within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(1)(ii)). If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

22c

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for an indication or other notation that the Loan was modified prior to the Closing Date, and if so, if the modification was made as to result in a taxable exchange under Section 1001 of the Code, it either (x) was modified as a result of the default or reasonably foreseeable default of such Mortgage Loan or (y) satisfies the provisions of either sub-clause (B)(i) in the first sentence of representation and warranty 22 (substituting the date of the last such modification for the date any Mortgage Loan was originated) or sub-clause (B)(ii) in the first sentence of representation and warranty 22, including the proviso thereto. If there were any such modifications, and such a notation or other indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

22d

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion to the effect that the prepayment premium and yield maintenance charges applicable to any Mortgage Loan do not constitute “customary prepayment penalties”. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

23.   Compliance. The terms of the Mortgage Loan documents evidencing such Mortgage Loan, comply in all material respects with all

 

23a

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion to the effect that the

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

Exhibit QQ-A-20 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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applicable local, state and federal laws and regulations, and the Mortgage Loan Seller has complied with all material requirements pertaining to the origination of the Mortgage Loans, including but not limited to, usury and any and all other material requirements of any federal, state or local law to the extent non-compliance would have a material adverse effect on the Mortgage Loan.

 

terms of the Mortgage Loan do not comply with applicable local, state, and federal laws in any material respect. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

23b

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion to the effect that any material requirements pertaining to the origination of any Mortgage Loan, including but not limited to, usury and any and all other material requirements of any federal, state or local law have not been complied with. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

23c

 

Review the Loan Agreement to determine if it provides that the Mortgage Loan complied with usury laws. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Loan Agreement

 

24.   Authorized to do Business. To the extent required under applicable law, as of the Closing Date or as of the date that such entity held the Mortgage Note, each holder of the Mortgage Note was authorized to transact and do business in the jurisdiction in which each related Mortgaged Property is located, or the failure to be so authorized does not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan.

 

24

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that as of the date that the Mortgage Loan Seller or any prior lender held the Mortgage Note, each such holder of the Mortgage Note was not authorized to transact or do business in the jurisdiction in which each Mortgaged Property is located. If such a notation or other indication is found, determine whether the failure to be so authorized could not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

25.   Trustee under Deed of Trust. With respect to each Mortgage which is a deed of trust, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, currently so serves and is named in the deed of trust or has been substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law or may be substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law by the related mortgagee, and except in connection with a trustee’s sale after a default by the related Mortgagor or in connection with any full or partial release of the related Mortgaged Property or related security for such Mortgage Loan, no fees are payable to such trustee except for reasonable fees paid by the Mortgagor.

 

25a

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if a trustee is appointed. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

25b

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that, except in connection with a trustee’s sale after a default by the Mortgagor or in connection with any full or partial release of the Mortgaged Property or related security for such Mortgage Loan, no fees are payable to such trustee except for reasonable fees paid by the Mortgagor. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

26.   Local Law Compliance. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge,

 

26a

 

Review the zoning report to determine if the improvements

 

Zoning report

 

Exhibit QQ-A-21 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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based solely upon any of a letter from any governmental authorities, a legal opinion, an architect’s letter, a zoning consultant’s report, an endorsement to the related Title Policy, or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization, the improvements located on or forming part of each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan are in material compliance with applicable laws, zoning ordinances, rules, covenants, and restrictions (collectively “Zoning Regulations”) governing the occupancy, use, and operation of such Mortgaged Property or constitute a legal non-conforming use or structure and any non-conformity with zoning laws constitutes a legal non-conforming use or structure which does not materially and adversely affect the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property. In the event of casualty or destruction, (a) the Mortgaged Property may be restored or repaired to the extent necessary to maintain the use of the structure immediately prior to such casualty or destruction, (b) law and ordinance insurance coverage has been obtained for the Mortgaged Property in amounts customarily required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for loans originated for securitization that provides coverage for additional costs to rebuild and/or repair the property to current Zoning Regulations, (c) the inability to restore the Mortgaged Property to the full extent of the use or structure immediately prior to the casualty would not materially and adversely affect the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property, or (d) title insurance coverage has been obtained for such nonconformity.

 

located on or forming part of each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan are in material compliance with applicable Zoning Regulations governing the occupancy, use, and operation of such Mortgaged Property or constitute a legal non-conforming use or structure. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

26b

 

Review the zoning report to determine if any non-conformity with zoning laws constitutes a legal non-conforming use or structure which does not materially and adversely affect the use or operation of such Mortgaged Property. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Zoning report

 

26c

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions to the effect that, in the event of casualty or destruction, the Mortgaged Property may be restored or repaired to the extent necessary to maintain the use of the structure immediately prior to such casualty or destruction. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

26d

 

If the zoning report indicates that all or any part of the Mortgaged Property do not comply with zoning laws, review the insurance consultant report to determine if law and ordinance coverage was obtained prior to the Closing Date that provides coverage for additional costs to rebuild and/or repair the property to current Zoning Regulations. If not so determined, review the Title Policy to determine if it insures over such nonconformity. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Zoning report; Insurance Consultant Report

 

27.   Licenses and Permits. Each Mortgagor covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents that it shall keep all material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy, consents, and other approvals necessary for the operation of the Mortgaged Property in full force and effect, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based upon any of a letter from any government authorities or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial and multifamily mortgage loans intended for securitization; all such material licenses, permits, franchises,

 

27a

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the Mortgagor has covenanted to keep all material licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy, consents, and other approvals necessary for the operation of the Mortgaged Property in full force and effect. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

27b

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents and the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that (a) the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge that any licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy, consents, or

 

Mortgage Loan Documents; MS Servicer Notices

 

Exhibit QQ-A-22 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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certificates of occupancy, consents, and other approvals are in effect or the failure to obtain or maintain such material licenses, permits, franchises or certificates of occupancy does not materially and adversely affect the use and/or operation of the Mortgaged Property as it was used and operated as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan or the rights of a holder of the related Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan requires the related Mortgagor to be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located and for the Mortgagor and the Mortgaged Property to be in compliance in all material respects with all regulations, zoning and building laws.

 

other approvals necessary for the operation of the Mortgaged Property are not in effect, and (b) the failure to obtain or maintain such material licenses, permits, franchises or certificates of occupancy could materially and adversely affect the use and/or operation of the Mortgaged Property as it was used and operated as of the date of origination. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

27c

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions requiring the Mortgagor to be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located, and in compliance in all material respects with all regulations, zoning and building laws. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

28.   Recourse Obligations. The Mortgage Loan documents for each Mortgage Loan provide that such Mortgage Loan (a) becomes full recourse to the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that has assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis) in any of the following events: (i) if any petition for bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution or liquidation pursuant to federal bankruptcy law, or any similar federal or state law, shall be filed by, consented to, or acquiesced in by, the Mortgagor; (ii) Mortgagor or guarantor shall have colluded with other creditors to cause an involuntary bankruptcy filing with respect to the Mortgagor or (iii) transfers of either the Mortgaged Property or equity interests in Mortgagor made in violation of the Mortgage Loan documents; and (b) contains provisions providing for recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor (which is a natural person or persons, or an entity distinct from the Mortgagor (but may be affiliated with the Mortgagor) that has assets other than equity in the related Mortgaged Property that are not de minimis), for losses and damages sustained in the case of (i) (A) misapplication, misappropriation or conversion of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards or of rents following an event of default, or (B) any security deposits not delivered to lender upon foreclosure or action in lieu thereof (except to the extent applied in accordance with leases prior to a Mortgage Loan event of default);

 

28a

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions permitting full recourse to the Mortgagor and guarantor in connection with the events or circumstances set forth in clauses (a)(i) through (a)(iii) of representation and warranty 28. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

28b

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if there exist provisions permitting recourse against the Mortgagor and guarantor in connection with the events or circumstances set forth in clauses (b)(i) through (b)(v) of representation and warranty 28. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

Exhibit QQ-A-23 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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(ii) the Mortgagor’s fraud or intentional misrepresentation; (iii) willful misconduct by the Mortgagor or guarantor; (iv) breaches of the environmental covenants in the Mortgage Loan documents; or (v) commission of material physical waste at the Mortgaged Property, which may, with respect to this clause (v), in certain instances, be limited to the extent there is sufficient cash flow generated by the related Mortgaged Property to prevent such waste or acts or omissions of the related Mortgagor, guarantor, property manager or their affiliates, employees or agents.

     

 

29.   Mortgage Releases. The terms of the related Mortgage or related Mortgage Loan documents do not provide for release of any material portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage except (a) a partial release, accompanied by principal repayment of not less than a specified percentage at least equal to 115% of the related allocated loan amount of such portion of the Mortgaged Property, (b) upon payment in full of such Mortgage Loan, (c) upon a Defeasance defined in paragraph (34) below, (d) releases of out-parcels that are unimproved or other portions of the Mortgaged Property which will not have a material adverse effect on the underwritten value of the Mortgaged Property and which were not afforded any material value in the appraisal obtained at the origination of the Mortgage Loan and are not necessary for physical access to the Mortgaged Property or compliance with zoning requirements, or (e) as required pursuant to an order of condemnation. With respect to any partial release under the preceding clauses (a) or (d), either: (x) such release of collateral (i) would not constitute a “significant modification” of the subject Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(b)(2) and (ii) would not cause the subject Mortgage Loan to fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3)(A) of the Code; or (y) the mortgagee or servicer can, in accordance with the related Mortgage Loan documents, condition such release of collateral on the related Mortgagor’s delivery of an opinion of tax counsel to the effect specified in the immediately preceding clause (x). For purposes of the preceding clause (x), for any Mortgage Loan originated after December 6, 2010, if the fair market value of the real property constituting such Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a

 

29a

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the only conditions under which a property may be released during the life of the loan are as set forth in clauses (a) through (e) of the first sentence of representation and warranty 29. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

29b

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if any partial release described in clauses (a) or (d) of the first sentence of representation and warranty 29 (i) for Mortgage Loans originated on or before December 6, 2010, is pursuant to a unilateral option of the Mortgagor within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1001-3 or (ii) for Mortgage Loans originated after December 6, 2010, is prohibited if the ratio of the value of the remaining Mortgaged Property to the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as applicable, is less than 80% (based solely on the value of the real property securing such Mortgage Loan) without a “qualified paydown” as such term is defined in Revenue Procedure 2010-30. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

29c

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if there are provisions that provide that, for any Mortgage Loan originated after December 6, 2010, in the event of a taking of any portion of a Mortgaged Property by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof, whether by legal proceeding or by agreement, the Mortgagor can be required to pay down the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions and, to such extent, may not be required to be applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

Exhibit QQ-A-24 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) after the release is not equal to at least 80% of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan outstanding after the release, the Mortgagor is required to make a payment of principal in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC provisions.

 

In the case of any Mortgage Loan originated after December 6, 2010, in the event of a taking of any portion of a Mortgaged Property by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof, whether by legal proceeding or by agreement, the Mortgagor can be required to pay down the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC provisions and, to such extent, such amount may not be required to be applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor, if, immediately after the release of such portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage (but taking into account the planned restoration) the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) is not equal to at least 80% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan.

 

In the case of any Mortgage Loan originated after December 6, 2010, no such Mortgage Loan that is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property or that is cross-collateralized with another Mortgage Loan permits the release of cross-collateralization of the related Mortgaged Properties or a portion thereof, including due to a partial condemnation, other than in compliance with the loan-to-value ratio and other requirements of the REMIC provisions.

 

Property or released to the Mortgagor, if, immediately after the release of such portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage (but taking into account the planned restoration) the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) is not equal to at least 80% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

29d

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if, for any Mortgage Loan originated after December 6, 2010 and is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property or that is cross-collateralized with another Mortgage Loan, the Mortgage Loan does not permit the release of cross-collateralization of the related Mortgaged Properties or a portion thereof, including due to a partial condemnation, if the ratio of the value of the remaining Mortgaged Property to the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as applicable, is less than 80% (based solely on the value of the real property securing such Mortgage Loan) without a “qualified paydown” as such term is defined in Revenue Procedure 2010-30. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

30.   Financial Reporting and Rent Rolls. Each Mortgage requires the Mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage with quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) and annual operating statements, and quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) rent rolls for properties that have leases contributing more than 5% of the in-place base rent and annual financial statements,

 

30a

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if they require the Mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage with quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) and annual operating statements. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

30b

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if they

 

Mortgage Loan

 

Exhibit QQ-A-25 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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which annual financial statements (i) with respect to each Mortgage Loan with more than one Mortgagor are in the form of an annual combined balance sheet of the Mortgagor entities (and no other entities), together with the related combined statements of operations, members’ capital and cash flows, including a combining balance sheet and statement of income for the Mortgaged Properties on a combined basis and (ii) for each Mortgage Loan with an original principal balance greater than $50 million shall be audited by an independent certified public accountant upon the request of the owner or holder of the Mortgage.

 

require the Mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage with quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) rent rolls for properties that have leases contributing more than 5% of the in-place base rent. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Documents

 

30c

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if there is more than one Mortgagor with respect to the Mortgage Loan, and if so determined, review to determine if the annual financial statements for each are required to be in the form of an annual combined balance sheet of the Mortgagor entities (and no other entities), together with the related combined statements of operations, members’ capital and cash flows, including a combining balance sheet and statement of income for the Mortgaged Properties on a combined basis. If so determined with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

30d

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the original principal balance was greater than $50 million, and if so, review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the annual financial statements are required to be audited by an independent certified public accountant upon the request of the owner or holder of the Mortgage. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

31.   Acts of Terrorism Exclusion. With respect to each Mortgage Loan over $20 million, the related special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements) do not specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 and the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (collectively referred to as “TRIA”), from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each other Mortgage Loan, the related special all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements) did not, as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan, and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s

 

31a

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the original principal balance was greater than $20 million. If so determined, review the related special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements) to determine if they do not specifically exclude acts of terrorism from coverage, or if they do, there exists in the Diligence File a separate terrorism insurance policy related to the Mortgaged Property. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents; Insurance Policies; Diligence File

 

31b

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the original principal balance was $20 million or less at origination. If so, review the related special all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy to

 

Mortgage Loan Documents; Insurance Policy

 

Exhibit QQ-A-26 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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knowledge, do not, as of the Cut-off Date, specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIA, from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgage Loan documents do not expressly waive or prohibit the mortgagee from requiring coverage for Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIA, or damages related thereto, except to the extent that any right to require such coverage may be limited by availability on commercially reasonable terms.

 

determine if they do not, as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan, specifically exclude acts of terrorism, from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. If so determined with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

31c

 

Review the insurance policy to determine if, as of the Cut-off Date, the related special all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy specifically excluded acts of terrorism from coverage, and if such coverage is excluded, the related Mortgaged Property was not covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass

 

Mortgage Loan Documents; Insurance Policy

 

31d

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if they expressly waive or prohibit the mortgagee from requiring coverage for acts of terrorism, or damages related thereto, except to the extent that any right to require such coverage may be limited by availability on commercially reasonable terms. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

32.   Due on Sale or Encumbrance. Subject to specific exceptions set forth below, each Mortgage Loan contains a “due-on-sale” or other such provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan if, without the consent of the holder of the Mortgage and/or complying with the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan documents (which provide for transfers without the consent of the lender which are customarily acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller lending on the security of property comparable to the related Mortgaged Property, such as transfers of worn-out or obsolete furnishings, fixtures, or equipment promptly replaced with property of equivalent value and functionality and transfers by leases entered into in accordance with the Mortgage Loan documents), (a) the related Mortgaged Property, or any controlling equity interest in the related Mortgagor, is directly or indirectly pledged, transferred or sold, other than as related to (i) family and estate planning transfers or transfers upon death or legal incapacity, (ii) transfers to certain affiliates as defined in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (iii) transfers of less than a controlling interest in a Mortgagor, (iv) transfers to another holder of direct or indirect equity in the Mortgagor, a specific Person

 

32a

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if there are “due-on-sale” or other such provisions for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan in the circumstances described in the first sentence of representation and warranty 32. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

32b

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if there are provisions that require that if Rating Agency fees are incurred in connection with the review of and consent to any transfer or encumbrance, the Mortgagor is responsible for such payment along with all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee relative to such transfer or encumbrance. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

Exhibit QQ-A-27 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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designated in the related Mortgage Loan documents or a Person satisfying specific criteria identified in the related Mortgage Loan documents, (v) transfers of common stock in publicly traded companies, (vi) a substitution or release of collateral within the parameters of paragraphs 29 and 34 in Exhibit B to the applicable MLPA, or (vii) by reason of any mezzanine debt that existed at the origination of the related Mortgage Loan, or future permitted mezzanine debt or (b) the related Mortgaged Property is encumbered with a subordinate lien or security interest against the related Mortgaged Property, other than (i) any companion interest of any Mortgage Loan or any subordinate debt that existed at origination and is permitted under the related Mortgage Loan documents, (ii) purchase money security interests (iii) any Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan or (iv) Permitted Encumbrances. The Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan documents provide that to the extent any Rating Agency fees are incurred in connection with the review of and consent to any transfer or encumbrance, the Mortgagor is responsible for such payment along with all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the mortgagee relative to such transfer or encumbrance.

     

 

33.   Single-Purpose Entity. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to be a Single-Purpose Entity for at least as long as the Mortgage Loan is outstanding. Both the Mortgage Loan documents and the organizational documents of the Mortgagor with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance in excess of $5 million provide that the Mortgagor is a Single-Purpose Entity, and each Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Balance of $20 million or more has a counsel’s opinion regarding non-consolidation of the Mortgagor. For this purpose, a “Single-Purpose Entity” shall mean an entity, other than an individual, whose organizational documents (or if the Mortgage Loan has a Cut-off Date Balance equal to $5 million or less, its organizational documents or the related Mortgage Loan documents) provide substantially to the effect that it was formed or organized solely for the purpose of owning and operating one or more of the Mortgaged Properties securing the Mortgage Loans and prohibit it from engaging in any business unrelated to such Mortgaged Property or Properties, and whose organizational documents further provide, or which entity represented in the related Mortgage Loan documents, substantially to the effect

 

33a

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if they require that the Mortgagor to be a Single-Purpose Entity (as defined in representation and warranty 33) for at least as long as any Mortgage Loan is outstanding. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

33b

 

Examine the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the PSA for the Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loan. If the Mortgage Loan had a Cut-off Date Balance in excess of $5 million, review the Mortgage Loan Documents and the Mortgagor’s organizational documents to determine if they require that the Mortgagor is a Single Purpose Entity. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents; Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; PSA; Mortgagor’s organizational documents

 

33c

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or the PSA for Closing Date balances, and with respect to Mortgage Loans with a Cut-off Date Balance of $20 million, review the Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion for an opinion regarding non-consolidation of the Mortgagor. If such an opinion is found, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; PSA; Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion

 

Exhibit QQ-A-28 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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that it does not have any assets other than those related to its interest in and operation of such Mortgaged Property or Properties, or any indebtedness other than as permitted by the related Mortgage(s) or the other related Mortgage Loan documents, that it has its own books and records and accounts separate and apart from those of any other person (other than a Mortgagor for a Mortgage Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with the related Mortgage Loan), and that it holds itself out as a legal entity, separate and apart from any other person or entity.

     

 

34.   Defeasance. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that, pursuant to the Mortgage Loan documents, can be defeased (a “Defeasance”), (i) the Mortgage Loan documents provide for defeasance as a unilateral right of the Mortgagor, subject to satisfaction of conditions specified in the Mortgage Loan documents; (ii) the Mortgage Loan cannot be defeased within two years after the Closing Date; (iii) the Mortgagor is permitted to pledge only United States “government securities” within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii), the revenues from which will, in the case of a full Defeasance, be sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Loan when due, including (A) the entire remaining principal balance on (x) the maturity date or (y) on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a yield maintenance charge or prepayment penalty or (B) if the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan, the entire principal balance outstanding on the related Anticipated Repayment Date, and if the Mortgage Loan permits partial releases of real property in connection with partial defeasance, the revenues from the collateral will be sufficient to pay all such scheduled payments calculated on a principal amount equal to a specified percentage at least equal to 115% of the allocated loan amount for the real property to be released; (iv) the defeasance collateral is not permitted to be subject to prepayment, call, or early redemption; (v) the Mortgagor is required to provide a certification from an independent certified public accountant that the collateral is sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Note as set forth in (iii) above, (vi) if the Mortgagor would continue to own assets in addition to the defeasance collateral, the portion of the Mortgage Loan secured by defeasance collateral is required to be assumed (or the mortgagee may require such assumption) by a Single-Purpose Entity; (vii) the Mortgagor is required to provide an

 

34

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if there are provisions allowing the Mortgage Loan to be defeased, and if so, whether such Mortgage Loan Documents contain the provisions described in clauses (i) through (viii) of representation and warranty 34. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

Exhibit QQ-A-29 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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opinion of counsel that the mortgagee has a perfected security interest in such collateral prior to any other claim or interest; and (viii) the Mortgagor is required to pay all rating agency fees associated with defeasance (if rating confirmation is a specific condition precedent thereto) and all other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses associated with defeasance, including, but not limited to, accountant’s fees and opinions of counsel.

     

 

35.   Fixed Interest Rates. Each Mortgage Loan bears interest at a rate that remains fixed throughout the remaining term of such Mortgage Loan, except in the case of an ARD Loan and situations where default interest is imposed.

 

35

 

Review the Mortgage Note or Loan Agreement to determine if there are provisions requiring that the loan has a fixed interest rate that remains fixed throughout the term of such Mortgage Loan, except in the case of an ARD Loan and situations where default interest is imposed. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Note; Loan Agreement

 

36.   Ground Leases. For purposes of the MLPA, a “Ground Lease” shall mean a leasehold estate in real property where the fee owner as the ground lessor conveys for a term or terms of years its entire interest in the land and buildings and other improvements, if any, to the ground lessee (who may, in certain circumstances, own the building and improvements on the land), subject to the reversionary interest of the ground lessor as fee owner.

 

With respect to any Mortgage Loan where the Mortgage Loan is secured by a ground leasehold estate in whole or in part, and the related Mortgage does not also encumber the related lessor’s fee interest in such Mortgaged Property, based upon the terms of the ground lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller, its successors and assigns:

 

(A)  The ground lease or a memorandum regarding such ground lease has been duly recorded or submitted for recordation in a

 

36a

 

Review the appraisal to determine if the Loan is secured by a Ground Lease (as defined in representation and warranty 36). If so, review the Title Policy and Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the related Mortgage does not also encumber the lessor’s fee interest in the Mortgaged Property. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Appraisal; Mortgage Loan Documents

 

36b

 

Review the Title Policy and Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the Ground Lease or memorandum has been recorded or submitted for recordation. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Title Policy; Mortgage Loan Documents

 

36c

 

Review the Ground Lease and the ground lessor’s estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor) to determine if the interest of the lessee is permitted to be encumbered by the Mortgage and does not restrict the use of the Mortgaged Property by such lessee, its successors or assigns in a manner that would adversely affect the security provided by the Mortgage. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Ground Lease; Ground lessor’s estoppel

 

Exhibit QQ-A-30 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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form that is acceptable for recording in the applicable jurisdiction. The ground lease or an estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor permits the interest of the lessee to be encumbered by the related Mortgage and does not restrict the use of the related Mortgaged Property by such lessee, its successors or assigns in a manner that would adversely affect the security provided by the related Mortgage. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, no material change in the terms of the ground lease had occurred since its recordation, except by any written instruments which are included in the related Mortgage File;

 

(B)  The lessor under such ground lease has agreed in a writing included in the related Mortgage File (or in such ground lease) that the ground lease may not be amended, modified, canceled or terminated without the prior written consent of the lender and that any such action without such consent is not binding on the lender, its successors or assigns;

 

(C)  The ground lease has an original term (or an original term plus one or more optional renewal terms, which, under all circumstances, may be exercised, and will be enforceable, by either borrower or the mortgagee) that extends not less than 20 years beyond the stated maturity of the related Mortgage Loan, or 10 years past the stated maturity if such Mortgage Loan fully amortizes by the stated maturity (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan that accrues on an actual 360 basis, substantially amortizes);

 

(D)  The ground lease is not subject to any interests, estates, liens or encumbrances superior to, or of equal priority with, the Mortgage, except for the related fee interest of the ground lessor and the Permitted Encumbrances;

 

(E)   The ground lease does not place commercially unreasonable restrictions on the identity of the mortgagee and the ground lease is assignable to the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor thereunder, and in the event it is so assigned, it is further assignable by the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its

 

36d

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that, as of the Closing Date, there was any material change in the terms of any Ground Lease since its recordation. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

If such a notation or other indication is found, review the Mortgage File to determine if the modification agreement or instrument is in the Mortgage File. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices; Mortgage File

 

36e

 

Review the Ground Lease and Ground lessor’s estoppel to determine if the lessor has agreed that the Ground Lease may not be amended, modified, canceled or terminated without the prior written consent of the lender and that any such action without such consent is not binding on the lender, its successors or assigns. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Ground Lease; Estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor)

 

36f

 

Review the Ground Lease to determine if it has an original term (or an original term plus one or more optional renewal terms, which, under all circumstances, may be exercised, and will be enforceable, by either borrower or the mortgagee) that extends not less than 20 years beyond the stated maturity of the Mortgage Loan, or 10 years past the stated maturity if such Mortgage Loan fully amortizes by the stated maturity (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan that accrues on an actual 360 basis, substantially amortizes). If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Ground Lease; Estoppel

 

36g

 

Review the Title Policy to determine if the Ground Lease is not subject to any interests, estates, liens or encumbrances superior to, or of equal priority with, the Mortgage, except for the related fee interest of the ground lessor and the Permitted Encumbrances. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Title Policy

 

36h

 

Review the Ground Lease and any estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor) to determine if the Ground Lease does not place restrictions on the identity of the

 

Ground Lease; Estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor)

 

Exhibit QQ-A-31 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor;

 

(F)   The Mortgage Loan Seller has not received any written notice of default under or notice of termination of such ground lease. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is no default under such ground lease and no condition that, but for the passage of time or giving of notice, would result in a default under the terms of such ground lease. Such ground lease is in full force and effect as of the Closing Date;

 

(G)  The ground lease or ancillary agreement between the lessor and the lessee requires the lessor to give to the lender written notice of any default, provides that no notice of default or termination is effective unless such notice is given to the lender, and requires that the ground lessor will supply an estoppel;

 

(H)  A lender is permitted a reasonable opportunity (including, where necessary, sufficient time to gain possession of the interest of the lessee under the ground lease through legal proceedings) to cure any default under the ground lease which is curable after the lender’s receipt of notice of any default before the lessor may terminate the ground lease;

 

(I)   The ground lease does not impose any restrictions on subletting that would be viewed as commercially unreasonable by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with loans originated for securitization;

 

(J)   Under the terms of the ground lease, an estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor and the related Mortgage (taken together), any related insurance proceeds or the portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest (other than in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking as addressed in subpart (K)) will be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property with (so long as such proceeds are in excess of the threshold amount specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents) the lender or a trustee appointed by it having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as repair or restoration progresses, or to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any

 

Mortgagee, as determined by the Asset Representations Reviewer. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

36i

 

Review the Ground Lease or estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor) to determine if the Ground Lease is assignable to the holder of any Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor, and in the event of such assignment, it is further assignable by the holder of any Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Ground Lease; Estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor)

 

36j

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that the Mortgage Loan Seller has received any written notice of default under or notice of termination of such Ground Lease. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

36k

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge as of the Closing Date that there was a default under such Ground Lease or there existed any condition that, but for the passage of time or giving notice, would result in a default under the terms of such Ground Lease. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

36l

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that the Ground Lease was not in full force and effect as of the Closing Date. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

36m

 

Review the Ground Lease or estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor) to determine if the lessor is required to give to the lender written notice of any default, and provides that no notice of default or termination is effective unless such notice is given to the lender, and requires that the ground lessor will supply an estoppel. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Ground Lease; Estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor)

 

Exhibit QQ-A-32 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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accrued interest;

 

(K)  In the case of a total or substantial taking or loss, under the terms of the ground lease, an estoppel or other agreement and the related Mortgage (taken together), any related insurance proceeds, or portion of the condemnation award allocable to ground lessee’s interest in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking of the related Mortgaged Property to the extent not applied to restoration, will be applied first to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest; and

 

(L)   Provided that the lender cures any defaults which are susceptible to being cured, the ground lessor has agreed to enter into a new lease with lender upon termination of the ground lease for any reason, including rejection of the ground lease in a bankruptcy proceeding.

 

36n

 

Review the Ground Lease or estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor) to determine if the lender is permitted an opportunity (including, where necessary, sufficient time to gain possession of the interest of the lessee under the Ground Lease through legal proceedings) to cure any default under the Ground Lease which is curable after the lender’s receipt of notice of any default before the lessor may terminate the Ground Lease. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Ground Lease; estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor)

 

36o

 

Review the Ground Lease to determine if it does not impose any unreasonable restrictions on subletting. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Ground Lease

 

36p

 

Review the Ground Lease, estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor), and Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if there are provisions that any related insurance proceeds or the portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest (other than in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking as addressed in subpart (K)) are required to be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property with (so long as such proceeds are in excess of the threshold amount specified in the related Mortgage Loan Documents) the lender or a trustee appointed by it having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as repair or restoration progresses, or to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Ground Lease; Estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor); Mortgage Loan Documents

 

36q

 

Review the Ground Lease, estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor), and Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if, in the case of a total or substantial taking or loss, under the terms of the Ground Lease, an estoppel or other agreement and the related Mortgage (taken together), any related insurance proceeds, or portion of the condemnation award allocable to ground lessee’s interest in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking of the related Mortgaged Property to the extent not applied to restoration, will be applied first to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of any Mortgage Loan,

 

Ground Lease; Estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor); Mortgage Loan Documents

 

Exhibit QQ-A-33 

 

 

 

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    together with any accrued interest.  If so determined, it will be a Test pass.  

 

36r

 

Review the Ground Lease or estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor) to determine if the ground lessor has agreed to enter into a new lease with lender upon termination of the Ground Lease for any reason, including rejection of the Ground Lease in a bankruptcy proceeding, provided that the lender cures any defaults which are susceptible to being cured. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Ground Lease; Estoppel (or other agreement of the ground lessor)

 

37.   Servicing. The servicing and collection practices used by the Mortgage Loan Seller in respect of each Mortgage Loan complied in all material respects with all applicable laws and regulations and was in all material respects legal, proper and prudent, in accordance with Mortgage Loan Seller’s customary commercial mortgage servicing practices.

 

37

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claims or assertions to the effect that the servicing and collection practices used by the Mortgage Loan Seller in respect of the Mortgage Loan did not comply in all material respects with all applicable laws and regulations or was not in all material respects legal, proper and prudent, in accordance with Mortgage Loan Seller’s customary commercial mortgage servicing practices. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

38.   ARD Loan. Each Mortgage Loan identified in the Mortgage Loan Schedule as an ARD Loan starts to amortize no later than the Due Date of the calendar month immediately after the calendar month in which such ARD Loan closed and substantially fully amortizes over its stated term, which term is at least 60 months after the related Anticipated Repayment Date. Each ARD Loan has an Anticipated Repayment Date not less than five years following the origination of such Mortgage Loan. If the related Mortgagor elects not to prepay its ARD Loan in full on or prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date pursuant to the existing terms of the Mortgage Loan or a unilateral option (as defined in Treasury Regulations under Section 1001 of the Code) in the Mortgage Loan exercisable during the term of the Mortgage Loan, (i) the Mortgage Loan’s interest rate will step up to an interest rate per annum as specified in the related Mortgage Loan documents; provided, however, that payment of such Excess Interest shall be deferred until the principal of such ARD Loan has been paid in full; (ii) all or a substantial portion of the excess cash flow (which

38a

Review the Mortgage Loan Schedule to determine if the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan. If so determined, review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the Mortgage Loan has the provisions described in the first two sentences of the representation and warranty. If so determined with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Schedule; Mortgage Loan Documents

38b

If the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan, review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if there are the provisions required by clauses (i) through (iii) of the third sentence of representation 38. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

Exhibit QQ-A-34 

 

 

 

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is net of certain costs associated with owning, managing and operating the related Mortgaged Property) collected after the Anticipated Repayment Date shall be applied towards the prepayment of such ARD Loan and once the principal balance of an ARD Loan has been reduced to zero all excess cash flow will be applied to the payment of accrued Excess Interest; and (iii) if the property manager for the related Mortgaged Property can be removed by or at the direction of the mortgagee on the basis of a debt service coverage test, the subject debt service coverage ratio shall be calculated without taking account of any increase in the related Mortgage Interest Rate on such Mortgage Loan’s Anticipated Repayment Date. No ARD Loan provides that the property manager for the related Mortgaged Property can be removed by or at the direction of the mortgagee solely because of the passage of the related Anticipated Repayment Date.

38c

If the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan, review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the property manager for the related Mortgaged Property cannot be removed by or at the direction of the mortgagee solely because of the passage of the related Anticipated Repayment Date. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

39.   Rent Rolls; Operating Histories. The Mortgage Loan Seller has obtained a rent roll (each, a “Certified Rent Roll”) other than with respect to hospitality properties certified by the related Mortgagor or the related guarantor(s) as accurate and complete in all material respects as of a date within 180 days of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan. The Mortgage Loan Seller has obtained operating histories (the “Certified Operating Histories”) with respect to each Mortgaged Property certified by the related Mortgagor or the related guarantor(s) as accurate and complete in all material respects as of a date within 180 days of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan. The Certified Operating Histories collectively report on operations for a period equal to (a) at least a continuous three-year period or (b) in the event the Mortgaged Property was owned, operated or constructed by the Mortgagor or an affiliate for less than three years then for such shorter period of time, it being understood that for mortgaged properties acquired with the proceeds of a Mortgage Loan, Certified Operating Histories may not have been available.

 

39a

 

Determine that there is one or more Certified Rent Rolls in the Diligence File for all properties other than hospitality properties, or, with respect to properties other than hospitality properties, a representation as to the accuracy of the rent roll or rent rolls is made by the Mortgagor in the Mortgage Loan Documents. If there are Certified Rent Rolls, determine if they have been certified by the Mortgagor or the guarantor(s) as being accurate and complete in all material respects within 180 days of the date of origination of any Mortgage Loan. If so determined as to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

 

Diligence File; Certified Rent Roll; Mortgage Loan Documents

 

39b

 

Determine that there are operating histories for each Mortgaged Property that are certified by the Mortgagor or the guarantor(s) as being accurate and complete in all material respects within 180 days of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Operating statements; Mortgage Loan Documents

 

39c

 

For any Mortgaged Property not acquired with the proceeds of any Mortgage Loan, review the Certified Operating Histories to determine if they report on operations for a period equal to (a) at least a continuous three-year period or (b) in the event the Mortgaged Property was owned, operated or constructed by the Mortgagor or an affiliate for less than

 

Operating statements

 

Exhibit QQ-A-35 

 

 

 

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    three years then for such shorter period of time.  If so determined, it will be a Test pass.  

 

40.   No Material Default; Payment Record. No Mortgage Loan has been more than 30 days delinquent, without giving effect to any grace or cure period, in making required payments since origination, and as of the Closing Date, no Mortgage Loan is delinquent (beyond any applicable grace or cure period) in making required payments. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is (a) no, and since origination there has been no, material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the related Mortgage Loan, or (b) no event (other than payments due but not yet delinquent) which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, provided, however, that this representation and warranty does not cover any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration that specifically pertains to or arises out of an exception scheduled to any other representation and warranty made by the Mortgage Loan Seller in Exhibit C to the applicable MLPA. No person other than the holder of such Mortgage Loan may declare any event of default under the Mortgage Loan or accelerate any indebtedness under the Mortgage Loan documents.

 

40a

 

Review the Servicing File and the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that (i) the Mortgage Loan has been more than 30 days delinquent, giving effect to any grace or cure period, in making required payments since origination, and (ii) the Mortgage Loan was delinquent beyond any applicable grace or cure periods as of the Closing Date. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

Servicing File; MS Servicer Notices

 

40b

 

Review the Servicing File and the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that (a) as of the Closing Date or since origination (i) there was a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the related Mortgage Loan or (b) as of the Closing Date, there was an event (other than payments due but not yet delinquent) which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration (it being understood that the Asset Representations Reviewer will not deem as evidence any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration that specifically pertains to or arises out of an exception scheduled to any other representation and warranty made by any Mortgage Loan Seller in Exhibit C to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement). If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

Servicing File; MS Servicer Notices

 

41.   Bankruptcy. In respect of each Mortgage Loan, the related Mortgagor is not a debtor in any bankruptcy, receivership, conservatorship, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or similar proceeding.

 

41

 

Review the Lexis/Nexis (or comparable) search and MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that the Mortgagor was a debtor in any bankruptcy, receivership, conservatorship, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or similar proceeding on the Closing Date. If such notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

Lexis/Nexis (or comparable) search; MS Servicer Notices

 

42.   Organization of Mortgagor. The Mortgage Loan Seller has obtained an organizational chart or other description of each Mortgagor which identifies all beneficial controlling owners of the Mortgagor (i.e., managing members, general partners or similar controlling person for such Mortgagor) (the “Controlling Owner”) and all owners that hold

 

42a

 

Review the Diligence File to determine if it includes an organizational chart or other description of each Mortgagor in the Diligence File which purports to identify all Controlling Owners and Major Sponsors. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Diligence File; Organization Chart

 

Exhibit QQ-A-36 

 

 

 

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a 25% or greater direct ownership share (i.e., the “Major Sponsors”). The Mortgage Loan Seller (1) required questionnaires to be completed by each Controlling Owner and guarantor or performed other processes designed to elicit information from each Controlling Owner and guarantor regarding such Controlling Owner’s or guarantor’s prior history for the last 10 years regarding any bankruptcies or other insolvencies, any felony convictions, and (2) performed or caused to be performed searches of the public records or services such as Lexis/Nexis, or a similar service designed to elicit information about each Controlling Owner, Major Sponsor and guarantor regarding such Controlling Owner’s, Major Sponsor’s or guarantor’s prior history for the last 10 years regarding any bankruptcies or other insolvencies, any felony convictions, and provided, however, that records searches were limited to the last 10 years (clauses (1) and (2) collectively, the “Sponsor Diligence”). Based solely on the Sponsor Diligence, to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, no Major Sponsor or guarantor (i) was in a state of federal bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, (ii) had a prior record of having been in a state of federal bankruptcy or insolvency, or (iii) had been convicted of a felony.

 

42b

 

Review the Diligence File to determine if the Sponsor Diligence is included. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Diligence File

 

43.   Environmental Conditions. At origination, each Mortgagor represented and warranted that to its knowledge no hazardous materials or any other substances or materials which are included under or regulated by environmental laws are located on, or have been handled, manufactured, generated, stored, processed, or disposed of on or released or discharged from the Mortgaged Property, except as disclosed by a Phase I environmental assessment (or a Phase II environmental assessment, if applicable) delivered in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan or except for those substances commonly used in the operation and maintenance of properties of kind and nature similar to those of the Mortgaged Property in compliance with all environmental laws and in a manner that does not result in contamination of the Mortgaged Property. A Phase I environmental site assessment (or update of a previous Phase I and or Phase II site assessment) and, with respect to certain Mortgage Loans, a Phase II environmental site assessment (collectively, an “ESA”) meeting ASTM requirements conducted by a reputable environmental consultant in connection with such

 

43a

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if they include a representation and warranty by the Mortgagor described in the first sentence of representation and warranty 43. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

43b

 

Review the Diligence File to determine if an ESA is included. If so determined, review the ESA to determine that the ESA was conducted in connection with the Mortgage Loan within 12 months prior to its origination date, and to confirm that the ESA on its face (i) did not reveal any known circumstance or condition that rendered the Mortgaged Property at the date of the ESA in material noncompliance with applicable environmental laws or the existence of recognized environmental conditions or the need for further investigation, or (ii) if any material noncompliance with environmental laws or the existence of an Environmental Condition (as defined in representation and warranty 43) or need for further investigation was indicated in any such ESA, then the following procedures

 

Diligence File; ESA; Escrow statements; Operations or maintenance plan; No further action letter; Closure letter; Environmental policy or lender’s pollution legal liability policy

 

Exhibit QQ-A-37 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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Mortgage Loan within 12 months prior to its origination date (or an update of a previous ESA was prepared), and such ESA (i) did not reveal any known circumstance or condition that rendered the Mortgaged Property at the date of the ESA in material noncompliance with applicable environmental laws or the existence of recognized environmental conditions (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-05 or its successor, hereinafter “Environmental Condition”) or the need for further investigation, or (ii) if any material noncompliance with environmental laws or the existence of an Environmental Condition or need for further investigation was indicated in any such ESA, then at least one of the following statements is true: (A) 125% of the funds reasonably estimated by a reputable environmental consultant to be sufficient to cover the estimated cost to cure any material noncompliance with applicable environmental laws or the Environmental Condition has been escrowed by the related Mortgagor and is held by the related lender; (B) if the only Environmental Condition relates to the presence of asbestos-containing materials, radon in indoor air, lead based paint, or lead in drinking water, and the only recommended action in the ESA is the institution of such a plan, an operations or maintenance plan has been required to be instituted by the related Mortgagor that can reasonably be expected to mitigate the identified risk; (C) the Environmental Condition identified in the related environmental report was remediated or abated in all material respects prior to the Cut-off Date, and, as appropriate, a no further action or closure letter was obtained from the applicable governmental regulatory authority (or the environmental issue affecting the related Mortgaged Property was otherwise listed by such governmental authority as administratively “closed” or a reputable environmental consultant has concluded that no further action is required); (D) an environmental policy or a lender’s pollution legal liability insurance policy meeting the requirements set forth below that covers liability for the identified circumstance or condition was obtained from an insurer rated no less than A- (or the equivalent) by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., S&P Global Ratings and/or Fitch Ratings, Inc.; (E) a party not related to the Mortgagor with assets reasonably estimated to be adequate to effect all necessary remediation was identified as the responsible party for such condition or circumstance; or (F) a party related to the Mortgagor with assets reasonably estimated to be adequate to effect all necessary remediation was identified as the responsible party for

 

will be performed: (43b-1 through 43b-5)

 

1.   Review escrow statements in the Diligence File used to determine if 125% of the funds reasonably estimated by a reputable environmental consultant to be sufficient to cover the estimated cost to cure any material noncompliance with applicable environmental laws or the Environmental Condition has been escrowed by the Mortgagor and is held by the lender.

 

2.   If the determination in subpart 1 cannot be made and if the only Environmental Condition relates to the presence of asbestos-containing materials, radon in indoor air, lead based paint, or lead in drinking water, and the only recommended action in the ESA is the institution of an operations or maintenance plan, review the Diligence File to determine if there exists an operations or maintenance plan regarding such Environmental Condition. If so determined, confirm that the plan on its face appears to be expected to mitigate the identified risk.

 

3.   If the determination in subpart 1 cannot be made and the determination in subpart 2 cannot be made or such subpart is not applicable, review the Diligence File to determine if any Environmental Condition identified was remediated or

abated in all material respects prior to the Cut-off Date, or that a no further action or closure letter was obtained from the applicable governmental regulatory authority (or to determine if the environmental issue affecting the Mortgaged Property was otherwise listed by such governmental authority as administratively “closed” or a reputable environmental consultant has concluded that no further action is required).

 

4.   If the determinations in subparts 1 and 3 cannot be made and the determination in subpart 2 cannot be made or such subpart is not applicable, review the Diligence File to determine if there exists an environmental policy or a lender’s pollution legal liability insurance policy meeting the requirements set forth below that covers liability for the identified circumstance or condition was obtained from an

 
       

 

Exhibit QQ-A-38 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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such condition or circumstance is required to take action. The ESA will be part of the Servicing File; and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, except as set forth in the ESA, there is no (i) known circumstance or condition that rendered the Mortgaged Property in material noncompliance with applicable environmental laws, (ii) Environmental Conditions (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-05 or its successor), or (iii) need for further investigation.

 

In the case of each Mortgage Loan set forth on Schedule I to the MLPA, (i) such Mortgage Loan is the subject of an environmental insurance policy, issued by the issuer set forth on Schedule I (the “Policy Issuer”) and effective as of the date thereof (the “Environmental Insurance Policy”), (ii) as of the Cut-off Date the Environmental Insurance Policy is in full force and effect, there is no deductible and the trustee is a named insured under such policy, (iii)(a) a property condition or engineering report was prepared, if the related Mortgaged Property was constructed prior to 1985, with respect to asbestos-containing materials (“ACM”) and, if the related Mortgaged Property is a multifamily property, with respect to radon gas (“RG”) and lead-based paint (“LBP”), and (b) if such report disclosed the existence of a material and adverse LBP, ACM or RG environmental condition or circumstance affecting the related Mortgaged Property, the related Mortgagor (A) was required to remediate the identified condition prior to closing the Mortgage Loan or provide additional security or establish with the mortgagee a reserve in an amount deemed to be sufficient by the Mortgage Loan Seller, for the remediation of the problem, and/or (B) agreed in the Mortgage Loan documents to establish an operations and maintenance plan after the closing of the Mortgage Loan that should reasonably be expected to mitigate the environmental risk related to the identified LBP, ACM or RG condition, (iv) on the effective date of the Environmental Insurance Policy, the Mortgage Loan Seller as originator had no knowledge of any material and adverse environmental condition or circumstance affecting the Mortgaged Property (other than the existence of LBP, ACM or RG) that was not disclosed to the Policy Issuer in one or more of the following: (a) the application for insurance, (b) a Mortgagor questionnaire that was provided to the Policy Issuer, or (c) an engineering or other report provided to the Policy Issuer, and (v) the premium of any Environmental Insurance Policy has been paid through the maturity

 

insurer rated no less than A- (or the equivalent) by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., S&P Global Ratings and/or Fitch Ratings, Inc.

 

5.   If the determinations in subparts 1, 3 and 4 cannot be made and the determination in subpart 2 cannot be made or such subpart is not applicable, review the Diligence File to determine if a party with assets reasonably estimated to be adequate to effect all necessary remediation was identified as the responsible party for such condition or circumstance.

 

If the matters set forth in any of subparts 1 through 5 above can be made, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

43c

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge as of the Closing Date of (a) a known circumstance or condition, not set forth in the ESA, that rendered the Mortgaged Property in material noncompliance with applicable environmental laws, and (b) any Environmental Condition (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-05 or its successor) not set forth in the ESA or (c) there is a need for further investigation not set forth in the ESA. The Asset Representations Reviewer will obtain the ESA from the Diligence File and review for disclosure of the known circumstances or conditions. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices; ESA

 

43d

 

Review Schedule I to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, if the Mortgage Loan is listed on Schedule I, also review the Diligence File to determine if the Mortgage Loan is the subject of an Environmental Insurance Policy. If so, review such Environmental Insurance Policy to determine if it was issued by a Policy Issuer identified on Schedule I to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Schedule I to Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; Diligence File; Environmental Insurance Policy

 

43e

 

Review the Environmental Insurance Policy to determine if the policy was in full force and effect as of the Cut-off Date, there is no deductible, and the Trustee is a named insured under such policy. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Environmental Insurance Policy; Servicing records

 

Exhibit QQ-A-39 

 

 

 

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of the policy’s term and the term of such policy extends at least five years beyond the maturity of the Mortgage Loan.

 

43f

 

Review the Diligence File to determine if there exists a property condition assessment or engineering report. For Mortgaged Properties constructed prior to 1985, review the related report to determine if it addresses asbestos containing materials. If so determined with respect to each part of the Test, it will be a Test pass.

 

Diligence File; Property condition assessment; Engineering report

 

43g

 

Review the appraisal to determine if the property is a multifamily property. If so, review the Diligence File to determine if there exists a property condition report or engineering report. Review the related report to determine if there is a radon gas and lead based paint section in the report. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Appraisal; Property condition Assessment; Engineering report

 

43h

 

Review the most recently dated property condition assessment or engineering report for disclosures of the existence of a material and adverse environmental condition or circumstance affecting the Mortgaged Property. If so, determine if the related Mortgagor (A) was required to remediate the identified condition prior to closing any Mortgage Loan or provide additional security or establish with the mortgagee a reserve in an amount deemed to be sufficient by any Mortgage Loan Seller, for the remediation of the problem, and/or (B) agreed in any documents in the Mortgage File to establish an operations and maintenance plan after the closing of any Mortgage Loan that should reasonably be expected to mitigate the environmental risk. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Property condition assessment; Engineering report; Remediation agreement; Mortgage Loan Documents

 

43i

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that, in the case of a Mortgage Loan set forth on Schedule I to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, on the effective date of the Environmental Insurance Policy, the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge of any material and adverse environmental condition or circumstance affecting the Mortgaged Property (other than the existence of LBP, ACM or RG) that was not disclosed to the Policy Issuer in one or more of the following: (a) the application for insurance, (b) a Mortgagor questionnaire that was provided to the Policy Issuer, or

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

Exhibit QQ-A-40 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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(c) an engineering or other report provided to the Policy

Issuer. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

 

43j

 

Review the Environmental Insurance Policy to determine if the premium of any Environmental Insurance Policy has been paid through the maturity of the policy’s term and the term of such policy extends at least five years beyond the maturity of any Mortgage Loan. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Environmental Insurance Policy; Mortgage Loan Documents

 

44.   Lease Estoppels. With respect to each Mortgage Loan predominantly secured by a retail, office or industrial property leased to a single tenant, the Mortgage Loan Seller reviewed such estoppel obtained from such tenant no earlier than 90 days prior to the origination date of the related Mortgage Loan, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based solely on the related estoppel certificate, the related lease is in full force and effect or if not in full force and effect, the related space was underwritten as vacant, subject to customary reservations of tenant’s rights, such as, without limitation, with respect to common area maintenance (“CAM”) and pass-through audits and verification of landlord’s compliance with co-tenancy provisions. With respect to each Mortgage Loan predominantly secured by a retail, office or industrial property, the Mortgage Loan Seller has received lease estoppels executed within 90 days of the origination date of the related Mortgage Loan that collectively account for at least 65% of the in-place base rent for the Mortgaged Property or set of cross-collateralized properties that secure a Mortgage Loan that is represented on the Certified Rent Roll. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, each lease represented on the Certified Rent Roll is in full force and effect, subject to customary reservations of tenant’s rights, such as with respect to CAM and pass-through audits and verification of landlord’s compliance with co-tenancy provisions.

 

44a

 

Review the appraisal to determine if the property is a retail, office, or industrial property, and if so, review the Certified Rent Roll to determine if the property is leased to a single tenant. If so, review the estoppel to determine if it was obtained from such tenant no earlier than 90 days prior to the origination date of the Mortgage Loan. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Estoppels; Certified Rent

Roll; Appraisal

 

44b

 

Review the estoppel certificate referenced in Test 44a and the asset summary report to determine if (i) the related lease is in full force and effect, subject to customary reservations of tenant’s rights, such as, without limitation, with respect to CAM and pass-through audits and verification of landlord’s compliance with co-tenancy provisions, or (ii) if there is no estoppel certificate, the property was underwritten as vacant. If the matters set forth in clause (i) or (ii) are so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Estoppels; Diligence File; Asset Summary Report

 

44c

 

Review the appraisal to determine if the Mortgage Loan is predominantly secured by a retail, office, or industrial property. If so, review the Diligence File to determine if lease estoppels executed within 90 days of the origination date of the Mortgage Loan were received that collectively account for at least 65% of the in-place base rent for the Mortgaged Property or set of cross-collateralized properties that secure a Mortgage Loan that is represented on the Certified Rent Roll. If so determined with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

 

Appraisal; Diligence File

 

44d

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other

 

MS Servicer Notices;

 

Exhibit QQ-A-41 

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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indication of any claim or assertion that, as of the Closing Date, and subject to customary reservations of tenant’s rights, such as with respect to CAM and pass-through audits and verification of landlord’s compliance with co-tenancy provisions, the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge that any lease represented on the Certified Rent Roll was not in full force and effect. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

Certified Rent Roll

 

45.   Appraisal. The Mortgage File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property with an appraisal date within 6 months of the Mortgage Loan origination date, and within 12 months of the Closing Date. The appraisal is signed by an appraiser who is a Member of the Appraisal Institute (“MAI”) and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor or in any loan made on the security thereof, and whose compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan. Each appraiser has represented in such appraisal or in a supplemental letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice” as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation.

 

45a

 

Review the appraisal to determine if it was dated within 6 months of the Mortgage Loan origination date and with 12 month of the Closing Date. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Appraisal

 

45b

 

Review the appraisal to determine if it was signed by an appraiser represented to be an MAI. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Appraisal

 

45c

 

Review the appraisal to determine if it includes an appraiser’s certification or supplemental letter that indicates that the appraiser had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgagor, the Mortgaged Property or any loan made on the security of the Mortgaged Property. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Appraisal

 

45d

 

Review the appraisal to determine if it includes an appraiser’s certification or supplemental letter that indicates that the appraiser’s compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Appraisal

 

45e

 

Review the appraisal to determine if it includes documentation in the appraisal or a letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional appraisal Practice” as adopted by the appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Appraisal

 

46.   Mortgage Loan Schedule. The information pertaining to each Mortgage Loan which is set forth in the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as an exhibit to the MLPA is true and correct in all material

 

46a

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as an exhibit to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and compare it to the corresponding information in (i) Annex A to the final

 

Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; Annex A to final prospectus;

 

Exhibit QQ-A-42 

 

 

 

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respects as of the Cut-off Date and contains all information required by the PSA to be contained therein.  

prospectus (ii) Mortgage Loan Documents, (iii) PSA, and (iv) asset summary report to determine if there are discrepancies between the documents. If there are no such discrepancies, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents; PSA; Asset Summary Report

 

46b

 

Compare the information in the Mortgage Loan Schedule to the requirements of the PSA to determine if they match. If there are no discrepancies, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Schedule; PSA

 

47.   Cross-Collateralization. No Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted with any other mortgage loan that is outside the Mortgage Pool.

 

47

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted with any other Mortgage Loan that is outside the Mortgage Pool. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

48.   Advance of Funds by the Mortgage Loan Seller. No advance of funds has been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the related Mortgagor, and no funds have been received from any person other than the related Mortgagor or an affiliate, directly, or, to the knowledge of the Mortgage Loan Seller, indirectly for, or on account of, payments due on the Mortgage Loan. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller nor any affiliate thereof has any obligation to make any capital contribution to any Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, other than contributions made on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

48a

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that, as of the Closing Date, an advancement of funds had been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the related Mortgagor, or that funds have been received from any person other than the Mortgagor or an affiliate, directly, for, or on account of, payments due on the Mortgage Loan. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

48b

 

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the Mortgage Loan Seller, or an affiliate, has an obligation to make any capital contribution to the Mortgagor, other than contributions made on or prior to the Closing Date. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

49.   Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The Mortgage Loan Seller has complied with its internal procedures with respect to all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2001 in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan.

 

49

 

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that the Mortgage Loan Seller did not comply with its internal procedures with respect to all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2001 in connection with the origination of any Mortgage Loan. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

MS Servicer Notices

 

Exhibit QQ-A-43 

 

 

EXHIBIT QQ-B

 

GACC ASSET REVIEW PROCEDURES

 

Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (the “PSA”), the Asset Representations Reviewer (“Asset Representations Reviewer”) shall perform an Asset Review with respect to each representation and warranty made by the related Mortgage Loan Seller only with respect to each Delinquent Loan in accordance with the procedures set forth below (each such procedure, a “Test”); provided, however, the Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, modify any Test and/or associated Review Materials described in this Exhibit JJ-1 if, and only to the extent, the Asset Representations Reviewer determines pursuant to the Asset Review Standard that it is necessary to modify such Test and/or such associated Review Materials in order to facilitate its Asset Review in accordance with the Asset Review Standard. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the PSA or, solely with respect to a representation and warranty, the meaning set forth in the related mortgage loan purchase agreement (the “Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement”). For the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the performance of the following Tests: 

 

(A)With respect to any representation and warranty that includes a knowledge qualifier (e.g., to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, etc.), the Asset Representations Reviewer shall not be responsible for any investigation or review beyond that set forth in the applicable Test related to such representation and warranty;

  

(B)With respect to any representation and warranty that includes the examination of an insurance policy or Title Policy, the Asset Representations Reviewer will be permitted to engage a qualified consultant to perform a review of the applicable policy, and will be allowed to rely upon the conclusions of the consultant when making a determination as to whether there is a Test pass.

  

(C)The Asset Representations Reviewer shall be under no duty to provide or obtain a legal opinion, legal review or legal conclusion;

 

(D)Unless otherwise provided in the Test, the “as of” date for the testing of a representation is as of the Closing Date;

  

(E)Unless otherwise provided in the Test, if there is more than one version of the same document with respect to a particular Mortgage Loan or Mortgaged Property, the document that will be used by the Asset Representations Reviewer in testing is the document that is dated as of the Closing Date or, if none, the document closest prior to the Closing Date;

  

(F)With respect to each representation and warranty and its related Test(s), the Asset Representations Reviewer shall take into account any exceptions to such representation and warranty described in the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement with respect to a Mortgage Loan, and a Test pass shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to such Test if the sole reason for not satisfying the applicable Test is caused by such exception(s);

  

(G)Evidence of a failure of a Test could result from (i) an affirmative determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer that the Test failed to achieve a Test pass, or (ii) a determination by Asset Representations Reviewer that the documentation included in the Review Materials (after making such request for any missing documents in the manner provided for in the PSA) is not sufficient to perform the Test; and

  

(H)A determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of a Test pass or a Test failure shall not constitute a determination by the Asset Representations Reviewer of (i) the existence or nonexistence of a Material Defect, or (ii) whether the Trust should enforce any rights it may have against the applicable Mortgage Loan Seller.

  

 Exhibit QQ-B-1

 

 

The Asset Representations Reviewer will only be required to perform the Tests described in this Exhibit JJ-1, and will not be obligated to perform additional procedures on any Delinquent Loan, even if a different set of procedures or review Materials could produce a different outcome. Notwithstanding the required Tests, the Asset Representations Reviewer will not be required to review any information other than (1) Review Materials specified in the related Test and (2) if applicable, Unsolicited Information. The Asset Representations Reviewer may, but is under no obligation to, consider Unsolicited Information relevant to the Tests subject to the terms of the PSA. If the Asset Representations Reviewer considers Unsolicited Information, the Asset Representations Reviewer shall take into account such Unsolicited Information, in addition to the Review Materials referred to in the applicable Test(s) procedure when making a determination as to whether there is a Test pass.

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-2

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

1. Whole Loan; Ownership of Mortgage Loans. Except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, each Mortgage Loan is a whole loan and not a participation interest in a Mortgage Loan. Each Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan is a portion of a whole loan evidenced by a Mortgage Note. At the time of the sale, transfer and assignment to Purchaser, no Mortgage Note or Mortgage was subject to any assignment (other than assignments to the Mortgage Loan Seller or, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Trustee) participation or pledge, and the Mortgage Loan Seller had good title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, participations, any other ownership interests on, in or to such Mortgage Loan other than any servicing rights appointment or similar agreement. The Mortgage Loan Seller has full right and authority to sell, assign and transfer each Mortgage Loan, and the assignment to Purchaser constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment of such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan.

1a

Review the amounts listed on the original Mortgage Note and Mortgage for an indication that they match the amounts listed on the Mortgage Loan Schedule. If the amounts are the same, then such Mortgage Loan would be considered a Whole Loan. If there is more than one property then the Mortgage for each Mortgaged Property would need to be aggregated. If identified as such, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage; Mortgage Note; Loan agreement related to the Mortgage Loan (“Loan Agreement”); Mortgage Loan guaranty; Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits; and Environmental Indemnity Agreement (collectively, the “Mortgage Loan Documents”); Mortgage Loan Schedule.

1b

Review any notice previously delivered by

the master servicer or the special servicer, as applicable, of any alleged defect or breach with respect to any Delinquent Loan (collectively, the “MS Servicer Notices”) for notation of any Mortgage Note or Mortgage that was subject to any assignment (other than assignments to the Mortgage Loan Seller or, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Trustee for the Other Securitization), participation or pledge, or that the Mortgage Loan Seller did not have good title to, and was the sole owner of, each Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, charges, pledges, encumbrances, participations, any other ownership interests on, in or to such Mortgage Loan other than any servicing rights appointment or similar agreement. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices
1c

Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation of any claim or assertion regarding the Mortgage Loan Seller not having the full right and authority to sell, assign and transfer the Mortgage Loan. If such notation is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices
1d Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation MS Servicer Notices

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-3

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

   

of any claim or assertion regarding the assignment to the Purchaser not constituting a legal, valid and binding assignment of such Mortgage Loan free and clear of any and all liens, pledges, charges or security interests of any nature encumbering such Mortgage Loan. If such notation is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

2. Loan Document Status. Each related Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits (if a separate instrument), guaranty and other agreement executed by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor in connection with such Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor (subject to any non-recourse provisions contained in any of the foregoing agreements and any applicable state anti-deficiency or market value limit deficiency legislation), as applicable, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except (i) as such enforcement may be limited by (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (b) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (ii) that certain provisions in such Loan Documents (including, without limitation, provisions requiring the payment of default interest, late fees or prepayment/yield maintenance fees, charges and/or premiums) are, or may be, further limited or rendered unenforceable by or under applicable law, but (subject to the limitations set forth in clause (i) above) such limitations or unenforceability will not render such Loan Documents invalid as a whole or materially interfere with the mortgagee’s realization of the principal benefits and/or security provided thereby (clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Standard Qualifications”).

 

Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentences, there is no valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right of rescission available to the related Mortgagor with respect to any of the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or other Loan

2a

Review the opinion of Mortgagor’s counsel (“Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion”) for an indication that it contains language that the related Mortgage Note, Mortgage, Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits (if a separate instrument), guaranty and other agreement executed by or on behalf of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor in connection with such Mortgage Loan is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Mortgagor, guarantor or other obligor (subject to any non-recourse provisions contained in any of the foregoing agreements and any applicable state anti-deficiency or market value limit deficiency legislation), as applicable, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as specified in representation and warranty 2. If such indication exists, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion
2b

Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation of any valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right of rescission available to the related Mortgagor with respect to any of the related Mortgage Notes, Mortgages or other Mortgage Loan Documents, including, without limitation, any such valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right based on intentional fraud by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, that would deny the Mortgagee (as defined in the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement) the

MS Servicer Notices

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-4

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

Documents, including, without limitation, any such valid offset, defense, counterclaim or right based on intentional fraud by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with the origination of the Mortgage Loan, that would deny the mortgagee the principal benefits intended to be provided by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other Loan Documents.

 

principal benefits intended to be provided by the Mortgage Note, Mortgage or other Mortgage Loan Documents. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.

 

3. Mortgage Provisions. The Loan Documents for each Mortgage Loan contain provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the practical realization against the Mortgaged Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including realization by judicial or, if applicable, non-judicial foreclosure subject to the limitations set forth in the Standard Qualifications.

3

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents and Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion for an indication that the Mortgage Loan Documents contain provisions that render the rights and remedies of the holder thereof adequate for the practical realization against the Mortgaged Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, including realization by judicial or, if applicable, non-judicial foreclosure subject to the limitations set forth in the Standard Qualifications. If such indication exists, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents; Mortgagor’s Counsel

Opinion

4. Mortgage Status; Waivers and Modifications. Since origination and except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File or as otherwise provided in the related Loan Documents (a) the material terms of such Mortgage, Mortgage Note, Mortgage Loan guaranty, and related Loan Documents have not been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied, canceled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect; (b) no related Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of the remaining portion of such Mortgaged Property; and (c) neither the related Mortgagor nor the related guarantor has been released from its material obligations under the Mortgage Loan. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, except as contained in a written document included in the Mortgage File, there have been no modifications, amendments or waivers, that could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such Mortgage Loan consented to by the Mortgage Loan Seller on or after [●], 2017.

4a

Review the MS Servicer Notices and Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that the material terms of such documents have been waived, impaired, modified, altered, satisfied, cancelled, subordinated or rescinded in any respect, except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File or as otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Loan Documents. If no such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents; MS Servicer Notices
4b

Review the MS Servicer Notices and Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that a related Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof has been released from the lien of the related Mortgage in any manner which materially interferes with the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the use or operation of the remaining portion of such Mortgaged Property except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File or as otherwise provided in the related

MS Servicer Notices; Mortgage Loan Documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-5

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

   

Mortgage Loan Documents. If no such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

 
4c

Review the and Mortgage Loan Documents for notation that neither the related Mortgagor nor the related guarantor has been released from its material obligations under the Mortgage Loan except by written instruments set forth in the related Mortgage File or as otherwise provided in the related Mortgage Loan Documents. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices; Mortgage Loan Documents
4d

Review the MS Servicer Notices and Mortgage Loan Documents for notation of a modification, amendment or waiver that could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect on such Mortgage Loan that was consented to by the Mortgage Loan Seller on or after May 26, 2017. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices; Mortgage Loan Documents

5. Hospitality Provisions. The Loan Documents for each Mortgage Loan that is secured by a hospitality property operated pursuant to a franchise or license agreement includes an executed comfort letter or similar agreement signed by the related Mortgagor and franchisor or licensor of such property that, subject to the applicable terms of such franchise or license agreement and comfort letter or similar agreement, is enforceable by the Trust against such franchisor or licensor either (A) directly or as an assignee of the originator, or (B) upon the Mortgage Loan Seller’s or its designee’s providing notice of the transfer of the Mortgage Loan to the Trust in accordance with the terms of such executed comfort letter or similar agreement, which the Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee shall provide, or if neither (A) nor (B) is applicable, the Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee shall apply for, on the Trust’s behalf, a new comfort letter or similar agreement as of the Closing Date. The mortgage or related security agreement for each Mortgage Loan secured by a hospitality property creates a security interest in the revenues of such property for which a UCC financing statement has been filed in the

5a

 

Review the appraisals to determine if any of the properties are specifically identified as hospitality properties. If so, review the Mortgage File to determine if there exists a franchise or license agreement and executed comfort letter or other similar agreement signed by the related Mortgagor and franchisor or licensor that, subject to the applicable terms of such franchise or license agreement and comfort letter or similar agreement, is enforceable by the Trust against such franchisor or licensor, either (A) directly or as an assignee of the originator, or (B) upon the Mortgage Loan Seller’s or its designee’s providing notice of the transfer of the Mortgage Loan to the Trust in accordance with the terms of such executed comfort letter or similar agreement, which the Mortgage Loan Seller or its designee shall provide. If so determined with respect to each part of this

 

Appraisal; mortgage file; franchise agreement; Comfort letter or similar agreement signed by or from such franchisor

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-6

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

appropriate filing office. For the avoidance of doubt, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in revenues to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements is required to effect such perfection

  Test, it will be a Test pass.  
5b

 

If the appraisals specifically identify any Mortgaged Properties as hospitality properties, review the security agreement for each Mortgaged Property to determine if there are provisions related to creating a security interest in the revenues of such property. Also, review the Mortgage File to determine if there exist filed copies (bearing evidence of filing) or evidence of filing of any related UCC financing statements, related amendments and continuation statements. If so determined with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

 

UCC filings; Appraisal; Mortgage File

6. Lien; Valid Assignment. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each assignment of Mortgage and assignment of Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits to the Trust (or, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Trustee) constitutes a legal, valid and binding assignment to the Trust (or, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Trustee). Each related Mortgage and Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits is freely assignable without the consent of the related Mortgagor. Each related Mortgage is a legal, valid and enforceable first lien on the related Mortgagor’s fee or leasehold interest in the Mortgaged Property in the principal amount of such Mortgage Loan or allocated loan amount (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined below) and the exceptions to representation and warranty 7 below set forth in Exhibit C of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement (each such exception, a “Title Exception”)), except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. Such Mortgaged Property (subject to and excepting Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions) as of origination was, and as of the Cut-off Date, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, is free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ liens, recorded materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances which are prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage (which lien secures the related

6a

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion regarding any assignment of Mortgage or Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits to the Trust (or, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Non-Serviced Trustee) not constituting a legal, valid and binding assignment to the Trust (or, with respect to a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the related Non-Serviced Trustee), subject to the Standard Qualifications. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices
6b

Review the related Mortgage and the Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits for each property for provisions to the effect that the related Mortgage and Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits is not freely assignable without the consent of the related Mortgagor. If no such provision is found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage; Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits
6c

Review the Title Policy (as defined in representation and warranty 7) to determine if the related Mortgage is a first lien on the related Mortgagor’s fee (or with respect to

Title Policy; Mortgage; Mortgage Loan Schedule

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-7

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by a lender’s title insurance policy (as described below), and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge and subject to the rights of tenants (as tenants only) (subject to and excepting Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions), no rights exist which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage, except those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by a lender’s title insurance policy (as described below). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of Uniform Commercial Code (“UCC”) financing statements is required in order to effect such perfection.

 

those Mortgage Loans described in representation and warranty 35 hereof, leasehold) interest in the Mortgaged Property. Compare the amount of the Title Policy to the principal amount of the Mortgage Loan or allocated loan amount to determine whether they are equivalent. If each such determination is made, it will be a

Test pass.

 
6d

Review the Title Policy to determine if the Mortgaged Property was free and clear of any recorded mechanics liens, recorded materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances which are prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan) (other than Permitted Encumbrances, Title Exceptions and those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy). If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Title Policy
6e

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that, as of the Cut-off Date, the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge that the Mortgaged Property was not free and clear of any recorded mechanics’ liens, recorded materialmen’s liens and other recorded encumbrances that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan) (other than Permitted Encumbrances, Title Exceptions and those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the applicable Title Policy). If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-8

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

  6f

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that, subject to the rights of tenants, there are rights existing which under law could give rise to any such lien or encumbrance that would be prior to or equal with the lien of the related Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), except for Permitted Encumbrances and those which are bonded over, escrowed for or insured against by the a lender’s title insurance policy. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices
6g

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that the Mortgage Loan Seller did not have legal, valid and enforceable first lien on the related Mortgagor’s fee (or if identified on the Mortgage Loan Schedule, leasehold), interest in the Mortgaged Property or good and marketable title free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices

7. Permitted Liens; Title Insurance. Each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan is covered by an American Land Title Association loan title insurance policy or a comparable form of loan title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction (or, if such policy is yet to be issued, by a pro forma policy, a preliminary title policy with escrow instructions or a “marked up” commitment, in each case binding on the title insurer) (the “Title Policy”) in the original principal amount of such Mortgage Loan (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan secured by multiple properties, an amount equal to at least the allocated loan amount with respect to the Title Policy for each such property) after all advances of principal (including any advances held in escrow or reserves), that insures for the benefit of the owner of the indebtedness

7a

Review the Title Policy to determine if it is an American Land Title Association loan title insurance policy or another comparable form of loan title insurance policy approved for use in the applicable jurisdiction. Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the amount of the policy covers the amount of the Mortgage Loan, or for multiple properties, an amount equal to the allocated loan amount after all advances of principal. If so determined with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

Title Policy; Mortgage Loan Documents
7b

Review the Title Policy to determine if the first-priority lien of the Mortgage (which lien

Title Policy

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-9

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

secured by the Mortgage, the first-priority lien of the Mortgage (which lien secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan), which lien is subject only to (a) the lien of current real property taxes, water charges, sewer rents and assessments not yet due and payable; (b) covenants, conditions and restrictions, rights of way, easements and other matters of public record; (c) the exceptions (general and specific) and exclusions set forth in such Title Policy; (d) other matters to which like properties are commonly subject; (e) the rights of tenants (as tenants only) under leases (including subleases) pertaining to the related Mortgaged Property and condominium declarations; and (f) if the related Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan) is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with another Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan) (each a “Crossed Mortgage Loan”), the lien of the Mortgage for such other Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan) that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with such Crossed Mortgage Loan or with the Whole Loan of which such Crossed Mortgage Loan is a part, provided that none of which items (a) through (f), individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely interferes with the value or current use of the Mortgaged Property or the security intended to be provided by such Mortgage or the Mortgagor’s ability to pay its obligations when they become due (collectively, the “Permitted Encumbrances”). Except as contemplated by clause (f) of the preceding sentence, none of the Permitted Encumbrances are mortgage liens that are senior to or coordinate and co-equal with the lien of the related Mortgage. Such Title Policy (or, if it has yet to be issued, the coverage to be provided thereby) is in full force and effect, all premiums thereon have been paid and no claims have been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller thereunder and no claims have been paid thereunder. Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller, nor to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, any other holder of the Mortgage Loan, has done, by act or omission, anything that would materially impair the coverage under such Title Policy.

 

secures the related Whole Loan, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan) is subject only to Permitted Encumbrances, as defined in representation and warranty 7. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 
7c

Review the Title Policy to determine if any Permitted Encumbrance is a mortgage lien that is senior to or coordinate and co-equal to the lien of the related Mortgage, other than as contemplated by item (f) in the definition of Permitted Encumbrances. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Title Policy
7d

Review the Title Policy and MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that the coverage is not in full force and effect, that all premiums thereon have not been paid or that claims have been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If no such notation or other indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

Title Policy; MS Servicer Notices
7e

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that the Mortgage Loan Seller, or any other holder of the Mortgage Loan, has done, by act or omission, anything that would materially impair the coverage under such policy. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices

8. Junior Liens. It being understood that B notes secured by the same Mortgage as a Mortgage Loan are not subordinate mortgages or junior liens, except for any Crossed Mortgage

8a

Review the Title Policy to determine if there is any subordinate mortgage or junior lien encumbering the related Mortgaged Property,

Title Policy

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-10

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

Loan, there are, as of origination, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, no subordinate mortgages or junior liens securing the payment of money encumbering the related Mortgaged Property (other than Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions, taxes and assessments, mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens (which are the subject of the representation in representation and warranty 6 above), and equipment and other personal property financing). Except as set forth in Schedule B-1 to Exhibit B of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller has no knowledge of any mezzanine debt secured directly by interests in the related Mortgagor.

 

except for any Crossed Mortgage Loans. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 
8b

Review the Title Policy to determine if, as of origination and the Cut-off Date, there are no subordinate mortgages or junior mortgage liens securing the payment of money encumbering the related Mortgaged Property other than Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions, taxes and assessments, mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens and equipment and other personal property financing. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Title Policy
8c

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that, except as set forth in Schedule B-1 to Exhibit B of the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge of: (1) any mezzanine debt secured directly by interests in the related Mortgagor or (2) any subordinate mortgages or junior liens securing the payment of money encumbering the related Mortgaged Property (other than Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions, taxes and assessments, mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices; Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement

9. Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits. There exists as part of the related Mortgage File an Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage). Subject to the Permitted Encumbrances and the Title Exceptions (and, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, subject to the related Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits constituting security for the entire Whole Loan), each related Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits creates a valid first-priority collateral assignment of, or a valid first-priority lien or security interest in, rents and certain rights under the related lease or leases, subject only to a license granted to the related

9a

Review the Mortgage File to determine if an Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage) is in the Mortgage File. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage File; Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits
9b

Review the Title Policy to determine if the Mortgage, or any related Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits, has been recorded, and creates a valid first-priority collateral assignment of, or a valid first-priority lien or security interest in, rents and certain rights

Title Policy; Mortgage; Assignment of Leases, Rents and

Profits

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-11

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

Mortgagor to exercise certain rights and to perform certain obligations of the lessor under such lease or leases, including the right to operate the related leased property, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. The related Mortgage or related Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits, subject to applicable law, provides that, upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan, a receiver is permitted to be appointed for the collection of rents or for the related mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents to be paid directly to the mortgagee.

 

under the related lease or leases, subject only to a license granted to the related Mortgagor to exercise certain rights and to perform certain obligations of the lessor under such lease or leases, including the right to operate the related leased property, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by the Standard Qualifications. If so determined with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

 
9c

Review the Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits (either as a separate instrument or incorporated into the related Mortgage) to determine if the related Mortgage, or related Assignment of Leases, subject to applicable law, provides that upon an event of default under the Mortgage Loan, a receiver is permitted to be appointed for the collection of rents or for the related Mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents or for the related Mortgagee to enter into possession to collect the rents or for rents to be paid directly to the Mortgagee. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Assignment of Leases, Rents and Profits; Mortgage

10. UCC Filings. If the related Mortgaged Property is operated as a hospitality property, the Mortgage Loan Seller has filed and/or recorded or caused to be filed and/or recorded (or, if not filed and/or recorded, have been submitted in proper form for filing and/or recording), UCC financing statements in the appropriate public filing and/or recording offices necessary at the time of the origination of the Mortgage Loan to perfect a valid security interest in all items of physical personal property reasonably necessary to operate such Mortgaged Property owned by such Mortgagor and located on the related Mortgaged Property (other than any non-material personal property, any personal property subject to a purchase money security interest, a sale and leaseback financing arrangement as permitted under the terms of the related Loan Documents or any other personal property leases applicable to such personal property), to the extent perfection may be effected pursuant to

10

If the related Mortgaged Property is operated as a hospitality property, review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of inappropriately filed or nonexistent UCC-1 financing statements. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-12

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

applicable law by recording or filing, as the case may be. Subject to the Standard Qualifications, each related Mortgage (or equivalent document) creates a valid and enforceable lien and security interest on the items of personalty described above. No representation is made as to the perfection of any security interest in rents or other personal property to the extent that possession or control of such items or actions other than the filing of UCC financing statements are required in order to effect such perfection.

     

11. Condition of Property. The Mortgage Loan Seller or the originator of the Mortgage Loan inspected or caused to be inspected each related Mortgaged Property within six months of origination of the Mortgage Loan and within twelve months of the Cut-off Date.

 

An engineering report or property condition assessment was prepared in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan no more than twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based solely upon due diligence customarily performed in connection with the origination of comparable mortgage loans, as of the Closing Date, each related Mortgaged Property was free and clear of any material damage (other than (i) any damage or deficiency that is estimated to cost less than $50,000 to repair, (ii) any deferred maintenance for which escrows were established at origination and (iii) any damage fully covered by insurance) that would affect materially and adversely the use or value of such Mortgaged Property as security for the Mortgage Loan.

11a

Review the engineering report or property condition assessment in the Mortgage File to determine if it is dated within six months of the origination date. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Engineering report; Property condition assessment
11b

Review the engineering report or property condition assessment in the Mortgage File to determine if it was dated no more than twelve months prior to the Cut-off Date. Review the engineering report or property condition assessment to confirm that each related Mortgaged Property is free of material damage. If so determined with respect to each part of the Test, it will be a Test pass.

Engineering report; Property condition assessment
11c

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge of issues with the physical condition of the Mortgaged Property that the Mortgage Loan Seller believed would have a material adverse effect on the value or use of the Mortgaged Property other than those disclosed in the most recently dated engineering report or Servicing File and those addressed in sub-clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this representation and warranty 11. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices

12. Taxes and Assessments. All taxes, governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges (including, without limitation, water and sewage charges), or installments thereof, that could be a lien on the related

12

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that all taxes, governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges

MS Servicer Notices

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-13

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

Mortgaged Property that would be of equal or superior priority to the lien of the Mortgage and that prior to the Cut-off Date have become delinquent in respect of each related Mortgaged Property have been paid, or an escrow of funds has been established in an amount sufficient to cover such payments and reasonably estimated interest and penalties, if any, thereon. For purposes of this representation and warranty 12, real estate taxes and governmental assessments and other outstanding governmental charges and installments thereof shall not be considered delinquent until the earlier of (a) the date on which interest and/or penalties would first be payable thereon and (b) the date on which enforcement action is entitled to be taken by the related taxing authority.

 

(including, without limitation, water and sewage charges), or installments thereof, which could be a lien on the related Mortgage Property that would be of equal or superior priority to the lien of the Mortgage and that prior to the Cut-off Date have come delinquent in respect of the Mortgaged Property have not been paid, or an escrow of funds has been established in an amount sufficient to cover such payments and reasonably estimated interest and penalties, if any, thereon. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

13. Condemnation. As of the date of origination and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding pending, and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the date of origination and as of the Cut-off Date, there is no proceeding threatened, for the total or partial condemnation of such Mortgaged Property that would have a material adverse effect on the value, use or operation of the Mortgaged Property.

13

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any proceeding pending or threatened for the total or partial condemnation of such Mortgaged Property as of the Cut-off Date and as of the origination date, or for a notation or other indication that the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge as of the Cut-off Date and as of the origination date of any such proceeding that would have a material adverse effect on the value, use or operation of the Mortgaged Property. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices

14. Actions Concerning Mortgage Loan. As of the date of origination and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge as of the Cut-off Date, there was no pending or filed action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any Mortgagor, guarantor, or Mortgagor’s interest in the Mortgaged Property, an adverse outcome of which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect (a) such Mortgagor’s title to the Mortgaged Property, (b) the validity or enforceability of the Mortgage, (c) such Mortgagor’s ability to perform under the related Mortgage Loan, (d) such guarantor’s ability to perform under the related guaranty, (e) the principal benefit of the security intended to be provided by the Loan Documents or (f) the current principal

14a

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents, the Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion and the MS Servicer Notices for an indication of pending or filed action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation involving any Mortgagor, guarantor, or Mortgagor’s interest in the Mortgaged Property that existed on the origination date. If such an indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents; Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion; MS Servicer Notices

14b

Review the MS Servicer Notices to determine if an adverse outcome of any such pending, filed or threatened action, suit or proceeding, arbitration or governmental investigation

MS Servicer Notices

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-14

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

use of the Mortgaged Property.  

involving any Mortgagor, guarantor, or Mortgaged Property would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the matters set forth in clauses (a)-(f) of representation and warranty 14. If any such adverse outcome would not reasonably be expected to adversely affect the matters set forth in clauses (a)-(f) of representation and warranty 14, it will be a Test pass.

 

15. Escrow Deposits. All escrow deposits and payments required to be escrowed with lender pursuant to each Mortgage Loan are in the possession, or under the control, of the Mortgage Loan Seller or its servicer, and there are no deficiencies (subject to any applicable grace or cure periods) in connection therewith, and all such escrows and deposits (or the right thereto) that are required to be escrowed with lender under the related Loan Documents are being conveyed by the Mortgage Loan Seller to Purchaser or its servicer (or, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Depositor or Non-Serviced Master Service).

15a

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any escrow deposits and payments required to be escrowed with the lender pursuant to each Mortgage Loan not in the servicer’s possession or control. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices
15b

Review the MS Servicer Notices to determine if all escrows and deposits required pursuant to the Mortgage Loan have been conveyed by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the Purchaser or its servicer (or, with respect to any Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, to the related Non-Serviced Depositor or Non-Serviced Master Servicer). If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices

16. No Holdbacks. The Stated Principal Balance as of the Cut-off Date of the Mortgage Loan set forth on the Mortgage Loan Schedule has been fully disbursed as of the Closing Date and there is no requirement for future advances thereunder (except in those cases where the full amount of the Mortgage Loan has been disbursed but a portion thereof is being held in escrow or reserve accounts pending the satisfaction of certain conditions relating to leasing, repairs or other matters with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or other considerations determined by the Mortgage Loan Seller to merit such holdback).

16a

Review the Mortgage Loan Schedule, Loan Agreement, Mortgage Note and origination settlement statement to determine if the principal amount of the Mortgage Loan was fully disbursed as of the Closing Date. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Schedule; Loan Agreement; Mortgage Note; Origination settlement statement

16b

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if there is no requirement for future advances by the Mortgagee (except in those cases where the full amount of the Mortgage Loan has been disbursed but a portion thereof is being held in escrow or reserve accounts pending the satisfaction of certain conditions relating to leasing, repairs, or other matters

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-15

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

   

with respect to the related Mortgaged Property, the Mortgagor or other considerations determined by the Mortgage Loan Seller to merit such holdback). If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

17. Insurance. Each related Mortgaged Property is, and is

required pursuant to the related Mortgage to be, insured by a property insurance policy providing coverage for loss in accordance with coverage found under a “special cause of loss form” or “all risk form” that includes replacement cost valuation issued by an insurer meeting the requirements of the related Loan Documents and having a claims-paying or financial strength rating of any one of the following: (i) at least “A-:VIII” from A.M. Best Company, (ii) at least “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or (iii) at least “A-” from S&P Global Ratings (collectively the “Insurance Rating Requirements”), in an amount (subject to a customary deductible) not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor and included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the related Mortgaged Property.

 

Each related Mortgaged Property is also covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Loan Documents, by business interruption or rental loss insurance which (subject to a customary deductible) covers a period of not less than 12 months (or with respect to each Mortgage Loan on a single asset with a principal balance of $50 million or more, 18 months).

 

If any material part of the improvements, exclusive of a parking lot, located on a Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood hazards, the

17a

Review the Insurance Summary Report (or solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, review the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance) to determine if it shows that the related Mortgaged Property is insured by a property insurance policy providing coverage for loss in accordance with coverage found under a “special cause of loss form” or “all-risk form” that includes replacement cost valuation issued by an insurer meeting the requirements of the related Mortgage Loan Documents and the Insurance Rating Requirements, in an amount (subject to customary deductibles) not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of any Mortgage Loan and (2) the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, furniture, furnishings, fixtures and equipment owned by the Mortgagor and included in the Mortgaged Property (with no deduction for physical depreciation), but, in any event, not less than the amount necessary or containing such endorsements as are necessary to avoid the operation of any coinsurance provisions with respect to the Mortgaged Property. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance)

17b

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions requiring the insurance coverage as stated in Test 17a above. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents
17c

Review the Insurance Summary Report (or, solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, review the insurance policies

Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance)

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-16

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

related Mortgagor is required to maintain insurance in the maximum amount available under the National Flood Insurance Program, plus such additional excess flood coverage in an amount as is generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller originating mortgage loans for securitization.

 

If the Mortgaged Property is located within 25 miles of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic coast of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina or North Carolina, the related Mortgagor is required to maintain coverage for windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements or endorsement covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or named storms, in an amount not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) 100% of the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements and personalty and fixtures owned by the Mortgagor and included in the related Mortgaged Property by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements.

 

The Mortgaged Property is covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Loan Documents, by a commercial general liability insurance policy issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements including coverage for property damage, contractual damage and personal injury (including bodily injury and death) in amounts as are generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for loans originated for securitization, and in any event not less than $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate.

 

An architectural or engineering consultant has performed an analysis of each of the Mortgaged Properties located in seismic zones 3 or 4 in order to evaluate the structural and seismic condition of such property, for the sole purpose of assessing either the scenario expected limit (“SEL”) or the probable maximum loss (“PML”) for the Mortgaged Property in the event of an earthquake. In such instance, the SEL or PML, as applicable, was based on a 475-year return period, an exposure period of 50 years and a 10% probability of

 

and/or certificates of insurance) to determine if it shows that the related Mortgaged Property is insured for business interruption or rental loss insurance which (subject to a customary deductible) covers a period of not less than 12 months (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan on a single asset with a principal balance of $50 million or more, 18 months). If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

 
17d

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions requiring the insurance coverage as stated in Test 17c above. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents
17e

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents and/or the survey to determine if any material part of the improvements, exclusive of a parking lot, located on the Mortgaged Property is in an area identified in the Federal Register by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having “special flood hazards.” If so determined, review the Insurance Summary to determine whether the Mortgagor maintains insurance in the maximum amount available under the National Flood Insurance Program plus such additional excess flood coverage in an amount as is generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller originating mortgage loans for securitization. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents; Survey; Insurance Summary Report

17f

If the Mortgaged Property is located within 25 miles of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic coast of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina or North Carolina, review the Insurance Summary Report to determine if the property is covered for windstorm and/or windstorm related perils and/or “named storms” or endorsement covering damage from windstorm and/or windstorm related

Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance)

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-17

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

exceedance. If the resulting report concluded that the SEL or PML, as applicable, would exceed 20% of the amount of the replacement costs of the improvements, earthquake insurance on such Mortgaged Property was obtained by an insurer rated at least “A:VIII” by A.M. Best Company or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or “A-” by S&P Global Ratings in an amount not less than 100% of the SEL or PML, as applicable.

 

The Loan Documents require insurance proceeds in respect of a property loss to be applied either (a) to the repair or restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property, with respect to all property losses in excess of 5% of the then outstanding principal amount of the related Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan, if applicable), the lender (or a trustee appointed by it) having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as the repair or restoration progresses, or (b) to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan, if applicable) together with any accrued interest thereon.

 

All premiums on all insurance policies referred to in this section required to be paid as of the Cut-off Date have been paid, and such insurance policies name the lender under the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns as a loss payee under a mortgagee endorsement clause or, in the case of the general liability insurance policy, as named or additional insured. Such insurance policies will inure to the benefit of the Trustee (or, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Other Trustee). Each related Mortgage Loan obligates the related Mortgagor to maintain all such insurance and, at such Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the lender to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to charge such Mortgagor for related premiums. All such insurance policies (other than commercial liability policies) require at least 10 days’ prior notice to the lender of termination or cancellation arising because of nonpayment of a premium and at least 30 days prior notice to the lender of termination or cancellation (or such lesser period, not less than 10 days, as may be required

 

perils and/or named storms in an amount not less than the lesser of (1) the original principal balance of the Mortgage Loan and (2) 100% of the full insurable value on a replacement cost basis of the improvements, and personalty and fixtures owned by the Mortgagor and included in the related Mortgaged Property by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements. If so determined with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

 
17g

Review the Insurance Summary Report dated before the Cut-off Date (or solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, review the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance) and Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the Mortgage Property is covered, and required to be covered pursuant to the related Mortgage Loan Documents, by a commercial general liability insurance policy issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements including coverage for property damage, contractual damage and personal injury (including bodily injury and death) in amounts as are generally required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for loans originated for securitization, and in any event not less than $1 million per occurrence and $2 million in the aggregate. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance); Mortgage Loan Documents

17h

Review the property condition assessment to determine if the properties are located in a seismic zone 3 or 4. If so determined, review the seismic engineering study to determine if it has been performed by an architectural or engineering consultant for the sole purpose of assessing either the scenario expected limit (“SEL”) or the probable maximum loss (“PML”) for the Mortgaged Property in the

Property condition assessment; Seismic engineering study

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-18

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

by applicable law) arising for any reason other than non-payment of a premium and no such notice has been received by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

 

event of an earthquake and based on a 475-year return period, an exposure period of 50 years and a 10% probability of exceedance. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 
17i

Review the most recent seismic engineering study or Insurance Summary Report (or solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, review the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance) to determine if the PML would exceed 20% of the amount of the replacement costs of the improvements, and if so, review to determine if earthquake insurance on such Mortgaged Property was obtained. If so determined, determine if the insurer is rated at least “A:VIII” by A.M. Best Company or “A3” (or the equivalent) from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or “A-” by S&P Global Ratings. The insurance amount should be not less than 100% of the SEL or the PML, as applicable. If so determined with respect to each part of the Test, it will be a Test pass.

Seismic engineering study; Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance)

17j

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions requiring that insurance proceeds in respect of a property loss be applied either (a) to the repair or restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property, with respect to all property losses in excess of 5% of the then-outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan, the lender (or a trustee appointed by it) having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as the repair or restoration progresses, or (b) to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of such Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as applicable, together with any accrued interest thereon. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents
17k Review the MS Servicer Notices for a MS Servicer Notices

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-19

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

   

notation or other indication that insurance premiums are current as of the Cut-off Date. If such a notation or other indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

 
17l

Review the Insurance Summary Report (or solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, review the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance) to determine if the insurance policies name the lender under any Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns as a loss payee under a mortgagee endorsement clause or, in the case of the general liability insurance policy, as named or additional insured. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance)

17m

Review the Insurance Summary Report (or solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, review the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance) to determine if the insurance will inure to the benefit of the Trustee (or, in the case of a Mortgage Loan that is a Non-Serviced Mortgage Loan, the applicable Other Trustee). If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance)

17n

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if any Mortgage Loan obligates the Mortgagor to maintain all such insurance and, at such Mortgagor’s failure to do so, authorizes the lender to maintain such insurance at the Mortgagor’s cost and expense and to charge such Mortgagor for related premiums. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents
17o

Review the Insurance Summary Report (or solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, review the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance) to determine if the insurance policies (other than commercial liability policies) require at least

Insurance Summary Report (solely with respect to residential cooperative properties, the insurance policies and/or certificates of insurance)

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-20

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

   

10 days’ prior notice to the lender of termination or cancellation arising because of nonpayment of a premium and at least 30 days’ prior notice to the lender of termination or cancellation (or such lesser period, not less than 10 days, as may be required by applicable law) arising for any reason other than non-payment of a premium. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 
17p

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that any notice described in Test 18o may have been received by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices

18. Access; Utilities; Separate Tax Lots. Each Mortgaged Property (a) is located on or adjacent to a public road and has direct legal access to such road, or has access via an irrevocable easement or irrevocable right of way permitting ingress and egress to/from a public road, (b) is served by or has uninhibited access rights to public or private water and sewer (or well and septic) and all required utilities, all of which are appropriate for the current use of the Mortgaged Property, and (c) constitutes one or more separate tax parcels which do not include any property which is not part of the Mortgaged Property or is subject to an endorsement under the related Title Policy insuring the Mortgaged Property, or in certain cases, an application has been, or will be, made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax lots, in which case the Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to escrow an amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which the Mortgaged Property is a part until the separate tax lots are created.

18a

Review the zoning report, Title Policy and survey, engineering report or property condition assessment, the Sponsor Diligence and the ESA to determine if each Mortgaged Property is located on or adjacent to a public road and has direct legal access to such road, or has access via an irrevocable easement or irrevocable right of way permitting ingress and egress to/from a public road. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Zoning report; Title Policy; Survey; Engineering report or property condition assessment; Sponsor Diligence;

ESA

18b

Review the zoning report, Title Policy and survey, engineering report or property condition assessment, the Sponsor Diligence and the ESA to determine if each Mortgaged Property is served by or has uninhibited access rights to public or private water and sewer (or well and septic) and all required utilities, all of which are appropriate for the current use of the Mortgaged Property. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Zoning report; Title Policy; Survey; Engineering report or property condition assessment; Sponsor Diligence;

ESA

18c

Review the Title Policy and survey to determine if each Mortgaged Property constitutes one or more separate tax parcels and do not include any property which is not part of the Mortgaged Property or is subject

Title Policy; Survey; Mortgage Loan Documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-21

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

   

to an endorsement under the most recently dated Title Policy insuring the Mortgaged Property, or in certain cases, an application has been, or will be, made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax lots, in which case any Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to escrow an amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which the Mortgaged Property is a part until the separate tax lots are created. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

19. No Encroachments. To Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based solely on surveys obtained in connection with origination and the lender’s Title Policy (or, if such policy is not yet issued, a pro forma title policy, a preliminary title policy with escrow instructions or a “marked up” commitment) obtained in connection with the origination of each Mortgage Loan, all material improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the appraised value of the related Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan are within the boundaries of the related Mortgaged Property, except encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property or for which insurance or endorsements were obtained under the Title Policy. No improvements on adjoining parcels encroach onto the related Mortgaged Property except for encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property or for which insurance or endorsements were obtained under the Title Policy. No improvements encroach upon any easements except for encroachments the removal of which would not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property or for which insurance or endorsements obtained with respect to the Title Policy.

19a

Review the survey and Title Policy to determine if all material improvements that were included for the purpose of determining the appraised value of the Mortgaged Property at the time of the origination of such Mortgage Loan are within the boundaries of the related Mortgaged Property, except for encroachments that do not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property or for which insurance or endorsements were obtained under the Title Policy. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Survey; Title Policy; Appraisal
19b

Review the survey and Title Policy to determine if there exist improvements on adjoining parcels that encroach onto the Mortgaged Property that materially and adversely affect the value and current use of such Mortgage Property and for which insurance or endorsements were obtained under the Title Policy. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Survey; Title Policy
19c

Review the survey and Title Policy to determine if there exist material improvements that encroach upon any easements except for encroachments the removal of which would not materially and adversely affect the value or current use of such Mortgaged Property or for which

Survey; Title Policy

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-22

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

   

insurance or endorsements obtained with respect to the Title Policy. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 

20. No Contingent Interest or Equity Participation. No Mortgage Loan has a shared appreciation feature, any other contingent interest feature or a negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date) or an equity participation by the Mortgage Loan Seller.

20

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for any shared appreciation feature or any other contingent interest feature, any negative amortization feature (except that an ARD Loan may provide for the accrual of the portion of interest in excess of the rate in effect prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date) or an equity participation by the Mortgage Loan Seller. If no such feature is found with respect to each part of this Test, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents

21. REMIC. The Mortgage Loan is a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3) (but determined without regard to the rule in the U.S. Department of Treasury Regulations (the “Treasury Regulations”) Section 1.860G-2(f)(2) that treats certain defective mortgage loans as qualified mortgages), and, accordingly, (A) the issue price of the Mortgage Loan to the related Mortgagor at origination did not exceed the non-contingent principal amount of the Mortgage Loan and (B) either: (a) such Mortgage Loan is secured by an interest in real property (including buildings and structural components thereof, but excluding personal property) having a fair market value (i) at the date the Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan) was originated at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan) on such date or (ii) at the Closing Date at least equal to 80% of the adjusted issue price of the Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan) on such date, provided that for purposes hereof, the fair market value of the real property interest must first be reduced by (A) the amount of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (B) a proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan; or (b) substantially all of the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the real property which served as the only security for such Mortgage Loan (other than a recourse feature or other third-party credit enhancement within

21a

Review the origination settlement statement and Mortgage Note to determine if the proceeds advanced by the Mortgagee did not exceed the non-contingent principal amount of the Mortgage Loan. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Origination settlement statement; Mortgage Loan
21b

Review the most recent appraisal and Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if (a) the Mortgage Loan is secured by an interest in real property (including buildings and structural components thereof, but excluding personal property) having a fair market value (i) at the date the Mortgage Loan was originated at least equal to 80% of the initial principal amount of any Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan) on such date or (ii) at the Closing Date at least equal to 80% of the outstanding principal amount of the Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan) on such date, provided that for purposes of clauses (i) and (ii) above, the fair market value of the real property interest must first be reduced by (A) the amount of any lien on the real property interest that is senior to such Mortgage Loan and (B) a proportionate amount of any lien that is in parity with such

Appraisal; Mortgage Loan Documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-23

 

 

 

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the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(a)(1)(ii) of the Treasury Regulations). If the Mortgage Loan was “significantly modified” prior to the Closing Date so as to result in a taxable exchange under Section 1001 of the Code, it either (x) was modified as a result of the default or reasonably foreseeable default of such Mortgage Loan or (y) satisfies the provisions of either sub-clause (B)(a)(i) above (substituting the date of the last such modification for the date the Mortgage Loan was originated) or sub-clause (B)(a)(ii), including the proviso thereto. Any prepayment premium and yield maintenance charges applicable to the Mortgage Loan constitute “customary prepayment penalties” within the meaning of Section 1.860G-1(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations. All terms used in this representation and warranty 21 shall have the same meanings as set forth in the related Treasury Regulations.

 

Mortgage Loan or (b) substantially all of the proceeds of such Mortgage Loan were used to acquire, improve or protect the real property which served as the only security for such Mortgage Loan (other than a recourse feature or other third-party credit enhancement within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.860G-2(a)(1)(ii)). If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 
21c

Review the MS Servicer Notices for an indication or other notation that the Mortgage Loan was modified prior to the Closing Date, and if so, if the modification was made as to result in a taxable exchange under Section 1001 of the Code, it either (x) was modified as a result of the default or reasonably foreseeable default of such Mortgage Loan or (y) satisfies the provisions of either sub-clause (B)(i) in the first sentence of representation and warranty 21 (substituting the date of the last such modification for the date any Mortgage Loan was originated) or sub-clause (B)(ii) in the first sentence of representation and warranty 21, including the proviso thereto. If there were any such modifications, and such a notation or other indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices
21d

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion to the effect that the Prepayment Premiums and Yield Maintenance Charges applicable to any Mortgage Loan do not constitute “customary prepayment penalties”. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices

22. Compliance with Usury Laws. The Mortgage Rate (exclusive of any default interest, late charges, yield maintenance charge, or prepayment premiums) of such Mortgage Loan complied as of the date of origination with, or was exempt from, applicable state or federal laws, regulations

22a

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion to the effect that the terms of the Mortgage Loan do not comply with applicable local, state, and federal laws in any

MS Servicer Notices

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-24

 

 

 

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and other requirements pertaining to usury.  

material respect. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 
22b

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion to the effect that any material requirements pertaining to the origination of any Mortgage Loan, including but not limited to, usury and any and all other material requirements of any federal, state or local law have not been complied with. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices
22c

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if they provide that the Mortgage Loan complied with usury laws. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents

23. Authorized to do Business. To the extent required under applicable law, as of the Cut-off Date or as of the date that such entity held the Mortgage Note, each holder of the Mortgage Note was authorized to transact and do business in the jurisdiction in which each related Mortgaged Property is located, or the failure to be so authorized does not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan by the Trust.

23

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that as of the date that the Mortgage Loan Seller or any prior Mortgagee held the Mortgage Note, each such holder of the Mortgage Note was not authorized to transact or do business in the jurisdiction in which each related Mortgaged Property is located. If such a notation or other indication is found, determine whether the failure to be so authorized could not materially and adversely affect the enforceability of such Mortgage Loan by the Trust. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices

24. Trustee under Deed of Trust. With respect to each Mortgage which is a deed of trust, as of the date of origination and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Closing Date, a trustee, duly qualified under applicable law to serve as such, currently so serves and is named in the deed of trust or has been substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law or may be substituted in accordance with the Mortgage and applicable law by the related mortgagee.

24

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if a trustee is appointed. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents
25. Local Law Compliance. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, based upon any of a letter from any governmental 25a Review the zoning report and title policy for an indication that there are no material Zoning Report; Title Policy

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-25

 

 

 

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authorities, a legal opinion, an architect’s letter, a zoning consultant’s report, an endorsement to the related Title Policy, or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial, multifamily or, if applicable, manufactured housing community mortgage loans intended for securitization, with respect to the improvements located on or forming part of each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan as of the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan and as of the Cut-off Date, there are no material violations of applicable zoning ordinances, building codes and land laws (collectively “Zoning Regulations”) other than those which (i) constitute a legal non-conforming use or structure, as to which as the Mortgaged Property may be restored or repaired to the full extent necessary to maintain the use of the structure immediately prior to a casualty or the inability to restore or repair to the full extent necessary to maintain the use or structure immediately prior to the casualty would not materially and adversely affect the use or operation of the Mortgaged Property, (ii) are insured by the Title Policy or other insurance policy, (iii) are insured by law and ordinance insurance coverage in amounts customarily required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for loans originated for securitization that provides coverage for additional costs to rebuild and/or repair the property to current Zoning Regulations or (iv) would not have a material adverse effect on the Mortgage Loan. The terms of the Loan Documents require the Mortgagor to comply in all material respects with all applicable governmental regulations, zoning and building laws.

 

violations of applicable zoning ordinances, building codes and land laws (collectively “Zoning Regulations”) with respect to the improvements located on or forming part of each Mortgaged Property securing a Mortgage Loan as of the date of origination of such Mortgage Loan (or related Whole Loan, as applicable) or as of the Cut-off Date, other than those which (i) constitute a legal non-conforming use or structure, as to which as the Mortgaged Property may be restored or repaired to the full extent necessary to maintain the use of the structure immediately prior to a casualty or the inability to restore or repair to the full extent necessary to maintain the use or structure immediately prior to the casualty would not materially and adversely affect the use or operation of the Mortgaged Property, (ii) are insured by the Title Policy or other insurance policy, (iii) are insured by law and ordinance insurance coverage in amounts customarily required by the Mortgage Loan Seller for loans originated for securitization that provides coverage for additional costs to rebuild and/or repair the property to current Zoning Regulations or (iv) would not have a material adverse effect on the Mortgage Loan. If such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

 
25b

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions that require the Mortgagor to comply in all material respects with all applicable governmental regulations, zoning and building laws. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents

26. Licenses and Permits. Each Mortgagor covenants in the Loan Documents that it shall keep all material licenses, permits and applicable governmental authorizations necessary for its operation of the Mortgaged Property in full force and effect, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge based

26a

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the Mortgagor has covenanted to keep all material licenses, permits and applicable governmental authorizations necessary for its operation of the Mortgaged

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-26

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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upon a letter from any government authorities, zoning consultant’s report or other affirmative investigation of local law compliance consistent with the investigation conducted by the Mortgage Loan Seller for similar commercial, multifamily or, if applicable, manufactured housing community mortgage loans intended for securitization, all such material licenses, permits and applicable governmental authorizations are in effect. The Mortgage Loan requires the related Mortgagor to be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which the related Mortgaged Property is located.

 

Property in full force and effect. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 
26b

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents and the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that the Mortgage Loan Seller had knowledge that any licenses, permits, franchises, certificates of occupancy and applicable governmental authorizations necessary for the operation of the Mortgaged Property are not in effect. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents; MS Servicer Notices
26c

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions requiring the related Mortgagor to be qualified to do business in the jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Property is located. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents

27. Recourse Obligations. The Loan Documents for each Mortgage Loan provide that (a) the related Mortgagor and at least one individual or entity shall be fully liable for actual losses, liabilities, costs and damages arising from certain acts of the related Mortgagor and/or its principals specified in the related Loan Documents, which acts generally include the following: (i) acts of fraud or intentional material misrepresentation, (ii) misapplication or misappropriation of rents, insurance proceeds or condemnation awards, (iii) intentional material physical waste of the Mortgaged Property (but in some cases, only to the extent there is sufficient cash flow generated by the related Mortgaged Property to prevent such waste), and (iv) any breach of the environmental covenants contained in the related Loan Documents, and (b) the Mortgage Loan shall become full recourse to the related Mortgagor and at least one individual or entity, if the related Mortgagor files a voluntary petition under federal or state bankruptcy or insolvency law.

27a

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for each Mortgage Loan for provisions outlined in clauses (a) (i) through (v) and (b) of the representation and warranty 27. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents

28. Mortgage Releases. The terms of the related Mortgage or related Loan Documents do not provide for release of any material portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage except (a) a partial release, accompanied by

28a

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions stating that, if the related Mortgage Loan Documents permit a property release, the only conditions under which a

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-27

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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principal repayment, or partial Defeasance (as defined in representation and warranty 33), of not less than a specified percentage at least equal to the lesser of (i) 110% of the related allocated loan amount of such portion of the Mortgaged Property and (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, (b) upon payment in full of such Mortgage Loan, (c) upon a Defeasance (as defined in representation and warranty 33 below), (d) releases of out-parcels that are unimproved or other portions of the Mortgaged Property which will not have a material adverse effect on the underwritten value of the Mortgaged Property and which were not afforded any material value in the appraisal obtained at the origination of the Mortgage Loan and are not necessary for physical access to the Mortgaged Property or compliance with zoning requirements, or (e) as required pursuant to an order of condemnation or taking by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof. With respect to any partial release under the preceding clauses (a) or (d), either: (x) such release of collateral (i) would not constitute a “significant modification” of the subject Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations and (ii) would not cause the subject Mortgage Loan to fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Code Section 860G(a)(3)(A); or (y) the mortgagee or servicer can, in accordance with the related Loan Documents, condition such release of collateral on the related Mortgagor’s delivery of an opinion of tax counsel to the effect specified in the immediately preceding clause (x). For purposes of the preceding clause (x), if the fair market value of the real property constituting such Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) after the release is not equal to at least 80% of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan, as applicable) outstanding after the release, the Mortgagor is required to make a payment of principal in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions.

 

In the case of any Mortgage Loan, in the event of a

 

property may be released during the life of the Mortgage Loan are as set forth in clauses (a) through (e) of the first sentence of representation and warranty 28. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

 
28b

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions stating that with respect to any partial release described in clauses (a) or (d) of the first sentence of representation and warranty 28 either: (x) such release of collateral (i) would not constitute a “significant modification” of the subject Mortgage Loan within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations and (ii) would not cause the subject Mortgage Loan to fail to be a “qualified mortgage” within the meaning of Section 860G(a)(3)(A); or (y) the Mortgagee or servicer can, in accordance with the related Loan Documents, condition such release of collateral on the related Mortgagor’s delivery of an opinion of tax counsel to the effect specified in the immediately preceding clause (x). For purposes of the preceding clause (x), if the fair market value of the real property constituting such Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) after the release is not equal to at least 80% of the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as applicable, outstanding after the release, the Mortgagor is required to make a payment of principal in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents
28c Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for Mortgage Loan Documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-28

 

 

 

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condemnation or taking of any portion of a Mortgaged Property by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof, whether by legal proceeding or by agreement, the Mortgagor can be required to pay down the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions and, to such extent, condemnation proceeds may not be required to be applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor, if, immediately after the release of such portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage (but taking into account the planned restoration) the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) is not equal to at least 80% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loan (or Whole Loan, as applicable).

 

No Mortgage Loan that is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property or that is a Crossed Mortgage Loan permits the release of cross-collateralization of the related Mortgaged Properties or a portion thereof, including due to a partial condemnation, other than in compliance with the loan-to-value ratio and other requirements of the REMIC Provisions.

 

provisions stating that in the case of any Mortgage Loan, in the event of a taking of any portion of a Mortgaged Property by a State or any political subdivision or authority thereof, whether by legal proceeding or by agreement, the Mortgagor can be required to pay down the principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loans, as applicable, in an amount not less than the amount required by the REMIC Provisions and, to such extent, condemnation proceeds may not be required to be applied to the restoration of the Mortgaged Property or released to the Mortgagor, if, immediately after the release of such portion of the Mortgaged Property from the lien of the Mortgage (but taking into account the planned restoration) the fair market value of the real property constituting the remaining Mortgaged Property (reduced by (1) the amount of any lien on the real property that is senior to the Mortgage Loan and (2) a proportionate amount of any lien on the real property that is in parity with the Mortgage Loan) is not equal to at least 80% of the remaining principal balance of the Mortgage Loan or Whole Loan, as applicable. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

 
28d

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions stating that no Mortgage Loan that is secured by more than one Mortgaged Property or that is a Crossed Mortgage Loan permits the release of cross-collateralization of the related Mortgaged Properties or a portion thereof, including due to a partial condemnation, other than in compliance with the loan-to-value ratio and other requirements of the REMIC Provisions. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents
29. Financial Reporting and Rent Rolls. Each Mortgage 29a Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for Mortgage Loan Documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-29

 

 

 

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requires the Mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage with quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) and annual operating statements, and quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) rent rolls for properties that have leases contributing more than 5% of the in-place base rent and annual financial statements.

 

provisions that require the Mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage with quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) and annual operating statements. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

 
29b

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions that require the Mortgagor to provide the owner or holder of the Mortgage Loan with quarterly (other than for single-tenant properties) rent rolls for properties that have leases contributing more than 5% of the in-place base rent and annual financial statements. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents

30. Acts of Terrorism Exclusion. With respect to each Mortgage Loan over $20 million, the related special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements) do not specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, as amended by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 and the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (collectively referred to as “TRIA”), from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each other Mortgage Loan, the related special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements) did not, as of the date of origination of the Mortgage Loan, and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, do not, as of the Cut-off Date, specifically exclude Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIA, from coverage, or if such coverage is excluded, it is covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, the related Loan Documents do not expressly waive or prohibit the mortgagee from requiring coverage for Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIA, or damages related thereto except to the extent that any right to require such coverage may be limited by commercial availability on commercially reasonable terms, or as otherwise

30a

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the original principal balance was greater than $20 million. If so, review the insurance coverage review document for an indication that the special-form all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy (issued by an insurer meeting the Insurance Rating Requirements) do not specifically exclude acts of terrorism, from coverage, or if they do, there exists a separate terrorism insurance policy related to the Mortgaged Property. If such an indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents; Insurance coverage review document
30b

Review the insurance policy to determine if, as of the Cut-off Date, the related special all-risk insurance policy and business interruption policy specifically excluded acts of terrorism from coverage, and if such coverage is excluded, the related Mortgaged Property was not covered by a separate terrorism insurance policy. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents; Insurance Policy

 

30c

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions that do not expressly waive or prohibit the Mortgagee from requiring

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-30

 

 

 

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indicated on Schedule C of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement; provided, however, that if TRIA or a similar or subsequent statute is not in effect, then, provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the Mortgagor under each Mortgage Loan is required to carry terrorism insurance, but in such event the Mortgagor shall not be required to spend on terrorism insurance coverage more than two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required under the related Loan Documents (without giving effect to the cost of terrorism and earthquake components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance) at such time, and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds such amount, the Mortgagor is required to purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount.

 

coverage for Acts of Terrorism, as defined in TRIA (as defined in representation and warranty 30), or damages related thereto, except to the extent that any right to require such coverage may be limited by commercial availability on commercially reasonable terms, or as otherwise indicated on Schedule C to the applicable Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, provided, that if TRIA or a similar or subsequent statute is not in effect, then, provided that terrorism insurance is commercially available, the Mortgagor under each Mortgage Loan is required to carry terrorism insurance, but in such event the Mortgagor shall not be required to spend on terrorism insurance coverage more than two times the amount of the insurance premium that is payable in respect of the property and business interruption/rental loss insurance required under the related Mortgage Loan Documents (without giving effect to the cost of terrorism and earthquake components of such casualty and business interruption/rental loss insurance) at such time, and if the cost of terrorism insurance exceeds such amount, the Mortgagor is required to purchase the maximum amount of terrorism insurance available with funds equal to such amount. If such provisions are not found, it will be a Test pass.

 

31. Due on Sale or Encumbrance. Subject to specific exceptions set forth below, each Mortgage Loan contains a “due on sale” or other such provision for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan if, without the consent of the holder of the Mortgage (which consent, in some cases, may not be unreasonably withheld) and/or complying with the requirements of the related Loan Documents (which provide for transfers without the consent of the lender which are customarily acceptable to the Mortgage Loan Seller lending on the security of property

31a

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for “due on sale” or other such provisions for the acceleration of the payment of the unpaid principal balance of such Mortgage Loan in the circumstances described in the first sentence of representation and warranty 31. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents
31b Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions that require that if Rating Agency Mortgage Loan Documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-31

 

 

 

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comparable to the related Mortgaged Property, including, without limitation, transfers of worn-out or obsolete furnishings, fixtures, or equipment promptly replaced with property of equivalent value and functionality and transfers by leases entered into in accordance with the Loan Documents), (a) the related Mortgaged Property, or any equity interest of greater than 50% in the related Mortgagor, is directly or indirectly pledged, transferred or sold, other than as related to (i) family and estate planning transfers or transfers upon death or legal incapacity, (ii) transfers to certain affiliates as defined in the related Loan Documents, (iii) Transfers of less than, or other than, a controlling interest in the related Mortgagor, (iv) Transfers to another holder of direct or indirect equity in the Mortgagor, a specific Person designated in the related Loan Documents or a Person satisfying specific criteria identified in the related Loan Documents, such as a qualified equityholder, (v) Transfers of stock or similar equity units in publicly traded companies, (vi) a substitution or release of collateral within the parameters of representations and warranties 27 and 32 herein or the exceptions thereto set forth in Exhibit C of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or (vii) by reason of any mezzanine debt that existed at the origination of the related Mortgage Loan as set forth on Schedule B-1 to Exhibit B of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement, or future permitted mezzanine debt in each case as set forth on Schedule B-2 to Exhibit B of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or (b) the related Mortgaged Property is encumbered with a subordinate lien or security interest against the related Mortgaged Property, other than (i) any Companion Loan or any subordinate debt that existed at origination and is permitted under the related Loan Documents, (ii) purchase money security interests, (iii) any Crossed Mortgage Loan as set forth on Schedule B-3 to Exhibit B of the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement or (iv) Permitted Encumbrances. The Mortgage or other Loan Documents provide that to the extent any Rating Agency fees are incurred in connection with the review of and consent to any transfer or encumbrance, the Mortgagor is responsible for such payment along with all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Mortgagee relative to such transfer or encumbrance.

 

fees are incurred in connection with the review of and consent to any transfer or encumbrance, the Mortgagor is responsible for such payment along with all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the lender relative to such transfer or encumbrance. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

 
       

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-32

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

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32. Single-Purpose Entity. Each Mortgage Loan requires the Mortgagor to be a Single-Purpose Entity for at least as long as the Mortgage Loan is outstanding. Both the Loan Documents and the organizational documents of the Mortgagor with respect to each Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Stated Principal Balance in excess of $5 million provide that the Mortgagor is a Single-Purpose Entity, and each Mortgage Loan with a Cut-off Date Stated Principal Balance of $20 million or more has a counsel’s opinion regarding non-consolidation of the Mortgagor. For this purpose, a “Single-Purpose Entity” shall mean an entity, other than an individual, whose organizational documents (or if the Mortgage Loan has a Cut-off Date Stated Principal Balance equal to $5 million or less, its organizational documents or the related Loan Documents) provide substantially to the effect that it was formed or organized solely for the purpose of owning and operating one or more of the Mortgaged Properties securing the Mortgage Loans and prohibit it from engaging in any business unrelated to such Mortgaged Property or Properties, and whose organizational documents further provide, or which entity represented in the related Loan Documents, substantially to the effect that it does not have any assets other than those related to its interest in and operation of such Mortgaged Property or Properties, or any indebtedness other than as permitted by the related Mortgage(s) or the other related Loan Documents, that it has its own books and records and accounts separate and apart from those of any other person (other than a Mortgagor for a Crossed Mortgage Loan), and that it holds itself out as a legal entity, separate and apart from any other person or entity.

32a

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions that require that the Mortgagor to be a Single-Purpose Entity (as defined in representation and warranty 32) for at least as long as any Mortgage Loan is outstanding. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents
32b

Review the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loan. If the Mortgage Loan had a Cut-off Stated Principal Date Balance in excess of $5 million, review the related Mortgage Loan Documents and the Mortgagor’s organizational documents for provisions that require the Mortgagor to be a Single-Purpose Entity. If the provisions exist, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Schedule; Mortgage Loan Documents; Mortgagor’s organizational documents

32c

Review the Mortgage Loan Schedule for the Cut-off Date Balance of the Mortgage Loan. If the Mortgage Loan had a Cut-off Stated Principal Date Balance in excess of $20 million, review the Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion regarding non-consolidation of the Mortgagor. If such an opinion is found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Schedule; Mortgagor’s Counsel Opinion

33. Defeasance. With respect to any Mortgage Loan that, pursuant to the Loan Documents, can be defeased (a “Defeasance”), (i) the Loan Documents provide for Defeasance as a unilateral right of the Mortgagor, subject to satisfaction of conditions specified in the Loan Documents; (ii) the Mortgage Loan cannot be defeased within two years after the Closing Date; (iii) the Mortgagor is permitted to pledge only United States “government securities” within the meaning of Section 1.860G-2(a)(8)(ii) of the Treasury Regulations, the revenues from which will, in the case of a full

33

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for provisions allowing the Mortgage Loan to be defeased, and if so, whether such Mortgage Loan Documents contain the provisions described in clauses (i) through (vii) of representation and warranty 33. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-33

 

 

 

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Defeasance, be sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Loan when due, including the entire remaining principal balance on the maturity date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium) or, if the Mortgage Loan is an ARD Loan, the entire principal balance outstanding on the Anticipated Repayment Date (or on or after the first date on which payment may be made without payment of a yield maintenance charge or prepayment premium), and if the Mortgage Loan permits partial releases of real property in connection with partial Defeasance, the revenues from the collateral will be sufficient to pay all such scheduled payments calculated on a principal amount equal to a specified percentage at least equal to the lesser of (a) 110% of the allocated loan amount for the real property to be released and (b) the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan; (iv) the Mortgagor is required to provide a certification from an independent certified public accountant that the collateral is sufficient to make all scheduled payments under the Mortgage Note as set forth in clause (iii) above; (v) if the Mortgagor would continue to own assets in addition to the Defeasance collateral, the portion of the Mortgage Loan secured by defeasance collateral is required to be assumed (or the mortgagee may require such assumption) by a Single-Purpose Entity; (vi) the Mortgagor is required to provide an opinion of counsel that the mortgagee has a perfected security interest in such collateral prior to any other claim or interest; and (vii) the Mortgagor is required to pay all rating agency fees associated with Defeasance (if rating confirmation is a specific condition precedent thereto) and all other reasonable expenses associated with Defeasance, including, but not limited to, accountant’s fees and opinions of counsel.

     

34. Fixed Interest Rates. Each Mortgage Loan bears interest at a rate that remains fixed throughout the remaining term of such Mortgage Loan, except in the case of any ARD Loan and situations where default interest is imposed.

34

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that the loan has a fixed interest rate that remains fixed throughout the term of such Mortgage Loan, except in the case of any ARD Loans and situations where default interest is imposed. If such an indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents
35. Ground Leases. For purposes of these representations and 35a Review the appraisal to determine if the Appraisal; Title Policy; Mortgage Loan Documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-34

 

 

 

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warranties, a “Ground Lease” shall mean a lease creating a leasehold estate in real property where the fee owner as the ground lessor conveys for a term or terms of years its entire interest in the land, or with respect to air rights leases, the air, and buildings and other improvements, if any, comprising the premises demised under such lease to the ground lessee (who may, in certain circumstances, own the building and improvements on the land), subject to the reversionary interest of the ground lessor as fee owner and does not include industrial development agency (IDA) or similar leases for purposes of conferring a tax abatement or other benefit.

 

With respect to any Mortgage Loan where the Mortgage Loan is secured by a leasehold estate under a Ground Lease in whole or in part, and the related Mortgage does not also encumber the related lessor’s fee interest in such Mortgaged Property, based upon the terms of the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor in favor of the Mortgage Loan Seller, its successors and assigns, the Mortgage Loan Seller represents and warrants that:

 

(a)           The Ground Lease or a memorandum regarding such Ground Lease has been duly recorded or submitted for recordation in a form that is acceptable for recording in the applicable jurisdiction. The Ground Lease or an estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor permits the interest of the lessee to be encumbered by the related Mortgage and does not restrict the use of the related Mortgaged Property by such lessee, its successors or assigns in a manner that would materially adversely affect the security provided by the related Mortgage;

 

(b)           The lessor under such Ground Lease has agreed in a writing included in the related Mortgage File (or in such Ground Lease) that the Ground Lease may not be amended or modified, or canceled or terminated by agreement of lessor and lessee,

 

Mortgage Loan is secured by a Ground Lease (as defined in representation and warranty 35), in whole or in part. If so, review the Title Policy and Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that the related Mortgage does not also encumber the lessor’s fee interest in the Mortgaged Property. If such an indication exists, proceed to Tests 35b through 35q.

 
35b

Review the Title Policy and Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that the Ground Lease or memorandum has been recorded or submitted for recordation. If such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

Title Policy; Mortgage Loan Documents
35c

Review the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor for an indication that the interest of the lessee is permitted to be encumbered by the Mortgage and does not restrict the use of the Mortgaged Property by such lessee, its successors or assigns in a manner that would adversely affect the security provided by the Mortgage. If such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

Ground Lease; estoppel or other agreement received from ground lessor

35d

Review the Ground Lease received from the ground lessor for a provision that the Ground Lease may not be amended or modified or canceled or terminated without the prior written consent of the lender, and no such consent has been granted by the Mortgage Loan Seller since the origination of the Mortgage Loan except as reflected in any written instruments which are included in the related Mortgage File. Review the MS Servicer Notices for an indication of such consent granted by the Mortgage Loan Seller since the origination of the Mortgage loan except as reflected in any instruments including in the related Mortgage File. If such a provision is found and no indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

Ground Lease; MS Servicer Notices; estoppel or other agreement received from ground lessor

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-35

 

 

 

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without the prior written consent of the lender, and no such consent has been granted by the Mortgage Loan Seller since the origination of the Mortgage Loan except as reflected in any written instruments which are included in the related Mortgage File;

 

(c)           The Ground Lease has an original term (or an original term plus one or more optional renewal terms, which, under all circumstances, may be exercised, and will be enforceable, by either Mortgagor or the mortgagee) that extends not less than 20 years beyond the stated maturity of the related Mortgage Loan, or 10 years past the stated maturity if such Mortgage Loan fully amortizes by the stated maturity (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan that accrues on an actual 360 basis, substantially amortizes);

 

(d)           The Ground Lease either (i) is not subject to any liens or encumbrances superior to, or of equal priority with, the Mortgage, except for the related fee interest of the ground lessor and the Permitted Encumbrances, or (ii) is subject to a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement to which the mortgagee on the lessor’s fee interest in the Mortgaged Property is subject;

 

(e)           The Ground Lease does not place commercially unreasonable restrictions on the identity of the Mortgagee and the Ground Lease is assignable to the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor thereunder, and in the event it is so assigned, it is further assignable by the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor;

 

(f)           The Mortgage Loan Seller has not received any written notice of material default under or notice

35e

Review the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor for an indication that it has an original term (or an original term plus one or more optional renewal terms, which, under all circumstances, may be exercised, and will be enforceable, by either Mortgagor or the Mortgagee) that extends not less than 20 years beyond the stated maturity of the related Mortgage Loan, or ten years past the stated maturity if such Mortgage Loan fully amortizes by the stated maturity (or with respect to a Mortgage Loan that accrues on an actual 360 basis, substantially amortizes). If such an indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

Ground Lease; estoppel or other agreement received from ground lessor

35f

Review the Title Policy for an indication that the Ground Lease is either (i) is not subject to any liens or encumbrances superior to, or of equal priority with, the Mortgage, except for the related fee interest of the ground lessor and the Permitted Encumbrances, or (ii) is subject to a subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement to which the Mortgagee on the lessor’s fee interest in the Mortgaged Property is subject. If either indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

Title Policy; SNDA
35g

Review the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor for an indication that the Ground Lease does not place commercially unreasonable restrictions on the identity of the Mortgagee and the Ground Lease is assignable to the holder of the Mortgage Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor thereunder. If such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

Ground Lease; estoppel
35h

Review the Ground Lease for an indication that in the event it is so assigned, it is further assignable by the holder of the Mortgage

Ground Lease

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-36

 

 

 

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of termination of such Ground Lease. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is no material default under such Ground Lease and no condition that, but for the passage of time or giving of notice, would result in a material default under the terms of such Ground Lease and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, such Ground Lease is in full force and effect as of the Closing Date;

 

(g)           The Ground Lease or ancillary agreement between the lessor and the lessee requires the lessor to give to the lender written notice of any default, and provides that no notice of default or termination is effective against the lender unless such notice is given to the lender;

 

(h)           A lender is permitted a reasonable opportunity (including, where necessary, sufficient time to gain possession of the interest of the lessee under the Ground Lease through legal proceedings) to cure any default under the Ground Lease which is curable after the lender’s receipt of notice of any default before the lessor may terminate the Ground Lease;

 

(i)            The Ground Lease does not impose any restrictions on subletting that would be viewed as commercially unreasonable by the Mortgage Loan Seller in connection with loans originated for securitization;

 

(j)            Under the terms of the Ground Lease, an estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor and the related Mortgage (taken together), any related insurance proceeds or the portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest (other than (i) de minimis amounts for minor casualties or (ii) in respect of a total or substantially total loss or

 

Loan and its successors and assigns without the consent of the lessor. If such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

 
35i

Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation that the Mortgage Loan Seller has received any written notice of material default under or notice of termination of such Ground Lease. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices
35j

Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation that to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is a material default under such Ground Lease or condition that, but for the passage of time or giving of notice, would result in a material default under the terms of such Ground Lease. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices
35k

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation that to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, such Ground Lease was not in full force and effect as of the Closing Date. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices
35l

Review the Ground Lease and any ancillary agreement between the lessor and lessee for provisions that the lessor is required to give to the lender written notice of any default, and provide that no notice of default or termination is effective against the lender unless such notice is given to the lender. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Ground Lease; ancillary agreement
35m

Review the Ground Lease and Related Documents for provisions that the lender is permitted a reasonable opportunity (including, where necessary, sufficient time to gain possession of the interest of the lessee under the Ground Lease through legal proceedings) to cure any default under the Ground Lease which is curable after the

Ground Lease and Related Documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-37

 

 

 

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taking as addressed in clause (k) below) will be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property with (so long as such proceeds are in excess of the threshold amount specified in the related Loan Documents) the lender or a trustee appointed by it having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as repair or restoration progresses, or to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest;

 

(k)           In the case of a total or substantially total taking or loss, under the terms of the Ground Lease, an estoppel or other agreement and the related Mortgage (taken together), any related insurance proceeds, or portion of the condemnation award allocable to ground lessee’s interest in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking of the related Mortgaged Property to the extent not applied to restoration, will be applied first to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest; and

 

(l)            Provided that the lender cures any defaults which are susceptible to being cured, the ground lessor has agreed to enter into a new lease with lender upon termination of the Ground Lease for any reason, including rejection of the Ground Lease in a bankruptcy proceeding.

 

lender’s receipt of notice of any default before the lessor may terminate the Ground Lease. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

 
35n

Review the Ground Lease for provisions that impose any commercially unreasonable restrictions on subletting in connection with loans originated for securitization. If no such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Ground Lease
35o

Review the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from the ground lessor and the related Mortgage and the Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that any related insurance proceeds or the portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest (other than (i) de minimis amounts for minor casualties or (ii) in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking as addressed in clause (34(k)) will be applied either to the repair or to restoration of all or part of the related Mortgaged Property with (so long as such proceeds are in excess of the threshold amount specified in the related Mortgage Loan Documents) the lender or a trustee appointed by it having the right to hold and disburse such proceeds as repair or restoration progresses, or to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest. If such indications are found, it will be a Test pass.

Ground Lease; estoppel or other agreement received from ground lessor; Mortgage Loan Documents
35p

Review the Ground Lease and any estoppel or other agreement received from ground lessor and the Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that, in the case of a total or substantially total taking or loss, under the terms of the Ground Lease, an estoppel or other agreement and the related Mortgage (taken together), any related insurance

Ground Lease; estoppel or other agreement received from ground lessor; Mortgage Loan Documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-38

 

 

 

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proceeds, or portion of the condemnation award allocable to the ground lessee’s interest in respect of a total or substantially total loss or taking of the related Mortgaged Property to the extent not applied to restoration, will be applied first to the payment of the outstanding principal balance of the Mortgage Loan, together with any accrued interest. If such an indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

 
35q

Review the Ground Lease for provisions that, provided that the lender cures any defaults which are susceptible to being cured, the ground lessor has agreed to enter into a new lease with the lender upon termination of the Ground Lease for any reason, including rejection of the Ground Lease in a bankruptcy proceeding. If such provisions are found, it will be a Test pass.

Ground Lease

36. Servicing. The servicing and collection practices used by the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan have been, in all respects, legal and have met customary industry standards for servicing of commercial loans for conduit loan programs.

36

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claims or assertions to the effect that the servicing and collection practices used by the Mortgage Loan Seller with respect to the Mortgage Loan was not in all material respects legal, or in accordance customary industry standards for servicing of commercial loans for conduit loan programs. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices

37. Origination and Underwriting. The origination practices of the Mortgage Loan Seller (or the related originator if the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) with respect to each Mortgage Loan have been, in all material respects, legal and as of the date of its origination, such Mortgage Loan and the origination thereof complied in all material respects with, or was exempt from, all requirements of federal, state or local law relating to the origination of such Mortgage Loan; provided that such representation and warranty does not address or otherwise cover any matters with respect to federal, state or local law otherwise covered in Exhibit C to the related

37

Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation to the effect that the origination practices of the Mortgage Loan Seller (or the related originator if the Mortgage Loan Seller was not the originator) with respect to each Mortgage Loan have not been, in all material respects, legal and as of the date of its origination, such Mortgage Loan, or the origination thereof did not comply in all material respects with, or was exempt from, all requirements of federal, state or local law

MS Servicer Notices; Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-39

 

 

 

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Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement.  

relating to the origination of such Mortgage Loan; provided that representation and warranty 37 does not address or otherwise cover any matters with respect to federal, state or local law otherwise covered in Exhibit C to the Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.

 

38. No Material Default; Payment Record. No Mortgage Loan has been more than 30 days delinquent, without giving effect to any grace or cure period, in making required payments since origination, and as of the date hereof, no Mortgage Loan is more than 30 days delinquent (beyond any applicable grace or cure period) in making required payments as of the Closing Date. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, there is (a) no material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the related Mortgage Loan, or (b) no event (other than payments due but not yet delinquent) which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, which default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loan or the value, use or operation of the related Mortgaged Property, provided, however, that this representation and warranty does not cover any default, breach, violation or event of acceleration that specifically pertains to or arises out of an exception scheduled to any other representation and warranty made by the Mortgage Loan Seller in Exhibit C to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement. No person other than the holder of such Mortgage Loan may declare any event of default under the Mortgage Loan or accelerate any indebtedness under the Loan Documents.

38a

Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation that (i) the Mortgage Loan has been more than 30 days delinquent, giving effect to any grace or cure period, in making required payments as of the Closing Date, or (ii) the Mortgage Loan was delinquent beyond any applicable grace or cure periods as of the Cut-off Date. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices
38b

Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge of (a) a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration existing under the related Mortgage Loan, or (b) an event (other than payments due but not yet delinquent) which, with the passage of time or with notice and the expiration of any grace or cure period, would constitute a material default, breach, violation or event of acceleration, which default, breach, violation or event of acceleration in the case of either clause (a) or clause (b), materially and adversely affects the value of the Mortgage Loan or the value, use or operation of the related Mortgaged Property. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices

39. Bankruptcy. As of the date of origination of the related Mortgage Loan, and to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, as of the Cut-off Date, no related Mortgagor, guarantor or tenant occupying a single-tenant property is a debtor in state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding.

39

Review the Lexis/Nexis (or comparable search) and the MS Servicer Notices for an indication that a Mortgagor, guarantor or tenant occupying a single-tenant property was a debtor in, a state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding. If no such

Lexis/Nexis (or comparable) search; MS Servicer Notices

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-40

 

 

 

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indication or notation is found, it will be a Test pass.

 

40. Organization of Mortgagor. With respect to each Mortgage Loan, in reliance on certified copies of the organizational documents of the Mortgagor delivered by the Mortgagor in connection with the origination of such Mortgage Loan, the Mortgagor is an entity organized under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. Except with respect to any Crossed Mortgage Loan, no Mortgage Loan has a Mortgagor that is an Affiliate of another Mortgagor under another Mortgage Loan. An “Affiliate” for purposes of this representation and warranty 40 means, a Mortgagor that is under direct or indirect common ownership and control with another Mortgagor.

40a

Review the organizational documents of the Mortgagor to determine if there are certified copies indicating that the Mortgagor is an entity organized under the laws of a state of the United States of America, the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. If such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

Organizational Documents of the Mortgagor
40b

Review the MS Servicer Notices to determine if there is any indication that, except with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is a cross-collateralized and Crossed Mortgage Loan, no Mortgage Loan has a Mortgagor that is an affiliate of another Mortgagor under another Mortgage Loan. If such an indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices; Prospectus

41. Environmental Conditions. A Phase I environmental site assessment (or update of a previous Phase I and or Phase II site assessment) and, with respect to certain Mortgage Loans, a Phase II environmental site assessment (collectively, an “ESA”) meeting ASTM requirements conducted by a reputable environmental consultant in connection with such Mortgage Loan within 12 months prior to its origination date (or an update of a previous ESA was prepared), and such ESA either (i) did not identify the existence of recognized environmental conditions (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-05 or its successor, hereinafter “Environmental Condition”) at the related Mortgaged Property or the need for further investigation with respect to any Environmental Condition that was identified, or (ii) if the existence of an Environmental Condition or need for further investigation was indicated in any such ESA, then at least one of the following statements is true: (A) an amount reasonably estimated by a reputable environmental consultant to be sufficient to cover the estimated cost to cure any material noncompliance with applicable environmental laws or the Environmental Condition has been escrowed by the related Mortgagor and is held or controlled by the related lender; (B) if the only Environmental

41a

Review any ESA (as defined in representation and warranty 41) for indication that it met the ASTM requirements and was conducted by a reputable environmental consultant within 12 months prior to the origination date of the Mortgage Loan (or an update of a previous ESA prepared). If such an indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

ESA
41b

Review the ESA for an indication that it identified (i) the existence of a Recognized Environmental Condition at the related Mortgaged Property or (ii) the need for further investigation with respect to any Environmental Condition that was identified. If no such indication is found, it will be a Test pass.

ESA
41c

Review the ESA for an indication that it identified (i) the existence of a recognized environmental condition at the related Mortgaged Property or (ii) the need for further investigation with respect to any Environmental Condition that was identified.

ESA; Escrow Statements; Mortgage Loan Documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-41

 

 

 

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Condition relates to the presence of asbestos-containing materials, radon in indoor air, lead based paint or lead in drinking water, and the only recommended action in the ESA is the institution of such a plan, an operations or maintenance plan has been required to be instituted by the related Mortgagor that can reasonably be expected to mitigate the identified risk; (C) the Environmental Condition identified in the related environmental report was remediated or abated in all material respects prior to the date hereof, and, if and as appropriate, a no further action or closure letter was obtained from the applicable governmental regulatory authority (or the Environmental Condition affecting the related Mortgaged Property was otherwise listed by such governmental authority as “closed” or a reputable environmental consultant has concluded that no further action is required); (D) a secured creditor environmental policy or a pollution legal liability insurance policy that covers liability for the Environmental Condition was obtained from an insurer rated no less than A- (or the equivalent) by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., S&P Global Ratings and/or Fitch Ratings, Inc.; (E) a party not related to the Mortgagor was identified as the responsible party for such Environmental Condition and such responsible party has financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation; or (F) a party related to the Mortgagor having financial resources reasonably estimated to be adequate to address the situation is required to take action. To the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, except as set forth in the ESA, there is no Environmental Condition (as such term is defined in ASTM E1527-05 or its successor) at the related Mortgaged Property.

 

If such an indication is found, the following test procedures (subparts 41c-1 through 41c-6) will be performed. If any of the subparts indications are found, it will be a Test pass.

 
 

1. Review escrow statements for an indication that an amount reasonably estimated by a reputable environmental consultant to be sufficient to cover the estimated cost to cure any material noncompliance with applicable environmental laws or the environmental condition has been escrowed by the Mortgagor and is held by the related Mortgagee.

Escrow statements
 

2. Review the ESA for an indication that if the only Environmental Condition relates to the presence of asbestos-containing materials, radon in indoor air or lead based paint or lead in drinking water, the only recommended action in the ESA is the institution of such a plan, and if so, a review of the Mortgage Loan Documents indicates that an operations or maintenance plan has been required to be instituted by the related Mortgagor that, based on the ESA, can reasonably be expected to mitigate the identified risk.

ESA; Mortgage Loan Documents
 

3. Review any no further action or closure letter from the applicable governmental regulatory authority or a reputable environmental consultant for an indication that any Environmental Condition identified in the ESA was remediated or abated in all material respects prior to the Cut-off Date.

No further action or closure letter regarding Environmental Condition

 

4. Review the insurance coverage review documents for an indication that a secured creditor environmental policy or a pollution legal liability insurance policy that covers liability for the Environmental Condition was obtained from an insurer rated no less than A- (or the equivalent) by Moody’s Investors

Insurance coverage review documents

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-42

 

 

 

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Service, Inc., S&P Global Ratings and/or Fitch Ratings, Inc.

 
 

5. Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that a party not related to the Mortgagor was identified as the responsible party for the Environmental Condition and such responsible party has financial resources considered by the Mortgage Loan Seller to be adequate to address the situation.

Mortgage Loan Documents
 

6. Review the Mortgage Loan Documents for an indication that a party related to the Mortgagor having financial resources estimated by the Mortgage Loan Seller to be adequate to address the situation is required to take action.

Mortgage Loan Documents
41d

Review the MS Servicer Notices for notation of the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge of any environmental condition at the Mortgaged Property other than any set forth in the ESA or in the Prospectus. If no such notation is found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices; ESA

42. Appraisal. The Servicing File contains an appraisal of the related Mortgaged Property with an appraisal date within 6 months of the Mortgage Loan origination date, and within 12 months of the Closing Date. The appraisal is signed by an appraiser who is either a Member of the Appraisal Institute (“MAI”) and/or has been licensed and certified to prepare appraisals in the state where the Mortgaged Property is located. Each appraiser has represented in such appraisal or in a supplemental letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice” as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation and has certified that such appraiser had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgaged Property or the Mortgagor or in any loan made on the security thereof, and its compensation is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan.

42a

Review the appraisal to determine if it was dated within 6 months of the Mortgage Loan origination date and within 12 months of the Closing Date. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Appraisal
42b

Review the appraisal to determine if it includes an appraiser’s certification or supplemental letter that indicates that the appraiser had no interest, direct or indirect, in the Mortgagor, the Mortgaged Property or any loan made on the security of the Mortgaged Property. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Appraisal
42c

Review the appraisal to determine if it signed by an appraiser who is a Member of the Appraisal Institute (“MAI”) and/or has been licensed and certified to prepare appraisals in the state where the Mortgaged Property is located, and that the appraiser’s compensation

Appraisal

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-43

 

 

 

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is not affected by the approval or disapproval of the Mortgage Loan. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

 
42d

Review the appraisal to determine if it includes documentation in the appraisal or a letter that the appraisal satisfies the requirements of the “Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice” as adopted by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation. If so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Appraisal

43. Mortgage Loan Schedule. The information pertaining to each Mortgage Loan which is set forth in the mortgage loan schedule attached as Exhibit A to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the Cut-off Date and contains all information required by the PSA to be contained therein.

43a

Review the Mortgage Loan Schedule attached as an exhibit to the related Mortgage Loan Purchase Agreement and compare it to the corresponding information in (i) Annex A to the Prospectus (ii) Mortgage Loan Documents, (iii) PSA, and (iv) asset summary report to determine if there are discrepancies between the documents. If there are no such discrepancies, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Schedule; Annex A to Prospectus; Mortgage Loan Documents; Pooling and Servicing Agreement; Asset summary report

43b

Compare the information in the Mortgage Loan Schedule to the requirements of the PSA to determine if they match. If there are no discrepancies, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Schedule; PSA

44. Cross-Collateralization. No Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted with any mortgage loan that is outside the Trust, except (i) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, any other mortgage loan that is part of such Whole Loan and (ii) with respect to any Crossed Mortgage Loan, any mortgage loan that is part of a Whole Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with such Mortgage Loan or with a Whole Loan of which such Mortgage Loan is a part.

44

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralized or cross-defaulted with any other Mortgage Loan that is outside the Mortgage Pool, except (i) with respect to any Mortgage Loan that is part of a Whole Loan, any other mortgage loan that is part of such Whole Loan and (ii) with respect to any Crossed Mortgage Loan, any mortgage loan that is part of a Whole Loan that is cross-collateralized and cross-defaulted with such Mortgage Loan or with a Whole Loan of which such Mortgage Loan is a part. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents
45. Advance of Funds by Mortgage Loan Seller. After origination, no advance of funds has been made by the 45a Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication that an MS Servicer Notices

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-44

 

 

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Test

 

Review Materials

Mortgage Loan Seller to the related Mortgagor other than in accordance with the Loan Documents, and, to the Mortgage Loan Seller’s knowledge, no funds have been received from any person other than the related Mortgagor or an affiliate for, or on account of, payments due on the Mortgage Loan (other than as contemplated by the Loan Documents, such as, by way of example and not in limitation of the foregoing, amounts paid by the tenant(s) into a lender-controlled lockbox if required or contemplated under the related lease or Loan Documents). Neither the Mortgage Loan Seller nor any affiliate thereof has any obligation to make any capital contribution to any Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, other than contributions made on or prior to the date hereof.

 

advancement of funds after origination had been made by the Mortgage Loan Seller to the related Mortgagor other than in accordance with the Mortgage Loan Documents, or that funds have been received from any person other than the related Mortgagor or an Affiliate for, or on account of, payments due on the Mortgage Loan (other than as contemplated by the Mortgage Loan Documents, such as, by way of example and not in limitation of the foregoing, amounts paid by the tenant(s) into a lender controlled lockbox if required or contemplated under the related lease or Mortgage Loan Documents). If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

 
45b

Review the Mortgage Loan Documents to determine if the Mortgage Loan Seller, or an Affiliate, has an obligation to make any capital contribution to the Mortgagor under a Mortgage Loan, other than contributions made on or prior to the Closing Date. If not so determined, it will be a Test pass.

Mortgage Loan Documents

46. Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. Mortgage Loan Seller has complied in all material respects with all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2001 with respect to the origination of the Mortgage Loan, the failure to comply with which would have a material adverse effect on the Mortgage Loan.

46

Review the MS Servicer Notices for a notation or other indication of any claim or assertion that the Mortgage Loan Seller did not comply with its internal procedures with respect to all applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations, including without limitation the USA Patriot Act of 2001 in connection with the origination of any Mortgage Loan, the failure to comply with which would have a material adverse effect on the Mortgage Loan. If such a notation or other indication is not found, it will be a Test pass.

MS Servicer Notices

 

 Exhibit QQ-B-45

 

 

EXHIBIT RR

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATION TO CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR REQUESTING ACCESS TO SECURE DATA ROOM

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7

 

Email: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com

 

Attention:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

In accordance with the requirements for obtaining access to the Secure Data Room pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.The undersigned is an authorized representative of the [Asset Representations Reviewer][Depositor].

 

2.The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that (a) access to the Secure Data Room is being granted to it solely for purposes of the undersigned carrying out its obligations under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (b) it will not disseminate or otherwise make information contained on the Secure Data Room available to any other person except in accordance with the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or otherwise with the written consent of the Depositor and (c) it will only access information relating to the Mortgage Loans to which the Asset Review relates.

 

3.The undersigned agrees that each time it accesses the Secure Data Room, the undersigned is deemed to have recertified that the representations above remains true and correct.

 

Exhibit RR-1

 

 

4.[The undersigned is not a Certificateholder, a beneficial owner or a prospective purchaser of any Certificate.]*

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

 

  [NAME OF PARTY],
  as [role]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

  

Dated: _______

 

[J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.,

as Depositor]*

 

 

By:   
 [Name]  
 [Title]  

 

 

 

* Required to the extent that a party other than the Asset Representations Reviewer is identified by the Depositor as needing access to the Secure Data Room.

 

Exhibit RR-2

 

 

EXHIBIT SS

 

FORM OF NOTICE OF [ADDITIONAL DELINQUENT LOAN][CESSATION OF
DELINQUENT LOAN][CESSATION OF ASSET REVIEW TRIGGER]

 

[Date]

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street
Building 82, Suite 300
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention:  Executive Vice President – Division Head
Telecopy number:  1-888-706-3565
Email:  NoticeAdmin@midlandls.com
  Pentalpha Surveillance LLC
375 N. French Road, Suite 100
Amherst, New York, 14228
Attention:  JPMDB 2017-C7 Transaction Manager
With a copy sent via email to:  notices@pentalphasurveillance.com (with JPMDB 2017-C7 in the subject line)
     
Attention:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

In accordance with Section 12.01(a) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Pooling and Servicing Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC, as Operating Advisor and as Asset Representations Reviewer, the Certificate Administrator hereby notifies you that as of [RELATED DISTRIBUTION DATE]:

 

5._____ An additional Mortgage Loan has become a Delinquent Loan.

 

6._____ A Mortgage Loan has ceased to be a Delinquent Loan.

 

7._____ An Asset Review Trigger has ceased to exist.

 

(check all that apply)

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings given to them in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

Exhibit SS-1

 

  

  Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator for the Holders of the JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7
     
  By:  
    [Name]
    [Title]

 

Exhibit SS-2

 

 

EXHIBIT TT

 

CERTIFICATE ADMINISTRATOR RECEIPT OF THE RISK RETENTION CERTIFICATES

 

October 31, 2017

 

J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.

383 Madison Avenue

31st Floor

New York, New York 10179

Attention: Kunal K. Singh

E-mail: kunal.k.singh@jpmorgan.com

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Attention: Tom Cassino

E-mail: thomas.cassino@jpmorgan.com

 

     
[RETAINING PARTY]    

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

In accordance with Section 5.02(e) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Agreement”), the Certificate Administrator hereby acknowledges receipt of $[_] of the Class [_] Certificates (CUSIP No. [_]) in the form of Definitive Certificates, for the benefit of [NAME OF RETAINING PARTY][FOR THIRD PARTY PURCHASER ONLY:, the initial Third Party Purchaser]. A copy of such Certificates is attached as Exhibit A-1.

 

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall the respective meanings set forth in the Agreement.

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, not in its individual capacity but solely as Certificate Administrator
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Exhibit TT-1

 

 

Exhibit A-1

 

Exhibit TT-2

 

 

EXHIBIT UU-1

 

FORM FOR EXERCISING VOTING RIGHTS FOR
NON-BORROWER PARTY

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

In accordance with the requirements for the exercise of Voting Rights pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.             The undersigned is a [Certificateholder][Beneficial Owner] of the Class ___ Certificates.

 

2.             The undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

 

3.             The undersigned is not a Borrower Party.

 

4.             The undersigned intends to exercise Voting Rights under the Agreement and certifies that (please check one of the following):

 

___The undersigned is the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor.

 

___The undersigned is an Affiliate of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor and hereby certifies to the existence of an Affiliate Ethical Wall between it and the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor, as applicable.

 

___The undersigned is not the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing.

 

Exhibit UU-1-1

 

 

5.             FOR PURPOSES OF REMOVING THE SPECIAL SERVICER DUE TO A RECOMMENDATION BY THE OPERATING ADVISOR PLEASE CHECK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

 

___ The undersigned is not an affiliate of any other Certificateholder.

 

___ The undersigned is an affiliate of any other Certificateholder.

 

6.             The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

 

7.             Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

 

  [Certificateholder][Beneficial Owner]

  

  By:  

  

Name: 

 

Title:  

 

Company:  

  Phone:  

  

Exhibit UU-1-2

 

 

EXHIBIT UU-2

 

FORM FOR EXERCISING VOTING RIGHTS FOR BORROWER PARTY

 

[Date]

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

9062 Old Annapolis Road

Columbia, Maryland 21045-1951

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS)

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

In accordance with the requirements for the exercise of Voting Rights pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2017 (the “Agreement”), between J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., as Depositor, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Certificate Administrator and as Trustee, Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association, as Master Servicer and as Special Servicer, and Pentalpha Surveillance LLC as Operating Advisor and Asset Representations Reviewer, with respect to the above-referenced certificates (the “Certificates”), the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.             The undersigned is a [Certificateholder][Beneficial Owner] of the Class ___ Certificates.

 

2.             The undersigned has received a copy of the Prospectus.

 

3.             The undersigned is a Borrower Party.

 

4.             The undersigned intends to exercise Voting Rights under the Agreement and certifies that (please check one of the following):

 

___The undersigned is the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor.

 

___The undersigned is an Affiliate of the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor and hereby certifies to the existence of an affiliate ethical wall between it and the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator or the Operating Advisor, as applicable.

 

___The undersigned is not the Depositor, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, the Trustee, the Certificate Administrator, the Operating Advisor or an Affiliate of any of the foregoing.

 

Exhibit UU-2-1

 

 

___The undersigned is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder. The undersigned is an Excluded Controlling Class Holder with respect to the following Mortgage Loan(s):

 

Mortgage Loan Number Loan Name Borrower Name
     
     
     

 

___The undersigned is the Special Servicer and is a Borrower Party with respect to the following Excluded Special Servicer Loans:

 

Mortgage Loan Number Loan Name Borrower Name
     
     
     

 

5.             FOR PURPOSES OF REMOVING THE SPECIAL SERVICER DUE TO A RECOMMENDATION BY THE OPERATING ADVISOR: PLEASE CHECK ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

 

___ The undersigned is not an affiliate of any other Certificateholder.

 

___ The undersigned is an affiliate of any other Certificateholder.

 

6.             The undersigned shall be fully liable for any breach of this agreement by itself or any of its officers, directors, partners, employees, agents or representatives (collectively, the “Representatives”) and shall indemnify the Depositor, the Operating Advisor, the Certificate Administrator, the Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the Trust Fund for any loss, liability or expense incurred thereby with respect to any such breach by the undersigned or any of its Representatives.

 

7.             Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

 

Exhibit UU-2-2

 

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned has made the representations above and shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

 

  [Certificateholder][Beneficial Owner]

  

  By:  

  

Name: 

 

Title:  

 

Company:  

  

Re:Phone:

 

[TO COME]

 

Exhibit UU-2-3

 

 

EXHIBIT VV

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATION OF THE RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY

 

Midland Loan Services, a Division of PNC Bank, National Association
10851 Mastin Street, Suite 300
Overland Park, Kansas 66210
Attention: Executive Vice President – Division Head
Reference: JPMDB 2017-C7

 

J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.

383 Madison Avenue, 31st Floor

New York, New York 10179

Attention: Kunal K. Singh

 

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
9062 Old Annapolis Road
Columbia, Maryland 21045
Attention: Corporate Trust Services (CMBS) – JPMDB 2017-C7
(with a copy sent via email to: trustadministrationgroup@wellsfargo.com
cts.cmbs.bond.admin@wellsfargo.com)

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

600 South 4th Street, 7th Floor

MAC N9300-070

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479
Attention: CTS – Certificate Transfers (CMBS) – JPMDB 2017-C7

 

Re:JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2017-C7, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2017-C7

 

In accordance with Section 6.09(c) of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies and agrees as follows:

 

1.       The undersigned has been appointed to act as a Risk Retention Consultation Party.

 

2.       [For use with any party other than the initial Risk Retention Consultation Party]The undersigned hereby certifies that an executed copy of this certification in paper form has been delivered in accordance with the notice provisions of the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to each of the addressees listed above (a) by overnight courier or (b) mailed by registered mail, postage prepaid.

 

3.       Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.

 

BY ITS CERTIFICATION HEREOF, the undersigned shall have caused, or shall be deemed to have caused its name to be signed hereto by its duly authorized signatory, as of the date certified.

 

Exhibit VV-1

 

 

  [RISK RETENTION CONSULTATION PARTY]
     
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Dated: _______

                             cc: J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.

 

Exhibit VV-2

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

Mortgage Loans with Additional Debt

 

1.Moffett Place Building 4

2.U-Haul SAC Portfolios 14, 15, 17

3.Station Place III

4.Treeview Industrial Portfolio

5.AHIP Northeast Portfolio I

6.First Stamford Place

7.521-523 East 72nd Street

8.Gateway Net Lease Portfolio

9.Starwood Capital Group Hotel Portfolio

10.General Motors Building

11.IRG Portfolio

12.245 Park Avenue

13.Walgreens Witkoff Portfolio

14.Capital Centers II & III

15.Lightstone Portfolio

16.Torre Plaza

17.Covance Business Center

18.Mural Lofts

19.EIP Logistics Portfolio

 

Schedule 1-1

 

 

SCHEDULE 2

 

CLass A-SB Planned Principal Balance Schedule

 

Distribution Date

 

Balance($) 

 

Distribution Date 

 

Balance($) 

11/15/2017   47,404,000.00     9/15/2022   47,404,000.00  
12/15/2017   47,404,000.00     10/15/2022   47,403,651.60  
1/15/2018   47,404,000.00     11/15/2022   46,656,906.73  
2/15/2018   47,404,000.00     12/15/2022   45,850,842.87  
3/15/2018   47,404,000.00     1/15/2023   45,098,282.13  
4/15/2018   47,404,000.00     2/15/2023   44,342,904.96  
5/15/2018   47,404,000.00     3/15/2023   43,415,965.56  
6/15/2018   47,404,000.00     4/15/2023   42,654,277.34  
7/15/2018   47,404,000.00     5/15/2023   41,833,697.43  
8/15/2018   47,404,000.00     6/15/2023   41,066,081.81  
9/15/2018   47,404,000.00     7/15/2023   40,239,744.03  
10/15/2018   47,404,000.00     8/15/2023   39,466,156.83  
11/15/2018   47,404,000.00     9/15/2023   38,689,673.62  
12/15/2018   47,404,000.00     10/15/2023   37,817,605.09  
1/15/2019   47,404,000.00     11/15/2023   37,002,163.18  
2/15/2019   47,404,000.00     12/15/2023   36,123,935.42  
3/15/2019   47,404,000.00     1/15/2024   35,302,105.48  
4/15/2019   47,404,000.00     2/15/2024   34,477,178.50  
5/15/2019   47,404,000.00     3/15/2024   33,530,330.67  
6/15/2019   47,404,000.00     4/15/2024   32,698,714.66  
7/15/2019   47,404,000.00     5/15/2024   31,804,774.87  
8/15/2019   47,404,000.00     6/15/2024   30,966,649.27  
9/15/2019   47,404,000.00     7/15/2024   30,066,670.48  
10/15/2019   47,404,000.00     8/15/2024   29,241,294.98  
11/15/2019   47,404,000.00     9/15/2024   28,412,807.47  
12/15/2019   47,404,000.00     10/15/2024   27,523,983.92  
1/15/2020   47,404,000.00     11/15/2024   26,689,015.28  
2/15/2020   47,404,000.00     12/15/2024   25,793,895.72  
3/15/2020   47,404,000.00     1/15/2025   24,952,397.18  
4/15/2020   47,404,000.00     2/15/2025   24,107,725.14  
5/15/2020   47,404,000.00     3/15/2025   23,089,803.18  
6/15/2020   47,404,000.00     4/15/2025   22,238,089.26  
7/15/2020   47,404,000.00     5/15/2025   21,326,702.75  
8/15/2020   47,404,000.00     6/15/2025   20,468,332.94  
9/15/2020   47,404,000.00     7/15/2025   19,550,480.67  
10/15/2020   47,404,000.00     8/15/2025   18,685,404.89  
11/15/2020   47,404,000.00     9/15/2025   17,817,065.63  
12/15/2020   47,404,000.00     10/15/2025   16,889,528.71  
1/15/2021   47,404,000.00     11/15/2025   16,014,408.51  
2/15/2021   47,404,000.00     12/15/2025   15,080,284.34  
3/15/2021   47,404,000.00     1/15/2026   14,198,332.19  
4/15/2021   47,404,000.00     2/15/2026   13,313,052.16  
5/15/2021   47,404,000.00     3/15/2026   12,258,312.03  
6/15/2021   47,404,000.00     4/15/2026   11,365,694.60  
7/15/2021   47,404,000.00     5/15/2026   10,414,572.98  
8/15/2021   47,404,000.00     6/15/2026   9,514,991.88  
9/15/2021   47,404,000.00     7/15/2026   8,557,105.49  
10/15/2021   47,404,000.00     8/15/2026   7,650,508.29  
11/15/2021   47,404,000.00     9/15/2026   6,740,489.12  
12/15/2021   47,404,000.00     10/15/2026   5,772,462.82  
1/15/2022   47,404,000.00     11/15/2026   4,855,349.02  
2/15/2022   47,404,000.00     12/15/2026   3,880,430.74  
3/15/2022   47,404,000.00     1/15/2027   2,956,168.92  
4/15/2022   47,404,000.00     2/15/2027   2,028,417.66  
5/15/2022   47,404,000.00     3/15/2027   935,169.97  
6/15/2022   47,404,000.00     4/15/2027 and thereafter   0.00        
7/15/2022   47,404,000.00            
8/15/2022   47,404,000.00            

 

Schedule 2-1

 

 

SCHEDULE 3

 

Mortgage Loans With “Performance”, “Earn-out” or “Holdback” Escrows or Reserves EXCEEDING 10% OF THE STATED PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE MORTGAGE POOL AS OF THE CUT-OFF DATE

 

Loan No. Loan Name Reserve Type Reserve Amount
10 General Motors Building Free Rent Reserve $161,161,013

 

Schedule 3-1

 

 

 

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